Banago

Pamilya Magbinuligay Kita sa Kauswagan standard-bearer Monico Puentevella visited the fire victims of Purok Katilingban and Purok Kawayan in Brgy. Banago Wednesday.

"I went there, it’s not because I am running for City Mayor, but as a concerned citizen of Bacolod," said the former three-term Congress-man, who was attending a special mass for the late Bishop Antonio Fortich when he was advised about the fire. Puentevella then cancelled most of his itineraries for the day and went directly to Brgy. Banago to extend his help but was held back by firefighters and some residents as the blaze was getting bigger and proved to be dangerous at that point.

An estimated P3-million in properties, including around 200 houses, were destroyed by fire in Brgy. Banago, Bacolod City yesterday noon, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said.

Mopping Operation - a firefighter at Purok Katilingban, Brgy Banago yesterday puts out what is left of the fire that destroyed more than 200 houses.*(Owen S. Bayog/NDB photo)

No one was reported injured in the accident, but the fire, which broke out in a thickly-populated area adjacent to the Domingo Lacson National High School (DLNHS) and the oil depot of Petron Corp., had reached the general alarm level, Chief Inspector Bartolome Beliran, city fire marshal, said in radio reports.

It was reported that the people of Barangay Banago shed tears upon seeing Princess Soraya Jafar in a surprise visit while Team Monico Puentevella’s "Magbinuligay Kita para sa Kauswagan" (MKK) was holding pocket discussions.

The people of Barangay Banago shed tears upon seeing Princess Soraya Jafar in a surprise visit while Team Monico Puentevella’s "Magbinuligay Kita para sa Kauswagan" (MKK) was holding pocket discussions (MKK photo).*

"Daw sa ano bala," broadcast analyst Ramon Viva explained the Banago residents’ "tears of joy", which was an accolade to members of the Royalty who are good to their people. She was lost for awhile but thanks to former Congressman Monico Puentevella, Princess Soraya was there again to bring good tidings to the people of Banago.

The Princess is not a stranger to them. She is their princess indeed. Edgar Allan Poe once wrote, "Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears."

The disaster drill of residents in Brgy. Banago in Bacolod City was a success.

With the aim of preparing the community on how to handle themselves and what to do during calamity, it was actively participated in by the barangay officials and their constituents in puroks: Tinagong Dagat, Purok Riverside 1, 2, and 3. Purok and Barangay officials who joined the drill, which was a joint endeavor of the Bacolod City government, SMART, Corporate Network for Disaster Response (CNDR), disaster risk reduction and management councils of Brgy.Banago and Bacolod City, with the offices of Councilors Em Ang and Caesar Distrito. A total of 200 residents participated in the said drill.