Kung Hei Fat Choi! Bacolod City celebrated the Chinese New Year with an Evening Lantern Parade of the Twelve Zodiac sign animals which started from SM City and culminated in the Provincial Capitol Lagoon with a fireworks display.

The P5.6 billion Bacolod-Silay Airport in Barangay Bagtic, SIlay City begins domestic flight operations at 5:40 a.m. January 18, 2008.