The Sangguniang Panlungsod did not rule yesterday on the recommendation of the city negotiation panel to take over the management and operation of the Bacolod port pending a caucus with the Mayor.

The SP yesterday passed a resolution calling for an executive-legislative caucus with eight councilors voting in favor and four voting against it.

Councilors Greg Gasataya, Homer Bais, Dindo Ramos and Jude Thaddeus Sayson voted against the resolution because they, including Councilor Lyndon Caña, will submit today a proposed ordinance providing for basic policies, guidelines, rules and procedures for the takeover of the city of the unfinished reclamation project and port, as well as, the port operation at the Reclamation Area in Bacolod City, and to enlist the aid of government agencies to provide for a rebidding of the project.

Clarification sought on
gov't center site
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

A resolution inviting the City Legal Officer and City Administrator to clarify Executive Order No. 6, ordering the construction of a city government center in Brgy. Taculing, Bacolod City, was passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday.

In inviting CLO Allan Zamora and City Administrator Lorendo Dilag to the session next Thursday, the SP members want to be clarified on certain matter pertaining to the E.O. signed by Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia Tuesday.

The E.O. is based on SP Resolution No. 96 dated Jan. 26, 2006, declaring the inadequacy of the present City Hall site and declaring the need for another site to augment the present site.

De Venecia to push
Cha-cha in Negros
BY CARLA GOMEZ

House Speaker Jose de Venecia will take up moves toward Charter Change with mayors and barangay captains of Negros Occidental at the provincial Capitol in Bacolod City Monday afternoon, Vice Gov. Isidro Zayco said yesterday.

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had planned to hold a pro Cha-cha rally at the Paglaum Sports Stadium in Bacolod early this month but cancelled her visit.

The Lakas CMD in January approved the proposed shift to a parliamentary government and a unicameral parliament.