BACOLOD CITY – A chemical spill hit Barangay 39 here Thursday, July 14.
A TEAM from the Negros Prawn Cooperative obtains samples of the chemical for laboratory testing. (Photo courtesy of the Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office)
The city government is now probing the inc
MAYOR-ELECT. Former Negros Occidental third district Rep. Alfredo Benitez (center) gets mobbed by supporters outside the Bacolod City Government Center after he was proclaimed the new city mayor on Tuesday (May 10, 2022). Benitez, who campaigned on a platform of change, defeated long-time mayor Evelio Leonardia.(Photo courtesy of Archie Rey Alipalo) BACOLOD CITY - With a lead of almost 65,000 votes, former Negros Occidental third district congressman Alfredo Benitez defeated incumbent mayor Evelio Leonardia during the May 9 polls to introduce a new administration in this city starting June 30. In a stunning upset that ended Leonardia's long-time dominance as city mayor, Benitez, who campaigned on a platform of change under the Asenso Bacolod banner, obtained 171,893 votes compared to the Grupo Progreso standard bearer's 107,447 votes. "This is a win for the people of Bacolod. The change that we're looking for is what I intend to bring," Benitez told reporters afte
SUCCESSOR. Photoshopped picture of the late councilor Elmer Sy and his daughter Psyche Marie "Pao" Sy, who has been named by President Rodrigo R.Duterte as her father's successor in the Bacolod City Council in an appointment dated Feb. 9, 2022. The elder Sy died due to complications after he contracted Covid-19 in June 2021.(Photo courtesy of Asenso Bacolod Facebook page) BACOLOD CITY - President Rodrigo R. Duterte has appointed the daughter of the late councilor Elmer Sy as a member of the City Council here several months after her father passed away due to complications after he contracted the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in June of last year. Psyche Marie "Pao" Sy, who is running for councilor in the May 9, 2022 elections, will serve out the remaining four months in her father's term, which will end on June 30. "Pursuant to the provisions of existing laws, you are hereby appointed member, Sangguniang Panlungsod, Bacolod City, vice Elmer T. Sy.