NPA calls Peña 'primary target'
But mayor says he'll give
'Kumander Frank' a fight
BY CARLA GOMEZ

"Showtime" continues, Peña says*

Ka Frank Fernandez, chief of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army in Negros, yesterday said Pulupandan Mayor Magdaleno Peña is the primary target for liquidation of the revolutionary movement.

Peña thinks he cannot be touched by the reactionary courts, police, and civilian bureaucracy despite his widespread oppression of the rights of the people but the NPA will go after him for his blood debts to the people, Fernandez said in a tape-recorded message sent to media outlets.

Peña, when asked to react to Fernandez statement, asked "Is he still alive, I thought he was dead?"

Rebel killed in
Calatrava encounter
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

An alleged member of the New People's Army was killed, while a Scout Ranger trooper was injured in an encounter yesterday in Sitio Lagoc, Brgy. Menchaca, Calatrava, Negros Occidental.

Maj. Nathaniel Villasor, 303rd Infantry Brigade Civil Military Operations officer, identified the slain rebel through his identification card as Leo Sisbreno of Dumaguete City, and the injured soldier as PFC Jerwin Aragona.

Villasor said the firefight lasted for almost 30 minutes and the rebels reportedly headed by Ka Berto, withdrew towards Brgy. Bandila, Toboso, leaving behind the body of Sisbreno.

Comelec grants vote recount
for Himamaylan mayor, VM
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ

The Commission on Elections has granted the request for the recount of votes for the candidates for mayor and vice mayor of Himamaylan, Negros Occidental, in the May 14 polls in 289 precincts, Provincial Supervisor Jessie Suarez said yesterday.

The venue for the revision of ballots will be the COMELEC Division Office in Intramuros, Manila, he said.

The COMELEC First Division granted the recount based on motion filed by mayoralty candidate Alain Gatuslao against his aunt, Carmenia Bascon, who had been proclaimed the winning mayor in the May 12 polls.