Demolition begins at
Paglaum complex
SPARE NOTF, GOVERNOR ASKED
BY CARLA GOMEZ

he Negros Occidental provincial government yesterday began the demolition of some structures at the Paglaum Sports and Complex facing Lacson and Hernaez streets in Bacolod City, even as officials of the Negros Occidental Teachers’ Federation appealed that their building be spared.

The provincial government’s target is to complete demolition of all the structures by May so the construction of a new three-storey building can begin, Provincial Legal Officer Jose Ma. Valencia said.

Valencia said the NOTF officers are appealing that their building at the corner of Lacson and Hernaez streets be spared from demolition.

“Iggy should not push his luck”.     

That was the answer yesterday of Pulupandan Mayor Magdaleno “Magsie” Peña  to  the statement Monday of  Rep.  Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo (Neg. Occ., 5th District)  for him to stop picking  fights against women, and to keep out of  his district.

Arroyo had came to the defence   of his girlfriend, Grace Ibuna, after Peña said a real Negrense would be fielded in the fifth congressional district of Negros Occidental in 2013 and not a “San Juan outcast” in reference to Ibuna.

LTFRB set to
confiscate taxi units
BY LISA GAPAC

Taxi operators only have until Friday to recalibrate their taxi meters and on Saturday the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board and the Land Transportation Office will confiscate units without taxi meter-issuing receipts, LTFRB regional director Romulo Bernardes said yesterday.

LTFRB will be strict in their monitoring and evaluation of taxi units with no meter-issuing receipts as they have been given enough time to recalibrate, Bernardes said.

He said they will impound the units and they will not be released until recalibrate the meters. Fines will be imposed on them as well, he added.

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