Sec. Gonzalez will no longer head Panay rehab commission

Nestor P. Burgos Jr.

Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez Sr. will no longer head a task force that will manage the P8-billion rehabilitation fund for areas ravaged by typhoon "Frank" after his proposed designation was met by protest.

Who keeps the defective rifles?

Maricar M. Calubiran

The members of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the city government failed to show the five AR-rifles to the members of the city council in an executive session.

JOHN JAVIER

Personnel from the city government of Bacolod hang lanterns on the trees within Bacolod City public plaza. The lanterns light up at night giving a feel of Christmas among plaza goers.

Ex-Antique gov gets 10 years for graft

A former governor of Antique province was convicted of graft by the Sandiganbayan in connection with the anomalous purchase of P5.67 million worth of school desks and armchairs in 1997.

ILOILO NEWS

Aklan mayor, Cebu firm face raps over Boracay construction

The Field Investigation Office (FIO) of the Office of the Ombudsman has recommended the filing of administrative and criminal charges against the mayor of Malay town in Aklan and a Cebu-based property developer for the construction of a hotel on an alleged protected area on Boracay Island.

Tobias joins East Timor mission for second time

After serving as OIC city police director, Senior Supt. Bartolome Tobias will once again join the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT).

PRO-6 augments city's police for X'mas

The Police Regional Office (PRO) 6 will deploy two 2 platoons of policemen to the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) to increase visibility this Christmas season.

Mabilog off to Poland for ICLEI''s execom confab

Vice Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog is off for a week-long conference of the executive committee of the International Council for Local Government Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) for Local Governments Sustainability in Poland.

All set for Darag native chicken summit

For several years now, the West Visayas State University (WVSU) has been developing the Darag Native Chicken in Western Visayas in cooperation with the Philippine Council for Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD), entrepreneurs in the province, WESVARRDEC and other institutions in the region.

PANAY NEWS

Bermejo breaks silence, hits back at Del Rosario

ROXAS CITY – City Mayor Vicente Bermejo broke his silence and hit back at 1st District Cong. Antonio del Rosario over the latter's expose regarding the fertilizer fund scam.

Our rift started after I ran for mayor—Bermejo

ROXAS CITY – City Mayor Vicente Bermejo revealed that the worsening rift between him and 1st District Congressman Antonio Del Rosario all started when he ran and won for City Mayor in 2007.

19 beauties vie for Mutya Sang Sinadya sa Halaran

ROXAS CITY – Nineteen beautiful lady candidates from different towns of the province of Capiz will vie tonight for the prestigious beauty and brain contest at the CAP Auditorium around 7 p.m. here.

NEGROS NEWS

SP set to approve New Revenue Code

BACOLOD CITY -- Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP) Member Diosdado Valenzuela, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, confirmed yesterday that the New Revenue Code.

Atty. Ike Barredo shows interest in serving birthplace

BACOLOD CITY -- Three-termer former Provincial Board member of the 4thDistrict of Negros Occidental, now Special Assistant of Gov. Isidro P. Zayco for Special Concerns, Atty. Ike Barredo has shown interest to serve Bacolod City, the city of his birth.

COLUMNS

		reflection Expanding our sense of beauty By Roy Cimagala

		Bonafide Text Likely to happen By Nicfranz C. de los Reyes

		Siftings The impossible dream come true: Will Camelot be regained? Ma. Zenaida B. French

		Bridging the gap The Ilonggo-Bisaya harana By Prof. Henry Funtecha

		Accents FACA get-together for faith and food By Julia Carreon-Lagoc

		Res Gestae Meeting the grassroots By Francisco B. Lindero Jr.