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  Consolidated transport groups in Bacolod City assured the city government that all their units registered with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) through provisional authorities would be deployed in case non-consolidated groups hold a strike after the April 30 deadline. The city government will also dispatch all available vehicles to assist commuters. …

Presidential Adviser on Military and Police Affairs Secretary Roman Felix urged the military and the police to remain steadfast in ensuring the stability of the present administration. Felix made the call as he served as the guest of honor and speaker during the flag-raising and awarding ceremonies of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) at …

  The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) will deploy representatives from its regional offices to coordinate with local government units (LGUs) nationwide to intensify awareness on the use of engineering solutions to reduce casualties and minimize damage from massive earthquakes. “We will be starting to reach out to various LGUs starting next week through our …

  The Cauayan municipal government will decide this week whether to declare a state of calamity, after the locality reported P66 million in agricultural damage due to drought triggered by the El Niño phenomenon. Mayor John Rey Tabujara said the local government unit is coordinating with Sangguniang Bayan members, as well as local and national …

  By JEN BAYLON The Leonardo Panaligan Command of the New People’s Army (NPA) said it was behind the killing of a resident, who they claimed as a military intelligence asset, in Negros Occidental’s Moises Padilla town last week. Tongkai Golez, 37 years old, was killed while his nine-year-old daughter was injured after they were shot …

  The Fisheries Management Area (FMA) 11 Management Board unanimously adopted a move to eliminate all fishing gear that utilizes fine-meshed nets in the areas it covers. During its recent board meeting led by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional office, the strategy was identified after a series of workshops conducted since …

  The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has allocated P93.906 million in cash aid to hundreds of drought-hit families in three provinces of Western Visayas (Region 6), including Iloilo, Antique and Negros Occidental. The assistance is being implemented under Project Local Adaptation to Water Access (LAWA) and Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for …

By JEN BAYLON The number of confirmed pertussis or whooping cough cases in Negros Occidental has climbed to 13, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) reported yesterday. PHO head Dr. Girlie Pinongan said the majority of the cases were children aged zero to nine months. The laboratory test results have been sent to the Research Institute for Tropical …

  Some 17 villages in Bacolod City are undergoing the National Nutrition Survey 2024 until May 1 initiated by the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI). The survey mainly aims to provide empirical data on the nutritional and health status of Filipinos for planning nutrition and development programs, and for timely …

Preventing further damage to the agriculture sector wrecked by El Niño and the necessary interventions required to mitigate more loss will be the priority agenda of the Food Security Cluster (FSC) chaired by the Department of Agriculture (DA). “Initial reports in our record showed that El Niño’s damage to the region’s agriculture has reached around …