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Gun ban hurting city police work
WITH COMELEC
EXEMPTION NOT OUT YET
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

The Commission on Elections has not yet approved the request of the Bacolod City Police Office for exemption from the ban on carrying firearms during the election period, acting police director Senior Supt. Ronilo Quebrar said yesterday.

Quebrar said the BCPO personnel have individually submitted their applications and requirements for the gun ban exemption, which may be one of the reasons for its delay. He said the COMELEC gun ban has hampered police operations, especially in their covert missions. However, they are exhausting all means to continue their operations.

Only uniformed policemen are allowed to carry firearms, he said.moremoremore

Guv seeks lower rates
from geothermal plant
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Gov. Joseph Maraņon yesterday said he wants to find out why the recently commissioned 49 megawatt Northern Negros Geothermal Power Plant in Mailum, Bago, is selling its power to Panay instead of Negros Occidental.

He said he is calling for a dialog with officials of the Philippine National Oil Co.-Energy Development Corp.'s NNGPP to see if Negros electric cooperatives can avail of power from its geothermal power plant at lower rates, Maraņon said.

If the rates are lower, this will redound to the benefit of the people, he said. Eddie Guillem, Central Negros Electric Cooperative president, said when NNGPP offered to sell power to CENECO several years back but the power coop had already signed a contract with Global Edison, the firm that had planned to build a coal power plant in Pulupandan town. moremoremore

Carmona set to field
slate vs. Ledesma, too
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Gov. Joseph Maraņon yesterday again called on former Rep. Julio Ledesma IV to a dialog with Ambassador Eduardo Cojuangco to resolve the matter of his plan to run for congressman of the first district of Negros Occidental in May.

The governor issued the call in a letter responding to submission by Ledesma of his Nationalist People's Coalition-United Negros Alliance list of candidates for the two cities and three towns of the first district of Negros Occidental.

Rep. Tranquilino Carmona, an NPC-UNA member, has also announced his plan to run for reelection as congressman of the first district of Negros Occidental. Carmona said he will also field his own full slate of candidates for the first district of Negros Occidental if Ledesma insists on running. moremoremore
 
 
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