Only 1 Sayson bet now
for city mayor: Comelec
PROS LEONARDIA FILES COC
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

It will be a one-on-one battle for the mayoralty post between Bacolod Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson and former Bacolod Rep. Monico Puentevella with the Law Department of the Commission on Elections Manila having accepted the affidavit of withdrawal of Julius Sayson.

In its letter dated Dec. 26, 2012, the Law Department informed Julius Sayson, a mayoralty candidate in Bacolod City, that it has accepted his affidavit of withdrawal, Bacolod Election Officer Mavil Majarucon-Sia said yesterday.

Majarucon-Sia said a copy of the decision she received yesterday, stated that the affidavit of withdrawal filed by Julius Sayson was in conformity with all the requirements of the COMLEC and his name has been deleted and cancelled from the list of mayoralty candidates.

WV in fifth place
for most voters
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Western Visayas has the fifth largest number of voters in the country, Negros Occidental elections supervisor Jessie Suarez said yesterday.

WV has 4,049,641 voters with 6,486 clustered precincts in 3,555 voting centers, he said.

In WV, Negros Occidental and Bacolod City registered the highest number of voters at 1,574,784. Negros Occidental has 1,315,482 registered voters and Bacolod City has 259,302, Suarez said.

A 4-year-old child was hacked dead by a suspect, who was later mauled by responding residents in La Castellana, Negros Occidental.

In Isabela, also in Negros Occidental, a 22-year-old woman reportedly died of strangulation, after allegedly being molested, police records show.

Police Senior Inspector Jason Manguilimutan said a murder complaint was filed yesterday against Joel Camion,19, for the death of July John Puping, 4, in Sitio Mantabanon, Brgy. Camang-Camang, Isabela.