ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) in this city has deployed personnel to augment power restoration efforts in Negros Island devastated by typhoon ‘’Tino.’’ A team was sent to help personnel of Negros Power Corp., a sister company that is a joint venture with Central...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region will deploy around 900 personnel to maintain peace and order during All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days on Nov. 1 and 2. They are backed up by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Philippine...
BACOLOD CITY – Uniformed personnel from the Negros Island Region were sent to Cebu province to augment humanitarian assistance efforts in the aftermath of the magnitude-6.9 earthquake on Tuesday night, Sept. 30. Eighty personnel from the Police Regional Office (PRO)-NIR and search and rescue...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region heightened security and public safety operations as anti-corruption rallies were held on the island on the anniversary of martial law on Sunday, Sept. 21. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, PRO-NIR spokesperson, said that personnel were...
BACOLOD CITY - The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region is on full alert for protests during the martial law anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 21, in the region. A total of 1,120 police personnel were deployed in Negros Occidental, this highly-urbanized city, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor. Police...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region is monitoring a newly identified drug group allegedly operating within the region. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, PRO-NIR director, said the group likely has roots outside the region but maintains local links. “We’ve...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region reported that crime in the region dropped by 7.96 percent from June 2 to July 31 following the implementation of the Philippine National Police five-minute response time policy. PRO-NIR Director Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay...
BACOLOD CITY – The newly-established Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency–Negros Island Region (PDEA-NIR) kicked off its anti-illegal drug campaign with the arrest of a barangay official in Siquijor. The suspect, a 23-year-old Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councilor from Barangay Tignao, Lazi town,...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) chief, backed the five-minute response time for police assistance set by the national headquarters. In a media interview on Monday, June 16, at the Bacolod City Police Office, Ibay said that...
BACOLOD CITY – The Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections on Dec. 1 are pushing through, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said here. “It’s a go,” Garcia said, expressing confidence that Congress will soon finalize the bill affirming the Dec. 1 election...
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is seeking emergency powers to contain the spread of red-striped soft scale insects (RSSI) on Negros Island, raising concerns over their potential impact on sugar production and overall supply. SRA Deputy Administrator Ignacio Santillana stated that the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Coast Guard District Southern Visayas (CGDSV) has deployed 310 personnel to augment police securing the May 12 mid-term elections in the Negros Island Region (NIR). Commodore Ludovico Librilla Jr., commander of PCG District Southern Visayas, said that 97 were sent to Negros...
