IN GUIHULNGAN
Admin, criminal raps
lodged against mayor
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

Various criminal and administrative charges have been filed by private complainants against Mayor Ernesto Reyes of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental with the Office of the Ombudsman in Manila.

In their letter-complaint addressed to Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, Kiben Masicampo and Edilberto Divinagracia charged Reyes with violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, the New Procurement Act, Local Government Code, Administrative Order No. 3, technical malversation and other provisions of the Revised Penal Code, among others.

The complainants said Reyes hastily executed an P80-million loan agreement with Land Bank of the Philippines, without complying with the LGC, and in the absence of a local development plan and the annual investment plan.

Siaton residents buck
rechanneling of river
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

Residents of barangays Datag and Caticugan in Siaton, Negros Oriental, are opposing the re-channeling project of Siaton River, and blamed quarrying operation for its damage.

Residents suggested that the government should build a concrete dike to ensure the safety of the residents in the town during a barangay assembly attended by around 100 residents of Barangay Poblacion 4, Datag ang Caticugan in Sitio Pilapil of Barangay Caticugan in Siaton.

Representatives from the National Irrigation Administration, Environment and Natural Resources Division and Sanguniang Bayan Member Alfe Salome Lagos were at the assembly.

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