Officials could face raps
for influencing SK polls
DILG warns amid reports of Boracay, Manila trips
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Elective officials who attempt to influence the outcome of the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation elections set in towns and cities on Dec. 6 may be administratively charged for abuse of authority and dereliction of duty, Department of Interior and Local Government Regional Director Evelyn Trompeta yesterday said.

Twenty-four SK chairpersons of barangays in Escalante City and Calatrava town allegedly have been brought by certain political leaders to Boracay.

They reportedly will only be brought home in time for the Dec. 6 SK federation polls to prevent them from shifting allegiance on election day.

2 Negrenses included
in rebellion case

MANILA - Senator Antonio Trillanes, two Negrenses and 34 others, have been charged with rebellion following last week's failed mutiny, the justice department said yesterday.

Among those charged are former vice president Teofisto Guingona, Bishop Julio Labayen who is from Bacolod City , and Captain Gary Alejano of Sipalay City .

The charge of rebellion carries a sentence of life imprisonment.

All of the accused are charged with seizing the Peninsula Hotel in Makati City by force last Thursday as part of a plot "to topple the Government and replace it with a new government," according to the charge sheet.

DOH gives add'l
P5M to CLMMRH
BY CARLA GOMEZ

The Department of Health has released an additional P5 million for the operational expenses of the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City, Dr. Epifania Simbul, CLMMRH chief of hospital, said yesterday.

Simbul said the amount will be used to buy medicines and augment the hospital's operational expenses.

It will also free up some of the regular hospital funds for employees benefits, such as hazard pay, she said.