Pa accidentally
shoots son dead
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

A father accidentally shot dead his 4-year-old son Friday in Cadiz City, while in Murcia town, a barangay captain cheated death by shooting Saturday, police reports said.

Gary Santillan, 30, is now detained in a police jail for the death of his son, Jim Marlon, in Brgy. Magsaysay, Cadiz City.

Police investigation showed that Santillan had accidentally fired his .38 caliber revolver, with the bullet hitting his son on the head, causing his immediate death..

Rescuers are still searching for a man who jumped off from a passenger ferry after he allegedly pushed his daughter into the sea near the island of Guimaras Saturday, the Coast Guard said yesterday.

As of 8 p.m. last night, Petty Officer 1st Class, Baltazar Bantolyo said they are coordinating with their Iloilo station in looking for Carlon Malayas, 32, after he jumped off the Ocean Jet 7 near the coast of Guimaras Island at about 8:25 a.m. Saturday.

The Philippine National Oil Co. Energy Development Corp. will wait for the decision of the Negros Occidental Sangguniang Panlalawigan on its request for concurrence of its bid to enter the Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park to tap more geothermal energy, its senior vice president, Agnes de Jesus, said yesterday.

Environment Secretary Jose Atienza Jr. had earlier confirmed having authorized the DENR regional director for Western Visayas to process the application of PNOC EDC for a Special Tree-Cutting Permit inside the 169-hectare buffer zone.

In a memorandum dated Feb. 20, Atienza cited the merit of the PNOC EDC request in terms of the production of significant geothermal energy that he said is considered a better alternative to a fossil fuel based power source.