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...
BACOLOD CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has affirmed that the May 12 mid-term elections will proceed as scheduled across Negros Island amid the threat of Kanlaon Volcano. COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia (third from left) and Office of Civil Defense...
