No relief order yet for
Ordaniel – PNP
BY SHIELA GELERA

There is no relief order yet for Senior Supt. Edgardo Ordaniel, the acting director of the Bacolod City Police Office, Chief Supt. Josephus Angan, regional police director of Western Visayas, said in a phone interview with the DAILY STAR yesterday.

Angan said the information that Ordaniel will be relieved and transferred to another province in Western Visayas is not true.

Ordaniel’s post has not been declared vacant since he is not up for retirement and he has not served as BCPO head for two years yet, he said.

Raps filed vs. Safari
resort owner, others
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

Three kagawads of Barangay Alangilan, Bacolod City, filed a complaint before the City Prosecutor’s Office Friday against Metro Safari Resort owner Francis Rey Cabuga and four others for the construction of facilities in the resort without a business permit and without an approved order of conversion from the Department of Agrarian Reform.

The case for violation of Presidential Decree 1096 for constructing facilities without the required building permit and violation of Republic Act 8435 for premature and/or illegal conversion, was filed by Barangay Alangilan Kagawads Donard Alimpolo, Alex Sausi and Roy Retiza against Cabuga, Eddie Hechanova, spouses Teddy and Ma. Lucia Lizares and Bonifacio Cahilig, Jr.

The SP had ordered Cabuga to comply with the requisites of the law before proceeding with the construction activities in the area.

NPA ends unilateral ceasefire
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

The Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade in Negros Occidental is maintaining its full alert status against possible attacks by the New People’s Army, during the suspension of military operations that ends January 15, its commander, Col. Jon Aying, yesterday said.

The unilateral New Year ceasefire declared by the Communist Party of the Philippines, meanwhile, ended January 2, with the CPP ordering its armed wing, the New People’s Army, to launch more tactical offensives against government security forces throughout the country.

Maj. Rey Tiongson, 3rd Infantry Division spokesman, said yesterday that Army units in Negros and Panay island will continue to observe the SOMO until January 15, but they will not lower their guard, and will conduct continued security patrols, peace and development activities, and support to humanitarian programs.