Assassins gun down
La Carlota gov’t man
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

A government employee linked to a murder incident in previous years, was gunned down Thursday by at least four assassins at the Canson Subdivision, Brgy. 2 poblacion, in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, police records show.

The victim, identified as William Yanson, 52, and a casual employee of the La Carlota City government, sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was declared dead on arrival at the Don Salvador Benedicto Memorial Hospital, Chief Inspector Eduardo Corpus, city police chief, said.

Corpus said the killing of Yanson was well-planned and well- executed by the assassins, who used .45 caliber pistols.

The admission of Chief Justice Renato Corona yesterday that he owns $2.4 million in four banks and another P80 million “co-mingled” funds in three peso accounts drew calls for his conviction as well as acquittal in Negros Occidental.

Corona, who returned to the Senate impeachment trial yesterday, submitted an "unconditional" waiver authorizing the impeachment court to open his peso and dollar bank deposits, and apologized for suddenly leaving the witness stand on Tuesday.

Corona, a diabetic, explained that he suffered from hypoglycemia, a sudden drop of blood sugar that made him dizzy and prompted him to leave the session hall without the permission of Senate President and Presiding Officer Juan Ponce Enrile.

A farmer and former soldier were sentenced to six to ten years imprisonment yesterday for arson.

Bacolod Regional Trial Court Judge George Patriarca of Branch 46  found farmer  Generoso Buenafe and retired soldier and farmer Romeo Frayco   guilty of a complaint filed by Espiridion Montero.

Montero charged the two for setting his 6-hectare farm on fire on March 6, 1998.