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Thirty-nine families lost their homes in fire that erupted in Purok Paghidaet, Barangay 29, Bacolod City, a day after Christmas, December 26. According to Burea

Negros Occidental Governor, Eugenio Jose Lacson, has emphasized the urgency of the proposed revival of the Negros Island Region (NIR), stating that it is a now-or-never situation.

The proposed routes include those from Homesite, Fortune Towne, Alijis, Eroreco, and Shopping-La Salle.

DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar, who inspected the ongoing construction of the housing units last November 10 said that the housing units serve as our President’s Christmas gifts to the beneficiaries.

Lacson, who run as councilor under the group of Benitez last May election, but lost, was appointed to head the city’s traffic department after the mayor removed Police Maj. Junjie Liba from his post.

Barangay Granada dominated the 44th Masskara Festival Street Dance & Arena Competition, taking home the grand prize of Php 1 million.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assured the family of Loreta “Lorie” Villarin Alacre, the third Filipino killed in the firefight between Hamas militants and Israeli forces, of the immediate repatriation of her remains as soon as a humanitarian corridor will be opened for affected civilians.

One of the missing Filipinos is Loreta Villarin Alacre, a Negrense caregiver working in Tel Aviv who attended a music festival near the Gaza Strip that was attacked by Hamas militants last Saturday.

The inflation rate in Bacolod City increased from 5.7 percent in August to 6.4 percent in September, according to the data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority.