February 17, 2025 - Negros Now Daily

Ash fall hits 9 brgys. in Bago

February 17, 2025

Ash fall from gas emission of Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island on Feb. 15 hit nine barangays of Bago City, Negros Occidental, where water rationing is now being implemented as spring water is no longer safe for drinking in some villages.

Police recover P877K shabu

February 17, 2025

About P877,872 worth of suspected shabu and several unlicensed firearms were recovered by the police from 10 drug suspects in separate buy-bust operations in Negros Occidental from Feb. 14 to 16, reports of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office showed.

‘Tent City’ in Himamaylan nearing completion: OCD

February 17, 2025

The tent city in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental that will serve as temporary shelter for Mt. Kanlaon evacuees is on its way to completion as 300 of the 395 family tents have already been established.

3-month closed fishing season in NegOcc, Visayan Sea lifted

February 17, 2025

Commercial fishers can now resume operations within the conservation zone in the Visayan Sea, including areas in Negros Occidental, with the lifting Feb. 16 of the three-month ban on catching sardines, herring, and mackerels.

Senior citizen shot dead in Silay City

February 17, 2025

An elderly man was shot to death by two unidentified assailants in Barangay Bagtic, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Feb. 14.

Oil price hike looms this week

February 17, 2025

Prices of petroleum products will increase anew, effective tomorrow, Feb. 18, following a trifling rollback last week

PNP unveils emergency alert button application

February 17, 2025

In a bid to enhance public safety, the Police Regional Office 7 has launched the “Emergency Alert Button App”, a dependable communication tool that operates without a need for data or Wi-Fi.

Suppliers asked to sell hogs in Dumaguete to lower prices

February 17, 2025

The Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) in Negros Oriental is appealing to hog suppliers to sell their animals in Dumaguete City to bring down the prices of pork.

Dumaguete traffic lights system energized soon

February 17, 2025

Dumaguete Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo said that civil works in the installation of the first prototype nationally-funded traffic lights system at the junction of E-Rovira to Leopoldo Rovira East Drive

Speaker urges BOC of stronger crackdown vs. agri smuggling

February 17, 2025

House Speaker Martin Romualdez commended the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for its intensified campaign against smuggling, citing the agency’s seizure of P85.1 billion worth of contraband and the successful conduct of over 2,100 anti-smuggling operations in 2024.

Ash fall hits 9 brgys. in Bago

Police recover P877K shabu

‘Tent City’ in Himamaylan nearing completion: OCD

3-month closed fishing season in NegOcc, Visayan Sea lifted

Senior citizen shot dead in Silay City

Oil price hike looms this week

PNP unveils emergency alert button application

Suppliers asked to sell hogs in Dumaguete to lower prices

Dumaguete traffic lights system energized soon

Speaker urges BOC of stronger crackdown vs. agri smuggling

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