October 8, 2024 - Negros Now Daily

Comelec NIR eyeing inclusion of Negros Or. in watchlist areas

October 8, 2024

Negros Oriental is being eyed by the Commission on Elections for inclusion in its watchlist areas in line with the 2025 midterm elections.

Diesel price up by P1.20/L

October 8, 2024

The third straight week of price increases for diesel and kerosene will take effect on Oct. 8, while there will be no movement for gasoline.

Partial closure of San Juan Street as Albee’s team files COCs Oct. 8

October 8, 2024

The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod has allowed the partial closure of San Juan Street, from 6 a.m. to noon tomorrow, Oct. 8, as members of Team Asenso of Mayor Alfredo Benitez are expected to file their certificates of candidacy for various posts in next year’s elections.

NTA monitors increasing incidents of illegal tobacco trade in Visayas

October 8, 2024

Visayas is fast catching up as the region with the highest illegal cigarettes incidence of six percent, a little shy of the eight percent recorded in Luzon.

160 drug peddlers nabbed in NegOcc

October 8, 2024

Anti-drug operations for the month of September in Negros Occidental, including the highly-urbanized Bacolod City, led to the arrest of 160 drug personalities, according to a report of the Police Regional Office-6.

Barrogo named OIC reg’l chief of DA-NIR

October 8, 2024

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has designated Jose Albert Barrogo as its officer-in-charge regional executive director in the Negros Island Region.

SSS, DMW sign deal for welfare of OFWs

October 8, 2024

The Social Security System (SSS) and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) inked an enhanced cooperation deal to ensure the social security protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) worldwide.