'Comelec en banc to decide
tagging of district as hotspot'
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

Oriental Negros elections supervisor Manuel Advincula said he had finalized his recommendations to the Commission on Elections Central Office in Manila on the issue of whether to declare the first congressional district of the province as a "hotspot" Tuesday, but declined to divulge details.

The poll body had earlier ordered Advincula to provide it with a detailed report on the current political scenario in the district, which includes the city of Canlaon, and the towns of Manjuyod, Bindoy, Ayungon, Tayasan, Jimalalud, La Libertad, Guihulngan, and Vallehermoso. This was the recent ambush in La Libertad where seven people, including Aya Barangay Captain Lydio Baylon were killed, and in Canlaon where Jesus Lobresco, Jr., driver of Mayor Judith Cardenas was shot dead.