BISHOP Vicente Navarra is coming out with a pastoral letter about the Small Town Lottery (STL), Fr. Ernie Larida, director of the Social Action Center of the Diocese of Bacolod, said. Larida said the bishop is holding a closed-door meeting with 25 priests to discuss the issue on STL. The STL became controversial after the City Council passed a resolution of no objection for the operation of the numbers game in Bacolod. Larida said that he has already included in his homily the evils brought by gambling especially STL. He added that they will also mention the names of the members of the Bacolod City Council who voted for the approval of STL operation in the city. Those who voted in favor of the resolution granting Super Lucky Beagler Inc. (SLBI) the authority to operate during a special session last week are Councilors Alex Paglumotan, Wilson Gamboa Jr., Noli Villarosa, Roberto Rojas, Em Ang, Caesar Distrito. Councilors El Cid Familiaran and Sonya Verdeflor opposed. For his part, Gamboa said allowing STL to operate in Bacolod will create a demand for “an alternative choice” against the existence of illegal gambling. The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office remits seven percent of the STL’s monthly proceeds to the host-city for charity and basic services while one percent goes to the Philippine National Police. SLBI, which has an office at Montinola Bldg., Bonifacio St., Silay City, currently operates in certain areas in Negros Occidental as the sole authorized agent-corporation of the PCSO for STL in the province. (TDE)
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