BACOLOD CITY: The Negrense dream of having their own region takes a step closer into fruition as the bill creating the Negros Island Region (NIR) was passed on second reading at the Senate on December 13.

"A step closer to establishing the NIR," Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Thursday.

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