Net income contribution from 35%-owned distribution utility (DU) Visayan Electric Company (VECO) increased by 4% to Php 281 mn, consistent with the 4% growth in energy sales to 934 GWh compared with the same period in 2024.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development has provided over PHP25 million in transitory support to families of the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa Program in Western Visayas.
Vulnerable workers in Negros Occidental received emergency employment assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment from January to June this year.
The Negros Occidental provincial government is tapping its economic enterprise facilities to generate bigger income as the province expects a lower annual budget in 2023.