PNoy in San Carlos,
Sagay on Thursday
Solar plant starts supplying power to grid
BY CARLA GOMEZ

President Benigno Aquino III will inaugurate the first commercial scale solar plant in the Philippines in San Carlos City, and a road and bridge in Sagay City on Thursday, Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. said yesterday.

The inauguration of the Negros First CyberCentre in Bacolod City has not been included in the president’s itinerary, the governor said.

Members of the Presidential Management Staff arrived in Negros Occidental yesterday to finalize the details of the President’s visit, Marañon said.

Patrols up at airport road
 after stoning of vehicles
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Security concerns were raised yesterday over the safety of the 10.12-kilometer Bacolod Silay Airport Access Road at night after vehicles passing the Talisay stretch were stoned by unidentified persons Sunday night.

The police and the highway patrol group began patrolling, starting last night, the BSAAR to prevent an escalation of the problem, Senior Supt. Milko Lirazan, acting Negros Occidental police director, said.

Bacolod Rep. Evelio Leonardia, senior vice chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and a personal friend of one of the victims, brought the matter to the attention of Lirazan and Supt. Arnie Cuaresma, Highway Patrol Group chief, who assured him that they will take action.

Guv: P.5M for arrest
of Ayalin still up
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

There is a P500,000 reward still waiting to be claimed by anybody who can provide information leading to the arrest of fugitive Noel Ayalin, who is facing a string of murder and attempted murder cases, Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. yesterday.

Marañon made the reminder in response to persistent reports that Ayalin was sighted in the hinterlands of Bago and Murcia, Negros Occidental.

Senior Supt. Milko Lirazan, acting provincial police director of Negros Occidental, said they received reports that Ayalin was seen in the company of armed men, and they are now validating if he was responsible for organizing them.