Judge halts revocation
of licenses for 74 guns
THROUGH WRIT OF PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Assisting Judge Manuel Cardinal Jr. of the Bago City Regional Trial Court Branch 62 has granted a writ of preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of an order cancelling the licenses of 74 firearms seized from the ancestral house of former Pulupandan Mayor Magdaleno Peña in Barangay Ubay, Pulupandan, the ownership of which is being claimed by four firms.

The writ of preliminary injunction dated July 4 was granted subject to the posting of an injunction bond of P100,000 by the plaintiffs Golden Lake Mineral Resources Inc., JHMA Marin Holdings Inc., Kentfield Corp., and Vegas Exploration and Mining Corp.

It appears that defendant, Senior Supt. Jose Mario Meneses Espino, head of the Anti-Organized Crime Division of the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, was the one who recommended the revocation of the licenses on his claim that 12 of the firearms seized during the raid were unlicensed, Cardinal said.

11,000 in hinterlands
avail of gov’t services
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

About 11,000 residents of three hinterland barangays of Escalante, Toboso and Calatrava, Negros Occidental, have availed of government services facilitated by the Provincial Peace and Integration Development Unit of Negros Occidental.

This was through the “Marching for Peace, Serving the Countryside’ activities that started since last week, Col. Jon Aying, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, said yesterday.

The 3rd leg of the activity, spearheaded by the Pro-PIDU of Negros Occidental, was held Saturday in Brgy. Malatas, Calatrava, led by local government, military and police officials, various government agencies and civil society groups.

P7.7M road, electrification inaugurated
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

Former Bacolod Rep. Anthony Roland Golez Jr. attended the blessing and inauguration of a P7.7 million farm to market road project and the Sitio Electrification and Energization project in Purok Malipayon, Barangay Cabug, Bacolod City, yesterday.

Central Negros Electric Cooperative president Arnel Lapore was also present during the inauguration since it was CENECO that undertook the electrification project funded by the office of Golez when he was a congressman.

The projects were implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways through Silver Dragon Construction Lumber and Glass Supply starting April 25, 2013 and was completed on June 23 with a contract cost of P7,759, 462.75.