IN NEGROS
Guv backs Cojuangco
call for nuclear power
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Former Pangasinan Rep. Mark Cojuangco yesterday called for the establishment of nuclear power plants in the country, including Negros Occidental, to ensure cheaper electricity and to save the country from power shortages that will cripple its economic growth.

Cojuangco issued the call at a press conference at the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City, and Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. said he supports the idea.

Marañon said he has always been in favor of nuclear power plants.

Valladolid Vice Mayor Gloria Gomez yesterday said she is ready to answer the criminal and administrative complaint filed against her before the Ombudsman, stressing that she will not tarnish her good name in public service with only a year to go before her term ends.

Accused of malversation of public funds, attempted bribery, and violation of the anti-graft and corrupt practices act by Guintorilan barangay captain Joel Samera, Gomez said she is ready with her counter-affidavit although she has yet to receive an official copy of the complaint.

In his complaint, Samera said the vice mayor violated the law when she failed to account for construction materials worth P20, 255 intended for a project in Brgyu. Guintorilan.

Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr., United Negros Alliance chairman, said their local party will file a formal protest before the Commission on Elections if a national coalition uses their acronym, UNA.

Former President Joseph Estrada's Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino and Vice President Jejomar Binay's Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan have formed the United Nationalist Alliance in preparation for the fielding of their senatorial slate in next year's polls

“We will file a protest before the COMELEC, if they use the acronym UNA,” he said. “Our lawyers are already preparing it, we have been using it for 12 years already,” the governor said.