April 9, 2026 - Negros Now Daily

SP seeks full release of salary of Bacolod employees April 15

April 9, 2026

The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod is requesting the City Treasury to release this month’s full salary of employees and officials on or before April 15.

3 LGUs in NegOcc report cases of fish poisoning

April 9, 2026

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Negros Island Region (BFAR-NIR) is working with local government units (LGUs) in monitoring markets after incidents of fish poisoning linked to the consumption of a type of tuna called “aloy” and “tulingan” in Negros Occidental.

P2.6-M worth of smuggled cigarettes seized in Mabinay

April 9, 2026

An estimated P2 million worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) during a buy-bust operation at Barangay Old Namangka in Mabinay, Negros Oriental on April 6.

DA endorses sugar industry’s ‘Purchase and Park’ proposal

April 9, 2026

The proposed government-led sugar buying program pushed by industry stakeholders designed to address the oversupply was endorsed by Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu-Laurel to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Fuel prices may not return to pre-war levels: Lacson

April 9, 2026

With lots of damage to oil refineries affected by the Middle East war, Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said he is not inclined to believe that fuel prices in the Philippines will be restored to pre-war levels.

Indian national injured in Silay shooting incident

April 9, 2026

A female Indian national and four others were injured in a shooting incident at Barangay Bagtic, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, April 8.

Albee calls for BSKE postponement

April 9, 2026

Deputy Speaker Alfredo Abelardo Benitez is pushing for the postponement of the 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) for six months because of the ongoing fuel crisis.

When women rise

April 9, 2026

The month that has long been identified with women, which is March, has just concluded, but issues and concens about women know no time and distance, albeit they are limitless.

How to slow the passage of time

April 9, 2026

As you age, you’ll notice that time seems to speed up. Weeks feel like days, and months feel like weeks as you get on the down slope of life. There’s actually a scientific reason for that.

SP seeks full release of salary of Bacolod employees April 15

3 LGUs in NegOcc report cases of fish poisoning

P2.6-M worth of smuggled cigarettes seized in Mabinay

DA endorses sugar industry’s ‘Purchase and Park’ proposal

Fuel prices may not return to pre-war levels: Lacson

Indian national injured in Silay shooting incident

Albee calls for BSKE postponement

When women rise

How to slow the passage of time

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