Council concurs appointment of BHA head

THE City Council of Bacolod has concurred the appointment of Ma.victorina Parrenas as city government Department Head II of the Bacolod Housing Authority (BHA) in Bacolod City.

Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran said yesterday the appointment of Parrenas was unanimously approved during the council’s regular session on Wednesday.

He said Parrenas, who was formerly assigned at the City Planning Development Office, occupied her post in BHA effective August 1 replacing its officer-in-charge Architect Faith Joy Lumauag.

“Her work is also related to her new assignment to lead the BHA,” he added.

For her part, Parrenas also expressed her gratitude to the City Council for the approval of her appointment.

Parrenas said they will focus to provide relocation site for the informal settlers who are living in the danger zone in various barangays and those who are occupying government lands that will be used for infrastructure projects.

“We cannot just cater them as soon as they will go to our office, we need to check their areas if they will be qualified to avail a relocation site,” she said.

Parrenas added that she personally handled the community-based monitoring system and they know who are those informal settlers that need to be relocated.

Parrenas noted that based on Local Shelter Plan 2018-2027, Bacolod City has a total of 9, 646 informal settlers.

Parrenas disclosed that the city government has an on-going relocation site development project to accommodate the informal settlers in Bacolod.*

CITY PIO ROAD CLEARING. Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia meets with Punong Barangays, as well as Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran and councilors, City Hall executive assistants and department heads, and DILG and other government agencies, today [August 1] at the Bacolod City Government Center, to discuss preparations for road-clearing operations, in response to the order of DILG that was based on President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive during his 4th SONA recently.*