GUV URGES REBELS
Fight bigger enemy with us
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. Saturday reiterated his call to rebels still waging an armed struggle in the hinterlands of Negros to lay down their arms and instead join him in the fight against a bigger enemy, which is poverty.

Marañon issued the call in his speech at a program to celebrate the 113th anniversary of Cinco de Noviembre and to honor five outstanding Negrenses at the Capitol in Bacolod City.

“I reiterate my call to our brothers sacrificing in the mountains amid the hunger and cold to come down and instead help us fight a bigger enemy, which is poverty,” he said.

You don’t have to be smart to succeed, you just need hard work, focus and dedication.

That was Dr. Ramon Gustilo’s advice to the youth in a response for himself and for four other outstanding Negrense awardees Saturday night.

The Negros Occidental provincial government headed by Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. awarded the five outstanding Negrenses at a program to mark the 113th Cinco de Noviembre at the Capitol in Bacolod City.

The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod City will hold special sessions starting tomorrow to discuss the Revised Revenue Code of Bacolod City, Acting Bacolod Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran said yesterday.

 Familiaran said they have scheduled the special sessions on Tuesday and Thursday but since the Department of Interior and Local Government has requested them to move their regular session from Wednesday to Friday, they may also have a special session on Wednesday for the Revised Revenue Code.

 He said some members of Council want some clarification on certain issues regarding the Local Revenue Code so this can be discussed during the special sessions.