BACOLOD CITY – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Negros Occidental has been placed on blue alert status for tropical storm "Ada." Under this alert status, emergency response units are on standby with heightened preparedness...
BACOLOD CITY – The skeletal remains of a two-year-old boy who went missing during the onslaught of typhoon “Tino” in La Castellana, Negros Occidental last November were discovered two months later in Hacienda Taborda, Barangay Robles, La Castellana on Tuesday, Jan. 13. Police Major Romulo...
BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office credited the 17 percent decline in criminal incidents in 2025 to the strict implementation of the five-minute response time and the strategic deployment of police personnel across the province. Police Capt. Judesses Catalogo, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Slain Police Capt. Jose Edrohil Cimafranca, chief of the Sibulan Municipal Police Station in Negros Oriental, was laid to rest on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Dumaguete Memorial Park in Bogo, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. Cimafranca was given a 21-gun salute, a solemn tribute to...
BACOLOD CITY – Police are probing possible motives in the murder of three police officers and a woman in Sibulan, Negros Oriental, on Friday, Jan. 9. One possible motive is personal grudges, police said. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, Negros Oriental police spokesperson, said that investigators...
BACOLOD CITY – The remains of 38-year-old Chelamie Dinawanao was transported from Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental to her hometown in Barangay Santiago, Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur on Monday, Jan. 12. The local government of Sibulan in Negros Oriental, in coordination with the provincial...
BACOLOD CITY – Murder and multiple murder cases were filed on Monday, Jan. 12, before the Provincial Prosecutor 's Office in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental against Police Staff Sgt. Bonifacio Saycon for the death of his three colleagues and a civilian in Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Jan. 9....
BACOLOD CITY – Police Lt. Col. Jul Mohammad Jamiri, deputy provincial director for operations of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office, was assigned as caretaker of the Sibulan Municipal Police Station in a concurrent capacity. This was announced by Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay,...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Oriental mourned the death of a civilian and three policemen on Jan. 9 in the town of Sibulan. They called for healing and unity and appealed to all residents of Sibulan and the province to remain calm and united. "Let us support one another and...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) chief, said that two police officers were placed under restrictive custody and were disarmed over two shooting incidents where a woman and three lawmen were killed in Sibulan, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office condemned the senseless act of violence that killed a police chief and two police personnel in Barangay Tubtubon, Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Friday, Jan. 9. A police response resulted in a shooting incident that killed Police Capt. Jose...
BACOLOD CITY - A police chief and three others were allegedly shot dead by a police officer in Barangay Tubtubon, Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Friday night, Jan. 9. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), said the suspect, Police Staff...
