September 8, 2026 - Negros Now Daily

‘No PSA records for 1,685 confi fund payees’

September 8, 2026

At the impeachment trial on Monday, Assistant National Statistician Marizza Grande testified that 1,685 of the 2,669 individuals listed as recipients of confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and Department of Education (DepEd) in 2022 and 2023 have no records in the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) civil registry database.

Congressional probe sought on Visayas power outages

September 8, 2026

Deputy Speaker Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez filed on Monday, Sept. 7 a resolution seeking a congressional inquiry into the power outages affecting the Visayas grid.

USLS installs x-ray scanners

September 8, 2026

The University of St. La Salle in Bacolod said Sept. 7 that it has deployed x-ray scanners to add to security measures being implemented in the campus.

Police track missing US national

September 8, 2026

Police in Negros Oriental are retracing the movements of an American national, who was reported missing weeks after arriving in the Philippines in June and reportedly visiting Negros Island.

Reales assumes PRO NIR command

September 8, 2026

PBrig. Gen. Rudecindo Reales formally assumed leadership of the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) on Sept. 7.

La Carlota bans selling of liquor, cigarette, vape to students, minors

September 8, 2026

The selling of alcohol, cigarettes, and vape products to students and minors is prohibited in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental.

Negros Power sees decline in manual load dropping

September 8, 2026

Negros Electric and Power Corp. (Negros Power) expects the frequency and duration of manual load dropping (MLD) or rotational brownouts in its central Negros franchise area to gradually decrease this month as more power plants resume operations.

3-yr-old girl dies of electrocution

September 8, 2026

A three-year-old girl died of electrocution at her home in Purok 11, Brgy. Asia, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental, Sept. 6.

P442K in shabu seized, 2 arrested

September 8, 2026

Police seized over P442,000 in suspected shabu, weighing approximately 65 grams, in anti-illegal drug operations across Bacolod City over the weekend.

P30M allotted for e-vehicles for 20 barangays in Bacolod

September 8, 2026

Twenty large barangays in Bacolod City are set to receive electric utility vans within the year following the allocation of around P30-million from the national government’s Local Government Support Fund.

‘No PSA records for 1,685 confi fund payees’

Congressional probe sought on Visayas power outages

USLS installs x-ray scanners

Police track missing US national

Reales assumes PRO NIR command

La Carlota bans selling of liquor, cigarette, vape to students, minors

Negros Power sees decline in manual load dropping

3-yr-old girl dies of electrocution

P442K in shabu seized, 2 arrested

P30M allotted for e-vehicles for 20 barangays in Bacolod

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