Chief Supt. Edmund Gonzales, Negros Island Region police director, checks the 290 neophyte police personnel, to find out who are residents of Negros Occidental and Oriental, before their deployment after the dissolution of Police Regional Office 18.*
( Gilbert Bayoran photo )

Vice guv urges push
for Negros fed state
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said representatives of Negros should join forces in the push for the entire island's being placed under one federal state.

“More than ever, our representatives in Congress should gather enough strength and really push that under a federal form of government, Negros Island will be under one federal state”, Lacson said.

The Negros Island Region would have been an ideal situation but it's very clear, it's not a priority of the national government now,and we have to respect that, he said.