Mayor to allow STL in Bacolod
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia yesterday said he is allowing the operation of Small Town Lottery in Bacolod City after the Sangguniang Panlungsod made its position clear on the matter.

The SP approved Wednesday a resolution favorably endorsing the operation of STL in the city subject to six conditions.

Leonardia said he finds the resolution of the SP reasonable considering that there will be a test run of one year. After a year we will be able to determine the effects of STL on the city, he added.

Cop cries trial
by publicity
BY PATRICK PANGILINAN

The police officer who allegedly robbed a farmer in Bacolod City Friday yesterday said that even before a formal case has been filed in court against him, he is already being subjected by the media to a “trial by publicity.”

In an interview with the DAILY STAR, PO1 Frankie Alojado lamented the treatment by some members of the media of the allegations against him.

“They treat me as if I've already been convicted by the court,” Alojado said, adding that he has chosen not to react to reports and opinions against him, no matter how slanted they are, because he will answer the issue in court.

La Carlota rescuers
find teacher's body
BY PATRICK PANGILINAN

The body of a former teacher who was reported missing when she was swept away by strong river currents in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental Thursday, was found by local divers Saturday, the city's rescue team said yesterday.

Two residents found the body of Erlinda Magubilin around 700 meters from where she was swept away by strong currents at a river in Brgy. RSB, La Carlota City two days after she was reported missing, Enrique Toda of the La Carlota City 1911 Disaster and Rescue Team, said.

Lonymar Magsipoc and Paul Luguan found Magubilin's body under bamboo poles and other debris at about 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Toda said.