VICTORIAS CITY, March 14 -- This city located in northern Negros Occidental on Thursday unveiled its new PHP55-million evacuation center and multiple-purpose building implemented through the assistance of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).

The two-storey structure, located in Barangay 13, was blessed and inaugurated as the Victorias City Command and Evacuation Center (VCCEC) in rites led by DILG Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. and Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez.

"This building symbolizes our determination to protect the lives and safety of our people, showing our strength and commitment," Abalos said in his message.

"The VCCEC is not merely a structure of concrete and steel, it is a symbol of our collective determi...