The signatories from the NIR include two congressional district caretakers for Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental: Speaker Martin Romualdez and Representative Joseph Stephen Paduano of the Abang Lingkod Partylist
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NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – Representatives from all the congressional districts in the Negros Island Region were among the lawmakers who signed in favor of theAmong the signatories were two congressional district caretakers for Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental: Speaker Martin Romualdez and Representative Joseph Stephen Paduano of the Abang Lingkod Partylist.
Paduano, meanwhile, is the caretaker-designate for Negros Occidental’s 3rd District, following the appointment of its elected representative, Jose Francisco Benitez, as director-general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority in August 2024.
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