City Mayor Monico Puentevella, Vice Mayor Greg Gasataya and Members of the Bacolod City Council during the State of the Booming Bacolod Address (SOBBA) last July 2015.* The Bacolod City Chapter of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL) leadership and organization this coming August 20-22 2015 2nd PCL Cooperative Summit and General Assembly is another accomplishment in catapulting Bacolod City and the Negros Island Region (NIR) as the country’s “Meeting Industry” or “Event Industry” center. “Meetings or Events Industry” is a short word for “Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions” (MICE) type of tourism as more than a thousand PCL Coop members and delegates are expected to assemble here at the Capital City of NIR-Region 18 this week at the SMX Convention Center. A press statement yesterday read that the success of the PCL Coop Summit as a MICE activity, which create intellectual encounter and a perk to local downstream industries, is assured by the active participation of all Bacolod City Councilors. An ordinance promoting and strengthening Bacolod City as MICE destination was approved recently principally authored by Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue and co-authored by councilors Sonya Verdeflor and Carlos Jose Lopez; thus Sigue heads the summit’s focal Committee on Exhibits, Trade Fairs, Food and Drinks. Verdeflor and Lopez back this endeavor by heading the Physical Arrangement and Reception Committee and Promotions, Ways and Means Committee respectively. The summit’s technical support committees are Councilors Roberto Rojas, Em Ang and Caesar Distrito who will head the Registration, Secretariat and Awards; Councilors Ana Marie Palermo and Archie Baribar will head the Committees on Kits and Souvenirs and on Information, Documentation and Publication. Aside from the summit proper organization, PCL Bacolod Chapter will also hold crowd gathering cock fighting activity, golf tournament and shoot fest organized by Councilors Noli Villarosa, Alex Paglumotan, Kalaw Puente-vella and El Cid Familiaran, respectively. Paglumotan likewise heads the Transportation and Communication Committee while Puentevella heads another focal Committee on Tours, Entertainment and Special Concerns; he also heads the summit’s life support system, the Committee on Security and Medical Concerns. Meanwhile, PCL Credit Cooperative National Vice Chairman Councilor Wilson Gamboa, Jr. is the 2015 Summit and Assembly Director – mainly in charge of finance, program, invitation and accommodation.*
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