Guv: NegOcc offering property in Talisay for NIR reg’l offices
Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is hoping President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will sign the NIR bill into law before his state of the nation address.*Richard Malihan photo
The Negros Occidental provincial government is prepared to provide a site for the Negros Island Region regional offices, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Monday, March 18.
Lacson said the provincial government can allocate 5 hectares for the NIR offices from its 25-hectare property in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City.
The governor is hoping President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will sign the NIR bill into law before his state of the nation address in July.
He said the NIR is “a good development definitely but we all know there is a lot of work to be done”.
Lacson said he expects a bicameral conference committee to...