BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health-Negros Island Region (DOH-NIR) recorded 69 fireworks-related injuries in Negros Island, 62 lower than last year 's 131 cases, as of 3 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 1. Forty-seven were blast or burn injuries without amputation, 13 eye injuries, eight eye injury...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Heavy rainfall from severe thunderstorms over the past few days triggered successive landslides and flooding in Bindoy, Negros Oriental, disrupting traffic as clearing operations continued on New Year’s Day. Engr. Wilfur Herrera Jr., head of the Bindoy Disaster Risk Reduction...
BACOLOD CITY – Police said the New Year in Negros Island was generally peaceful, orderly, and secure, with no stray bullet incidents, and only one indiscriminate firing incident involving a retired Marine officer. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR)...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office on Tuesday campaigned for a safe and incident-free New Year by providing alternative noise instruments for children. The Police Community Affairs Division Unit (PCADU) distributed toy trumpets to children in Barangay Biak-na-Bato, La...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health-Negros Island Region-Center for Health Development said 37 individuals were injured by firecrackers in the region as of Tuesday, Dec. 30. Negros Occidental logged the highest cases at 23, followed by Negros Oriental with 13, and this highly-urbanized city...
BACOLOD CITY – A 36-year-old police officer was stabbed while pacifying a commotion during a fiesta in Purok Lacson, Barangay Caliban, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Dec. 28. The victim, a resident of Murcia, has a rank of police staff sergeant and assigned to the City Intelligence Unit...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Cadiz in Negros Occidental is offering a P20,000 reward to anyone who can provide vital information leading to the arrest and prosecution of people responsible for the poaching of giant clams near Lakawon Island. Authorities discovered on Christmas Day that...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued six passengers after a motor banca nearly sank while crossing waters between Negros Oriental and Cebu on Saturday, Dec. 27. A report from the Coast Guard Station (CGS) Negros Oriental said the incident happened off Guihulngan City and near Dumanjug, Cebu....
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-eight rookie policemen from Region 9 or the Zamboanga Peninsula region were deployed to the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) on Friday, Dec. 26. They – eight females and 20 males – were part of the 2025 Additional Attrition and Regular Recruitment...
Police said Christmas was generally peaceful in the Negros Island Region. Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) chief Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay credited this to the cooperation of communities in Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, this highly-urbanized city, and Siquijor....
BACOLOD CITY – The 55-year-old widow of a communist rebel was gunned down in Sitio Makilo, Barangay Camansi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Dec. 24. Police Lt. Col. Roberto Indiape Jr., Kabankalan police chief, said the victim Warlita was the wife of a New People’s Army (NPA)...
BACOLOD CITY – A 64-year-old vendor was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 23, in Barangay Zone 16, Talisay City, Negros Occidental for allegedly raping his minor goddaughter. Police identified the suspect as Boy. He was arrested on a warrant for sexual assault and act of lasciviousness. The Police...
