Guv inks P239M loan
for 2 hospitals, roads
EXPECTS COA OK OF AYALA SALE SOON
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. signed four loan agreements totaling P239.2 million with the Land Bank of the Philippines yesterday for the construction of two hospitals, concreting of provincial roads, and the building of more cottages at the Mambukal Resort in Murcia.

The governor and Provincial Administrator Enrique Pinongan signed the agreements for the province, while representing LBP were Jeffrey Maningo – Lending Center head, and Richelieu Belicena – Bacolod branch head.

Maningo said the P239.2 million, payable in 10 years with 5 percent per annum interest, is now set for release.

The Technical Education Skills and Development Authority has allotted about  P50 million for training of call center agents in  Bacolod City, P25 million of which has already been invested in ongoing projects.

This is because Bacolod City has been chosen as one of the Next Wave Cities in the Philippines, TESDA Secretary Joel Villanueva said last night.

Villanueva, who was in Bacolod City, said he is very interested in the BPO industry in Western Visayas, especially because Iloilo and Bacolod are two major cities included in the new wave cities of the BPO sector.

Several parents claiming that their teenaged daughters are missing and were allegedly recruited by members of a “clan” or a fraternity, have sought the help of the Bacolod City Police Office Women and Children’s Complaints Desk.        

WCCD chief, Insp. Jovy Cabcaban, said yesterday that they have already recorded three missing female teenagers since last month and their parents saw them in the company of the members of this “clan”, who are allegedly into street.

The teenagers aged 14 to 16 have not returned home since they were recruited by the group, Cabcaban said.