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CLEARING OPS. A portion of San Juan Street in downtown Bacolod City, where the fixing and removal of "spaghetti" wires started over the weekend as shown in this photo taken on Monday (July 18, 2022). The clearing operations are scheduled five days each week, including Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. (PNA photo by Nanette Guadalquiver) BACOLOD CITY - The city government here is studying the mapping and survey of feasible areas for the installation of an underground cable system. The plan came on the heels of the start of the removal of "spaghetti" or entangled wires in the city's major thoroughfares over the weekend, based on the directive of Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez. "The city government will create a technical team to coordinate with the telecommunications companies on this matter," Benitez said in a statement. On Monday, Joseph Karol Chiu, secretary to the Mayor, said in a radio interview the underground cabling is part of t ....
PUSH FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE. Lawyer Lyzander Dilag (right), spokesperson of Bacolod City Mayor-elect Alfredo Benitez, with incoming city legal officer Romeo Carlos Ting Jr. (center) and former state auditor Marilou Reyes, during a press conference at the Negros Residences in Bacolod City on Tuesday (June 28, 2022). Dilag said Benitez will issue an executive order to create a committee that will "help ensure a clean and transparent government" once he assumes office on June 30.(PNA photo by Nanette L. Guadalquiver) BACOLOD CITY - Mayor-elect Alfredo Benitez will form a committee to "help ensure a clean and transparent government" as he takes over the leadership of this city on June 30. Lawyer Lyzander Dilag, spokesperson of Benitez, said on Tuesday the incoming mayor is expected to issue an executive order once he assumes office for the creation of the so-called "truth commission". "This is in furtherance of the efforts of the Albee Benitez administration ....