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PRO-NIR mobilizes personnel as 'Tino' nears

Published Nov 3, 2025 10:08 pm
PRO-NIR personnel preparing for 'Tino.'
PRO-NIR personnel preparing for 'Tino.'
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island (PRO-NIR) has mobilized personnel in Negros Occidental, including this highly-urbanized city, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor as typhoon “Tino” barreled its way to the Visayas on Monday night.
Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, PRO-NIR director, directed all provincial and city police directors, including the Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB), to ensure a smooth shift from Undas security operations to disaster readiness.
“Our transition must be immediate and efficient,” Ibay said, emphasizing that preparedness saves lives and that all commanders must ensure their units are ready before the typhoon’s landfall.
Police Col. Dennis Wenceslao, Negros Occidental police director, said that more than 200 personnel are on standby for disaster response.
Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, Bacolod police director, said that 66 personnel of the Bacolod City Police Office are prepared for search, rescue, and evacuation operations.
The PRO-NIR has instructed police units to activate their Disaster Incident Management Task Groups (DIMTGs) and coordinate with local disaster councils and national agencies for unified action.
Pre-disaster measures include activating command posts, using alarm systems, assisting in pre-emptive evacuations, conducting patrols in vacated communities, securing evacuation centers, and readying search and rescue (SAR) gear such as rubber boats, ropes, flashlights, radios, first-aid kits, and high-energy food supplies.
Police units were told to maintain close coordination with local authorities in rescue operations, relief and medical aid, road clearing, traffic management, and post-disaster assessments.
Neighboring police offices have been instructed to reinforce areas heavily affected by the storm.
“Our role goes beyond law enforcement,” Ibay said. “We are protectors of life, and that responsibility is even greater during disasters.”
The Coast Guard District Southern Visayas is on red alert, deploying all 436 personnel — 42 from headquarters, 169 in Negros Occidental, 167 in Negros Oriental, and 58 in Siquijor — for disaster response.
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Negros Island is also on full alert to ensure immediate response to any emergency.
The Philippine Coast Guard Station Northern Negros Occidental reported that 106 passengers were stranded in seaports in the province on Monday, Nov. 3, following the suspension of sea trips due to Tino.
The Coast Guard Station Northern Negros Occidental suspended all sea trips from this city and northern Negros Occidental to northern Cebu, northern and central Iloilo, and Metro Manila and vice versa.
The Coast Guard Station Southern Negros Occidental said all island-hopping activities are temporarily suspended and coastal communities and fisherfolks were advised not to venture out to sea and refrain from engaging in any seawater-related activities to prevent any untoward incidents.

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