The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod recently passed a resolution reiterating a previous one asking the congressmen in Negros Occidental to work for the establishment of a Department of Foreign Affairs sub-regional office in Bacolod City or in the province.

An earlier resolution passed in July 2007 had included the congressman of the Lone District of Bacolod City.

Councilor Alex Paglumotan, who authored the resolution, said this time he coursed the resolution through Rep. Jeffrey Ferrer (4 th District, Neg. Occ.) asking him to sponsor a congressional action so his request can be acted upon. He said he was tasked by the SP to hand-carry the resolution to Ferrer.

The resolution said the DFA is very vital, if not significant to the needs of the Bacoleños and Negrenses as far as foreign related traveling activity is concerned.

The resolution said thousands of Bacoleños and Negrenses are traveling as tourists or businessmen or working as Overseas Filipino Workers and have to process their travel documents at the DFA regional office Iloilo City .

It said they will definitely be benefited by the convenience, secondary to economic reasons, by the establishment of a DFA sub-regional office in the city or province, in processing their travel documents and requirements.

The resolution also said it is high time that Bacolod City and Negros Occidental have a DFA sub-regional office, through a Congressional action to be undertaken by the congressmen from the different districts of the province.*CGS

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