Mayor Evelio Leonardia (2nd from left) receives the symbolic check of P400 million for the new government center from Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) president Gilda Pico. (Sun.Star Bacolod photo)
AS TROPICAL storm Seniang is projected to hit the Visayas region over the weekend, six towns and cities in Negros Occidental were advised to take precautionary measures against a possible mudflow from Mt. Kanlaon and flooding in low-lying areas.
Provincial Disaster Management Team (PDMT) Head Vicfran Defante issued the advisories to the Municipal Disaster Coordinating Councils (MDCC) of Murcia, La Castellana and Moises Padilla towns and to the City Disaster Coordinating Councils (CDCCs) of San Carlos, Bago and La Carlota.
Rebel leader's wedding in tight security
AMID talks that Carapali Lualhati (Stephen Paduano in real life) is being hunted by his former comrades in the New People's Army (NPA), the leader of the breakaway Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Bongcayao Brigade (RPA-ABB) married his former high school classmate-turned-girlfriend in a hotel in Bacolod City Thursday night.
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