Electric cooperatives in Negros Occidental encouraged consumers to conserve energy as the higher price in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) increased residential power rates for July. The Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (Noneco) announced yesterday an upward adjustment of P6.5625 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) after the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) and Negros Occidental Electric …
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LCP designates Quezon City mayor as acting national president
The League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) named Quezon City Mayor Ma. Josefina “Joy” Belmonte-Alimurung as the acting national president after Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, the national president, was suspended by the Office of the Ombudsman for six months in May. In a statement released yesterday by Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo …
Negros Occidental to hold first coffee fiesta Aug. 9-11
The inaugural Negros Occidental Coffee Fiesta will be held August 9 to 11 at a mall in Bacolod City to celebrate and promote the Negrense coffee culture. The event with the theme “From Bean to Cup: Uniting Communities, Igniting Possibilities” is being organized by the Negros Occidental Coffee Council with support from the provincial …
LGUs, NGAs urged to submit public service continuity plans
Local government units (LGUs) and national government agencies (NGAs) in Western Visayas (Region 6) are urged to develop and submit public service continuity plans (PSCP) to avoid disruption in the performance of their functions amid crises and disasters. Bago City in Negros Occidental is the only LGU in Region 6 that has submitted a …
Peace adviser: Insurgency-free PH achievable by 2028
The goal of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s administration to make the Philippines insurgency-free by the end of 2028 is not impossible. Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. said the government’s convergence efforts can turn the vision into reality. “Nakita ko sa assessment ko, it is very achievable kasi nakikita natin …
Malnutrition rate drops in Negros Oriental
Local health officials continue their efforts to fight malnutrition as they call on the public and private stakeholders to follow the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) from 2023 to 2028. In a Kapihan sa PIA forum, Negros Oriental Provincial Health Office (PHO) nutritionist Antonieta Delfino said that despite increasing malnutrition cases in …
PHO: NegOcc dengue cases up 17.4%
By JEN BAYLON The Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office (PHO) reported an increase in the number of dengue cases in the province, with a 17.4 percent surge compared to the same period last year. Latest data showed the PHO recorded a total of 874 dengue cases this year, which was higher than the 712 cases logged as …
BCPO director reassigned to CIDG
By JEN BAYLON Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) director Colonel Noel Aliño has been reassigned to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) effective yesterday, as per special order from the Philippine National Police headquarters. Aliño will take over as CIDG head, replacing Colonel Joel Manuel Apelo Ana, who had been assigned to the …
92 farmers get titles, take oath as ARBs in southern Negros
Ninety-two farmers received land titles and took their oath as agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in southern Negros, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Negros Occidental 2 said in a report yesterday. In Moises Padilla, certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) were distributed on Thursday, July 18, to …
NEPC to grant amnesty for Ceneco consumers with illegal connections
By Mae Singuay The Negros Electric and Power Corporation (NEPC) will grant amnesty for consumers of Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) with illegal connections once the takeover is expected to take effect in August. This was revealed by Roel Castro, NEPC president and chief executive officer, during the NEPC Press Seminar on Power 101 and Rate …