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Truck plunges off the cliff in NegOr; claims 15 lives
Fifteen people died when a truck plunged off a cliff in Mabinay, a town in Negros Oriental known for its hilly terrain with roads that snake through it.

Over 500 register in Bacolod City on Day 1 of COMELEC satellite registration
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Bacolod City successfully registered 554 new voters on the first day of its satellite registration drive held at the Barangay

Negros Women For Tomorrow Foundation secures $500,000 grant to boost food security & nutrition
The Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF) has secured a $500,000 grant from Citi Foundation, administered through CAF America, to support their “Balik Panguma Initiative.”

Senate oks P100 minimum wage increase across the board in PH
The Philippine Senate has overwhelmingly voted in favor of a bill that mandates a P100 increase in the daily minimum wage for private sector employees.

Grade 10 dies in Murcia fire
A 15-year-old Grade 10 student, identified as Hechanova, tragically lost his life in a fire that engulfed three houses in Barangay Blumentritt, Murcia, Negros Occidental, early morning of Saturday, February 17, 2024.

Woman found dead in Rizal was a Murcia native; live-in partner arrested
A female employee of a motorcycle trading firm, identified as Janiclear Eustaquio Cahilig, 31, was found dead in a grassy area of Barangay Palangoy, Binangonan, Rizal on Tuesday morning, February 13.

Retail tycoon Lucio Co named honorary mayor, adopted son of Bacolod City
In a ceremony held at the Bacolod City Government Center on Saturday, Febrauary 10, retail tycoon Lucio Co was bestowed with the title of honorary mayor for the day and adopted son of Bacolod City by the Sangguniang Panlungsod.

Minor quake hits Murcia town
The tremor occurred at 9:06 PM Philippine Standard Time (PST) with an epicenter located 020 kilometers south 31° east of Murcia, Negros Occidental.

Bacolod braces for 12-hour brownout on Feb 3 as NGCP conducts line maintenance
Bacolod braces for 12-hour brownout on Feb 3 as NGCP conducts line maintenance.

LCC-B architecture student wins big in golden Dinagsa painting contest
Therese Marie Ortaliz, an architecture student from La Consolacion College-Bacolod (LCC-B), emerged victorious in the first-ever province-wide Golden Dinagsa painting contest (Open Theme), wowing judges
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