July 23, 2026 - Negros Now Daily

EB Magalona creates task force to save local blue crab industry

July 23, 2026

Moving swiftly to protect the livelihoods of around 2,500 residents dependent on the local blue crab sector, E. B. Magalona Mayor Matthew Louis Malacon has issued an executive order creating the Municipal Crab Industry Task Force.

Four EVs arrived for Bacolod OBO

July 23, 2026

Four new electric vehicles (EVs) have arrived at the Bacolod City Government Center for use by the Office of the Building Official (OBO) to support daily field inspections and operational duties.

AMA Bacolod misses business permit deadline

July 23, 2026

The 15-day period in the second notice of violation issued to AMA Computer College–Bacolod Campus has lapsed July 22, with the school still failing to secure a valid business permit from the city government.

Police seize over P290,000 ‘shabu’, marijuana in Bacolod

July 23, 2026

Police arrested two unemployed suspects and seized suspected shabu, dried marijuana, high-grade “kush”, and liquid marijuana, worth a total of P296,400, in buy-bust operations July 21 and 22 in Bacolod City.

Emergency loan offered for GSIS members in Neg. Occ.

July 23, 2026

The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has earmarked P520 million in emergency loans to assist 21,153 eligible active members and old-age and disability pensioners affected by emergencies in Negros Occidental and in Bagulin, La Union.

601 barangays in Negros Occ. to get P120.2M presidential aid

July 23, 2026

The 601 barangays of Negros Occidental are set to receive a total of P120.2 million in financial assistance under the Bawat Barangay Makikinabang: Presidential Assistance Socio-Civic Projects Fund.

DA commits P100M to battle RSSI infestation in Negros

July 23, 2026

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has committed to initially release P100 million from the P200 million requested by the Sugar Regulatory Administration to help contain the spread of the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI), which has infested sugarcane plantations across Negros Island, according to Manolet Lamata, president of the United Sugar Producers Federation (UNIFED).

Be a North Star

July 23, 2026

I spoke recently to the 96 members of the 2026 graduating class of the Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy (BSPT) program of Silliman University at their presentation of graduates, which used to be referred to as a hooding ceremony, now called a bestowment of stoles.

Transactionalism vs cooperation

July 23, 2026

Transactionalism in the context of current-day politics is a political philosophy and governance style that treats all relationships as negotiable contracts.

EB Magalona creates task force to save local blue crab industry

Four EVs arrived for Bacolod OBO

AMA Bacolod misses business permit deadline

Police seize over P290,000 ‘shabu’, marijuana in Bacolod

Emergency loan offered for GSIS members in Neg. Occ.

601 barangays in Negros Occ. to get P120.2M presidential aid

DA commits P100M to battle RSSI infestation in Negros

Be a North Star

Transactionalism vs cooperation

LATEST STORY

EB Magalona creates task force to save local blue crab industry

Four EVs arrived for Bacolod OBO

AMA Bacolod misses business permit deadline

Police seize over P290,000 ‘shabu’, marijuana in Bacolod

Emergency loan offered for GSIS members in Neg. Occ.

601 barangays in Negros Occ. to get P120.2M presidential aid

MORE STORIES:

Another city employee probed over unauthorized tax collection

DA commits P100M to battle RSSI infestation in Negros

Bacolod eyeing P7.5M fuel station at BREDCO

AMA Bacolod misses business permit deadline

601 barangays in Negros Occ. to get P120.2M presidential aid

Four EVs arrived for Bacolod OBO