May 29, 2025 - Negros Now Daily

DOH: No monkeypox case in Negros Occ.

May 29, 2025

Negros Occidental remains free of monkeypox (Mpox) even as one case has been reported in Iloilo City, where four other suspected cases are also under close observation.

P2.8M smuggled cigarettes seized in E.B. Magalona

May 29, 2025

An estimated P2.8 million worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized by the police in Barangay Pasil, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Tuesday night (May 27).

Oil palm plantation creates over 500 jobs in Candoni

May 29, 2025

In a move to boost local agricultural productivity and support rural employment, over 500 jobs have been created in the municipality of Candoni through the development of Hacienda Asia Plantations Inc. (HAPI), a company managing an oil palm operation in southern Negros Occidental.

Prevent spread of monkeypox disease in Bacolod, SP urges

May 29, 2025

The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod urged concerned offices May 28 to establish measures preventing the spread of monkeypox (mpox) in this highly-urbanized city.

Mt. Kanlaon border controls tightened

May 29, 2025

Regional Task Force (RTF) Kanlaon head Raul Fernandez has urged managers of evacuation centers to account the internally displaced persons under their respective supervisions as he ordered the tightening of border controls within the six-kilometer extended danger zone of Kanlaon Volcano.

Degamo’s widow looks forward to facing Arnie Teves in court

May 29, 2025

Negros Oriental third district representative-elect Janice Degamo is looking forward to facing her dismissed predecessor, Arnolfo Teves, in court to bring justice to the killing of her husband, then Governor Roel Degamo, and nine other victims.

Talisay resident shot dead in Ilog

May 29, 2025

A man who was abducted was reported to have been summarily executed in Barangay Dancalan, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 27.

Drug suspects yield 6kg marijuana leaves

May 29, 2025

Six kilos of suspected dried marijuana leaves valued at P823,000 have been recovered by the police in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 27.

Private utilities take lead in regulating power rates

May 29, 2025

In a positive development for power consumers in Western Visayas and Negros Island, private electric distribution utilities under the leadership of billionaire businessman Enrique Razon Jr. continue to offer the most competitive electricity rates in the region, outpacing the rates charged by electric cooperatives.

SM City Bacolod joins nationwide flag raising for National Flag Day

May 29, 2025

SM City Bacolod joined all SM Supermalls nationwide in a synchronized flag-raising ceremony morning of May 28, in commemoration of National Flag Day, honoring the historic first unfurling of the Philippine Flag on May 28, 1898, in Alapan, Kawit, Cavite.

DOH: No monkeypox case in Negros Occ.

P2.8M smuggled cigarettes seized in E.B. Magalona

Oil palm plantation creates over 500 jobs in Candoni

Prevent spread of monkeypox disease in Bacolod, SP urges

Mt. Kanlaon border controls tightened

Degamo’s widow looks forward to facing Arnie Teves in court

Talisay resident shot dead in Ilog

Drug suspects yield 6kg marijuana leaves

Private utilities take lead in regulating power rates

SM City Bacolod joins nationwide flag raising for National Flag Day

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