BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez here said that the International Criminal Court arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte will enable the former Chief Executive to prove his innocence over the deadly war on drugs. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) Benitez said Duterte has been provided with due...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has signed an agreement with private company High Data Infra Inc. to create and develop a P2.1-billion super city here. MAYOR Albee Benitez and High Data Infra Inc. representative Danny Fernandez (fourth from left) sign a Build-Transfer-Maintain Agreement...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez here has sought the prompt appointment of officers-in-charge (OICs) for Negros Island Region (NIR) offices. MAYOR Albee Benitez with Negros Occidental Rep. Mercedes Alvarez-Lansang lead the Committee on Visayas Development meeting with various agencies at...
BACOLOD CITY – A P300-million allocation for the construction of three floodgates here, initially planned under the General Appropriations Act this year, was scrapped. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) Mayor Albee Benitez said that he has raised the issue with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Benitez...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has started the demolition of the old site of the Manokan Country in Barangay 12 here this week, 40 years after it was built in the 1980s. MANOKAN Country in Barangay 12, Bacolod City is being demolished to give way to the P4-billion redevelopment project....
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has proposed allowing Kanlaon Volcano evacuees stay at unoccupied housing units in Barangay Felisa here for the meantime. LA Castellana, Negros Occidental Mayor Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan (seated left) meets Bacolod Mayor Albee Benitez at the Bacolod City...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez said the city government is conducting a relentless crackdown against erring employees. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) “It’s never-ending, but we will be relentless,” Benitez said. Minor violations can grow into significant problems if ignored, he said. The...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has unveiled a proposed urban master plan designed to promote sustainable development and enable this city to become a super city in 25 years. MAYOR Albee Benitez, with Rep. Greg Gasataya (right) and architect and urban design consultant Carlos Arnaiz (left),...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez on Friday, Feb. 7, expressed uncertainty about the impeachment complaint filed by the House of Representatives against Vice President Sara Duterte. BENITEZ “I don’t know what’s happening,” Benitez said when asked for reaction. He said that the Senate has...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez said the rehabilitation of the public plaza and the government center grounds here will start this month. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) Benitez said the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority finished the bidding process last December. “They’ve...
The city government of Bacolod has released food vouchers worth a total of P500,000 for tenants of the Manokan Country in Bacolod. CHICKEN inasal is served at temporary stalls at Manokan Country at the terminal hub of SM City Bacolod. (Photo via John Dale Salazar) Councilor Celia Flor, chairperson...
BACOLOD CITY – Filipino-Chinese business tycoon Hans T. Sy recently announced that the old Bacolod airport in Barangay Singcang-Airport here will be developed as an urban oasis. MAYOR Albee Benitez with Filipino-Chinese business tycoon Hans T. Sy, chairman of the executive committee of SM Prime...
