January 9, 2025 - Negros Now Daily

Trials, triumphs, and the future

January 9, 2025

My ordeal didn’t end in 21 days but continued for a few more months lying on my bed the whole day. I celebrated my 53rd birthday, thanks to friends from the Association of Math and Science Educators of Philippine Public and Private Schools (ASMEPPS) who, despite my diabetes, brought a cake. I tasted the icing but had to forgo indulging my sweet tooth. After all, isn’t it the culprit why I am in this state?

Freedom in a ‘forgotten crisis’

January 9, 2025

When my online calendar flashed a reminder for an event on the first weekend of January, I immediately made an online post greeting my friends in Myanmar “A Happy Independence Day.”

A New Year, A New Dedication

January 9, 2025

As we step into a new year, it is an opportunity to reflect, renew, and dedicate ourselves afresh to God. The story of Jesus being presented at the Temple reminds

Bacolod allots P5 million for 20th Bacolaodiat Fest

January 9, 2025

The Sangguniang Panlungsod has authorized the City Mayor Jan. 8 to sign the memorandum of agreement on the grant of P5 million in financial assistance for the 20th staging of the Bacolaodiat Festival in Bacolod from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2.

PRO-NIR up for activation

January 9, 2025

The election period starts Jan. 12 and the Philippine National Police is set to activate the Police Regional Office Negros Island Region (PRO NIR) this month, according to provincial police spokesman PCapt. Judesses Catalogo.

Comelec exempts 28 DSWD projects from election ban

January 9, 2025

Twenty-eight projects and programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have been exempted from the ban on the release of public funds in connection with the May 2025 national and local elections (NLE).

Mt. Kanlaon eruption can affect 124K people within 10km radius

January 9, 2025

The Office of the Civil Defense estimates that about 124,000 people within a 10-kilometer radius of Kanlaon volcano will be affected if it erupts again, as revealed on Wednesday, Jan. 8, by Task Force Kanlaon chief Raul Fernandez.

Kanlaon-displaced residents ready to go home amid volcano’s unrest

January 9, 2025

Evacuees residing outside the Kanlaon volcano’s 6-kilometer permanent danger zone in La Castellana and La Carlota City in Negros Occidental started to return to their respective homes on Wednesday, January 8, amid the restiveness of the volcano.

Flooding in Cadiz affect 261 families

January 9, 2025

Flooding due to heavy rains triggered by thunderstorms and a shearline on Wednesday, Jan. 8, led to the temporary evacuation of 261 families, composed of 784 persons, in seven barangays of Cadiz City, Negros Occidental.

Capitol, TUP to establish extension, research collab

January 9, 2025

The Negros Occidental provincial government has partnered with the Technological University of the Philippines (TUP) to establish extension and research collaboration and linkage in various areas of cooperation.

Trials, triumphs, and the future

Freedom in a ‘forgotten crisis’

A New Year, A New Dedication

Bacolod allots P5 million for 20th Bacolaodiat Fest

PRO-NIR up for activation

Comelec exempts 28 DSWD projects from election ban

Mt. Kanlaon eruption can affect 124K people within 10km radius

Kanlaon-displaced residents ready to go home amid volcano’s unrest

Flooding in Cadiz affect 261 families

Capitol, TUP to establish extension, research collab

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