Alvarez NPC bet for guv
Says former San Carlos
mayor likely runningmate
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Vice Gov. Genaro Alvarez Jr. confirmed yesterday that he is the Nationalist People Coalition candidate for governor of Negros Occidental.

However, Alvarez told the DAILY STAR that while he is set to run for the position, anything can happen between now and October, when Certificates of Candidacy are to be filed.

Alvarez said Rep. Julio Ledesma IV (Neg. Occ, 1st District), who is supporting him for governor, is endorsing former San Carlos Mayor Eugenio Jose Lacson to be his running mate.

Ilog officials and residents calling for justice for town Mayor John Paul Alvarez, who has been charged for the murder of Judge Henry Arles before the Department of Justice, gathered at the town’s covered court yesterday for an inter-faith mass.

Alvarez and members of his family were not present at the gathering organized by Ilog town officials, which had Fr. Allan Armonio of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente and Pastor Roger Selarta as speakers.

Ilog Vice Mayor Nelson Genito and Association of Barangay Captains president Ron Cabral both said that they, along with the residents of Ilog, do not believe that the mayor committed the crime he is charged for, and that the mass was held to call on God to ensure that the truth will prevail for all.

A criminal complaint for falsification has been filed by the Sugar Anti Smuggling Organization against a sugar trader before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office, Retired Gen. Joel Goltiao, SASO chief, said yesterday in a press release.

The company is suspected of purchasing large amounts of D sugar (for export) but diverting the stocks to the domestic market, the SASO press release said.

Included in the complaint are the company’s stockholders, directors, and officers, which were not named in the press release.