Former Bacolod Councilor Celia Flor filed her certificate of candidacy for councilor yesterday at the Commission on Elections Office in Bacolod City.

Flor, a three termer councilor, is running as an independent candidate together with incumbent Councilor Lyndon Caña and new candidate Bart Orola, the brother of former Bacolod Rep. John Orola. They will hold a press conference today at the Sea Breeze Hotel in Bacolod City for the formal launching and declaration of their candidacies. Caña is running for vice mayor while Orola is running as councilor of Bacolod.

Flor, an advocate of the women's groups and other marginalized sectors, said her platform of government is advocacy and practice of good governance. She said he hopes to push for concrete policies to put up structures and mechanisms for the people to see where their money goes.

Flor said she also wants to strengthen the participation of basic sectors in governance and to focus on the protection of the environment. She said that during her term she had authored the Ordinance Creating the Fisheries Code of the City of Bacolod and the Ordinance Creating the Bacolod City Gender and Development Council.

Meanwhile, Joemarie Regalado, a fireworks supplier and a cousin of former Councilor Juan Ramon Guanzon, filed his COC at the Comelec Office yesterday. He is running as an independent for councilor.

On the other hand, Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue will also file her COC as independent candidate for councilor at the Bacolod COMELEC Office at 9 a.m. today.

The Nationalist People's Coalition candidates are expected to file their COC's on Wednesday, while former Mayor Oscar Verdeflor will file his COC for mayor on Thursday.*CGS

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