2-day transport strike
set in Neg. Occ., Iloilo
BY CARLA GOMEZ

The United Negros Drivers Operators Center and the Federation of Bacolod City Drivers Association announced yesterday the staging of a two-day transportation strike on Dec. 13 and 14 as part of a nationwide protest to demand government action against the continuing rise in oil prices.

The protest is in response to a call of the Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (PISTON) for a nationwide transportation strike to be held in various parts of the country, Jessie Ortega, UNDOC secretary-general, said.

Ortega expects the two-day strike in Negros to cripple public transportation by 98 percent. He urged the public to support the strike by either joining the protestors or just staying home.

Another cop tagged in
Salabas slay falls
BY PATIRCK PANGILINAN

Another former police officer tagged in the kidnapping and killing of Eleuterio Salabas, Maximo Lomoljo, and Ricardo Suganob, was arrested by his former classmate and law enforcer in Jaro, Iloilo City , yesterday, Aksyon Radyo Bacolod reported.

SPO2 Freddie Natividad was arrested by his former classmate, identified only as PO3 Litoy Serria, after he greeted the latter a “Merry Christmas”, when he passed by a house in Jaro and saw him at about 6 p.m. yesterday, the report said.

Natividad is the second former police officer tagged in the killing of Salabas, Lomoljo, and Suganob in 2003, to be apprehended. Former Chief Inspector Clarence Dongail was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation operatives at a mall in Manila on November 14.

Brgy heads vote for
Liga officers today
BY CARLA GOMEZ

The 600 barangay captains throughout Negros Occidental will gather in the 12 cities and 19 towns of Negros Occidental today to vote for the officials of their Liga ng mga Barangay chapters.

The election of the LnB officials in Bacolod , a highly urbanized city, is set on Dec. 29.

The presidents of the LnB chapters will represent the barangay captains in their town and city councils.