Negros Island Region

A Philippine administrative region comprising Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, and Bacolod City. Established in 2015, dissolved in 2017, and reestablished in 2024.

Executive Order No. 183: A 2015 Philippine executive order that established the Negros Island Region. It created the region by grouping Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, and Bacolod City.
Philippine administrative divisions: The hierarchy of territorial units through which the Philippines organizes government. The region is an administrative level connecting its provinces and city to national government.
Western Visayas: A Philippine administrative region west of Negros Island, including Panay and Guimaras. Negros Occidental belonged to Western Visayas before the 2015 regional reorganization.
Regional autonomy: The degree of self-government granted to a subnational territory within a state. The region has administrative coordination powers, not the autonomous status of a separate regional government.
Republic Act No. 12000: A 2024 Philippine law reestablishing the Negros Island Region. It restored the region and provided its legal basis after its 2017 dissolution.
Regional Development Council: A government body that coordinates development planning among local governments and agencies in a Philippine region. It provides a regional forum for coordinating plans and investment priorities.
Central Visayas: A Philippine administrative region in the central Visayas that formerly included Negros Oriental. Negros Oriental was transferred out of Central Visayas when the region was first established.
Federalism in the Philippines: Proposals to restructure the Philippines as a federation of self-governing constituent units. Federal proposals imagine stronger regional authority than the Negros Island Region currently has.
Negros Island: An island in the central Philippines divided between Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental. The region takes its name and territorial core from this island.
Local government in the Philippines: The system of elected provincial, city, municipal, and barangay governments in the Philippines. Regional administration operates alongside, rather than replacing, these local governments.

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Regions of the PhilippinesBroader topic: Its re-creation demonstrates that regional groupings can be reorganized by national legislation.