• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Wednesday, Feb. 18 that the provincial government will give a financial aid of P120,000 to the mother of the three siblings, who were victims of a stone attack, in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City.
The recipient, Ronelyn Bornales, is an overseas Filipino worker in Saudi Arabia.
Of the three victims, the nine-year-old girl died while her two other siblings are still being treated at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City.
On Feb. 7, the girl who died, her 14-year-old sister, and four-year-old brother were at home without adult companion when an unidentified person attacked them, hitting their heads with a stone.
The nine-year-old girl was buried on Feb. 15.
Negros Occidental Third District Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez is offering a cash reward of P50,000 for the arrest of the suspect, on top of the P25,000 being offered by Mayor Joedith Gallego.
Former Talisay City Vice Mayor Samuel Siote also offered another P25,000 reward.
The Silay police earlier announced that they already have a person of interest in the commission of the crime. | GB
