BACOLOD City – This capital city is gearing up to ring in New Year’s Eve 2020 with fireworks display at the Bacolod Government Center grounds on Dec. 31.
Councilor Israel Salanga, chairperson of the City Council’s committee on tourism, said this yearly activity dubbed “31-to-1” gives an opportunity for the families to enjoy the fireworks display. He said the fireworks display will be sponsored by the PanAsiatic Solutions.
“We have several activities for the countdown that will start at 6 p.m., we want everybody here to enjoy,” he added.
Salanga noted that there will be dance showdown with participants from various villages, live band, raffle, and among others.
The councilor said thousands of Bacolodnons are expected to join the countdown.
Siony Hijara-Ferraris, site director and general manager of PanAsiatic Solutions, said that PanAsiatic started this tradition with Mayor Leonardia.
“We’ve been the partner of Bacolod City in the countdown by sponsoring the fireworks ever since and from then on yearly, we make sure that we’ve a budget for the countdown,” she said.
She added this year, they increased the budget from P230,000 to P280,000 and this will be spectacular fireworks./PN
