THE City Council of Bacolod headed by Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson has expressed its appreciation and support to the Negros Occidental Government’s development plan on its 7.7-hectare property in Bacolod City that will boost its business, economic, tourism, technological and historical landscape.
This was contained in City Council Resolution No. 713, Series of 2011 in relation to the future development of the said properties for the greater good of the province and its capital city. Sayson read the resolution before a huge crowd of Provincial Government officials, department heads, regional directors of various government agencies, business sector, concerned citizens who were invited to see the presentation of Ayala Land, Inc. held at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall Wednesday.The resolution states that the Negros Occidental Provincial Government has negotiated for the sale and lease of its 7.7 hectares of prime properties in Bacolod City for the development of an integrated mixed-use civic and commercial district that will combine the center of government with commercial and residential uses, while at the same time, respecting the site’s heritage and history as the Seat of Power of the Provincial Government. Such development plan is historic for the Province of Negros Occidental, especially for its capital, Bacolod City, making it the tourism advancement, entertainment and leisure, culture and the arts, tourism and sports. Those who voted in the affirmative were Councilors El Cid Familiaran, Homer Bais, Archie Baribar, Roberto Rojas, Catalino Alisbo, Em Ang, Elmer Sy, Verdeflor, Espino, Distrito and Mona Dia Jardin. Councilor Dindo Ramos said the ultimate beneficiary of this project is still the City of Bacolod because of the payment of real property and business taxes. “We welcome that as long as all are legal. We have to respect the court despite the fact that we are not privy on how they were able to award the property in favor of Ayala, but we have a presumption of regularity on the act of the provincial government unless otherwise it was nullify by a court of competent jurisdiction. We want even this project to be pushed through very soon,” Ramos said. Espino said, “We hope that this will indeed stimulate the growth of Bacolod City even more and make us competitive not just in the country but in the rest of the world.” Verdeflor said that Ayala Land, Inc.'s presentation of its development plan of the Provincial Government property showed its vision for the holistic development of the entire Province of Negros Occidental. The city is also exploring the possibility for a private public partnership with not just limited to Ayala and SM but anybody interested in developing the properties of the City Government of Bacolod. Sayson said that hopefully the construction will start very soon. Carla N. Canet Sun Star Bacolod
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About 50 percent of the public utility vehicles driven by members of the United Drivers Operators Center temporarily stopped operating yesterday as they have been greatly affected by the transfer of their terminal from Libertad Street to the Sambok south terminal at Lopez Jaena-San Sebastian streets, Bacolod City, UNDOC Secretary General Jessie Ortega said yesterday.
Ortega said that since the southbound pubic utility vehicles were required to park at the Sambok south terminal starting Monday, about 200 of their members stopped operating since they have been losing with fewer passengers. They can not also pick up enough passengers at the waiting station in Libertad because they are only given about 20 minutes to stay in the area, he said. Even the businessmen in Libertad are complaining that their businesses have been affected by the transfer of the terminal, he added Ortega said they wrote to Mayor Evelio Leonardia last week asking for a dialog but they have not received a response. He also pointed out that the Sambok terminal becomes muddy when it rains and is dusty when the weather is hot. They are appealing to the Yanson family, who owns the Sambok terminal, to consider the plight of the small drivers and give them a chance to survive, Ortega said. Acting Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson said the ordinance requiring all southbound public utility vehicles to use the Sambok south terminal was supposed to have been implemented on July 15 yet but the drivers asked for an extension, which the city granted. Sayson said he is not aware of their letter to the mayor. Perhaps the mayor had already left for an official trip abroad when it came, he said. Sayson said they are trying to observe the flow of traffic and will make adjustments later since they cannot make things perfect in just one day. Meanwhile, the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod passed on third and final reading an ordinance requiring the posting of a copy of the checkpoint rules outlined by the Department of Justice during the conduct of checkpoints by the police and other peace-keeping officers on July 27, 2011. The ordinance was authored by Councilor Caesar Distrito and co-authored by Councilors Em Legaspi-Ang, Al Victor Espino, Dindo Ramos, El Cid Familiaran, Archi Baribar and Mona Dia Jardin. Distrito said that under the ordinance, law enforcers should display either on a plywood or on a tarpaulin a copy of the 10 checkpoint guidelines in both sides of the area with a corresponding Ilonggo translation. The ordinance will also protect the citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures given that there were reports that some checkpoints have been used as points of thievery and extortion practiced upon innocent civilians, he said. Failure to comply with the ordinance will hold law enforcers criminally and administratively liable and they will be fined P1,000 to P5,000, Distrito said.*CGS CHRYSEE SAMILLANO Visayan Daily Star THE Bacolod City Council passed on its third and final reading the Checkpoint Ordinance that requires the posting of a copy of the checkpoint rules outlined by the Department of Justice during the conduct of checkpoints by the Police and other peace-keeping officers last July 27, 2011.
The proposed ordinance was authored by Councilor Caesar Distrito, co-authored by Councilors, Em Legaspi Ang, Al Victor Espino, Dindo Ramos, El Cid Familiaran, Archie Baribar and Mona Dia Jardin which aims to guide our law enforcers on how they should conduct checkpoint, and to protect our motorist from abuses. Distrito said that the ordinance is based on the Advisory Opinion No. 1, issued on March 24, 2011 by the Department of Justice which sets the rules in the Conduct of Checkpoints by the Peacekeeping Officers.Under the said ordinance, Law Enforcers should display it either on a plywood or on a tarpaulin a copy of the 10 checkpoint guidelines in both sides of the area with a corresponding Ilonggo translation. Distrito added the ordinance will also protect the citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures given that there were reports that some checkpoints have been used as points of thievery and extortion practiced upon innocent civilians. Failure to comply with this ordinance shall be criminally and administratively liable, which imposes a fine of P1,000 to P5,000. Carla N. Canet Sun Star Bacolod |
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