More than 1,500 personnel and volunteers will be deployed across Negros Oriental to strengthen public safety efforts during the annual Undas observance.
The PhilHealth YAKAP program is making primary healthcare services more accessible to Negrenses through community service caravans and dedicated help desks.
The cash-for-work program of DSWD-NIR is providing financial support to 4,550 beneficiaries while promoting activities related to food security and climate resilience.
DSWD-NIR reported releasing over PHP601.4 million in financial assistance to help more than 50,000 sugarcane farmers and workers affected by pest infestation.
Negros Occidental continues its Binhi sang Probinsya program with the distribution of PHP2.4 million worth of registered rice seeds and biofertilizers to farming groups.
The DOT-NIR is urging tourism stakeholders to prepare for possible climate-related challenges as a very strong El Niño threatens conditions across much of the Philippines.
The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region confirmed that Bacolod City's 47th MassKara Festival concluded peacefully, with 630,000 spectators attending its closing festivities.
DTI-Negros Oriental is rolling out industry development measures to improve the competitiveness and market reach of natural fiber products through mapping and targeted interventions.