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  With the creation of Negros Island Region (NIR), the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is optimistic that faster economic growth of the entire Visayas region will take place sooner. National Economic and Development Authority regional director Arecio Casing, Jr. said yesterday that the Regional Development Committee – Visayas Area Committee (originally composed of …

  The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) noted stable prices in La Castellana town after DTI imposed a price freeze on the area affected by the Mt. Kanlaon eruption. DTI provincial director Lynna Joy B. Cardinal said the price freeze will last for 60 days and will end on August 3 of this year. …

The Department of Tourism (DOT) said there is a need to “ramp up” tourism promotions in Western Visayas now that Negros Occidental and Bacolod City have left the region following the creation of the Negros Island Region (NIR). “[We] will also be encouraging our LGUs [local government units] to discover more destinations. They can have …

  By JEN BAYLON Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said Vice President Sara Duterte’s resignation as Education Secretary and National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) vice chairperson will not have any impact on local politics. “Our politics are local, and our condition remains to be strong. Definitely, the resignation of …

  Both the government and the private sector have taken measures to address the infestation of armyworm in corn and sugarcane fields in at least four local government units (LGUs) in the fifth district of Negros Occidental. Affected areas include some villages in Isabela, Binalbagan and Moises Padilla, as well as Himamaylan City. Negros Occidental …

  Police authorities arrested former Negros Oriental Governor Pryde Henry Teves yesterday over his alleged involvement in terrorism activities. In a report, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said Teves was nabbed in Barangay Taclobo, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental at about 8:15 a.m. The former governor is wanted by the Cebu City Regional Trial …

BY JEN BAYLON The Negros Occidental Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) has confirmed reports of an “outbreak” of armyworm infestations in two local government units. OPA head Dina Genzola said they had begun gathering data and verifying reports of infestation, particularly in southern Negros Occidental, as crops are being severely damaged. Armyworms are said to be …

  Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo welcomed the signing of the Negros Island Region (NIR) Act into law on June 13, saying that Dumaguete is ready to host the regional offices in the city. Remollo said he has already allocated lots for free to some national agencies and offered the remaining lots to regional …

  The City of Bago in Negros Occidental launched a community-based waste-to-cash program to reduce plastic waste as part of its activities for the observance of Environment Month this June. Vice Mayor Ramon Torres said yesterday that the launch of the “Aling Tindera Plastic Waste to Cash” in Barangays Ma-ao and Poblacion, in partnership with …

  Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez suspended the borrowing of city government vehicles by groups traveling to various activities, pending inspection of the condition of the units, to ensure the safety of Bacolodnons. The mayor issued the order yesterday after a city-owned tourist bus figured in a road crash, resulting in the death of …