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Environmental groups and disaster risk reduction specialists are urging local government units in northern Negros Occidental to reject approvals for the proposed P1.2-billion Negros Occidental bulk water supply project, citing what they...
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) dismissed claims of human rights group Karapatan, calling it the “biggest NPA (New People’s Army) recruiter” in the country. In a statement, NTFELCAC executive...
In a statement released on May 26, NDF-Negros spokesperson Ka Bayani Obrero said localized peace efforts endorsed by provincial officials and Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, Jr. would not resolve the roots of the insurgency, arguing...
Negros Occidental is projected to be largely spared from the severe dry conditions typically associated with the El Niño phenomenon, based on the latest climate outlook from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical...
The Department of Education’s Negros Occidental Schools Division will simultaneously launch the Brigada Eskwela and Oplan Balik Eskwela programs on Monday, June 1 as part of preparations for the opening of classes on June 8. Schools...
project while allegedly failing to adequately address longterm environmental and socioeconomic risks. The position paper also claimed that communities in Silay City had already expressed opposition to the project through petitions, barangay...
A 71-year-old man was seriously injured after being struck by a pickup truck along the national highway at Barangay Damsite in Negros Occidental’s Murcia town on Thursday evening, May 28. Police identified the victim only as alias “Edgar,” a...