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The Sagay City government has intensified efforts to contain the redstriped soft scale insect (RSSI) infestation as the pest continues to spread rapidly across sugarcane-growing areas. Mayor Leo Rafael “Bebo” Cueva, along with...
Air quality in La Castellana town reached “very unhealthy” levels, while all other monitored areas such as La Carlota and Bago City remain at “fair” status. EMB-NIR Director Vicente Losbañes said they detected haze based on data gathered from...
Dengue cases in the Negros Island Region (NIR) dropped by nearly half this year, but children aged six to 15 remain the most affected age group, the Department of Health - NIR Center for Health Development (DOH-NIR CHD) said. The DOH-NIR...
The Bacolod City government is eyeing a P5billion annual budget for 2027. The proposed budget has increased by P300 million from this year’s P4.7-billion budget, Councilor Jude Thaddeus Sayson, Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) appropriations...
The Bacolod Environment and Natural Resources Office (Benro) should evaluate the performance of the International Solid Waste Integrated Management Specialists Inc. (ISWIMS), especially since numerous complaints of uncollected...
Offices in the Negros Occidental provincial government will revert to the regular eight-hour workday from September 1 to 4, after National Heroes Day fell on the designated nonworking day under the province’s fourday compressed workweek...