SMX senior assistant vice president Dexter Deyto, Bacolod Mayor Monico Puentevella, SM Hotels and Conventions Corp. president Elizabeth Sy, Senior Vice President for Operation Peggy Angeles, and SMX Bacolod manager JB Ongsingco (l-r) offer a toast at the formal opening of the SMX Convention Center Bacolod yesterday.* (Andy Alvarez photo)SMX to make Bacolod
strong MICE destination
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO
The SMX Convention Center in Bacolod that formally opened last night will help make the city a strong contender as a MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) destination in the country, an SMX official said.
SMX Convention Center senior assistant vice president Dexter Deyto, who spoke during the formal opening of SMX Bacolod, said that seven years ago in 2007, SMX became a game changer in the conventions and meetings industry with the inauguration of their flagship property – the SMX Convention Center in Manila – at the SM Mall of Asia complex, followed a few years later by the opening of SMX Davao and SMX Taguig last year.
“In behalf of the SM Hotels and Conventions management, it gives us great pleasure to announce the addition of another convention center to our growing family – the SMX Convention Center Bacolod – the first and largest of its kind in the Visayas,” he said. 
Unite vs. high taxes,
gov’t workers urged
BY CARLA GOMEZ
The Progressive Alliance of Capitol Employees is calling on all local government workers to unite in the campaign for the passage of legislation to lower the tax on salaries and benefits of the working class, PACE vice president, Renelo Lastierre, said yesterday.
PACE is happy and thankful to the provincial government officials, especially the governor, for their continuous concern for the provincial government employees, he said.
“However, we are saddened by the impact of high taxes resulting to less take-home on salaries and benefits of the working class,” he said.
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