Marcos asked to issue EO for NIR

BACOLOD CITY: The business sector from Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental has appealed to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to issue an executive order (EO) for the creation of the Negros Island Region (NIR) ahead of the passage of the law.

The statement was signed by Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Edward Du, Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive officer Frank Carbon, MBCCI president Roberto Montelibano, Bacolod Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Edgar Sy, Biopower Group of Companies president Arthur Aguilar and Negros Economic Development Foundation corporate secretary Eduardo Jereza.