March 21, 2025 - Negros Now Daily

SP ratifies COS of 47 medical personnel, 100 BNS in Bacolod

March 21, 2025

The Sangguniang Panlungsod ratified March 20 the contracts of service (COS) of 47 medical personnel until June 30 this year, as well as the memoranda of agreement with 100 barangay nutrition scholars (BNS) for the whole of 2025.

April 1 declared regular holiday

March 21, 2025

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared April 1, a Tuesday, as a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid’l Fitr, or Feast of Ramadhan.

Displaced families in Toboso return home

March 21, 2025

The 122 families displaced by the recent encounter between Philippine Army soldiers and remnants of the New People’s Army in Toboso, Negros Occidental have started to return home Thursday afternoon (March 20).

Armed clashes in north Negros won’t affect elections: Comelec

March 21, 2025

The encounters between the New People’s Army (NPA) rebel remnants and Philippine Army soldiers in Toboso and Cadiz City, Negros Occidental would not affect the holding of May 12 elections in those areas, the region’s top Commission on Elections (Comelec) official said on Thursday (March 20).

P17-million school building turned over in Dumaguete

March 21, 2025

Pupils and faculty members of North City Elementary School (NCES) in Dumaguete City thanked the local government and Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo for the two-storey, eight-classroom school building, worth P17.5 million, turned over March 19.

Rizal Boulevard walkway expanded

March 21, 2025

Work continues to expand the promenade area at Rizal Boulevard towards the Pantawan II People’s Park in Dumaguete City.

SC pushes for digital transformation with e-filing orientation in Bacolod

March 21, 2025

As part of its ongoing efforts to modernize the judiciary, the Supreme Court (SC) conducted orientations on electronic filing (e-Filing) for Judicial Region VI judges and court personnel in the cities of Bacolod and Iloilo early this month.

NegOcc logs 1,338 dengue cases

March 21, 2025

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Health Office (PHO) recorded 1,338 dengue cases in Negros Occidental from Jan. 1 to March 15 this year, higher by 1,068 cases compared to

33 gun ban violators nabbed

March 21, 2025

The implementation of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban in Negros Occidental, including the highly-urbanized Bacolod City, led to the apprehension of 33 violators from Jan. 12 to March 18.

EB Magalona barangay gets 27 CCTV cameras

March 21, 2025

San Isidro, an upland barangay of E. B. Magalona, is a recipient of 27 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, worth P892,040, from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

SP ratifies COS of 47 medical personnel, 100 BNS in Bacolod

April 1 declared regular holiday

Displaced families in Toboso return home

Armed clashes in north Negros won’t affect elections: Comelec

P17-million school building turned over in Dumaguete

Rizal Boulevard walkway expanded

SC pushes for digital transformation with e-filing orientation in Bacolod

NegOcc logs 1,338 dengue cases

33 gun ban violators nabbed

EB Magalona barangay gets 27 CCTV cameras

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