Two sons and a relative of a police couple died in a vehicular accident at about 1:45 a.m. yesterday in Manapla, Negros Occidental.

Killed on the spot at the highway of Brgy. Tortosa, Manapla, were Neil Edwin Alimpolo, and his brother, Neil Irwin. Their cousin, Arlene Batolina, was declared dead on arrival at the Our Lady of Mercy Specialty Hospital in Bacolod City, the police said.

The mother of the two fatalities, SPO3 Sherlita Alimpolo, who sustained critical head injuries, and their brother, Neil Edward, who was also injured, are now being treated at the same hospital.

Help make
roads safe, mayors told
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Gov. Joseph Marañon and Senior Supt. Charles Calima, police provincial director, yesterday reiterated their orders for patrols to be conducted along Negros Occidental's highways, to ensure that roads are cleared of obstructions that have been causing deadly road accidents lately.

Stalled vehicles, especially those without early warning devices, and spilled sugarcane have been blamed for numerous mishaps.

Marañon said he reminded the Provincial Disaster Management Team, that is part of the Provincial Road Safety Task Force, to stick to his directive to make sure highways are safe and free of obstructions.

Bacolod bags
3 national awards

The Bacolod City government will receive awards of excellence for three of its projects in the 41st Anvil Awards for 2006, held recently in Manila, by the Anvil Awards Committee and the Public Relations Society of the Philippines.

These are the INSUMIX Feeding Program, One-Stop Shop and the MassKara Festival, a press release from city hall said.

To receive the awards at rites to be held at 7 p.m., today, at the Mabuhay Hall of the Manila Hotel will be Mayor Evelio Leonardia and his wife, Elsa, and Teresa Galon for the INSUMIX Feeding; Ardis Jaculina for the One-Stop-Shop; and Eli Tajanlangit for the MassKara Festival, the press release said.