QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 12000)
The short title is the “Negros Island Region Act.”
It declares the policy of promoting efficiency in government, pursuing programs consistent with national goals, and promoting administrative decentralization to strengthen local autonomy and accelerate the region’s economic, cultural, and social development.
Negros Occidental (including Bacolod City), Negros Oriental, and Siquijor.
It includes the cities, municipalities, and barangays comprising the provinces.
To ensure effective delivery of public services in the Negros Island Region by establishing and designating regional offices and assigning clusters and agencies per province.
Department of Agriculture; Department of Environment and Natural Resources; Department of Agrarian Reform; and Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development.
Department of Justice; Department of the Interior and Local Government; Philippine National Police; and Department of National Defense.
Department of Budget and Management; Department of Finance; National Economic and Development Authority; Department of Foreign Affairs; Commission on Audit; and Commission on Elections.
The “Human Development Cluster.”
Department of Public Works and Highways; Department of Transportation; Department of Information and Communications Technology; and Department of Energy.
Department of Trade and Industry; Department of Tourism; Department of Science and Technology; and Department of Finance – Securities and Exchange Commission.
The provided text lists regional office clusters under Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental only; no specific cluster-by-cluster agency listing for Siquijor is shown in the excerpt.
It is a TWG to formulate the plan/roadmap and institutional arrangements for the Negros Island Region. It is composed of NEDA, DILG, DBM, representatives of the Office of the Governor of the provinces, and representatives from all elected Members of the House of Representatives of the provinces.
DILG shall serve as the secretariat of the TWG.
It must formulate the plan/roadmap to put in place all institutional arrangements for the NIR, arrange organizational development requirements, and handle other concerns for development planning, investment programming, and public service provision.
The amount necessary initially is charged against the current year’s appropriations of concerned agencies, and thereafter the needed amount shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of the Act, the DILG, NEDA, and DBM must promulgate the IRR in consultation with the provincial governments.
The remaining unaffected parts continue to be in full force and effect.
All laws, issuances, rules, and regulations or parts thereof that are inconsistent with the Act are repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
Fifteen (15) days from its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.