113 Neg. Occ. Brgys
on election watch list
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

The Armed Forces of the Philippines and National Police have placed 113 barangays in Negros Occidental on their watch list for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataaan elections on Oct. 25.

Of the 113 barangays in Negros Occidental, 34 belong to category 1 because of intense political rivalries and history of election-related incidents, while 79 fall under category 2, due to reported sightings of armed rebels, military and police records show.

There are 600 barangays in Negros Occidental, excluding the 61 in Bacolod City.

Dengue cases in Negros Occidental have reached 6,294 with 33 deaths this year, a Provincial Health Office report released yesterday said.

The report said dengue cases from January 1 to September 18 this year were 558 percent more than the 957 cases in the same period last year with 13 deaths.

But the latest PHO report also showed that the number of dengue cases in the province have been dropping  from   a high of 665 in week 33 to 642 in week 34, 494 in week 35, 469 in week 36 and 368 in week 37.

Negros Occidental and Guimaras officials yesterday agreed to follow the fishing grounds boundaries set by the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority between the two provinces, Pontevedra Mayor Jose Maria Alonso, chairman of the Central Negros Council for Coastal Development, said.

Guimaras mayors led by Gov. Felipe Nava met with their Negros Occidental counterparts led by Gov. Alfredo Marañon at the provincial Capitol in Bacolod City to discuss overlapping boundary problems.

Alonso said the meeting was held to come up with a win-win solution for an equitable sharing of the bounties of the sea by the two provinces.