Silay Mayor Jose “Oti” Montelibano yesterday said he will fight and win the charges filed against him by his two former allies before the Ombudsman.

Montelibano was reacting to the filing of more charges by his former consultant for law enforcement and infrastructure, Jose Lindy Chan, and former Mambulak barangay captain and consultant for barangay affairs, Jose Sumiller, against him and 28 others, including Vice Mayor Mark Andrew Arthur Golez and several other city officials.

A copy of the complaint he filed against Montelibano and 28 others for alleged violation of the Anti Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and the Government Procurement Act, and for grave misconduct and dishonesty before the Office of the Ombudsman for Visayas on March 25 was furnished by Chan yesterday to the DAILY STAR.

Lightning hit and killed a 17-year-old farm laborer and caused minor burns to five of his companions Wednesday in Sitio Catmon, Brgy. Agboy, Candoni.

The fatality was identified as Louie Paul Galvez, 17.

Renante Castro, one of the five survivors, told ABS-CBN that they were loading sugarcane on a cargo truck, when lightning struck and hit them.

Castro and four other survivors are now being treated for minor burns at the Kabankalan District Hospital.

Ronilo Majan is facing charges for illegal possession of firearms in E.B. Magalona.*

The police yesterday seized a cache of firearms and ammunition from an arrested former seaman, during a raid at his residence in Brgy. Alicante, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental.

Armed with a search warrant issued by Judge Evelyn Gengos, a police team led by Chief Inspector Samuel Mina swooped down on the house of Ronilo Majan, 52, at the St. Therese Subdivision.

Mina said the raid yielded three .22 caliber rifles with scopes, a .32 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver, a .45 caliber Armscor pistol, a 380 caliber pistol, 100 rounds for a .45 caliber pistol, 50 ammunition for 380 pistol, 30 bullets for .32 caliber revolver and 12 bullets for .22 caliber rifle, two gun holsters and jungle bolos.