BACOLOD CITY: The provincial government of Negros Occidental is willing to offer a portion of its 25-hectare property in Talisay City as a temporary location for offices of national agencies under the Negros Island Region (NIR).
BACOLOD CITY: The provincial government of Negros Occidental is willing to offer a portion of its 25-hectare property in Talisay City as a temporary location for offices of national agencies under the Negros Island Region .Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Monday said that it is apportioning about five hectares of the property to be used as the NIR regional center.
'The whole wisdom of the NIR law was to make services accessible to us in Negros.'Negros Occidental 3rd District Rep. Francisco Benitez, brother of the mayor, also said that he is optimistic that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will sign the bill creating the NIR that was recently approved in the Senate.He said that the senators took into account the support of the President when they approved the bill.'I'm assuming the President will sign. I hope he does,' he said.
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