The Manila Times

Bacolod expects support from Marcos

- JAIME R. PILAPIL

BACOLOD CITY: Mayor Monico Puentevell­a, a member of the ruling that Senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. will deliver on his election promises and help his city once elected vice president.

In a courtesy call of Marcos at the city hall, Puentevell­a said he is sure that the senator will help Bacolod since he has always been helpful.

“I know him, we were together in Congress for many years. I know how he works. Whenever I ask for his help for Bacolod, he is always

Vice Presidenti­al candidate and Sen. Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. gets the support of the people of Bacolod City, where he was warmly welcomed by local officials led by Mayor Monico Puentevell­a. there. I know him, he will help us,” Puentevell­a told members of the media.

This early, Puentevell­a has one request from Marcos – the constructi­on of an additional 500-meter runway in Bacolod airport, so they can accommodat­e interna

Marcos was warmly welcomed here, although the Negros area is considered a bailiwick of the administra­tion party.

Marcos said he is lucky because local candidates have crossed party lines to support his candidacy.

“But I feel confident because I was fortunate that many of the leaders here, and in other places as well, have become my friends,” he said.

Aside from Bacolod City, Marcos brought his campaign sorties in the cities of Bais and Bayawan in the province of Negros Oriental where he was warmly received by

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