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Manokan Country will be closed starting today for its scheduled renovation. According to Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, the stall owners did not comply with the compromise agreement. They withdrew their initial statement that they would move to the temporary venue in the parking area of a shopping mall across the Manokan Country. Benitez …

  The Negros Occidental provincial government obtained a special patent title for the almost 24-hectare property covering the Mambukal Resort and Wildlife Sanctuary in Barangay Minoyan, Murcia town from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) yesterday. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said the transfer represents a significant advancement in the initiatives of the province …

  The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) deployed a total of 2,332 personnel in Negros Occidental, including highly-urbanized Bacolod City, to conduct the 2024 Census of Population and Community-Based Monitoring System (POPCEN-CBMS) starting today until September 15. These include 1,591 enumerators, 269 team supervisors, and 69 census area supervisors assigned to 19 municipalities and 12 cities …

  The Negros Occidental Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) reported P10.8 million worth of damage to corn crops due to armyworm infestations. A total of 1,117 farmers and 753.38 hectares of corn fields in 38 barangays were affected by the infestation from June 1 to July 1, the OPA said. Himamaylan City recorded P3.1 …

  Three local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental are benefiting from the P293 million worth of slope protection and flood mitigation projects recently completed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Western Visayas (Region 6). In Kabankalan City, these include the 342-lineal meter concrete slope protection along the upstream of Approach …

  Three hundred former Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) rebels in Negros and Panay islands enrolled in the government’s amnesty program during the application period July 5 to 12, the Philippine Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) said in a report yesterday. Under the National Amnesty Commission’s Local Amnesty Board (LAB)-Bacolod, 210 applicants …

  The “Mango Harvesters” painting by National Artist Fernando Amorsolo was recovered by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) after it was stolen from the Hofileña Museum in Negros Occidental’s Silay City last week. Silay police chief, Colonel Mark Anthony Darroca, said the NBI conducted an entrapment operation that resulted in the arrest of two …

  The national government-funded Negros Occidental Convention Center in Silay City is seen to boost the province’s bid to become one of the convention hubs in the country. Construction of the two-story multipurpose facility, which can accommodate up to 6,200 visitors and staff, is set to start next month, based on the project schedule of …

  The Police Regional Office in Western Visayas (PRO-6) turned over firearms, vehicles and equipment to selected units in the region to boost their operational capability. PRO6 Regional Director Brigadier General Jack Wanky said the support from the national headquarters was meant to inspire the region’s police officers to do their job well. “These are …

  Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor, Jr. said that he is hoping to hear about new development projects for Iloilo and Western Visayas when President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. delivers his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 22. “We would like to hear more than expectations, and I think that Iloilo will be mentioned …