Bacolod City to host 5th Negros Island- Regional Development Council meeting
BACOLOD CITY, Dec. 14 (PNA) -- The City of Bacolod will host the 5th regular meeting of the Negros Island- Regional Development Council (NI-RDC) at the Planta Hotel, Thursday.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia said he coordinated with the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-Negros Island Region (NIR) Office to facilitate the preparations.
“We are honored to host the RDC meeting as we believe in the establishment of the NIR,†Leonardia said.
The NI-RDC is chaired by Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr., with NEDA-18 Regional Director Efren Carreon as vice chairman.
The members include the two governors, Marañon and Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo, the 13 city mayors of Negros Occidental, including Bacolod City, and the six city mayors of Negros Oriental.
Other members are the 22 heads of the different regional agencies in the NIR, 15 private sector representatives (PSR), and the two presidents of the leagues of municipal mayors of the two provinces.
The NI-RDC held its first organizational meeting in Bacolod on December 4, 2015 to mark the start of operations of the NIR. The NI-RDC Executive Committee held its first meeting in Dumaguete City on January 15, 2016, where Marañon was elected chair.
The second meeting was conducted in Dumaguete City last March 11; third meeting, Kabankalan City, June 29; and fourth meeting, Mabinay, October 25.
In his Executive Order No. 183, former president Benigno Aquino III said the NIR was created “to further accelerate the social and economic development of the cities and municipalities comprising the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, and improve the delivery of public services in the aforementioned provinces.â€(PNA)
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