March 9, 2026 - Negros Now Daily

P11-30/L increase in prices of petroleum products looms

March 9, 2026

A major increase in the pump prices of petroleum products will take effect tomorrow, March 10, as the escalating tensions in the Middle East already resulted in the rising costs of crude oil in the international market.

Validate fuel subsidy cards, drivers urged

March 9, 2026

Drivers and operators with expired, inactive, or lost fuel subsidy cards are urged to promptly coordinate with Landbank for card validation or replacement, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said.

NegOcc LGUs, state schools to adopt four-day workweek

March 9, 2026

Starting March 16, all Capitol offices and departments will have office hours from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday to Friday, “until revoked or modified by the President of the Philippines,” Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said in an executive order issued Saturday

Police seize P1.4-M in shabu

March 9, 2026

Police anti-drug operatives seized an estimated P1.4 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested three suspects in separate buy-busts in the cities of Bacolod and Dumaguete over the weekend.

Guv backs emergency powers for PBBM

March 9, 2026

Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has expressed full support to the initiative of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to seek emergency powers from Congress, allowing the national government to reduce excise taxes on petroleum products should global oil prices surge due to the escalating crisis in the Middle East.

PRO-NIR adopts measures to protect domestic fuel supply

March 9, 2026

The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) is implementing contingency measures to protect domestic fuel security in collaboration with the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Trade and Industry, and the local government units (LGUs).

P11-30/L increase in prices of petroleum products looms

Validate fuel subsidy cards, drivers urged

NegOcc LGUs, state schools to adopt four-day workweek

Police seize P1.4-M in shabu

Guv backs emergency powers for PBBM

PRO-NIR adopts measures to protect domestic fuel supply

126,930 Negrenses receive P762.2M in ECT assistance

NIR crime incidents drop by 18.6 percent

Siquijor medalists get cash incentive

Anti-smuggling operations intensified in south Negros

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