Negros Island Region Is Created

More than two decades ago, One Negros Island Region was conceived and now it is being hatched, a dream come true by the virtue of EO 183. "The One Island Region is one way we have fulfilled this promise to our countrymen. This is not just the union of cities, municipalities, and barangays; it is also the union of our dreams. And through your continued trust, we will together realize a safer, more prosperous, and more peaceful One Negros Island Region," said Secretary of Interior and Local Government Manuel Mar Roxas in a statement.

One Negros Island Region

Secretary Roxas is expressing his thanks to Negros Occidental Governor and RDC-6 Chairman Alfredo Marañon Jr., Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo, and the rest of Negros officials who are instrumental on working with the Implementing Rules and Regulations for full execution of this Order.

The existing administrative regions in the Philippines would have another one as the President recently approved an Order of creating a Negros Island Region (NIR).

As of June 2010, the Philippines has 17 administrative regions. And with recent creation of Negros Island Region, there will be 18 regions in the country now.

The purpose of Administrative Region Creation according to the PH Constitution are as follows:

a. to promote efficiency in the Government
b. to accelerate social and economic development, and
c. to improve public services

Remembering Director Tirol, The Great Educator

I knew it lately from the social media page of the Division of La Carlota City that a retired DepEd Regional VI Atty. Victorino B. Tirol, Jr., passed away on March 21, 2014 of septic shock. I began recollecting good things about him. I know that he is  a good leader and a mentor. He is a native of Bohol and was born on November 22, 1943

He was a great speaker as I listened to him in one of his visits in our division several years ago. The point I got from him is how should a school head do in visiting his teachers. "We should catch our teachers doing good", a statement that really works in keeping the teachers doing their best in teaching keeps still reverberating in my mind.

In June 11, 2008 at West Visayas State University, I won't forget the day he handed me my certificate of completion of eXCELS courses in Instructional and Curricular Excellence in Leadership and Management , an interactive and self-instructional online professional development programs for Southeast Asian school heads. These courses are developed based on a competency framework developed by SEAMEO INNOTECH and validated by ministries of education in eleven SEAMEO member countries.