MassKara coliseum project attracts 4 bidders

THE City Government of Bacolod has started the bidding process for the construction of the proposed P800-million Bacolod MassKara Coliseum.

City Assessor Maphilindo Polvora, chairman of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), said Tuesday, March 26, that four prospective bidders have already paid P75,000 to secure the bidding forms at the BAC office.

After the opening of the bids, he said that they will hold an oral presentation at the MassKara Hall Wednesday, March 27.

The proposed Bacolod MassKara Coliseum is one of the priority projects of the city government that will be funded by the P1.7-billion loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP).

Other priority projects are the development of Progreso Village Relocation Site worth P350 million; Bacolod City College site development and facilities, P350 million; and the construction of roads and bridges, P200 million.

The BAC earlier announced the winning bidders for these projects, the contracts for which have been ratified by the City Council.

Polvora said the contractors are only waiting for the notice to proceed from the city mayor so they can start work on the projects.

“We complied with all the requirements for these biddings,” he said.

Mayor Evelio Leonardia earlier said that they will follow the procedures to implement these projects.

“I’m always reminding the BAC to follow the procedures unlike the previous administration where more than 40 biddings were held in a day,” he said.

It can be recalled that a civil complaint involving the P1.7 billion loan, which will fund the city’s four flagship projects, was filed in January.

Named respondents were Leonardia, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran; Councilors Caesar Distrito, Cindy Rojas, Renecito Novero, Em Ang, Elmer Sy, Ana Marie Palermo, Dindo Ramos, Bartolome Orola, Sonya Verdeflor, Lady Gles Gonzales-Pallen and Ayesha Joy Villaflor; City Council Secretary Vicente Petierre III; City Treasurer Giovanni Balalilhe; City Budget Officer Maria Imelda Williams; City Accountant Corazon Cardel; and DBP Negros Occidental Lending Center head Bernardo Catillion Jr.

The complainants, former vice mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson, former councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, and businessman Antonio Wong, filed a civil case for certiorari, prohibition, and annulment of contract with a prayer for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, and/or preliminary mandatory injunction.

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