Signal No. 2 up in Negros
as ‘Basyang' approaches
SEA TRAVEL CANCELLED,
STORM SURGES WARNED
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Hundreds of travellers were stranded in Negros Occidental when all sea travel out of the province were cancelled starting 6 a.m. yesterday as Tropical Storm “Basyang” approached.

As of 11 last night the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said public storm signal No. 2 remained over Negros Occidental and Oriental, and 23 other areas in the Visayas, Mindanao and Luzon.

Residents living in low lying and mountainous areas under public storm signal 1 and 2 are alerted against possible flashfloods and landslides, PAG-ASA said.

3 killed in accidents
BY SHIELA GELERA

Three persons died in two vehicular accidents in the cities of Bacolod and Talisay, Thursday and yesterday.

A 95-year-old woman was killed when a truck loaded with motorcycles hit her in front of a shipping company cargo yard at San Juan Street, Purok Nami-Nami in Brgy. Banago, Bacolod City, at about 2:50 p.m. yesterday.

Rosalia Sanchez, of Brgy. Banago, had no signs of life when the rescuers arrived, Senior Police Officer 1 Xavier Rama, Traffic Management Unit duty investigator, said.

‘BacoLaodiat a
grand reunion'
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

Members of the Filipino-Chinese community in Bacolod City gathered last night at the Bacolod Pavillon Resort Hotel at the Reclamation Area for a “Spring Festival Dinner” in celebration of the Chinese New Year.

Nine groups also performed lantern dances at the North Capitol Road witnessed by a crowd of about 3,000 last night.

Fred Barcelona, former Bacolaodiat Festival chairman and president of the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said there were about 32 Chinese organizations in Bacolod back in 2006 and this has grown to about 50.