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The Department of the Interior and Local Government -Negros Island Region is now organizing its office in Negros Occidental including its personnel for their operation. Lailyn Ortiz, regional director of DILG-NIR, paid a courtesy visit to Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez at the Bacolod City Government Center on Tuesday, November 12. Ortiz was accompanied by Christian Nagaygay, director of DILG-Bacolod, and Assistant Regional director Teodora Sumagaysay.
Ortiz noted that they are also waiting for the inclusion of the NIR's budget for the 2025 General Appropriations Act. In June 2024, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the Negros Island Region Law. Marcos signed Republic Act 12000 or the Negros Island Region Act, which unifies the provinces of Negros Occidental, including Bacolod City, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor into one administrative region.
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