Water contamination
probed: 2 die, 9 sick
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Two residents of  Sitio Pagula-on, Barangay Carol-an, Kabankalan City, have died while nine others are ill, and an investigation on the possible contamination of their water source is underway, Mayor Isidro Zayco said last night.

The water source of the sitio may have been contaminated because the area above their water reservoir is grazing land for cattle, but this has to be verified, he said.

Dr. Isagani Ayala, Kabankalan Rural Health Unit chief, has been directed to go to the area today to investigate the cause of the deaths and hospitalization of the residents in the area, Zayco said.

Jose Maria “Boy” Zayco, vice president of the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry, passed away yesterday afternoon after suffering a massive heart attack, Dr. Agustin Hom said.

He was 64.

Zayco was doing research on a potential investor and business partner on the computer at the MBCCI office, at about 5:20 p.m. when he suddenly slumped on his desk, his colleague, Rey Siason, who was with him, said.

The flyover and 88 other places in Bacolod City were declared as “accident-prone” areas by the City Police Traffic Management Unit based on evaluation conducted, TMU head, Chief Insp. Luisito Acebuche, said yesterday.

Out of 88 accident prone areas named, 20 are located at Lacson Street where the flyover is also located, a report from the TMU showed.

City Administrator Rogelio Balo said the TMU should explain what considerations were made and the reasons for declaring these areas accident-prone.