
Negrense senate bet to push for NIR, sugar industry funds
Negrense senatorial candidate Alex Lacson said if he wins in the 2022 polls he will push for the passages of a law creating the Negros Island Region (NIR) and help ensure that P2 billion due the sugar industry annually is allocated for its needs.The NIR, composed of Negros Occidental and Oriental, was created by virtue of an executive order issued by then President Benigno Aquino III and existed from May 29, 2015 to August 9, 2017, when it was abolished by President Rodrigo Duterte.Lacson, at a press conference at the provincial Capitol in Bacolod City Thursday, November 4, said a law is needed to ensure the restoration of the NIR that will beneficial to the people of Negros.He was born and raised in Kabankalan City and is running for senator under the ticket of presidential ca...









