August 30, 2024 - Negros Now Daily

Special Report: Climate Change

August 30, 2024

The Philippines experienced both extremes in terms of weather in the past years, with the increased rainfall contrasting sharply with the scorching heat of the previous prolonged drought.

A legacy for a healthy planet

August 30, 2024

In a concerted effort to build up and sustain their advocacy of “saving the oceans and feeding the world,” Oceana Philippines’ senior advisor Alexandra Cousteau has continued the work of her renowned grandfather, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and her father, Philippe Cousteau.

Bacolod cops seize P2-M illegal drugs

August 30, 2024

More than P2 million worth of suspected shabu were confiscated by the police from two arrested drug peddlers during a buy-bust in Purok Langis, Barangay Banago, Bacolod City on Wednesday, Aug. 28.

American elderly drowns in Sipalay

August 30, 2024

An American octogenarian drowned at a beach in Barangay 2, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Aug. 28, the police said in a report.

No. 2 most wanted person in Region 6 nabbed in Sagay

August 30, 2024

An alleged member of the dismantled Northern Negros Front of the New People’s Army, who ranks number two in the list of most wanted persons in Western Visayas, was arrested by the police in Barangay Puey, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday.

Capitol inaugurates P25-M multi-level parking building

August 30, 2024

The multi-level parking building of the Negros Occidental provincial government on Gatuslao St. in Bacolod City is now ready for use.

Bacolod Film Festival to get P2 million funding from DTI

August 30, 2024

The maiden staging of the Bacolod Film Festival this September will get a P2 million funding support from the Department of Trade and Industry, through the agency’s Lunsod Lunsad Project.

Noreco I rate down P2.14/kWh but up P0.61 for Noreco II MCOs

August 30, 2024

Member-consumers of the Negros Oriental I Electric Cooperative are paying P13.8539 per kilowatt-hour of electricity consumed this billing month of August, or down by P2.1454/kWh from the P15.9993/kWh rate in July.

Reshuffling of election officers seen before 2025 midterm polls

August 30, 2024

More reshuffling of Commission on Elections (Comelec) personnel in Negros Occidental maybe expected before the 2025 midterm elections, Provincial Elections Supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria said yesterday.

DPWH completes P42.4M road projects in Ilog town

August 30, 2024

Access to the remote barangay of Balicotoc in Ilog, Negros Occidental, has become easier and more convenient with the improved roads, the Department of Public Works and Highways said Aug. 29.

Special Report: Climate Change

A legacy for a healthy planet

Bacolod cops seize P2-M illegal drugs

American elderly drowns in Sipalay

No. 2 most wanted person in Region 6 nabbed in Sagay

Capitol inaugurates P25-M multi-level parking building

Bacolod Film Festival to get P2 million funding from DTI

Noreco I rate down P2.14/kWh but up P0.61 for Noreco II MCOs

Reshuffling of election officers seen before 2025 midterm polls

DPWH completes P42.4M road projects in Ilog town

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