“Transforming Bacolod into a Super City needs Super People. But we do not need superpowers to be Super People, we just need the passion to serve, and the right values and dynamic behavior to innovate.” This was stressed by Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez as he delivered his second State of the City Address (Soca) at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) grounds on July 3.
“They said change starts from within. That is why our first order of business when I assumed my post was to clean the house,” Benitez said. He said the current administration has no ghost employees.
The job order personnel were reporting every day. “ Our employees now were reporting on time, and some of them were even taking overtime,” he added. The mayor noted that those who exert effort were also given a reward and last Monday, they recognized the “extra milers” employees, who do beyond what is required or what is expected.
Benitez said last week, someone gave him a memorabilia of Old Bacolod. “ Bacolod was beautiful back then like a jewel of the Visayas. Which was the reason why in 1938, we were created as a city,” he said.
He added that in the inaugural speech of the first mayor of Bacolod in 1938, former mayor Alfredo Montelibano Sr. said that the elevation to city status involves the duty of transforming the present state of the town of Bacolod. “ This is a challenge to our civic conscience and our sense of duty.
Now, there is another Alfredo who led to elevate Bac.
