Jeepney fare in Western Visayas will be P7.50 starting today following a P1 provisional increase granted by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, LTFRB regional director Romulo Bernades said yesterday.

The charge will be P7.50 for the first four kilometres and for every succeeding kilometre it will still be P1.40, he said.

The fare for students, senior citizens and the differently-abled will be P6, he added.

Charges for grave threats and physical injuries were filed against a Bacolod policeman by two Brgy. Bata residents before the Bacolod City Prosecutor’s Office yesterday.

The charges were filed against Police Officer 2 Sergio Sisles, 35, of Purok Bayabasan, Brgy. Bata, who is still detained, Station 3 chief, Insp. Jose Mulleta, said.

Aside from that, Mulleta said, they also filed a separate complaint for illegal discharge of firearms and illegal possession of ammunition against Sisles.

The Citizens Alliance for the Protection of Human Life is staging a massive rally at the Bacolod Public Plaza on February 22 to call for the junking of the reproductive health bill, also known as the responsible parenthood bill, Fr. Greg Patiño, CAPHL secretary general, said yesterday.

The group also plans to hold a Negros-wide caravan against the bill at a later date, he said.

Members of the CAPHL, at a gathering at the San Sebastian Cathedral Rectory in Bacolod City yesterday afternoon, signed a manifesto calling on members of the legislative and executive branches of government to stop pushing the measure, which they said is unconstitutional as it allows the killing of the unborn at conception.