President Benigno Aquino 3rd has signed into law that two Negros provinces in the Visayas be integrated into a single region.

Through Executive Order (EO) 183, signed on May 29, Aquino created “the Negros Island Region” to further “improve the delivery of public services” in the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental.

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