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Urban farming gaining ground amid pandemic

A SMALL group in a village at the southern side of Bacolod City, Negros Occidental has started planting seeds of hope amid the prevailing coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.It has begun to grow a movement aimed at enabling people to be ...

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Ceneco slammed anew for 'failed promise'

A LOCAL consumer group, Power Watch Negros, has slammed the management and members of the Board of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) for their alleged failure to keep their promise to clearly explain the surge in the monthly bills ...

From 3 days ago

DAR awards land titles, installs farmers in southern NegOcc

THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has awarded land titles and installed farmers in southern portion of Negros Occidental.On Thursday, 18 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Bago City received their certificates of land ownership awards (Cloas).The distributed titles cover 16-hectare ...

From 3 days ago

Carp land distribution in Negros Occidental continues

THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Negros Occidental continues to distribute land covered under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (Carp) in the province amid the ongoing pandemic.In the northern portion of Negros Occidental, the latest distribution involved a 12-hectare ...

From 4 days ago

Bridge in Valladolid collapses

RESIDENTS of Barangay Alijis in Valladolid town now need to take a longer route when going to the town proper following the collapse of a bridge there over the weekend.Police Captain Joseph Cantonina, town police chief, said a wingvan truck ...

From 5 days ago

LGUs urged to initiate immediate interventions to keep economy afloat

A BUSINESS chamber has recognized the need for local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental to initiate immediate interventions in order to keep the economy afloat through one, preserving jobs and creating news ones.Frank Carbon, chief executive officer of Metro ...

From 5 days ago

Labor: Real minimum wage in Western Visayas down

THE P395 daily minimum wage of workers in Western Visayas has reduced to P316 in terms of real wage.This was manifested by Wennie Sancho, labor representative to the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) - Western Visayas, during their ...

From 5 days ago

DA-Western Visayas pushes for higher food sufficiency level amid pandemic

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas has crafted several strategies to ensure local food supply and combat hunger amid the prevailing global health crisis, its top official said.DA-Western Visayas Regional Executive Director Remelyn Recoter, in a statement, said ...

From 8 days ago

76 Bago residents evacuate amid tremors, sulfuric smell

SEVENTY-SIX individuals belonging to 18 families in Purok Balatong, Barangay Ilijan in Bago City have evacuated after tremors were felt by residents on Tuesday evening, June 23.Residents of the upland community also smelled a sulfur-like odor, which is possibly emitted ...

From 9 days ago

92-hectare Carp land in Negros Occidental distributed

A TOTAL of 92-hectare land areas covered under Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (Carp) were distributed in the northern part of Negros Occidental.On June 19, some 72 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Barangay San Pablo in Manapla town received their certificates ...

From 9 days ago

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