• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
The provincial government of Negros Occidental is conducting a study to tap its real estate properties, in Talisay City or Bacolod City, as a probable venue for Negros Island Region (NIR) regional offices in the province.
The provincial government has a 7,000-square meter property recently vacated by the Land Transportation Office and Boy Scouts of the Philippines along Cottage Road and Lacson Street, respectively, in Bacolod City.
Several years ago, the provincial government of Negros Occidental purchased a 25-hectare property in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City.
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said the provincial government can put up a high rise building to house the different regional offices in Bacolod City, adding that they can pursue a Public Private Partnership in the construction of structure.
NIR OFFICIALS
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has named Lucrecia Taberna as its officer-in-charge (OIC) regional director for NIR.
Prior to her designation, Taberna served as assistant regional director for Land Tenure Improvement (LTI) and Program Beneficiaries Development (PBD) of DAR-Western Visayas.
She also used to serve as the provincial agrarian reform officer of Negros Occidental.
In previous months, the Commission on Elections designated Lionel Marco Castillano as regional director, while the Department of Health named Dr. Razel Nikka Hao as regional director in NIR.
Jose Albert Barrogo was also named OIC-regional executive director of the Department of Agriculture on October 4.*
