6 injured in blast
on cargo vessel
BY SHIELA GELERA

Six crewmen suffered burns in an explosion on a cargo ship docked at the Bacolod Real Estate Development Corp. port, while about P2 million was lost in a fire that hit a lumber and paint shop in Brgy. 31, in Bacolod City, yesterday.

An explosion, followed by a small fire at the fuel storage area of the S/F Adventure cargo vessel, injured six persons, at about 10:04 a.m. yesterday.

Records from the Philippine Coast Guard-Bacolod showed that the injured were apprentice mate Artemio Rosales, 21, apprentice engineers Ronilo Cabalcar, 22, and Froulin Sembrano, 22, and oilers Pedrito Mahinay, 45, Deo Noreco, 32, and Inocencio Sardido, 26.

IN SALVADOR BENEDICTO
Mayor pushing for
land conversion
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Salvador Benedicto Mayor Jose Max Ortiz yesterday said  he will push for the conversion  of the site where government buildings are located in his town, and some sections of the multiple use areas in the Northern Negros Natural Park, into alienable and disposable land.

He said this is necessary in the push  to upgrade Salvador Benedicto from a fourth class municipality  to  a higher category, and to bring progress to the town to reduce poverty.

Salvador Benedicto  covers 17,036 hectares of which one-third is titled land, while the rest is part of the Northern Negros Natural Park, he said.

Ruling on Baciwa case seen
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

The Regional Trial Court is set to rule on the application for preliminary injunction filed by Marichi Ramos in the case involving the denial of the Local Water Utilities Administration of the confirmation of her appointment as representative of the professional sector in the Bacolod City Water District.

Ramos had filed a petition seeking the nullification of the order of LWUA, with urgent prayer for temporary restraining order and/or preliminary injunction, in October 2013.

She filed the petition against Manuel Yoingco, officer-in-charge, Office of the Acting Administrator of the LWUA, acting Administrator Eduardo Santos and Juliana Carbon, general manager of the Bacolod City Water District to preventthem from implementing the letter of Yoingco denying the confirmation of her appointment, and ordering her replacement/removal pending further orders from the Court.