A resolution requesting Mayor Evelio Leonardia to consider establishing an extension of the Bacolod City College campus at the Vista Alegre-Granada Relocation Site in Bacolod, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday.
The resolution authored by Councilor El Cid Familiaran, said that the Bacolod City College was established in 1997 to answer the rising cost of tertiary education for poor families, through the City Ordinance No. 175. It said that through the years, the Bacolod City College has expanded to Sum-ag, Fortune Town and Taculing campuses; There is, however, still a need to have another campus extension for BCC, especially in a strategic location and in an area where there is a concentration of population, like the Abada-Escay relocation site, the resolution said. Putting up a BCC campus extension at the Abada-Escay relocation site will not only host the thousands of those living in the area, but will also offer favorable opportunities for students who are living in Barangays Alangilan, Granada, Vista Alegre, and such other communities in the city, it added. The SP also approved a resolution requesting the Bacolod Housing Authority through the Office of the Mayor to harness Public-Private Partnership scheme for the housing site of government employees. The resolution said that, despite the housing programs extended to government employees, there are still a number who have not availed of this kind of service like the plantilla casuals and or Job Order casual employees. It said providing settlement and/or similar housing programs or services for these lower Grade ordinary employees will enable them to have land tenure and live decently. The resolution was also authored by Familiaran and his counterpart Girl Councilor Megan Therese Arroz. Meanwhile, the SP also approved another resolution enjoining the participation and cooperation of all Bacolodnons in Bacolod City in the city-wide family week celebration September 23 to 29, 2012. The resolution authored by Councilor Sonya Verdeflor, said the Department of Social Services and Development of Bacolod has scheduled September 23 to 29, 2012 for the city-wide family week celebration with the theme: “Ensuring Work-Family Balance. BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO THE VISAYAN DAILY STAR
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