Arles kin eye refiling
of raps vs. Alvarezes
SAY DOJ RULING ONLY PARTIAL VICTORY
BY CARLA GOMEZ

The recommendation of the Department of Justice for the filing of murder charges against seven suspects in the killing of Judge Henry Arles is a partial victory, his children said yesterday, but they will not give up until the masterminds are brought to justice.

Philip and Ma. Estelita “Ria” Arles welcomed the DOJ ruling that murder charges will be filed against Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade members Marvin Salve, Gerald Tabujara, Rustom Puro, Alejandro Capunong, Jessie Daguia and Eddie Fortunado, and Ilog government employee Emmanuel Medes.

But they questioned the dismissal by the DOJ of the murder complaint against Negros Occidental Vice Governor Genaro Alvarez Jr., his son Ilog Mayor John Paul Alvarez and Cauayan Vice Mayor Jerry Tabujara.

Bacoleño gets life
term for P200 sale of shabu
BY CARLA GOMEZ

A Bacolod resident was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday for the sale of P200 worth of shabu.

Bacolod Regional Trial Court Branch 47 Acting Presiding Judge Raymond Joseph Javier sentenced Stephan Suarez Cabiles, alias Kano, to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P500,000.

Javier found Cabiles guilty beyond moral certainty of violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 for selling .04 gram of shabu to a policeman for P200 in Barangay 8, Bacolod City, on Oct. 31, 2005.

Distribution of
PCOS units today
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

The Commission on Elections will deliver the Precinct Count Optical Scan machines to the 32 towns and cities of Negros Occidental today in preparation for the May 13 automated national and local elections.

Meanwhile, the Comelec in Bacolod City has requested its head office to replenish 165 bottles of indelible ink after it was discovered that some had already expired .

Acting Bacolod Election Officer Salud Milagros Villanueva yesterday said the City Treasurer’s Office has reported that they received a box containing some expired indelible ink. So they have requested Comelec Manila for replenishment for the 33 clusters in Bacolod, she said.