Marcos promises highway expansion, 12 bridges to boost Negros Island Region

'I am truly excited about the potential of this new region,' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. tells a crowd in Bacolod City

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He said the government’s initial focus would be on expanding the 42-kilometer Bacolod-Negros Occidental Economic Highway and building 12 additional bridges in the island region. The Philippine Army assigned two new battalion commanders – Lieutenant Colonels Siegfred Tayaba and Brian Bagaipo – in the NIR. Tayaba will lead the 94th Infantry Battalion in Ayungon, Negros Oriental, while Bagaipo will head the 15th IB in Cauayan, Negros Occidental.

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