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Bacolod City is located on the northwest coast of the Province of Negros Occidental. It is bounded on the northwest by the City of Talisay; on the east by the City of Silay and the City of Victorias; on the east and southwest by the Town of Murcia; on the southwest by the City of Bago; and in the west by the Guimaras Strait. The global location of Bacolod City is 10 degrees, 40 minutes 40 seconds - north and 122 degrees 54 minutes 25 seconds - east with Bacolod Public Plaza as benchmark.
Bacolod has a total land area of 16,269,830.5 hectares, including straits and bodies of water and the 124 hectare reclamation area, and is compose of 61 barangays (villages) and 639 purok (smaller units composing a village). It is accessible by sea through the ports of Banago, the Reclamation area and the port of Pulupandan by air through the Bacolod Airport which is approximately four (4) kilometers away from the city proper.
Bacolod has a total land area of 16,269,830.5 hectares, including straits and bodies of water and the 124 hectare reclamation area, and is compose of 61 barangays (villages) and 639 purok (smaller units composing a village). It is accessible by sea through the ports of Banago, the Reclamation area and the port of Pulupandan by air through the Bacolod Airport which is approximately four (4) kilometers away from the city proper.
Barangay 1 in the NEWS
SP defers state of
calamity request
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO
The Bacolod Sanggunaing Panlungsod yesterday deferred action on the request of Barangay Captain Sammy Gaitan Sr. to declare Barangay 1 in Bacolod City under a State of Calamity pending further study.
Councilor Roberto Rojas, chairman of the Committee on Public Works and Fire, Natural Disasters and Calamity, has been tasked by the Mayor to head the Super Flood Control Body to be created by the city government to address flooding problems in Bacolod City .
Gaitan endorsed to the SP Barangay Resolution 07-162, Series of 2007 which cited that Barangay 1 had been hit by a tornado on Sept. 17, 2007 that left 31 houses and some families affected.
The resolution also said the same barangay was visited by typhoon “Hannah” on Oct. 1 that caused flooding in the area that affected the livelihood of its constituents and that last Nov. 1 nine houses were damaged when the riprap along the river that was supporting them gave way.
It added that 59 individuals have been affected as a result of the incident.
The barangay is also asking that its 5 percent Calamity Fund be used to support the needs of the affected individuals in Barangay 1, the resolution said.
Councilor Al Victor Espino said the barangays have their respective calamity funds from the general appropriation of the current year and that they can declare themselves under a State of Calamity .
Councilor Celia Flor said the barangay can use its calamity fund provided that an evaluation conducted by the Department of Social Services and Development shows that 25 percent of the households are affected by the calamity.
Councilor Dindo Ramos suggested that they do some research so they can advise the barangay what action to take to be able to avail of the 5 percent calamity fund.
Meanwhile, Mayor Evelio Leonardia said the Super Flood Control Body that will be created to address the flooding problem in the city will include a dependable representative of the Department of Public Works and Highways.
Leonardia said that under the law, all waterways like rivers and creeks are under the jurisdiction of the DPWH. However, during a meeting held after the December 2006 flooding, the city volunteered to clear the Banago and Mandalagan rivers and allocated a P10 million budget for the dredging works since it might take the DPWH a long time to act on the matter, he said.
This started in August but was delayed because of the election ban, Leonardia said. According to engineers, there are subdivisions that are prone to flooding because there used to be waterways passing through the area that have been diverted, he said.
Acting City Engineer Belly Aguillon said a post assessment of the flooding problem in city conducted by her office showed that the opening of the rivers are silted due to the presence of informal settlers and also due to garbage.
She said the city has started dredging the Banago River but this was temporarily stopped because their dredging machine cannot penetrate the Puno Banago area due to the presence of squatters.
The DPWH had written the squatters in January yet to remove their houses but their structures are still there until now, Aguillon said. The city allocates a budget to the barangays annually for the improvement of their drainage system, she said.
Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson yesterday asked the newly elected barangay officials to prevent more squatters from settling in their area. He was able to do it when he was a barangay captain, he said.
If they could not be stopped, the barangay officials can refer the matter to the concerned agency in charge like the DPWH which has a task force on illegal squatters, if the structure is under the jurisdiction of the national government, and to the City Legal Office or City Engineer's if it falls under the city, Sayson said.*CGS
calamity request
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO
The Bacolod Sanggunaing Panlungsod yesterday deferred action on the request of Barangay Captain Sammy Gaitan Sr. to declare Barangay 1 in Bacolod City under a State of Calamity pending further study.
Councilor Roberto Rojas, chairman of the Committee on Public Works and Fire, Natural Disasters and Calamity, has been tasked by the Mayor to head the Super Flood Control Body to be created by the city government to address flooding problems in Bacolod City .
Gaitan endorsed to the SP Barangay Resolution 07-162, Series of 2007 which cited that Barangay 1 had been hit by a tornado on Sept. 17, 2007 that left 31 houses and some families affected.
The resolution also said the same barangay was visited by typhoon “Hannah” on Oct. 1 that caused flooding in the area that affected the livelihood of its constituents and that last Nov. 1 nine houses were damaged when the riprap along the river that was supporting them gave way.
It added that 59 individuals have been affected as a result of the incident.
The barangay is also asking that its 5 percent Calamity Fund be used to support the needs of the affected individuals in Barangay 1, the resolution said.
Councilor Al Victor Espino said the barangays have their respective calamity funds from the general appropriation of the current year and that they can declare themselves under a State of Calamity .
Councilor Celia Flor said the barangay can use its calamity fund provided that an evaluation conducted by the Department of Social Services and Development shows that 25 percent of the households are affected by the calamity.
Councilor Dindo Ramos suggested that they do some research so they can advise the barangay what action to take to be able to avail of the 5 percent calamity fund.
Meanwhile, Mayor Evelio Leonardia said the Super Flood Control Body that will be created to address the flooding problem in the city will include a dependable representative of the Department of Public Works and Highways.
Leonardia said that under the law, all waterways like rivers and creeks are under the jurisdiction of the DPWH. However, during a meeting held after the December 2006 flooding, the city volunteered to clear the Banago and Mandalagan rivers and allocated a P10 million budget for the dredging works since it might take the DPWH a long time to act on the matter, he said.
This started in August but was delayed because of the election ban, Leonardia said. According to engineers, there are subdivisions that are prone to flooding because there used to be waterways passing through the area that have been diverted, he said.
Acting City Engineer Belly Aguillon said a post assessment of the flooding problem in city conducted by her office showed that the opening of the rivers are silted due to the presence of informal settlers and also due to garbage.
She said the city has started dredging the Banago River but this was temporarily stopped because their dredging machine cannot penetrate the Puno Banago area due to the presence of squatters.
The DPWH had written the squatters in January yet to remove their houses but their structures are still there until now, Aguillon said. The city allocates a budget to the barangays annually for the improvement of their drainage system, she said.
Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson yesterday asked the newly elected barangay officials to prevent more squatters from settling in their area. He was able to do it when he was a barangay captain, he said.
If they could not be stopped, the barangay officials can refer the matter to the concerned agency in charge like the DPWH which has a task force on illegal squatters, if the structure is under the jurisdiction of the national government, and to the City Legal Office or City Engineer's if it falls under the city, Sayson said.*CGS
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