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  Relatives of ex-Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves, Jr. were seen leaving Timor-Leste to fly out to Cambodia. Photos from GMA Integrated News’ source showed six of Teves’ relatives boarding a private jet, according to a report on “State of the Nation” on Tuesday, April 9. Teves was arrested in Dili, Timor-Leste last month while playing …

  By JEN BAYLON President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has committed to supporting the agriculture sector and farmers following the distribution of 4,724 land titles to beneficiaries in Negros Occidental on Monday, April 8. Marcos urged the Department of Agrarian Reform to strengthen partnerships with other government agencies to efficiently identify beneficiaries and maximize the use of …

  By JEN BAYLON President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. encourages stakeholders to invest in energy infrastructure projects to meet surging long-term power demands in Negros and Panay. “I encourage private generators to invest in the Negros and Panay sub-grids so that the region can meet its energy demands and ensure self-sufficiency in the long run,” Marcos …

  By JEN BAYLON Negros Occidental’s San Enrique town was placed under a state of calamity due to the effects of the El Niño phenomenon on agriculture. Mayor Jilson Tubillara said the Sangguniang Bayan approved the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council’s recommendation for declaring a calamity state in the locality during a special …

  A total of 1,562 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Negros Occidental received land titles, while 1,880 others were recipients of almost P70 million in support services during the distribution rites of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) yesterday, led by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. and Secretary Conrado Estrella III in Negros Occidental’s Bago …

  By JEN BAYLON The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) will distribute 4,724 Certificates of Land Ownership Award to 2,797 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Negros Occidental on Monday, April 8. Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III is expected to distribute the titles, covering 2,550 hectares of land, at the Manuel Y. Torres Memorial Coliseum and …

  Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday that the Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) Backbone project will be a big help towards power stability. “With the completion of a major transmission line, we can expect lesser brownouts,” Lacson said. “Stable power generates development,” he added. The governor pointed out that more transmission lines will be constructed …

The Department of Education (DepEd) reminded school heads of their authority to decide on class suspension due to the intense heat that many parts of the country have been experiencing. In a statement, the DepEd said school administrators have the discretion to suspend in-person classes and shift to alternative delivery modes (ADM) amid extreme heat …

  The Iloilo City Health Office (CHO) has intensified its preventive measures against pertussis or whooping cough following the outbreak declaration for the said respiratory disease in the metro. CHO assistant department head Dr. Roland Jay Fortuna, in a media interview, presented the health department’s response to the outbreak, highlighting the importance of intensified preventive …

  Workers in the private sector who will be working on April 9 (Araw ng Kagitingan or Day of Valor) and April 10 (Eid’l al-Fitr or the end of Ramadan) are entitled to 200 percent of their salary for each of the twin regular holidays. In Labor Advisory No. 5 issued on Friday, April 5, …