BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said the 40th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution on Wednesday, Feb. 25, in the region was generally peaceful. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, PRO-NIR director, said that the event reminded Filipinos...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region has stepped up security for the 40th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution in the region on Wednesday. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, PRO-NIR director, directed all provincial directors, police chiefs, and force...
BACOLOD CITY – The 3rd Infantry Division urged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to investigate killings in Negros Island carried out by the New People’s Army (NPA). The 3rd ID said 28 individuals have been killed in Negros Island since March 2025 for an average of two fatalities per month....
BACOLOD CITY – The police and military in Negros Island Region (NIR) have activated disaster response units and are on heightened alert following the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Thursday, Feb. 19. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-NIR has prepared contingency and response measures in close...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection-Negros Island Region (BFP-NIR) recorded a 40 percent reduction in fire incidents covering three provinces in 2025. Fire Chief Supt. Rodolfo Denaga, BFP-NIR director, in a press briefing at the Negros Press Club (NPC) here on Thursday, Feb. 19, said...
BACOLOD CITY – Tropical depression “Basyang” dumped heavy rain on Negros Island Region (NIR) and displaced 5,339 families or 16,859 individuals in 29 barangays on Friday, Feb. 6. The Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-NIR said 892 families or 1,684 persons are staying in 33 evacuation centers...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 759 passengers, drivers, and helpers were stranded in various seaports in Negros Island Region (NIR) on Thursday, Feb. 5, due to tropical storm "Basyang." The Coast Guard District Southern Visayas (CGDSV) monitored 490 stranded passengers in northern Negros Occidental,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) has confiscated illegal drugs amounting to P286,724,330 across three provinces, including this highly-urbanized city, since its reactivation last March. Lawmen recovered 41.9 kilos of shabu valued at P285,459,866.96 and 10.5...
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...
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...
