MassKara is grand champion
2 GROUPS FROM NEGROS WINNERS, TOO
BY CARLA GOMEZ

The MassKara dancers of Bacolod City, bagged the grand champion crown, and the P3 million cash prize, while two other entries from Negros also won in the It’s Showtime Inter-town Edition grand finals of ABS-CBN Saturday.

Bacolod City was hailed as the 5th Showtime grand champion and the first in its inter-town edition, after obtaining a perfect score of 10 from all the judges.

The Bailes de Luces of La Castellana, Negros Occidental tied with Lahing Anda of Pangasinan for second in the inter-town edition with score of 9.9, while Dumaguete’s Pride of Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, was third place with a score of 9.6.

About 12 Negros Occidental mayors are joining the Liberal Party, with vice mayors and councilors as well, Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District), LP provincial chairman, said yesterday.

The recruits will take their oaths at party convention rites at Nature’s Village Resort in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, Saturday to which President Benigno Aquino III, LP chairman, has been invited, the congressman said.

There is no final confirmation from the President on whether he can come but the Presidential Management Staff is already coordinating with them, Benitez said.

Department of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima has junked the Feb. 17, 2012 request for reconsiderationof Monico Puentevella of the Jan. 27, 2012 DOJ decision dismissing the appeal filed by Rolling Hills Memorial Park Inc. against the City Government of Bacolod.

The appeal was in relation to City Ordinance No. 565, series of 2011, or “An Ordinance Approving the Revised Local Revenue Code of Bacolod City.”

De Lima anchored her denial of Puentevella’s appeal on his failure to still submit the required documents and pay the U.P Legal Research fee amounting to P25, and also because the case was already filed by RHMPI against the City Government in the Regional Trial Court.