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...
BACOLOD CITY – A new three-story standard police station was unveiled in the municipality of Pulupandan, Negros Occidental. The building, located in Barangay Zone 4 near the public plaza, was inaugurated on Monday, Dec. 15, by Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, director of the Police Regional...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Negros Oriental province is conducting weekly price monitoring of commodities during the holiday season, amid a price freeze that excludes Noche Buena items, an official said on Tuesday. Krystle Jade Bato, DTI-Negros Oriental...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, director of the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), called on 322 newly-promoted policemen in Negros Island to serve with integrity, enforce the law impartially, and keep public trust at the core of their duties. Their...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old man set himself on fire after stabbing his 14-year-old nephew to death in Barangay 2, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Dec. 14. Police Lt. Col. Nazer Canja, San Carlos police chief, said that the victim was lying in bed after obtaining gasoline upon the...
