‘Direct int'l flights ok
soon at Silay airport'
BY CARLA GOMEZ

The Bacolod Silay Airport is expected to be ready for direct flights from abroad next month, Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3 rd District) said yesterday.

Senator Francis Escudero spoke with Immigration Commissioner   Ricardo   David   Jr.,  who asked for time to put the logistical requirements in place for it to become an international airport, Benitez said.

The Bureau of Immigration needs equipment and personnel, the solon said.

Tourism stakeholders
issue manifesto
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

A manifesto appealing to local and national leaders, both in the executive and legislative departments to declare the Bacolod-Silay Airport an international airport, was signed by tour operators and other tourism stakeholders in Negros Occidental yesterday.

The group also asked that the Bacolod-Silay Airport be provided the required customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) system that will pave the way for the operation and handling by the airport of direct international flights.

The manifesto said Negros Occidental and Bacolod City have been working hard to position the province and the city as a tourist destination and haven, and for the tourism industry to complement sugar which is facing restructural adjustments in 2015.

Two deputy provincial police directors of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office were also relieved, with the transfer of Senior Supt. Milko Lirazan, NOPPO officer-in-charge, to the regional police headquarters in Iloilo, effective Jan. 12, police records show.

Police Superintendent Leo Irwin Agpangan for Administration and Remus Zacharias Canieso for Operations, are now also assigned at Camp Martin Delgado in Iloilo City.

The transfer of Agpangan and Canieso, both members of the Philippine National Police Academy Class 1989, is reportedly in connection with their promotions.