BACOLOD City – Today is no longer a nonworking holiday in this city.
Previously, this city celebrated its Charter Day every Oct. 19 and observed it as a nonworking holiday.
But Republic Act (RA) 11146 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte last year moved to June 18 the Bacolod City Charter Day and made it a special nonworking holiday.
According to Mayor Evelio Leonardia, June 18 was the day President Manuel Quezon signed and approved into effect Commonwealth Act 326 that created the city of Bacolod.
The mayor said RA 11146 corrected the RA 7724 that erroneously identified Oct. 19 as the date of the Charter Day of Bacolod.
Cong. Greg Gasataya filed House Bill 7044 upon the request of Leonardia to correct RA 7724.
Leonardia said the city’s Charter was signed on June 18, 1938 and Oct. 19 was just the inauguration of the first officials of Bacolod as a city./PN
