• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO
A resolution declaring Yulo’s Park as an important cultural property and historical landmark of the City of Bacolod, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday.
The resolution authored by Councilor Em Ang said the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod City recognizes the importance of preserving cultural and historical heritage in accordance with National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 or Republic Act 10066.
Yulo’s Park, located at Rosario Street, Barangay 14, Bacolod City, has great historical significance, and it received its historical marker from the National Museum last September 28, 2017, it said.
The Yulo’s Park house was built by the late statesman, Don Mariano Yulo on August 10, 1919. It will be 105 years old this August 10, 2024, the resolution said.
President Manuel Quezon was honored to have dinner at Yulo’s Park. For that occasion, the drinking glasses were specially painted with the Philippine flag as a show of nationalism, a prelude to Philippine independence, it added.
Don Mariano Yulo was governor of Negros Occidental and eventually a Senator of the Republic during the Commonwealth period. His son, Alfredo C. Yulo, was the former Mayor of Bacolod City from May 27, 1940 to May 29, 1942, the resolution said.
Yulo’s Park is a significant historical landmark, and an important cultural property that must be preserved and protected for future generations, as provided under the National Cultural Heritage Act (R.A. No. 10066), it said.
Yulo’s Park, being an important cultural property of Bacolod City, must be registered in the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property, the resolution added.*
