BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health-Negros Island Region (DOH-NIR) recorded a total of 155 firecracker injuries and 600 road crashes during the holiday season from Dec. 21 to Jan. 6. Negros Occidental had the most cases with 118, Negros Oriental with 30, Bacolod City with six, and Siquijor...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) reported a 22.1 percent decrease in eight focus crimes in 2025, reflecting strengthened police operations, intensified crime-prevention strategies, and sustained community partnership across the region. Crimes went down 287...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven persons were killed and 558 were injured in road accidents in the Negros Island Region during the holiday season, the Department of Health-NIR Center for Health Development said Sunday. DOH-NIR monitoring from Dec. 24 to Jan. 4 said Negros Occidental had the highest number of...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued 23 people from a distressed recreational banca (RBCA) off the waters of Sombrero Island in San Pascual, Masbate, on Saturday, Jan. 3. The Coast Guard District Southern Tagalog (CGDSTL) said the incident involved RBCA Harlyn, which developed a hole in its...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) confiscated 23,415 prohibited firecrackers valued at P437,000 in Negros Island from Dec. 27, 2025 to Jan. 1, 2026. These were presented in Camp Alfredo Montelibano Sr. in Barangay Estefania here on New Year’s Day and will...
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...
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 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...
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....
BUTUAN CITY – The province of Dinagat Islands on Tuesday celebrated the achievement of Glaizel Morados, a Grade 13 student from the island-province, who won a gold medal at the Southeast Asia International Science Olympiad held in Osaka, Japan, on Dec. 19. “On behalf of the people of Dinagat...
