Tag: Bacolod

Bacolod mayoral aspirant Alfredo “Albee” Benitez said he cancelled the raffling off of a house and lot for his supporters at his 55th birthday celebration at the SMX Convention Center in Bacolod City Monday night, December 20, to instead use the funds to aid the victims of super Typhoon “Odette” in the city who lost their homes.There are still some people in evacuation centers who cannot go home because their houses were destroyed, Benitez said.The virtual live streaming raffle Monday night was also postponed because Internet connections are not good and there are some who still have no electricity, he said.When asked for his birthday wish, Benitez said he dreams of a Bacolod where every family will have their own house, where everybody has total access to health facilities and...

Ronnie Baldonado photoBacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia said Friday, December 17, that despite the fury unleashed by Super Typhoon "Odette" late Thursday evening until the wee hours of Friday, no fatalities were reported nor injuries inflicted on Bacolodnons."We thank the good Lord Almighty for sparing our people from such harm," he said."We also saw that our decision to assert the conduct of pre-emptive evacuations of families living in high risk areas such as low-lying communities and along shorelines and near bodies of water, saved lives. It was the first time that we evacuated this many pre-emptively in the wake of a typhoon," Leonardia said.He called for prayers for neighboring local government units hardest hit by typhoon, particularly those in the central and southern p...