BACOLOD CITY - Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said that the provincial government will prioritize health, agriculture, infrastructure, digitalization, and disaster response aligned with the province’s flagship platform “Abanse Negrense" following the approval of the Provincial...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for visiting areas devastated by typhoon ‘‘Tino’’ over the weekend. Marcos conducted an inspection in the municipalities of Moises Padilla and La Castellana, two of the worst-hit local...
BACOLOD CITY – Fifty-three persons have been killed by typhoon “Tino” in Negros Occidental, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said Friday. Twelve fatalities were recorded in Moises Padilla, followed by La Castellana with 10, eight each in Bago City and...
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Wednesday that 13 people were killed and 31 were reported missing during the onslaught of typhoon “Tino” in Negros Occidental. There were four fatalities in La Castellana, two in Murcia, three each in San Carlos City and Bago City, and one in La Carlota City....
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Emergency Operations Center is preparing for tropical cyclone ‘’Tino.’’ Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, PDRRMC chairperson, issued a memorandum on Nov. 1 placing the PDRRMC under red alert, directing...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental will extend a P2-million financial assistance to earthquake-hit Bogo City, Cebu province. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson encouraged other local government units (LGUs) in the province to help towns in Cebu affected by the Sept. 30 tremor....
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has selected Police Col. Dennis Wenceslao to lead the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office based in this highly-urbanized city. “He (Wenceslao) is my choice. I went to the same process as I chose the previous provincial...
Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said that the provincial government is open to purchasing a different property for the Central Philippines State University (CPSU)-Moises Padilla campus in Moises Padilla town, Negros Occidental. “If there’s another property we can buy, we’re...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson called on newly-elected local officials to work toward building a safer, more inclusive, and progressive province, emphasizing that true progress must be felt by those who have the least. “If it is not felt, then we have fallen short of...
BACOLOD CITY – A team of agricultural experts from Israel is scheduled to arrive in Negros Occidental next week to assist in combating the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI), a pest currently threatening the province’s sugarcane plantations. The visit follows a meeting between Israeli Consul...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson paid his last respects to overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Leah Mosquera, a native of San Enrique town, whose remains arrived in the province on Thursday, July 24. Lacson joined the grieving family and friends of Mosquera as her remains...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of Moises Padilla in Negros Occidental has raised concerns with Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson regarding the possible eviction of the Central Philippine State University (CPSU) campus in the town, after the landowner expressed plans to reclaim the two-hectare...
