RPA dev’t projects to get P100 million
FOR 36 BRGYS IN WV
BY NESTOR P. BURGOS JR.

ILOILO CITY – The government will release around P100 million to villages in Western Visayas identified by the breakaway rebel group Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade for development projects.

The funds coming from the Department of Defense will fund projects in 36 villages on Panay Island and Negros Occidental, Presidential Adviser for Western Visayas Raul Banias said in a telephone interview on Wednesday.

Banias said the funds under the 2008 budget is part of the government's commitment to the RPA-ABB in its peace pact with the breakaway rebel group.

A resolution requesting Mayor Evelio Leonardia to commission the Department of Architecture and Fine Arts of La Consolacion College, to make further studies on the construction of the flyover at the Burgos-Lacson street junction, in Bacolod City was proposed Bacolod Councilor Catalino Alisbo yesterday.

The resolution also requested the group to submit its recommendation to the city for evaluation.

It said the Department of Public Works and Highways, through the program of the national government, will construct the proposed flyover project.

The Bacolod police yesterday said that security measures are already in place for the celebration of the 4th BacaLaodiat Festival in the city that will start tomorrow.

Senior Supt. Ronilo Quebrar, Bacolod City Police Office director, said police stations 1, 2, and 4 will be the main precincts tasked with securing the festival sites that include the Capitol Lagoon at Lacson Street and the Capitol Shopping Center.

Members of the Regional Mobile Group will beef up the city’s police to guard the festivities, Quebrar said. Rerouting schemes have also been set to guide motorists who will drive along the BacaLaodiat sites, he added.