P404M road work
for airport to start
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Work on Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road (BSAAR) Project worth P404.6 million will start in February, Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ. 3rd District) said yesterday.

This alternative road linking Bacolod City with the airport site in Silay City is a priority project this year and will boost more initiatives for urbanization in Metro Bacolod and the Third District of Negros Occidental, he said.

To be constructed is a 10.12 kilometer two lane road, six bridges, seven intersections, and drainage and slope protection structures, Benitez told the DAILY STAR.

A businessman claiming to be a police colonel, was arrested by the police yesterday after a car chase in Brgy. Suay, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, for possession of a cache of high-powered firearms and suspected shabu.

Supt. Calixto Mabugat, Kabankalan police chief, yesterday said the arrest of the suspect he identified as Mark Jose Zulueta, yielded two M-16 assault rifles, a .45 caliber pistol, and a super .38 pistol.

Mabugat said the firearms were recovered from the gray Toyota Fortuner with plate number FGP878 driven by Zulueta, who ignored policemen trying to stop him at a checkpoint at 3 a.m. yesterday in Kabankalan City.

A branch manager of a lending firm, and an employee of a contracting company were killed in Victorias and Bacolod cities in Negros Occidental, and a woman was injured by a stray bullet, Saturday and Friday.

Police Supt. Alexander Munoz said a lone gunman on a motorcycle shot and killed Warren Jamora, 35, who was on board a passenger tricycle in Brgy. 13, Victorias City, Saturday.

A stray bullet hit another passenger identified as Susan Dianela,51, in the right arm. She is now being treated at the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City.