Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson administers the oathtaking of new officers of Negros Association of Chief Executives at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City. Capitol PIO photo
OATH-TAKING. Officers of the Negros Association of Local Chief Executives (ACE) led by its president, Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez of Victorias City (2nd from left), take oath before Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson (left) in a ceremony held at the Social Hall of the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City on Wednesday (July 27, 2022). The Negros ACE has unanimously approved a resolution supporting the bills filed in the House of Representatives for the creation of the expanded Negros Island Region.(Photo courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - The 32 city and municipal mayors of Negros Occidental, including this capital city, have expressed support for the bills filed in the House of Representatives for the creation of the expanded Negros Island Region (NIR). The move is stated in Resolution 4, series of 2022 unanimously approved by the Negros Association of Local Chief Executives (ACE) led by its president, Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez of Victorias City. "The re-establishment of