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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 […]
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) recently launched its Paleng-QR (Quick Response) Ph Plus program in Bacolod City. The project makes use of digital payments in public markets and transportation hubs following the approval by the Bacolod City Council of the Palengke-QR Ph ordinance in support of Mayor Albee Benitez’s program of promoting a “smart […]
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 […]
The Negros Occidental provincial government formally turned over to the Land Transportation Office-Western Visayas (LTO-6) the P33-million Bacolod City District Office building. Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez together with Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer, LTO Executive Director Giovanni Lopez, Usec. DOTr Mark Steven Pastor, Reg. Director, LTO 6 Eric […]
In line with the Paleng-QR PH Program, the City of Bacolod will now adopt QR PH Digital Payments to all business establishments and local transportation. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) released a Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 1 Series of 2022 on the Paleng-QR, which […]
The Art Association of Bacolod-Negros (AAB-N), in collaboration with Bacolod City Government, celebrated the National Arts Month through an art exhibition sited at City Government Lobby. Titled “Ti-on sang Taliambong,” Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez officiated the ribbon cutting ceremony along with SP Committee Head on History, Culture and Arts Councilor Em Ang, City Tourism […]
United Negros Transport Cooperative (UNETCO) launched 97 Class 2 FAW Modernized Public Utility Vehicle (MPUV) units, at the Central Hall, Ayala Malls Capitol Central. A motorcade caravan event and an official ribbon cutting ceremony were conducted by UNETCO Chairperson Romelie Soliguen, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Region VI Director Richard Osmeña, and Cooperative Development […]
The citizens of Bacolod City can now access online and monitor garbage trucks on route collecting wastes after IPM-CDC commenced their test run on its GPS on main roads of Bacolod City in response to Mayor Albee Benitez’s urge for responsive waste collection. “The public themselves would be able to monitor the movement of garbage […]