Bacolod Public Plaza Today

    One of the “Rebuilding” missions of the Leonardia Administration is to “clean” the Bacolod Public Plaza physically and morally.
     The Bacolod Public Plaza used to have an unsavory reputation. Pickpockets, rugby boys and girls, and alleged commercial sex workers, together with their pimps, used the place for soliciting and transacting illegal businesses. Vendors proliferated in almost every corner and bench of the town square. With the help of the Public Order and Safety Office (POSO), Chief Inspector Calixto Mabugat, Commander of Police Precinct 1, conducted an operation to “clean” the Public Plaza.
     In less than a month of serious campaign, consisting of 24-hour watch daily, about 98.5% of the alleged commercial sex workers and pimps, along with the rugby boys and girls, were eliminated from the Public Plaza. During this period, more than 50 alleged prostitutes were caught and detained at the BAC-UP 1 lock-up cell; some of them were later released on bail. Vendors were also warned not to sell their wares at the Plaza.
     Chief Inspector Mabugat said the campaign must be a continuing one “if we are to restore the Bacolod Public Plaza to its glory.” He added that there is a big change in the Plaza today compared to the Plaza prior to the campaign. People can now take strolls at the plaza during nighttime without fear of being held up or, in the case of girls, being mistaken for call girls. *(CMO-PIO/sar)

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