Police and military intelligence operatives arrested an alleged secretary of the Regional Finance Bureau of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army  Komiteng Rehiyonal-Negros, who is facing arson charges, at the Bacolod-Silay Airport in Silay City, Negros Occidental, Tuesday.

Col. Jonas Sumagaysay, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, yesterday  said the apprehension of Rogina Quilop, with the aliases of Rowena Navarro and alias Ka Jhea, 42,  was made by virtue of an arrest warrant issued by San Carlos Regional Trial Court Judge Kathrine Go, who also denied her bail.

Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. yesterday said he supports the 13 city mayors of Negros Occidental 101 percent in their opposition to the recent act of the Supreme Court granting cityhood to 16 “unqualified” municipalities.

The Negros city mayors are joining their counterparts from around the country in a “flip-flop outrage” to be staged in front of the Supreme Court on March 9.

The governor said the 13 Negros Occidental cities stand to lose about P700 million from their Internal Revenue Allotment shares, and not just P600 million that was the estimate three years ago.

The economic managers of the Aquino administration will brief 300 members of the Negros Occidental business community on the country’s gains in 2010 and targets for 2011 to 2016 at the L’Fisher Hotel in Bacolod City tomorrow morning.

President Benigno Aquino III is scheduled to deliver a speech after the briefing where concerns of the local business community will be raised, Frank Carbon, president of the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said yesterday.

Among the economic managers expected at the briefing are Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory Domingo, Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, National Economic and Development Authority chief Cayetano Paderanga, and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Gov. Amando Tetangco Jr., Carbon said.