Wage hike freeze ok’d in
Yolanda-hit WV areas
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Members of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board yesterday agreed to a moratorium on the recent P10 wage hike in Western Visayas, only in areas devastated by super typhoon “Yolanda”, Labor Regional Director Ponciano Ligutom said.

The identification of the affected areas will need a certification from the Office of Civil Defense and local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils, he said.

The moratorium will be for six months and subject to review before it ends to determine whether an extension is needed, he said.

Hired killers out to
get me: mayor
BY ADRIAN NEMES III

Sipalay City Mayor Oscar Montilla yesterday said that someone has hired killers from Pototan town in Iloilo province to liquidate him.

Montilla said he received a text message last week from an unknown source saying "mayor mayong gab-e, concerned citizen ni, Nag text gid Ko Kay nakonsensya Ko. Mapati ka man o indi may gun-for-hire nga taga Pototan ang matumba sa IMO (good evening mayor, I'm a concerned citizen. I texted you because I am being bothered by my conscience. Believe it or not but there are hired killers from Pototan to kill you)".

He said the texter also said, "Gina monitor ka nila kun diin ka nila iguon. Gabay pa magpati ka. Halong gid (They are monitoring you so they will know when they will kill you. Hopefully you will believe me. Be careful)".

City Liga bets file COCs

Seven newly elected and re-elected barangay captains of Bacolod City filed their certificates of candidacy yesterday for the December 18 Liga nga mga Barangay elections, Liga president and Bacolod Councilor Mona Dia Jardin said yesterday.

Tangub Barangay Captain Noli Villarosa filed his COC for president, Brgy. 37 Barangay Captain Hernani Jalando-on for auditor, and Barangay Captains Jonathan Diaz, Myrna Obligar, Charlie Chavez, Richard Barber and Friday Solinap of Barangays 18, 27, 22, 2 and Villamonte, respectively, for Directors.

Jardin said she will conduct the Liga elections tomorrow at 9 a.m. at the Masskara Hall of the Bacolod City Government Center, as Liga president.