PLEDGE OF SERVICE. Former Negros Occidental third district congressman Alfredo Abelardo Benitez takes his oath as the 43rd mayor of Bacolod City before Barangay Granada village head Alfredo Talimodao Jr. in rites held at the Government Center grounds on Friday night (July 1, 2022). With him are his wife Dominique "Nikki" Lopez, and their children Bettina Marie and Javier Miguel, who is the new mayor of Victorias City.(PNA photo by Nanette L. Guadalquiver) BACOLOD CITY - Newly-installed Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has committed to harnessing their full potential to achieve a "super city" status under his leadership. "With your support, we can reach our ambition to make Bacolod a super city. A global city with a diversified economy and skilled human resources, and model for green development and good governance," Benitez, the 43rd mayor of Bacolod, said in his inaugural message in rites held at the Government Center grounds on Friday night. A businessman
BACOLOD CITY - Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, director of Bacolod City Police, revealed on Tuesday that “poverty” had pushed a personnel of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) to allegedly engage in illegal selling of unlicensed firearms. Martir said that PSSgt Gerwin Catolico, 36, of Barangay Granad