Pres. Bongbong Marcos OKs Creation of Negros Island Region bringing PH Regions to 18 MARCOS – Philippine President Bongbong Marcos Jr. signed the law seeking the creation of the Negros Island Region (NIR). In 2015, the late former President Noynoy Aquino signed the Executive Order 183 creating the Negros Island Region. It pulled out the … Read more
Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte dissolves the Negros Island Region. NEGROS ISLAND REGION – The Executive Order that made Negros Island Region was dissolved by the current President of the Philippines Rodrigo Roa Duterte. According to the news report of the Rappler, the Executive Order (EO) No. 38 which was signed by Duterte on Monday, August … Read more
President Duterte Declared NIR As Third Most Drug Affected Region In The Country President Rodrigo Duterte declared that Negros Island Region (NIR) is the third most drug-affected region here in the Philippines. On Wednesday (January 12, 2016), President Duterte declared that NIR is the third most drug-affected region in the country during his meeting at … Read more
One of the most active volcanoes in the Visayas, Mt. Kanlaon of Negros Island erupted on Saturday June 18, 2016 at around 9:19 AM. The eruption of Mt. Kanlaon was confirmed by the state volcanologists, Phivolcs. In an advisory released online, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said that the volcano had a … Read more
The President of the Republic of the Philippines, President Benigno Simeon Aquino III signed Executive Order 183 last May 29, effectively creating the Negros Island Region (NIR) which will separate the Province of Negros Occidental from Western Visayas and Negros Oriental from Central Visayas. As previously promised by the Chief Executive to the leaders and … Read more