August 3, 2026 - Negros Now Daily

NEPC backs PBBM’s call for power cost reduction

August 3, 2026

Negros Electric and Power Corporation (Negros Power) has expressed its full support for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s initiative to reduce electricity costs, calling the move a significant step toward providing relief to Filipino consumers by making power more affordable.

Hearing starts today on fare hike petitions

August 3, 2026

Top officials of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), led by chairman Vigor Mendoza II, will meet with leaders of at least seven major transport groups today, Aug. 3, to discuss the pending fare hike petitions for public utility vehicles (PUVs).

Church’s social action arm raises concerns over Pax Silica AI hub

August 3, 2026

The Catholic Church’s social action and advocacy arm has come out against a U.S.-backed plan to build a large AI and semiconductor hub on farmland north of Manila, saying the project is moving forward without answers on who will control it or who will pay for it.

‘Eat-All-You-Can’ blue crabs draws large crowd to E.B. Magalona town

August 3, 2026

The municipality of E.B. Magalona, known as the blue crab capital of Negros Occidental, launched the “Sabado Nights: Eat-All-You-Can Blue Crabs” program on Aug. 1, drawing an overwhelming crowd who consumed 800 kilos of freshly cooked blue crabs within two hours.

SIDA amendments set for deliberation

August 3, 2026

The review of the Sugarcane Industry Development Act (SIDA) of 2015 is set to begin next week, with the proposed amendments to be deliberated on by the House committee on agriculture chaired by Quezon First District Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga.

Bacolod General Hospital partial opening set in 2028

August 3, 2026

The city government aims to open the ground and second floors of the Bacolod General Hospital (BGH) in Barangay Vista Alegre by 2028.

Minimal rollback in fuel prices up

August 3, 2026

A minimal rollback in the pump prices of petroleum products will take effect, starting tomorrow, Aug. 4, after five straight weeks of consecutive increases.

Laborer shot dead in La Castellana

August 3, 2026

A 30-year-old laborer was found dead along a roadside in Hacienda San Jose, Barangay Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, July 31.

Over 39,000-ha. sugarcane farms nationwide hit by RSSI infestation

August 3, 2026

The red-striped soft insect (RSSI) infestation has spread to 39,130 hectares of sugarcane farms nationwide, affecting about 22.31 percent of the country’s 421,606 hectares of sugarcane plantations, prompting government agencies and industry stakeholders to further intensify efforts to contain the pest.

BCPO nets P972K in shabu

August 3, 2026

A three-day anti-illegal drug operations across Bacolod City resulted in the arrest of seven drug personalities and the confiscation of over P972,000 worth of suspected shabu, the police said Aug. 2.

NEPC backs PBBM’s call for power cost reduction

Hearing starts today on fare hike petitions

Church’s social action arm raises concerns over Pax Silica AI hub