SC fines Negros judge,
cites delay in decision
BY CARLA GOMEZ

The Supreme Court has fined a Negros Occidental judge for undue delay in rendering a decision and warned a clerk of court to be more circumspect in the discharge of his functions.

The SC First Division found Judge Manuel Q. Limsiaco Jr. of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Valladolid-San Enrique-Pulupandan in Negros Occidental, guilty of undue delay and fined him P20,000, with a warning that a  similar infraction in the future would be dealt with more severely.

The SC also issued a warning to Clerk of Court John O. Negroprado in the same resolution promulgated April 16 and posted yesterday on the High Court’s website.

Bacolod Bishop Vicente Navarra yesterday called on all media practitioners to promote what is noble and honorable and to encourage the public to take interest, and get involved in social issues especially where morality, good governance and accountability are concerned.

In his homily as the church marked the 42nd World Communication Day yesterday with a mass attended by members of the press, who joined a pilgrimage in relation to the Diamond Jubilee of the diocese, Navarra said those in the media should advance the cause of truth, decency and other wholesome social values by introducing models, whether rich or poor, regardless of social status whose life or achievement can inspire and attract people, especially the young.

A church and a pastor’s house were ransacked by still unidentified persons in Bacolod City during the weekend.

Reu Gaboro, 41, caretaker of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses at the Royal Meadow’s in Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod, discovered that unidentified thieves had broken into the place of worship at about 5 p.m. Friday, police reports said.

Investigation by Police Station 4 showed that the burglars had entered the place by destroying the grills and detaching five jalousie slats from a window.