Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri backed proposals to bring together Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental into one region to be known as the NIR, projecting NIR residents would greatly benefit with government services closer to them.
SENATE President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri backed proposals to bring together Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental into one region to be known as the Negros Island Region , projecting NIR residents would greatly benefit with government services closer to them.
“I hope we can pass this [NIR Act] the soonest possible time on the committee level, so we can tackle this in plenary,” said Zubiri, one of the authors of the proposed measure. In the same Senate committee hearing that Ejercito presided, the Committee on Local Government heard various local bills. These include the following: declaration of founding anniversaries; creation of several new barangays; declaration of local holidays; creation of Negros Island Region; and, the automatic income classification for LGUs.
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