SIPALAY MAYOR SAYS
P300-M add’l taxes
expected from mining
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

The city of Sipalay is projected to have P300 million more in taxes annually, if the three mining companies resume their operations, Mayor Oscar Montilla said.

Montilla said the Philex Mining Corp. is now conducting exploration works, while the Selenga Mining Company is working on its project study.

However, there is no notice yet on who will take over the management of the Maricalum Mining Company, he added.

The Bids and Awards Committee conducted a pre-bid conference yesterday for the construction of a 3-storey Education and Training Center School building on the property owned by the city at the Reclamation Area in Barangay 16.

BAC chairman Goldwyn Nifras yesterday said that, of the four prospective bidders, only Wilkinson Construction was able to buy bid documents.

Nifras said the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) is about P24 million.

Supt. Simeon Gane was relieved by the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office as police chief of Bago City, and his deputy, Insp. Jerry Nacion, designated officer-in-charge, effective immediately.

That was confirmed yesterday by Bago Mayor Ramon Torres, who said he received a copy of the relief order for Gane Wednesday.

Torres said several concerned citizens have raised complaints against the series of unsolved robberies in Bago in the past few days, and that may be one of the reasons for the removal of Gane.