State of calamity declared
IN 12 FLOOD-HIT EB
MAGALONA BARANGAYS
BY CARLA GOMEZ

A state of calamity was declared yesterday in 12 barangays of EB Magalona that were hit by flashfloods Thursday that affected about 5,635 families, town Mayor David Albert Lacson said.

The town’s Sangguniang Bayan unanimously approved the declaration, Lacson said.

The 12 barangays are Tabigue with 900 families affected, Damgo – 605, San Jose – 568, Poblacion 2 – 566, Sto. Niño – 500, Pobacion 3 – 528, Pasil – 700, Latasan – 127, Poblacion 1 – 220, Alicante – 695,  Tuburan – 226 and Manta-angan.

Four construction workers were arrested for allegedly gang-raping a woman in Brgy. 2, Bacolod City, Thursday night

The suspects, whose names the police withheld, were aged 18, 20, 25 and 28 and are residents of Kabankalan and San Carlos cities, City Police Director Senior Supt. Ricardo de la Paz said yesterday.

The victim, 23, whose name is also being withheld, told the police that she was on her way to the house of her friend at about 11 p.m. when she passed by the construction site where the suspects were having drinks.

Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson inaugurated the city’s water refilling station projects in barangays Bata and Mansilingan, Bacolod City, Thursday.

The City of Bacolod has put up 10 refilling stations in barangays Bata, Mansilingan, Singcang, Tangub, Banago, Villamonte, Sum-ag, Handumanan, Taculing and Mandalagan, in response to the need for affordable clean water of the poor, a press release from City Hall said.

Leonardia said “Nowadays, people buy water from refilling stations at a price higher than that of softdrinks, so I am glad that barangay residents now have city-provided water stations where they can buy affordable potable water.”