First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos will be the guest of honor in various charity and civic events during the highlights of the 43rd Masskara Festival in Bacolod.
The Central Negros Electric Cooperative announced that the net reduction in generation, transmission, and system loss charges affected the residential power rate in Bacolod City and other adjacent localities in October.
The Coast Guard Station Southern Negros Occidental declared the seawaters of the southernmost localities in Negros Island as a "no sail zone" up until October 18 to give way to the eight-day joint naval military exercises between the Philippines, United States, and Australia.