Capitol security up
GENDIESEL ENTERS LOWEST BID
BY CARLA GOMEZ

The bidding to supply four generators for the Negros First CyberCentre in Bacolod City pushed through at the Provincial Administration Center in Bacolod City yesterday morning under tight security, following the snatching of bid documents the day before.

Gendiesel Philippines Inc., whose bid documents were snatched at the Bids and Awards Committee conference room at the Provincial Administration Center Tuesday, entered a bid of P79,850,888, while Dynamic Builders and Construction Co.’s bid was P86,900,000.

Bids and Awards Committee chairman Lucille Pines said they will evaluate the bids made and will name the winning bidder within seven days.

SC okay with bills
for more courts

The Supreme Court has officially notified Congress it does not oppose the move for more regional and municipal trial courts in Bacolod city, clearing the way for approval of the two bills seeking their creation.

Filed by Bacolod Rep. Evelio Leonardia, House Bills 2490 and 2491 are seeking three more RTCs and three more MTCCs for Bacolod.

Lawyer Thelma Baha, deputy court administrator, told the Committee on Justice during its hearing that tackled the bills, that the SC has no objection to the creation of the new courts.

NPA official falls: Army
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

A suspected leader of the New People’s Army, with a pending arrest warrant for murder, was apprehended Tuesday by troopers of the Army’s 32nd Division Reconnaissance Company in Sitio Cunalom, Brgy. Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental.

The arrest of Biboy Espinas, alias Miro and Richard, yielded a .38 caliber revolver with five live ammunition and subversive documents with high intelligence value, Maj. Rey Tiongson, spokesman of the 3rd Infantry Division, said yesterday.

Tiongson said the 32nd DRC troopers also found out that Espinas has a pending arrest warrant for murder, for the death of Army 1Lt. Archie Polenzo in Cadiz City, almost four years ago.