After the Land Transportation Office-Region VI (LTO-6) recently conducted deputation seminars in Bacolod City and Kabankalan City, the local government will have more involvement in road management.
The agency should be lauded for the move, as it will provide the imperative teeth the city needs in traffic management.
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The upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Bacolod City will be a test for city tourism and for Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia.
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Today, Cebu Pacific Air begins service between Bacolod City and Cagayan de Oro. Set to run three times a week, local tourism stakeholders and their respective local government units must exert their brains and muscles to put forward productive ideas to ensure economic benefits in order to make the new route productive and profitable.
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Along Circumferential Road, which connects the cities of Bacolod, Talisay, and Silay, we see three developers looking to make Metro Bacolod a tourist and retirement destination. Megaworld and two others are converting sugar farms into residential and commercial uptowns.
In five years, we expect to see a new central Negros Occidental.
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This column greets a Happy Birthday to Jose ‘Boy’ Montalbo of the famed JGM Corporation, Anna Liza ‘Tata’ Fregil-Lacson of Cradle Spa, and Virgje Nallos-Miñez. Hellos go out to Roxan Oquendo, Devi Novero, Neel Abordaje, Ranie Ilarde, Rene Locsin, Bong Perez, Leah Javellana, and Danny Dangcalan./WDJ