TACLOBAN CITY – The Borongan City government is returning to the five-day work week starting Monday, May 18, after Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda revoked Executive Order No. BC-1203-0010. The EO adopted energy conservation measures in line with Memorandum Circular No. 114 issued by President Marcos...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental provincial government continues to deliver maximum services to Negrenses in a four-day work week while there is no instruction yet from Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson to revert back to the five-day workweek. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II said on...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city reverted to the five-day work week starting Monday. Mayor Greg Gasataya announced the development, saying that economic conditions have improved with the stabilization of fuel prices and transportation costs. Under Executive Order (EO)...
BACOLOD CITY – Bago City in Negros Occidental resumed their regular five-day work week, beginning Monday, May 11, and maintained the strict energy conservation protocols in all government offices and operations. Mayor Marina Javellana-Yao issued on Sunday, May 10, Executive Order (EO) No. 27,...
BACOLOD CITY – The local governments of Toboso and Silay City in Negros Occidental are returning to a five-day work week starting Monday, May 11, after more than a month of implementing a four-day compressed work week as part of energy conservation measures. In a media interview, Toboso Mayor...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday, May 6, welcomed reports on the transfer of Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest and called on Myanmar authorities to allow greater transparency following the move. “We view these developments as vital steps in a sequence of confidence-building...
Fans flooded social media with congratulatory messages after celebrity couple Joyce Pring and Juancho Triviño announced the birth of their third child, a baby boy named Gregorio Andres, marking their transition into a family of five. The announcement, originally shared by Joyce on Instagram,...
DAGUPAN CITY – A bus company in Cubao, Quezon City with trips to Pangasinan has implemented a fare increase amid high oil prices due to the conflict in the Middle East. Five Star Bus Co. hiked fares to this city by P64 starting Saturday, March 14, from P498 to P562. Discounts for senior citizens,...
BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office credited the 17 percent decline in criminal incidents in 2025 to the strict implementation of the five-minute response time and the strategic deployment of police personnel across the province. Police Capt. Judesses Catalogo, Negros...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - The Philippine National Police (PNP)-Bicol’s strict enforcement of the five-minute response policy once again proved effective after officers swiftly apprehended a stabbing suspect and saved the life of the victim in Naga City, in Camarines Sur province on Sunday afternoon,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region reported that crime in the region dropped by 7.96 percent from June 2 to July 31 following the implementation of the Philippine National Police five-minute response time policy. PRO-NIR Director Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay...
Trust is an important factor in public safety. When people trust the authorities to always be there to keep them safe during times of natural disaster or from criminal elements, a strong partnership between government and citizens is forged. The Philippine National Police’s (PNP) new five-minute...
