BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Island Region logged 53 fireworks-related injuries as of Jan. 1. The Department of Health-NIR said 31 of these cases recorded since Dec. 21 involved minors. Thirty-six sustained burns or blast injuries, 15 sustained eye injuries, one had blast and eye injuries, and...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health (DOH)-Negros Island Region (NIR) reported 11 fireworks-related injuries involving minors from Dec. 21 to 26. Eight sustained burns or blast injuries and three suffered eye injuries. Negros Occidental recorded seven, followed by Bacolod City with...
BACOLOD CITY – Brig. Gen. Ted Dumosmog was named as the new chief of the 303rd Infantry Brigade that has jurisdiction over the Negros Island Region on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Dumosmog assumed the position and was promoted to brigadier general from colonel and donned his new rank during a turnover...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health is eyeing the construction of a mental health hospital in Negros Occidental. This was revealed by Dr. Mary Ann Maestral, DOH Undersecretary for Visayas, in a phone interview on Wednesday, Oct. 16, a day after a transition team of the DOH-Negros Island...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has said that he will let the Supreme Court decide on a petition filed by a group opposing the creation of the Negros Island Region under Republic Act (RA) 12000. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) “It’s up to the court to make the decision on the merits of the...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 210 local officials from Negros Island Region (NIR), including 14 mayors, recently joined Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), the political party of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. A TOTAL of 210 local officials from Negros Island Region (NIR) were sworn in as...
BACOLOD CITY – Sen. Imee Marcos expressed concern after the fund allocation for the Negros Island Region (NIR) did not make it to the proposed 2025 national budget. SEN. Imee Marcos, with Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria (right) and Negros Occidental Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer, speaks in a...
ILOILO CITY — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is projecting that the economy of Western Visayas is poised to lose P379 billion once Negros Occidental and its capital city of Bacolod separates from the region. A TRUCK carrying sugarcane in Silay City, Negros Occidental province....
BACOLOD CITY – Sen. Juan Miguel F. Zubiri has appealed to those opposing the inclusion of Siquijor in the Negros Island Region (NIR) to give the move a chance. SEN. Juan Miguel F. Zubiri (center) speaks in a press briefing at the L’Fisher Hotel in Bacolod City on Wednesday, July 3, with (from...
ILOILO CITY – Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. said on Thursday, June 20, that Iloilo’s relationship with Negros Occidental will stay strong amid the passage of the law that created Negros Island Region. ILOILO Gov. Arthur 'Toto' Defensor Jr. speaks on the creation of the Negros Island...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said he is optimistic that the creation of the Negros Island Region will make it easier to do business, as residents and entrepreneurs will have all services available in one administrative region. “I think it will ease doing business because people...
BACOLOD CITY - Officials of this city and Negros Occidental are elated after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the Negros Island Region (NIR) Act into law on Thursday, June 13. PRESIDENT Marcos leads the signing of the Negros Island Region bill in Malacanang on Thursday, June 13. The...
