January 15, 2025 - Negros Now Daily

Comelec to ensure May 12 polls pushes through in Negros

January 15, 2025

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ordered the Provincial Joint Security Coordinating Centers (PJSCCs) of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental to come up with contingency plans to ensure that the elections will push through on May 12 despite the threat of another eruption of Mt. Kanlaon.

BCPO logs biggest drug haul in WV

January 15, 2025

The Police Regional Office-6 confiscated P25 million worth of illegal drugs in Western Visayas in various operations within a period of three weeks.

Former Himamaylan City mayor dies

January 15, 2025

Former Himamaylan City Mayor Carminia Gatuslao Bascon passed away at 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday (Jan. 14) at a private hospital in Bacolod City.

DPWH Bacolod seeks RONO from SP on trees to be cut for 8 infra projects

January 15, 2025

The Department of Public Works and Highways Bacolod City District Engineering Office has asked the Sangguniang Panlungsod for a Resolution of No Objection (RONO) on the cutting of trees in eight project sites.

OCD identifies 35 pyroclastic hazard areas, buffer zones in 6 Negros LGUs

January 15, 2025

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has identified 35 barangays in six local government units (LGUs) of Negros Island that may be affected by the pyroclastic flow hazard in case of another eruption of Mt. Kanlaon.

Dumaguete SP asked to extend deadline for biz permit renewal

January 15, 2025

Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo has asked the Sangguniang Panlungsod to extend to Feb. 20 the deadline for the renewal of business permits, professional and occupations taxes, mayor’s permit for motorcycle drivers, and retirement of businesses, from the original Jan. 21 schedule.

Decrease in unemployment a positive dev’t: Romualdez

January 15, 2025

Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez described the decrease in unemployment reported by authorities as a positive development and a piece of good news.

‘No need to probe NGCP’

January 15, 2025

A veteran lawmaker questioned the purpose of the hearing of the House Committee on Legislative Franchises on the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), stressing that there’s no reason to conduct a probe as the transmission grid operator has been compliant with the responsibilities under its franchise.

Army soldier faces attempted murder raps

January 15, 2025

A member of the Philippine Army is now in hot water after he allegedly tried to kill his commanding officer at Camp Gen. Leandro L. Fullon in San Jose, Antique on Jan. 10.

Lions Clubs hold relief ops for Mt. Kanlaon evacuees

January 15, 2025

The Lions Clubs International District 301-B1 Philippines, with emergency relief grant funding from the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF), successfully carried out a relief operation Jan. 11 for evacuees affected by the Kanlaon volcano eruption.

Comelec to ensure May 12 polls pushes through in Negros

BCPO logs biggest drug haul in WV

Former Himamaylan City mayor dies

DPWH Bacolod seeks RONO from SP on trees to be cut for 8 infra projects

OCD identifies 35 pyroclastic hazard areas, buffer zones in 6 Negros LGUs

Dumaguete SP asked to extend deadline for biz permit renewal

Decrease in unemployment a positive dev’t: Romualdez

‘No need to probe NGCP’

Army soldier faces attempted murder raps

Lions Clubs hold relief ops for Mt. Kanlaon evacuees

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