August 2, 2024 - Negros Now Daily

Ceneco field personnel now NEPC employees

August 2, 2024

The Central Negros Electric Cooperative said that starting Aug. 1, all field personnel – including meter readers, disconnectors, and linemen deployed to carry out meter reading and billing services, disconnection, and troubleshooting activities – will be employees of the Negros Electric and Power Corporation (NEPC).

96 houses in Bacolod razed by fire in 2 days

August 2, 2024

A total of 96 houses were burned, affecting 99 families, while a village official was injured in two fire incidents in Bacolod City in the past two days, reports of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) showed.

Almost 300K Pinoys enjoy lifeline rate benefits: ERC

August 2, 2024

Nearly 300,000 qualified marginalized end-users (QMEs) are now enjoying the benefits of the government’s Lifeline Rate subsidy program following the intensified conduct of information campaigns and caravans, encouraging more Filipinos to enlist for the electricity discount, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said.

DRRMO/911 employees seek higher health emergency aid

August 2, 2024

Some 50 job order employees assigned at the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office/911 Bacolod City Emergency are asking the city government for Health Emergency Allowance (HEA) higher than P3,000.

No NIR budget for 2025 – Imee

August 2, 2024

There will be no budget for the newly- created Negros Island Region (NIR), composed of Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental and Siquijor, in 2025, Senator Imee Marcos said yesterday.

Sec. Abalos to meet next week with NIR technical working group

August 2, 2024

Members of the Negros Island Region (NIR) Technical Working Group (TWG) are scheduled to hold their first meeting next week, which will be presided by Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr., Negros Occidental Sixth District Rep. Mercedes Alvarez said on Thursday (Aug. 1).

Public transport modernization to push through, DOTr insists

August 2, 2024

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will push through with the nationwide Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP) as majority of the transport sector have signed up under the program.

Comelec to set up NIR reg’l office in Dumaguete

August 2, 2024

The Commission on Elections will initially establish its Negros Island Region (NIR) regional office in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, and not in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.

Two rebels die in Sipalay clashes

August 2, 2024

Two suspected members of the New People’s Army were killed yesterday during two separate armed clashes with the Philippine Army in Brgy. Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental.

BPSF is proof that social protection budget being used properly: solons

August 2, 2024

House leaders said that the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., which has brought government services and aid closer to the people, is a living proof that the social protection and amelioration funds allocated in the national budget are being used appropriately.

Ceneco field personnel now NEPC employees

96 houses in Bacolod razed by fire in 2 days

Almost 300K Pinoys enjoy lifeline rate benefits: ERC

DRRMO/911 employees seek higher health emergency aid

No NIR budget for 2025 – Imee

Sec. Abalos to meet next week with NIR technical working group

Public transport modernization to push through, DOTr insists

Comelec to set up NIR reg’l office in Dumaguete

Two rebels die in Sipalay clashes

BPSF is proof that social protection budget being used properly: solons

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