Police: Homosexual’s
killers to be charged for murder
BY ADRIAN NEMES III

Murder charges will be filed today before the Bacolod City Prosecutor’s Office against two men for the brutal killing of a homosexual, whose body was found in a grassy portion of Bacolod City’s reclamation area last week.

The charges will be filed against Erwin Alberio, 29, of Sitio Bayas in Estancia town, Iloilo province and his unidentified companion, Station 2 chief, Senior Insp. Robert Dejucos said.

Two female witnesses positively identified Alberio as one of the two men who was last seen in the company of Eddie Saraet Bolatayo, 21, of Brgy. Canturay, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, before his body was found Wednesday near the BREDCO port.

Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia said the city wants the case questioning the legality of the new Revenue Code of Bacolod City resolved at the earliest possible time.

This was his reaction to a petition filed by the legal counsel of Rolling Hills Memorial Park Inc. asking the Bacolod Regional Trial Court to expunge from its record and consider not filed the motion to dismiss filed by the City of Bacolod in the civil case filed by the funeral firm against City Ordinance 565, or the new city Revenue Code.

If our lawyer believes it should be dismissed, will he not file a motion to dismiss? Leonardia asked. “We are all entitled to our legal remedies, he said.

Negros Occidental Vice-Gov. Genaro Alvarez Jr. yesterday aired a proposal for the provincial government to buy a Cessna 206 light plane, to be used for aerial survey and cloud-seeding operations, among others.

Alvarez said his proposal, which he made almost two years ago, already had the concurrence of members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. However, he added, there are no funds available for it now, although Gov. Alfredo Marañon seemed to have approved it.

The proposal is to buy a second-hand 6-seater Cessna 206 light plane, worth P15 million, with 200 flying hours, he said.