February 5, 2025 - Negros Now Daily

Benitez asks SP for authority to sign P2.1B supercity project

February 5, 2025

Mayor Alfredo Benitez has asked the Sangguniang Panlungsod for an authority to enter into and sign the build-transfer-maintain agreement, in line with the proposed Bacolod Super City project, worth P2,105,285,273.

200 cops deployed to Negros Oriental

February 5, 2025

The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) has deployed an additional 200 personnel to bolster disaster response efforts in connection with the unrest of Mt. Kanlaon and ensure smooth operations during the May 12 elections in Negros Oriental.

Bacolod to ask for spending ban exemption from Comelec

February 5, 2025

The Bacolod City government will request the Commission on Elections to exempt several projects and programs from the public spending ban, in line with the May 12 midterm polls.

New hospital to improve health services in Victorias

February 5, 2025

The Abelardo and Remedios Bantug Memorial Hospital (ARBMH) main building in Victorias City, which was inaugurated on Feb. 3, has been considered by Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez as a major milestone in delivering accessible and quality healthcare to every Victoriasanon.

23 NegOr areas likely under yellow category for May polls

February 5, 2025

Majority of the cities and municipalities in Negros Oriental are likely to be placed under yellow category for the May 12 elections, a Commission on Elections (Comelec) official said Feb. 4.

Stronger reg’l cooperation pushed to address Indo-Pacific challenges

February 5, 2025

Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez called for stronger regional cooperation, economic resilience, and responsible technology governance to address security and economic challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.

Dumaguete elderly get social pension

February 5, 2025

Qualified senior citizens from 30 barangays of Dumaguete have started receiving their quarterly pension at P3,000 each, covering the last quarter of 2024, or for October to December.

Adhere to election laws, stay neutral, soldiers told

February 5, 2025

As the campaign period for candidates seeking national elected positions is set to start next week, Philippine Army soldiers stationed in Negros and Panay were reminded to strictly adhere to the election laws and remain neutral.

128 family tents set up in Himamaylan City

February 5, 2025

Almost 50 percent of the targeted 500 family tents have already been established at the evacuation center in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, according to Donato Sermeno III, regional director of the Office of Civil Defense-Negros Island Region.

Roadmap dev’t for PH film industry discussed

February 5, 2025

Bacolod City government officials and Negrense filmmakers met with the Film Development Council of the Philippines and global creative industries research organization Olsberg•SPI to discuss the development of a strategic roadmap for the future of the country’s film industry.

Benitez asks SP for authority to sign P2.1B supercity project

200 cops deployed to Negros Oriental

Bacolod to ask for spending ban exemption from Comelec

New hospital to improve health services in Victorias

23 NegOr areas likely under yellow category for May polls

Stronger reg’l cooperation pushed to address Indo-Pacific challenges

Dumaguete elderly get social pension

Adhere to election laws, stay neutral, soldiers told

128 family tents set up in Himamaylan City

Roadmap dev’t for PH film industry discussed

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