Another flood-hit Negros Occidental town declares state of calamity

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Another municipality in Negros Occidental was placed under a state calamity due to widespread damage caused by the heavy rains and flooding in all its 16 barangays last week. The declaration made by the municipal council of Valladolid on Sept. 20 made it the fourth local government in Negros