Actor replaces Leyte
gov in Arroyo ticket Cesar Montano edges
out Goma
BY JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR
LEYTE Gov. Carlos Jericho Petilla has backed
out as a senatorial candidate and actor Cesar Montano will
replace him, Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano, who is Team
Unity spokesman, said yesterday.
Durano said Petilla will seek reelection
after his mother Rep. Remedios Petilla (1st district) decided
against running for governor due to health reasons.
Durano said Montano is from the Visayas and a
credible replacement for Petilla. Montano, a member of the Lakas-Christian
Muslim Democrats, is from Bohol.
Villar bares attempt to
block appearance at PMA homecoming
BY VICTOR REYES AND JP LOPEZ
BAGUIO CITY — Senate President Manuel Villar
on Friday said the Philippine Military Academy Alumni
Association Inc. had cancelled his appearance as keynote speaker
for Saturday’s PMA alumni homecoming here but withdrew the
cancellation after "many" opposed the decision.
He said "higher authorities" were behind the
move to block his speaking engagement.
The invitation was given to him last
December. He was informed of the cancellation "informally."
A MILITANT student leader was shot dead
Thursday night in Camarines Norte, adding to the growing number
of victims of political killings.
Farly Alcanta, 22, of the League of Filipino
Students, was shot in front of the gate of Camarines Norte State
College at 9:45 p.m., according to Ruth Cervantes, information
officer of the human rights group Karapatan.
Alcanta, of Barangay 1, Mercedes, Camarines
Norte, was a graduating Economics student.
