Mayor Albee Benitez led a meeting with the Bacolod City College (BCC) Board of Trustees at the City Mayor’s Office to address concerns about student acceptance rates and exam standards. Also in attendance were BCC College Administrator Dr. Ma. Johanna Ann Bayoneta, members of the BCC Board of Trustees, and Councilor Al Victor Espino. The […]
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Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez led a post Typhoon Egay Task Force Baha Action Team meeting discussing vital points that are relevant to the recent flooding in the city caused by #EgayPH. The meeting was attended by key officials, including Department of Public Works and Highways District of Bacolod Engineer Abraham Villareal, Bacolod Disaster […]
Bacolod City witnessed a momentous event as the Bacolod E-jeepney Launching Ceremony and Contract Signing took place at the BCGC Main lobby. Mayor Albee Benitez, alongside Congressman Stephen “Caraps” Paduano, Councilors Thaddy Sayson, Al Espino, Celia Flor, Em Ang, Simple Distrito, Jason Villarosa and Vladi Gonzalez, traditional and modernized jeepney operators, CENECO GM Atty. Arnel Lapore, […]
In a significant step towards sustainable waste management practices, Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez and Dr. Marlon Era, President of the Solid Waste Management Association of the Philippines (SWAPP), signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to conduct a Waste Analysis and Characterization Study (WACS) in the city at the City Mayor’s Office. “This is one […]
Mayor Albee Benitez, together with Doc Eric Saratan as the Bacolod City Comprehensive Health Program (BacCHP) Special Adviser for Health, and the executive healthcare team, held a meeting at the City Mayor’s Office to discuss the proposed renovation of two infirmaries in Barangay Alijis and Barangay Vista Alegre, Bacolod City. The objective of this infirmary […]
Bacolod City Mayor and Regional Development Council (RDC) VI Chairperson Albee Benitez was elected Chairperson of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Board Regional Development Committee-Visayas Area Committee (NB RDCom VAC) during its reorganizational meeting held at the Seda Vertis North, Quezon City. In accepting the position, Benitez expressed his gratitude for the trust and […]
To answer the call of Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez’s Solid Waste Management (SWM) Program, Barangay Taculing led by Bgry. Captain Lady Gles Gonzales-Pallen relaunched their Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) Redemption Center, which was stalled because of the pandemic and strict Covid protocols. The program was attended by Engineer Macky Maceda, special adviser for solid […]
More than 6,700 jobs were up for grabs in Bacolod City during a job fair held at Robinsons Place Bacolod. For two-days, 55 companies participated in the employment event organized by the city government through the Public Employment Services Office (PESO) and the Department of Labor and Employment. “Inviting all job seekers to our job […]
Mayor Albee Benitez brought the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA)-BBM Sugar Program to Bacolod City. Through the SRA-DA (Department of Agriculture) Kadiwa, sugar is old at P70/kilo only. “The intervention of the national government, by the President (Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.), is to ensure that we have cheap food products,” Benitez said. “Eventually, it will include […]
Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez has signed a memorandum of agreement with WRS Holdings, and the Pag-IBIG Fund for the construction of an affordable housing project for informal settlers. Providing better and comfortable homes for all informal settler families (ISF) in Bacolod City is one of the mayor’s flagship programs ever since he started his […]