Guara out, de la Paz in
as NOPPO caretaker
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

The request of Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. for the relief of Senior Supt. Celestino Guara as caretaker of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office has been granted.

Guara, who has served as NOPPO caretaker for almost three months, will be replaced by Senior Supt. Ricardo de la Paz, former Bacolod City Police director.

Senior Supt. Milko Lirazan, chief of Police Regional Office 6 Personnel and Human Resource, said yesterday that the immediate relief order of Guara and re-assignment of de la Paz to Negros Occidental, was ordered by Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz, regional police director of Western Visayas.

Officials condemn grenade blasts
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. yesterday condemned the firing of two M-203 grenade launchers into the residential compound of Mayor Lourdes Escalante in Manapla town Wednesday night, calling it politically motivated and an act of desperation.

The firing of the grenades is a sign of defeat and desperation by their political opponents, who are resorting to intimidation, the governor said, but did not name the persons he was referring to.

“I condemn the action, we should win the election, not by the use of force but by the ballots," he said.

‘Green is gold in San Carlos'
BY CARLA GOMEZ

SAN CARLOS CITY – San Carlos BioPower Inc. held the groundbreaking of its P3.5 billion 18 megawatt multi-feedstock biomass power plant in Barangay Palampas here yesterday, that is targeted to begin commercial operations on December 2014, its president, Xavier Zabaleta, said.

At the groundbreaking ceremony, Zabaleta announced that SCBI has secured all the permits and financing to begin the construction of the biomass power plant.

Their investors include local and foreign groups, some of whom are represented by European-based Thomas Lloyd and Wuxi Huaguang of China, key contractor for this project, he said.