Poll bets draw lots to
break ties today
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan candidates whose votes were tied in Monday’s elections will draw lots today to determine a winner, Negros Occidental Elections Provincial Supervisor Jessie Suarez said.

The drawing of the lots will be supervised by barangay board canvassers, Suarez said.

The drawing of lots in case two or more candidates are tied with the highest number of votes is provided in Section 240 of the Omnibus Election Code, with the luck-favored candidate to be proclaimed winner.

Aside from physical abuse, the 6-year-old girl who died after her parents allegedly beat her in their residence in Bacolod City Wednesday, could also be a victim of sexual molestation, Insp. Jovy Cabcaban said yesterday.

Cabcaban, who is the chief of the Bacolod City Police Office Women’s and Children’s Complaints Desk, said there were old lacerations noted on the girl’s sex organ, based on the autopsy report of City Medico Legal Officer Eli Cong.

Cong said that a foreign object might have been inserted in the child’s sex organ as there were at least three old lacerations found in it when he conducted the autopsy on Wednesday although he could not confirm whether she was, indeed, molested.

The Philippine Coast Guard-Bacolod and the Negros Occidental Highway patrol group put up security measures in seaports and bus terminals yesterday to ensure safety of passengers traveling back to their hometowns for All Soul’s Day.

Several roads near the cemeteries in Bacolod City will also be closed on November 1 to ease the way for those who are visiting their dead loved ones.

PCG-Bacolod chief, Lt. Commander Godofredo Vagilidad said that effective today until Wednesday next week, public assistance centers will be put up at the Bacolod City Real Estate Development Corporation port and at the Banago wharf.