April 1 2007 by Gerard Fernandez

VOL. 33 No. 43

Dumaguete City, Philippines, Sunday

Infra bonanza despite poll ban

“A bad start, not a bad thing”

APRIL 1, 2007

P8.00

Jo’s by the sea a new place to go

Off they go! Race on GHOST VOTERS AHOY!

OLIVE PARAS

Josy Limkaichong

EDGAR TEVES

Jerome Paras

DODO MACIAS

Henry Teves

An intriguing photo on top, is the so-called antiMeniong coalition although balik-Gov. bet Dodo Macias says that he respects his alliances with the pro-GMA coalition of forces including the Lakas, NPs, Kampi, and LP Atienza coalition. But what is really the commonality between Olive Paras (left), 3rd district

The race for over 800 local and congressional positions in Negros Oriental is on. Focus is now geared by candidates to the voters. This developed as the COMELEC has released voters statistical data so that the public will know how many voters are there in their towns and cities. Surprisingly, LAKAS party Guihulngan’s voters increased chieftain Rep Meniong Teves has from 45,957 in 2004 to a whoopraised the alarm bell warning the ing 53,200 voters. possibility of flying and ghost votHe warned candidates and the ers especially in Guihulngan in the public to be alert in noticing disfirst district. He was reacting to parity in the number of registered the COMELEC stastistics which voters and those who actually is published elsewhere in this is- voted. He said that it is an old trick sue. to pad the voters list with fake , Rep Meniong noted that in the flying or ghost voters and that their second district, there is only an in- votes will be filled up earlier by crease of 4,425 voters or l.87%; warm bodies, separately on fake in his third district, there is only ballots which will eventually be an increase of 9,228 voters or switched to the official ballot boxes 5.2l% while in the first district, containing the ballots. there is a big increase of 19,177 Noted also in the or 9.90%. Where did this large COMELEC’s statistical data is that increase of voters come from? only the first district up North have Teves asked. double digit increases in their numCiting specifics, Rep Meniong ber of new voters. These double noted that in the biggest town of digit percentage increases in the the province, there is an increase north are Bindoy 10.79%, La of 7,243 voters or a whooping Libertad 12.43%, and Manjuyod 15.76% which he said is quite sta- with 10.73%.. tistically improbable. He said that The capital city of Dumaguete

Turn to page 23

No. 1 takes a breather

Loren LEGARDA

MOVING UP...

Ed ANGARA

Most prolific legislator

Migz ZUBIRI

Turn to page 23

George ARNAIZ

Tuting PERDICES

Ramon MONTAÑO

Art UMBAC

econd district rep-to-be Gov George Arnaiz welcomed the entry of ret. Gen Ramon Montaño to the second district race but the general comes with a heavy heart since being a Lakas original coalition member since after FVR, he was allegedly refused by the

Turn to page 23

Zubiri zooms into Negros

HOLYWEEKREFLECTION2007

ReP MIGUEL “ M I G Z ” ZUBIRI’S environmental crusade and pro-environment bills has caught the local media folks’ eyes as the campaign period heats up. Zubiri was swamped by youthful vot

The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, has offered us the biblical theme that guides our Holy Week Reflection. Together with our Blessed Mother Mary and the Apostle John on Calvary, close to Jesus forsaken and crucified, the Holy Father offers the biblical theme from John 19/37: “They shall look on him whom they have crucified.” In this week of prayer and penance, let us direct our gaze on Jesus Christ, Crucified, whom the sins of mankind, from Turn to page 23

Turn to page 7

BY: ARCHBISHOP ANGEL N. LAGDAMEO

For the LORD watches over the way of the just, but the way of the wicked vanishes”. (Psalm 1)

1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 April 1, 2007 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 12345678901234567890123456789 12345678901234567890123456789 12345678901234567890123456789 12345678901234567890123456789 12345678901234567890123456789 12345678901234567890123456789

KASALIGAN city team files candidacies

Campaign Trail

The entire slate of the city administration KASALIGAN group headed by Mayor Agustin Perdices trooped to the COMELEC office to file their certificates of candidacies last Thursday even as the opposition group headed by former board member Atty Arturo Umbac also did the same in a separate time. Seen at right foto left to right include Kag Manuel Sagarbarria, Mayor Perdices, Kag Espiridion Catan, new to represent the youth is Dan DanTevesLeon, representing academe is George Villamor , Baby Amasula, both retired teachers; Kag Frank Esmena and balikKag. Rommel Erames. In a radio interview with Mayor

Dole-outs won’t end hunger says No. 1 lady solon

Turn to page 23

TOP OF THE WEEK La Libertad remains Drug test is not under attack mode 100% foolproof

By Dems Rey T. Demecillo

La Libertad continues to be under threat of at tack by forces opposed to the administration of Mayor Jocelyn Limkaichong. Among these are leftist rebels and or her political opponents. Still reeling from the af- Manluminsag, were armed ter shocks of the ambush slay with high powered firearms. of Aya Barangay Captain Manluminsag was the Lydio Bylon, town residents place where Baylon and his and its local police are again companions were slain and gripped with tension after ru- wounded while traveling mors abound that some 20 back to Barangay Aya after heavily armed men are about attending an activity at the to attack the local police sta- town proper. tion. The local policemen According to the source, were placed under heightthe men who were seen at ened alert as additional Sitio Danawan in Barangay Turn to page 17

Just because their drug tests proved to be negative does not mean that none of the candidates are tak ing prohibited drugs at one time or another. It is a public knowledge cates of candidacy in accorthat not all drug testers are dance with Republic Act also bribe free, it is also pos- 9165 or the Comprehensive sible that drug takers will Dangerous Drugs Acts of sanitize themselves at the 2002. However, some of the time that they will undergo candidates protest the redrug test. So who is fooling whom? quirement since it is considThe Commission on Elec- ered a violation of their hutions is insisting that politi- man rights. The poll body warned cians should undergo drug Turn to page 17 tests upon filing their certifi-

Perdices asks DBM for uniform rate hike

GK Bayani Summit slated

Mayor Agustin Perdices wants a uniform across-the board increase of Php 1,000 to all city hall regular employees regardless of rank. Initially it may exclude the thousands of city hall casuals but they might be given the same increase if funds can be made available. Echoing the contention of the militants groups that the 10 percent salary increase of government workers will not significantly make any difference to the rank and file, the mayor who is running for reelection announced his desire to communicate to the Department of Budget Management to request that Local Govern-

ment Units will be allowed to implement a uniform across the board salary hike for all their employees. Earlier President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Executive Order No. 611 which mandates for the 10 percent salary increase for all state workers. But Perdices stressed

Turn to page 19

Gawad Kalinga partners who donated decent houses to some 342 poor families in seven (7) Gawad Kalinga in Oriental Negros will be awarded during the GK Bayani Summit on April 1, 2007 at Bethel Guesthouse, this city. The awarding is in recog- Ambassador Tony Meloto nition to GK partners from and GK executive director government, non-government Luis Oquiñena will also organizations, and private in- award to more than 20 dodividuals who have been in- nors who willingly give out strumental in establishing the wholeheartedly their talents, seven GK villages in time and resources which inDumaguete City, Bayawan clude one house, road right City, Mabinay and Bais City of way, NOreco electric and Sta. Catalina in Oriental meters, and some construcNegros. tion materials. During the summit, GK Turn to page 19

“A bad start is not entirely a bad thing” – Gokongwei Over 3,000 attended the 94 th Commencement Exercises held March 25 that graduated 766 college students. Of the total number of graduates, 14 graduated magna cum laude and 77, cum laude. The bulk of the Class of 2007 came from the College of Nursing and The young successful entrepreAllied Health Sciences, which had 357 graduates. College of Business neur, whose grandfather, John Administration and College of Arts Gokongwei Sr., studied high school and Sciences came in second and in Silliman, spoke of what others third, with 158 and 82, respectively. would usually advise graduates to Comprising 0.5 per cent of the avoid: mistakes. While he was a student, Mr. total number of graduates were students who completed graduate stud- Gokongwei said he perceived mistakes as bad and to be avoided. But ies in different disciplines. The commencement speaker now, as an entrepreneur, he has was Mr. Lance Y. Gokongwei, Presi- learned to look at them as opportudent and Chief Operating Officer of nities to learn something new. Proving his point, he shared how JG Summit Holdings, Inc. and Robinsons Retail Group, the recipi- he managed his own share of misent of the 2005 Entrepreneurship of takes in life, dividing into four his explanation of how “a bad start is the Year Award.

O senatorial candidate Loren Legarda said yesterday a government dole-out of P1 billion would not end the problem of hunger in the Philippines because the problem is the economy. “An emergency dole-out would not solve the problem of hunger because when the money runs out hunger will recur” Loren said. Loren declared that the dole-out would last only for a short time and be a mere palliative, like an aspirin to cure a headache caused by cancer. More-

IT’S HUNGER. GO senatorial candidate Loren Legarda stresses a point in an open forum about the urgent need to address the increasing hunger and poverty in the country. With an undernourished child in the background, she proposed a more positive drive against poverty and increased production to cope with the problem.

over, she expressed fear that because of rampant corruption, much of the money might just “stick to corrupt hands.” “What is needed is to create jobs in the rural and urban areas through the construction of permanent infrastructures like irrigation systems and farm-tomarket roads in the rural areas and better education and transportation facilities that would improve the economy and lead to more investments by both local and foreign entrepreneurs,” Loren said. She also said that the “modernization of the economy, leading to the establishment of more industrial enterprises, including small and medium industries, processing plants, cooperative ventures, and agro-industrial endeavors are necessary to reduce poverty and stop hunger.” Loren declared that the “dole-out had been tried before by the present and past administrations, but hunger only continued to grow. We should end corruption, attract more investments and create more employment opportunities. These are the only effective means of eliminating hunger.”

not entirely a bad thing”. He said a bad start allows you to: “see things differently”, “try harder”, “build your character”, and “look back”. “The more mistakes I made, the more I learned and the greater my chance of succeeding when I tried. Success as I have realized, is never achieved without errors, failures or defeat,” he said. Among the stories of his career as an entrepreneur that received the loudest applause of the audience was on his creation of a product more than 10 years ago as

General Manager of Universal Robina Corporation (URC), one of the major subsidiaries of the JG Summit. He ventured into the beverage market and developed Yahoo, a juice drink to compete with what then was the number one brand, Zesto. “I’m sure you’ve never heard of it (Yahoo) and for very good reasons. My strategy was very simple: imitate the product features of Zesto, the market leader,” he shared.

Turn to page 23

April 1, 2007

123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123 April 1, 2007 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123

Editorial Infra extravaganza Sprouting during the Election ban-period!

The good news is, there are lots of jobs available as the election season is just around the corner. The irony is, instead of a public works ban, there instead is sprouting of the so-called “on-going projects.” And the bad news is, there are certainly strings attached to these odd jobs given and provided for mostly by politicians who are in government and are seeking election or reelection. Yet this has been an age-old tradition. Those jobs are suddenly reserved and are available on electiontide, especially work on roads and bridges because politicians seeking elective public positions will be able to easily persuade if not pre-condition the workers that in exchange for jobs, they and their entire family and clan, should vote for administration candidates. This is where the opposition is at a disadvantage because they cannot provide jobs on election season, it is only politicians in government. We say there are good and bad sides to this emergency hiring of casual workers on election season. The good side is that the jobless are able to get seasonal jobs at least for 45 days. The bad side is that those who

work for politicians during the election because they are victims of an overseason will virtually lose their rights to kill. choose because they will feel beWe say overkill because while the holden to the hiring power. public appreciates road cementing, the same public do not appreciate beWe see so many major road arter- ing inconvenienced by detours and ies being suddenly worked out in the road re-routings as if the obvious is city. We see portions of highways be- not clear, that politicians simply want ing uprooted even if the asphalt is still to send a message soliciting the tolerable. We see new roads being public’s vote of confidence .So here is closed because there is work ahead the clincher: road works mean jobs to in opening or repairing old ones. the poor but could be an overkill since The result is public inconvenience. the so many road jobs which might We caution those behind these pub- only tend to stir the public’s negative lic works not to over-do their desire to emotions as to why he is being pedisplay performance because, utter nalized with such inconvenience durpublic inconvenience given to motor- ing election time. ists despite the public view, might only back-fire because irate motorists and voters might just change their minds

The Environmental War

Our Editorial weeks ago pounced on global warning as it threatens water supply and civilization itself. In less than 50 years, we could have a modern-day tamer version of the deluge in Noah’s time.

Dateline Manila by Bingo P. Dejaresco

Only this time, we cannot put 5 billion people in one boat or space ship. We have to deal with the killer blows within our own territories. Al Gore’s documentary on the environmental crisis called “The Inconvenient Truth” should disturb us inconveniently. We must realize that our land vehicles cause the most amount of carbon dioxide in the air that aids to the socalled Greenhouse Effects on the environment. Luckily, the world has declared war. The United States and Brazil, two of the world’s greatest produces of ethanol have joined hands to supplant the dependence on oil for our transportation needs. Rightfully, they think the Free World’s dependence on oil on the Middle East and Latin American countries for our energy needs – is

both environmental and global security risks. This is especially so since many Arab nations see blood in both military and economic aspects of their lives against the West and its allies. The clash of Civilization is graphically illustrated in the attacks on the Twin Towers in 9-11 and the occupation of Iraq by the United States and allied forces – both in the recent past, for instance. In the Philippines, we have joined the war with the approval of the Biofuels Act into law. According to Dean A. Lao, COO of Chemrez Technologies Inc., the law mandates that by 2007 all diesel fuel will contain biofuel (up to 1%) and gasoline ethanol biofuel (up to 5%). In 2009, both will be derived from coconut plants. It is a good start, according to Raymond Tan (PHD), di-

rector of the De La Salle, Graduate School. It will, however, only make a dramatic impact when the biofuel component of diesel and gasoline rises to 75%. Anna Whitehouse, president of Total Gas in the Philippines, on the other hand, assured that the change in final cost to the end-user will not be that prohibitive with the introduction of the biofuel. As individuals, we can contribute our share in the total war effort to preserve the environment of the Earth – the only planet that we have. We can plant trees. Because one tree alone can take away one ton of carbon dioxide out of the air in its lifetime. We can use recycled paper. Remember it takes the whole of 19 trees to make one ton of paper. And using recycled

paper means saving approximately 17 trees. One ton of recycled paper can save 380 gallons of oil. We have to plan our travel and not travel unnecessarily, because a car emits approxi-

the

mately five tons of carbon dioxide into the air in one year. How many cars are being used by the world’s over 4 billion population? We have to recycle, not throw, aluminum can for our use. Recycling one can alone to page 10 can save, Turn an amount of energy that can operate a TV set for three hours. These little things. Moreover, reducing household garbage by 10% means saving 1,200 pounds

Ne g r os Chr onic le Neg Chronic onicle

33 YEARS OF COMMUNITY JOURNALISM

ELY P. DEJARESCO Editor-Publisher ATTY. JAY I. DEJARESCO Associate Editor JUNNICK R. YAISO News Photographer RUBEN G. LABARES Graphics

MARLEN I. DEJARESCO Business Manager DEMS REY T. DEMECILLO Editorial Assistant ALE P. GEQUINTO Legal Publications Officer

Pioneer BI-WEEKLY Newspaper in Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental. Address: E.J. Blanco Drive, Piapi, Dumaguete City. News and Advertising: (035) 225-4760 Fax: (035) 225-4760 E-mail: elydejaresco@yahoo.com Entered as Second Class Mail Matter in Dumaguete City on July 1, 1973.

http://www.negroschronicle.com

Member:

Philippine Press Institute National Press Club

Turn to page 14

12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678 April 1, 2007 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678

HALF-MOON Junction NOW UNDER A NEW AND FRIENDLY MANAGEMENT

Italian – Filipino Resto Bar Along South Km. 13 + Highway

• Refreshment AREA for Travellers and tourists • Delicious Italian Dishes & Filipino Cuisine • Open 7 a.m. to 12 Mn. • Rooms for rent

Gunther SANIN New Owner Chief CHEF Atlantis Resor esortt

WEESAM EXPRESS www.weesamexpress.com

PORT AREA, DUMAGUETE CITY

SCHEDULE OF DAILY DEPARTURES ROUTE CEBU - TAGBILARAN TAGBILARAN - CEBU

DEPARTURES A.M. P.M. 6:00 2:00 9:10 6:30 7:00 4:20 11:30 5:10

CEBU- DUMAGUETE 6:00 via TAGBILARAN TAGBILARAN- DUMAGUETE 8:10 DUMAGUETE-TAGBILARAN DUMAGUETE - CEBU via TAGBILARAN DUMAGUETE - SIQUIJOR 10:45 SIQUIJOR-DUMAGUETE 4:45 CEBU - ORMOC 10:30 7:30 ORMOC - CEBU ILOILO - BACOLOD and vice versa

6:30 8:00 9:30 11:00

REMARKS DAILY DAILY DAILY

2:00

DAILY

2:00

DAILY

12:30

DAILY DAILY

4:30 1:30 7:15 1:00 2:30 4:00 5:35

Minor (4-11 yrs. old) 50% discount will apply based on REGULAR SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE W/O PRIOR NOTICE: FOR MORE DETAILS: PLEASE CONTACT CEBU(032) 412-9562 / 09177104967 / 09228660344 TAGBILARAN - (038) 501-8223 / 09173015749 / 09228660336 ORMOC 09173018551 / 09228660343 DUMAGUETE - (035) 4227918 / 09173019161 / 09228660340 ILOILO 09228660342 DUPTOURS SHUTTLE TICKET FOR TACLOBAN IS AVAILABLE AT WEESAM EXPRESS TICKETING OFFICE FOR ONLY P100.00

EFFECTIVE MARCH 22, 2007 EFFECTIVE MARCH 22, 2007

DAILY

FOR IMMEDIATE HIRING

BY DEMS DEMECILLO

Local dads welcome late IRA release Better late than never. Local government officials lauded the release by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Internal Revenue Allotment for all the LGUs in the country. It was announced by ernor Jose Petit Baldado said in the form of services and the chief executive during that he was pleased with the infrastructure projects dethe national conference of development since it will signed to uplift the living the Philippine Councilors mean more services and standards of the people. League in Cebu which projects to be made availGovernment officials prompted the members of able for their respective con- attributed the bigger IRA the organization to an- stituents. share of the LGUs to the Militant workers also higher tax collection with nounce their full support to the administration sen- welcomed the release since the passage of new meathe revenues from the people sures intended precisely to ate bets. Incumbent Vice-Gov- should be given back to them Turn to page 10

Teves rejects NPA angle behind Libertad ambush

If the veteran kingmaker of the province is to be believed then the ambush slay of Barangay Captain Lydio Baylon of Aya, La Libertad is apparently the work of politicians who are against the candidacy of mayor and 1st district congressional Jocelyn Limkaichong. He also believes that the bush that Barangay Aya Cap- ing that they were spirited transfer of the survivors tain Lydio Baylon, known to to Cebu by the Criminal Incum witnesses is an attempt be a steadfast ally of the Lakas vestigation and Detection to cover the real master- CMD 1st District congres- Group without notifying mind of the ambuscade. sional bet. Task Force Manluminsag Thus despite the earlier La Libertad Mayor which was leading the inacknowledgment of the Jocelyn Limkaichong is set to vestigation. New People’s Army face the KAMPI party bet Primarily due to the inPanaligan Command last Olive Paras, the wife of the cident, Lakas CMD has oftermer Representative incumbent 1st District Con- ficially requested the ComHerninio Teves of the Third gressman Jing Paras. mission on Elections to District insists that politics Teves also criticized the place the first district is the reason behind the am- transfer of the survivors notTurn to page 10

Paras refutes allegation on ambush involvement

ongressman Jerome Paras simply because he is the political opponent of the La Libertad Mayor said it does not mean that he is involved in whatever ways in the recent ambush in La Libertad. For the supporters of Paras, he is a convenient scapegoat, and a victim of intrigues but may be converted into more political sympathy in his favor and that of his wife Olive who is running for the 1st district congressional seat. Paras insists that the effort to link him to the ambush slay is meant to gain sympathy from the public for the candidacy of his wife’s rival La Libertad Mayor Jocelyn Limkaichong. But he acknowledged that that it is true that there is politics behind the ambush but he has no hand in it. Clearly it was the handiwork of the NPA in La Libertad which owned up to it already but the truth is now being twisted by the Limkaichong camp, he adds.

Angara urges “all-out peace”

OPEZ , Quezon - Senator Edgardo J. Angara said that seeking “all-out peace” in dealing with problems of political dissent and insurgency is the best policy for government as there is no better option than securing the peace through negotiations and broadening the country’s democratic space. Angara, Chair of the Senate Committee on the Peace and Reconciliation, said that the policy of “all-out peace” will better serve the country from a “strategic and pragmatic standpoint.” Angara said that shortly after assuming the presidency in 2001, President Arroyo announced she would adopt a policy of seeking “all-out peace” in dealing with insurgency-related problems. “The country should live by that noble and universally-acclaimed principle of seeking all-out peace,” said Angara . Angara said that a “tit for tat” policy is Turn to page 10

Maquiling versus Ablong return bout of the year Many thought that his association with former Mayor Ipe Remollo, who was extremely vilified because of an alleged anomalous contract in purchasing the heavy equipments, contributed to his narrow defeat in the hands of incumbent Vice-Mayor William Ablong. However, Woodrow ning mate and the cause they Vice mayor Wiliam Maquiling would say then are fighting together. Ablong is equally unperturbed since he strongly bethat, had he won, he canNow, he is more than not afford to work under ready to work in order to dis- lieves of his capacity and the administration of lodge his closest rival at the track record which would Mayor Agustin Perdices. city hall, albeit in tandem with be enough to carry him to For him it was a ques- second district board member his third and final term. Ablong stressed that he tion of loyalty to his run- Arturo Umbac. Turn to page 14

New Sugar Mill and Co-Generation Plant in Panay Island is looking for additional qualified personnel: REGISTERED

- Mechanical Engineers Electrical Engineers

GRADUATES OF - Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Work experience in their respective fields is an advantage. Visayan residents are preferred. Interested applicants may submit their Application Letter, Comprehensive Bio-Data and Transcript of Record with recent 2 x 2 picture to: CENTRAL AZUCARERA DE SAN ANTONIO, INC. (CASA) 5th Floor, Legaspi Towers 200 Paseo de Roxas, Makati City Fax No.: (02) 813-9079 Email: casa_asc@yahoo.com

CASA Plant Site Brgy. Cadilang, Passi City Fax No. (033) 311-6081 Email: casa_site@yahoo.com

Central Azucarera de Bais Bais Central, Bais City, Neg. Or. Fax No. (035) 541-5120 Email: baisfined2@hotmail.com

CASA MANAGEMENT

LOT FOR SALE 6 PARZELLEN 1 x 220 sq.m. & 5 x 240 sq.m. sq.m., P1,100.00 Clean Title LOCATION: Magatas Barangay Road, Brgy. Magatas, Sibulan, Negros Oriental (only 800 – meters North from Camanjac National High School. CONTACT:

MRS. NICO SARAÑA MARX Greenville Subd., Camanjac, Dumaguete City

Tel. No. (035) 420-1398.

Location: Along KM. 9.10 in Ajong Sibulan Highway

PRINCIPAL Author of the following Laws & Bills: R.A. 9367 Biofuels Act of 2006; R.A. 9165 Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002; R.A. 8978 An Act Establishing Mt. Kitanglad Mountain Range as a Protected Area; R.A. 9166 AFP Rate Base Pay Increase Act; R.A. 9125 An Act Protecting the Northern Sierra Madre Mountain Range; R.A. Senatoriable Migz Zubiri answers the penetrating questions of the local media in Dumaguete City 9211 An Act Banning Sale of Cigaduring his barnstorming campaign spree. To his left is Gov. George Arnaiz who listens intently. rettes to Minors; R.A. 9064 Athletes Compensation Act; R.A. 9163 Optional ROTC Act; R.A. 9237 An Act EstablishFrom page 1 ers during a jampacked Unity, is a noted environ- is Gov George Arnaiz who tion And Protection Of ing Mt. Apo as a Protected Area ; R.A. free concert in the Free- mentalist and countryside is running for Congress. Wildlife Resources and An 9147 Wildlife Conservation Act; R.A. dom Park by the River development advocate. Arnaiz could be helping Act Providing for ComMaya group which Zuibiri He commented that the Zubiri in his Negros Orien- plete Protection Of The 9275 Clean Air Act; HB01340 Increase in Pension of all Retired Government sponsored. He also met DENR should have two tal campaign by bringhing Mount Kitanglad Range. the local press and elo- main departments, one that his cause to the people esZubiri said he intends Employees; HB01367 Promotion of quently answered ques- will monitor the laws on en- pecially in the mountains. to continue pushing for the tions in both English and vironment and another, one MIGZ ZUBIRI has passage of the proposed Bio-Organic Farming Bill; R.A 9161 Cebuano he claiming bethat will go to the field and authored several landmark bill that will strengthen for- Rent Control Law ; HB00978 ing a BIS-DAK, Bisayang implement them. In this pro-environment bills which est management policies, Barangay Workers Benefits Bill; D a k o . way, temptation to corrup- include: the Biofuels Act of such as in commercial timtion will be minimized if not 2006, The Act To Revise ber farming, selective har- HB00994 LGU Empowerment Bill; ZUBIRI, who is running eliminated because there is The Philippine Environ- vesting and protection of HB01460 Drinking Water Regulation for senator under the ad- a check and balance. mental Code, The Act Pro- remaining primary and Bill; HB01008 Workers Rights Bill; at ministrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; s Team Showing visible support viding For The ConservaTurn to page 23 marami pang iba.

Zubiri zooms into Negros ...

12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345 April 1, 2007 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345

THE MAGNETIC PULL OF THE DIVINE

(Part II) One classic story about the instrumentality of a person in the conversion of another is that of St. Augustine. Augustine was a free-wheeling youth in Italy. He was such a libertine that he refused all the invitations of others for him to follow Christ. Even the preaching of Ambrose (the silver-tongued) did not move him to conversion. But what clinched it for Augustine’s Dr. PROCESO UDARBE faith was his own mother’s fervent love for Christ and fervent prayers for her son. Somehow this exemplary faith of Monica rubbed off on the young man who eventually became one of the greatest thinkers of the Church. Moreover, have you experienced, yourself, that in your human heart, there wells up a yearning, a hope, or a view of the transcendent? St. Paul, according to the book of Acts, speaking to pagans in Athens tells them that “God is not far from anyone of us; for we are God’s offspring; for in God we live and move and have our being. How are we moved to grasp the magnetic pull of the transcendent? Don’t you think that it comes about naturally? A famous German theologian was walking in the open field one day on a misty, cloudy day. A boy was flying a kite. The kite was nowhere to be seen; it was hidden behind the clouds. The theologian asked the boy: “But son, how do you know the kite is still

Turn to page 18

TODAY’S

GOSPEL

Palm Sunday Sometimes when we make a decision we know that it is not going to be accepted by those around us. At these times we have to be ready to accept the consequences of our decision. There is no point complaining about it as we have chosen that particular decision in the first place. Isaiah speaks of a righteous man who refuses to fight back against the ridicule and persecution of people around him. Let us pray for the grace that we will be strong enough to stand for Christ no matter what others might think about us or do to us. 1st Reading Isaiah 50:4-7 The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word

NO, I don’t mean that love is about double-dealing, hypocrisy or cha meleonic deception. Much less is it a form of madness, a kind of bi polar psychological disorder involving multiple personalities. Sadly, some people have mistaken love to be those, aside from accusing it of being blind. Thus, it is important that lovers be mature persons to be able to distinguish love from its dangerous look-alikes. There’s one consistent and unchanging core in love. It is to give oneself unstintingly to another. But it is in its nature to be highly versatile, inventive, flexible, creative. Love cannot be caught stuck in only one rigid form of expresis fiercely perceptive and choosy. And it picks what is best for the beloved. If anyone says he is in love and does not feel this dynamics of love, he better see a doctor or psychiatrist or a spiritual director. He most likely is sick. A lover by nature enjoys some fullness of life. His condition transcends earthly factors. A lover does not know boredom. He ignores tiredness and buries complacency and passivity. A certain ardor burns in his heart. For discretion, he may not show these externally. But inside him, he is all in flames. Of course, it helps in loving for one to be gifted with an open, warm and sunshiny disposition. But a lot more is needed. Love requires all the virtues, and true love actu-

sion. It sings and dances with any tune. Thus, you have St. Paul saying, “To the Jews, I became a Jew that I might gain the Jews…To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might save all.” (1 Cor 9) Amazing, don’t you agree? This is because love always feels the need to adapt itself always to its beloved. It’s never selfish. It’s joy is in the beloved’s joy. And it’s not blind at all. It

FR. ROY CIMAGALA

playing games. Again, we hear St. Paul saying, “I can do all things in him who strengthens me.” (Phil 4,13) God is the power proper to love. Without God, love is doomed to failure. This is the kind of love that can fuse and blend contrasting qualities, unavoidable in loving, one soft the other hard, one lenient and tolerant the other strict and impatient, one sweet the other bitter. If we look at Christ, God’s full revelation to us, that’s what we see. Extremely nice to us, he allows us to use our freedom and even to sin. At the same time, he is extremely hard as to ask us to carry the cross with him and enter by the narrow gate. In him, the tension between freedom and obedience, mercy and justice,

joy and suffering, patience and prompt action, compassion and correction, truth and discretion, etc., is overcome. This skill to resolve contrasting values, only possible in Christ and with Christ, is what we have to attain. For this we need to study his doctrine and example, we need to develop virtues, we need nothing less than grace. With all the profusion of things these days, driven by ever developing technologies, and the corresponding profusion of mentalities, styles, situations, etc., we need to rev up our capacity to love by learning to be as versatile as Christ himself.

ally spawns and develops them. Yes, love is synonymous with fertility. This is because love itself is the mother virtue. The other virtues cover only so much. Love covers the whole spectrum of all possible human conditions. Its what gives meaning, order and direction to all the other virtues. And neither is love an onand-off affair. It needs to work and function all the time. In fact, it should go with the very beating of the heart, since it actually is the language proper to the heart. Still a lot more is needed for us to love properly. We need God, for God is love. He is the source, pattern and end of love. We can only love properly when we are with God. Otherwise, we will just be

Turn to page 17

HISTORICAL NOTES

Visayan practices in 1600s BY: REV. FR. ROMAN C. SAGUN. JR.

Also for Businessmen and Professionals:

Courtesy of the book History of Negros (1980) by Fr. Angel Martinez Cuesta, OAR, herewith are some practices of our Visayan forebears showing how their moral standards to be far from being high. “We have trustworthy reports on their drunkenness,” Fr. Martinez Cuesta writes. “Any banquet or ritual feast was an occasion of drinking although as (Ignacio Francisco) Alcina and (Miguel de) Loarca say they did not push their drunkenness to extremes. ‘They love wine,’ says Loarca, ‘which they make from rice and palm trees. However they rarely are driven to anger by it because they sleep their drunkenness away.’” This Spanish Recollect historian continues: “The sexual behavior of the Visayans was unquestionably what most shocked the Spaniards. The fact that the Visayan made no bones about what he did shocked them further for they were used to a greater degree of dissimulation. They were especially taken aback by the fact that mothers sold their daughters

and that husbands easily forgave adultery on the part of their wives, and by the general contempt for pre-marital virginity. As (Antonio de) Morga says ‘there were men whose trade it was to deprive maidens of their virginity since it was deemed an impediment to their marriage to be virgins.’ “Abortion was frequent because an abundance of children was considered to be a grievance and there were persons who devoted themselves to this trade … As to marriage, it was the parents who chose the mate and the choice was made while their children were still very young. The groom was bound to pay by way of dowry to the father of the bride a sum of money that Loarca says was for the upper classes between five hundred to six hundred pesos. If he did not have this amount he

BCBP Info

Proper use of Prophecy By: Os Hillman

For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God. – (Romans 8:14).

FR. ANGEL MARTINEZ CUESTA, OAR was bound to work for free for his father-in-law for a time sufficient to satisfy this sum. If after having served his future in-laws, the groom changed his mind and did not wish to marry the girl, he had no claim for the value of his work. From the time that he began his services, the groom came to live

in the house of his

Turn to page 10

The Bible says there is only one intermediary between God and man, and that is Jesus. False prophets and teachers often function like intermediaries. When God sent the prophet Nathan to David, it was for the purpose of bringing conviction in order to establish righteousness. In the Church age, bringing conviction is a primary ministry of the Holy Spirit. The proper use of the gift of prophecy would reveal unrighteousness in order to establish people in Christ. Once people are living righteously with the Lord, the Holy Spirit will lead them. False gifts will not consistently promote holiness but often will specify decisions concerning direction in life. That function is the role of the Holy Spirit alone (Romans 8:14). Some churches encourage their members, including the immature, to come into the fullness of the Spirit with manifestations. I ask, “Why not the fullness of the truth?” It’s the fullness of the truth the Holy Spirit has promised to lead us into. I’m deeply concerned for young converts in ministries that push for them to seek total manifestations of the Spirit. Many have not had the time to understand the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets. The church at Corinth had similar problems. They were exhorted by Paul to get back to the basics of faith, hope and love, and govern very closely the use of tongues and prophecies in public worship because God does everything decently and in order (1 Corinthians 14:40). If a person or church is earnestly seeking the Lord, God will work through the lines of authority He has established in His Word. Father, protect me from false teaching and guide me into all truth by Your Spirit.

123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456 April 1, 2007 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456

Visayan ... From page 8

April 2

* ACSAT Honors Day & Baccalaureate Mass 8:30am-11:30am Jordan 1&2 * Congratulations! Marigold Bataculin 6pm-8pm Agape

* Nestle Phils. Meeting 8am-5pm Agape

* Stephane & Jedidah Wedding Reception 2pm-5pm Jordan 1&2

The Environmental... (From page 4) of carbon dioxide annually. Below is a list of things “We Can Do” as world citizens out to save the environment, which

we should read and put to heart, cut out and make copies of and give to friends and relatives:

(CUT FROM HERE AND PASS TO FRIENDS) CALL TO ACTION: BE CONSCIOUS of using too much paper and plastic. Paper comes from trees while plastics are non-biodegradable. USE FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULBS instead of incandescent bulbs so you can keep 700 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the air over the bulb’s lifetime. PAINT you home with light color to save 5,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. REFUSE PLASTIC BAGS from stores if your items are handy enough for you to carry. LESSEN your consumption for DETERGENTS for your household needs. USE INSULATORS for your roofs and walls to reduce the amount of energy to cool your homes. RESORT TO RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES to lessen the damage of the disposable ones. CLEAN AND CHECK your appliances for well functioning to consume less energy. STRICTLY FOLLOW THE WASTE SEGREGATION policy implemented in your locality. Don’t BURN your trash. LIMIT YOUR CAR SPEED to 60-80 kph to save gas and decrease emission. Let us do our share in preserving Mother Nature!

MO VING? MOVING? Call: Lipat-Bahay Francis TRUCKING SERVICES 225-2365 0920-779-7378

Colon Ext. Taclobo, Dumaguete City

future in-laws and hence, usually lived in marital relations with his bride. “For this reason, the missionaries tried to abolish this practice but they were not successful. As late as 1815, the bishop of Cebu, Joaquin Encabo, bitterly complained of the moral damage that this practice was producing in his diocese since marriage did not take place till the groom paid and served in full. Both divorce and polygamy were accepted but were rarely in practice since the amount paid as dowry made these practices a luxury.” All students of the local history in the Island of Negros must be grateful to Fr. Angel Martinez Cuesta for thus painting a picture of our forefathers in their true colors more than four centuries ago.

Local dads ... From page 6 raise more revenues. It was also cited as the reason why the country’s fiscal position has become more stable which strengthened the favorable perception on the country’s economic prospects. However, some opposition figures questioned the timing of the release and expressed fear that it might be used to buy votes for the administration backed candidates. Administration officials

MULTIMEDIA PROJECTOR COMPUTERS PROJECTORSCREENS LAPTOPS PRINTERS/HUBS AND OTHER OFFICE EQUIPMENT FOR RENT FOR INQUIRIES PLEASE CALL 09197079402 * 09183531784

Teves rejects ...

Angara urges ...

From page 6

under poll body’s control which would mean that the agency shall be in charge of its local governments, police and military.

“costly, diverts state funds away from development and engages the country’s soldiers in pockets of avoidable wars.” Money that can be saved from waging costly anti-insurgency campaigns can be otherwise used for modernizing the military for external threats, work of the

retorted that these funds cannot be utilized this campaign season owing to the election ban.

army engineering brigades, civic missions that would help endear the military to the people,” said Angara . Angara said that a combination of sincere commitment to peaceful negotiations and dramatic economic and political reforms would isolate the dissidents who just want to overthrow the government to seize state power from those who want to better the lives of Filipinos.

C & L Suites Inn Perdices St. Dgte. City Tel. No. 225-6219 / 422-9671 Residencia Maximo Along E.J. Blanco Drive, Dgte. City Tel. No. 422-2361

“Ideal haven for visitors to unwind in a

spacious place away from home”

GOLDEN SUN FINANCE CORPORATION

“Attending to your financial needs is our business.”

Offers: Real Estate Loans; Vehicle, Tricycle, Motorcycle Loans; SSS,AFP,US, GSIS Pension Loans; Teachers’ Salary Loans with 1.5% interest rate perSmonth. ta. R o s a c o rr.. M a bini Sts.; Duma guete City Ro ab ag S t a . R o s a c o r. M a b i n i S t s . ; D u m a g u e t e C i t y Te l # 2 2 5 - 9 6 5 6 F ax No Fa o.. 2 2 5 - 9 6 5 8

THAI BORAN MASSAGE The Ancient Thai Food & Body Massage Silliman Avenue, Dumaguete City, Beside Chantilly For Inquiries or Reservations Please contact us at 422-7935 and look for Roel or Ryan

Robert Placencia 0919-621-7006 Capistrano Tan 0918-419-5402 Dennis Imbo 0906-271-0703 Joselito Galura 0916-420-9026 Benjamin Badiango 0918-561-5164 Segundo Maray 0919-376-1864 Danny Amantillo 0906-804-8803 Boy Poblacion 0915-363-4662 Danilo Sabanal 0906-877-0707 Salve Dael 0916-507-5191 Barry Badon 0918-546-8324 Jun Badon 0920-893-6658 Jack Babor Jr. 0927-238-2497 Manuel Bagalando 0919-646-3786 Absalon Bantigue 0917-612-8558 Charlie Maranga 0919-222-5585 Junior Tuballa 0919-602-3439 Manuel Yang 0920-834-3043 Eberto Amiscaray 0927-769-9998 Teodoro Inid 0926-478-2987 Artimio Enopia 0917-732-6565 Joel Lingcong 0910-681-5707 Richard Magabilin 0916-310-1776 Jovencio Gravador 0919-771-4691 Maximo Teves 0921-841-8539 Joseph Limbaga 0927-834-5023 Anecito Floreno 0919-728-1528 Jojo Cabataña 0918-649-2132 Boy Legaspi 0919-632-3986 Junny Monopollo 0921-480-3388

Janjan Legaspi 0919-441-4847 Dionesio Labe 0919-585-2850 Roy Facturan 0921-214-7920 Ricky Facturan 0919-493-9004 Enrique “Rique” Godes 0919-776-4079 James Gutib -oDominador Tuballa 0920-738-6353 Bejamin Vallega 0926-653-7998 Mario Dolar 0919-305-6400 Jerry Lincong 0919-455-1811 Elmer Raaging 0921-207-1789 Audie Calugcugan -oMarvin Saloma 0919-423-6167 Rene Jalandoni -oMario Fabillar 0910-390-5510 Rocky Capino -oTimy Yrad -oRuel Ubat 0920-817-7576 Rico Abrasaldo -oJerry Saguban -oReynold Lingcong -oJolen Elman -oJohn Paul Villaflores -oJV Cabugnason -oJury Bandian -oJessie Legaspi 0906-463-7518 Romar Loygos 0917-474-2650 Porferio Jaran -oRoque Salmorin 0926-948-4327 Jun Arcilla -o-

FOR RENT

AP AR TMENT / BACHELOR’S PAD APAR ARTMENT located in front of DOJ E.J. Blanco Drive, Dgte. City

Contact Inday 225-0756 or John Don 226-2362

Call: 226-2500 Perdices St.

Plaza Maria Luisa Suites Inn Legaspi St., Dumaguete City

Tel. 225-7994

BUGLAS B AMBOO INSTITUTE-PHILIPPINES BAMBOO (Philippine Bamboo Industry) Have available bamboo products like crafts, architectural designs, housing supplies and furnitures. Proceeds will go to our RESEARCH and PROPAGATION Project. For more details, please see Julie Noble – National Project Coordinator, Maayong Tubig, Dauin, Negros Oriental.

12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212 April 1, 2007 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212

POLITICAL VIOLENCE? or Plain Arson?

Ashes are what were left of Kagawad Windel dela Cruz’s house. As a result of the arsonic deeds of known male-factors.

recent violence occurred on March 18, 2007 at Sitio Kala-aw, Barangay Elecia where a house owned by Kagawad Windel dela Cruz was burned to ashes. Also burned with it were construction materials for a DPWH project placed at the said house for safekeeping. Windel is a known supporter of a candidate for mayor of La Libertad, Engr. Bow Moreno, who is supported by Cong. Jing Paras. A witness, Romeo P. Faburada who saw the act of arson being committed, pinpointed a certain Bernard Elebado, notoriously known as “Gamay” as the perpetrator of the said crime. Bernard or “Gamay” is a known supporter of the Elecia Barangay Captain Menda T. Cabasag and Mayor Limkaichong and according to Mr. Bow Moreno, Gamay was used by Limkaichong to harass his followers at Brgy. Elecia. According to police investigation, Barangay Captain Cabasag admitted that it was Gamay who did it and assured PNP Task Force Chief Col. Cabanag that she will surrender Gamay to the authorities which until now she did not do. A case of arson is now filed at the Provincial Prosecution Office. In a separate incident at the same Barangay, Mr. Bow Moreno stated that Gamay also shot to death the brother of Lornito Alberto, a known supporter of his. This shows the kind of politics the Limkaichongs apply in La Libertad. Politics of violence, intimidation and terrorism. Bow Moreno fur-

ther stated that he cannot believe that Josy Limkaichong being a woman at that and bragging of being a good Christian can apply this kind of politics. It seems that she is so desperate to win. But he reminds the Limkaichongs: politics is freedom; politics is free choice. You cannot force the people. So Mr. Moreno hopes they should change their tactics of political terrorism. You can see there is a pattern of violence and terrorism perpetrated on the followers of Bow Moreno and Cong. Jing Paras. A month ago based on a case filed, a certain Pamor was killed by Brgy. Captain Angel Gimpayan of Kansumandig, La Libertad. From the records of the case, it is said that Brgy. Capt. Gimpayan is a strong supporter of Limkaichong. And Pamor, who hails from Banwagi, Guihulngan is a Moreno and Paras supporter. From reports, allegedly Josy Limkaichong was the one who put up bail for Gimpayan on his case of illegal possession of firearms. Earlier, the same Angel Gimpayan was caught red handed by Col. Buenafe, PNP Provincial Director for illegal possession of firearms and violation of the gun ban. The case is now filed.

PAID AD/BOW MORENO

KNOW YOUR LOCAL CANDIDATES COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS CERTIFIED LIST OF CANDIDATES14 MAY 2007 NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS FOR THE PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS CONGRESSMAN 1 District 1. LIMKAICHONG, Jocelyn Sy 2. PARAS, Jerome Villegas 3. PARAS, Olivia Peralta 4. ROBLE, Danilo Casipong

PARTY AFFILIATION

Lakas-CMD Nacionalista Party KAMPI Independent

SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN MEMBERS 1st District 1. BESARIO, Roy Philips Singco 2. BROMO, Lea Ga 3. JABEL, Eric Repollo 4. KOPPIN, Jessica Jane Villanueva 5. MARTINEZ, Rodolfo Acab 6. PARAS, Jerome Jose Feliciano 7. TRINIDAD, Anthony Hernandez 8. VILLEGAS, Napoleon Jr. Escalona 9. YU, Michael Bustamante

2nd District 1. ANIÑON, Raul Silorio Independent Nationalist People’s Coalition nd 2. ARNAIZ, George Planto 2 District 3. MONTAÑO, Ramon Enriquez (UNO) Liberty Party 1. ERAMES, Saleto Jayme 3rd District 1. CUBALAN, Henry Banquil 2. JORDAN, Edgar Locsin 3. TEVES, Edgar Ybañez 4. TEVES, Pryde Henry Alipit GOVERNOR 1. MACIAS, Emilio II Cabrera 2. TORRES, Samuel Balbuena VICE-GOVERNOR 1. BALDADO, Jose Anfone

Independent Independent (UNO) Liberal Party Lakas

2. ESCAÑO VILLEGAS, Mariant E. 3. MACIAS, Erwin Michael Lopez 4. SAYCON, Melimore Cadiente

3rd District 1. ADANZA, Marcelo Galicano 2. DEGAMO, Roel Ragay 3. ELTANAL, Dionisio Peñaranda Nationalist People’s Coalition 4. TIJING, Ernesto Teves (Liberal Party Chairman) 5. YAP, Teopisto Jr. Ferrero Independent Certified true and correct: 30 March 2007 KAMPI

Mayors & Vice Mayors (LIST TO BE MADE AVAILABLE NEXT ISSUE)

Nacionalista Party KAMPI Lakas-CMD Lakas-CMD KAMPI Nacionalista Party Nacionalista Party KAMPI Lakas-CMD Nationalist People’s Coalition NPC Nationalist People’s Coalition Nationalist People’s Coalition Lakas-CMD Lakas-CMD Independent Lakas-CMD Nationalist People’s Coalition

COMISSION ON ELECTIONS CONSOLIDATED STATISTICAL DATA FOR 2007 ELECTIONS

I hereby certify that the forgoing data are true and correct based on our records.

New Jo’s By the Sea definitely a place to go

Kasaligans answer public queries at DYEM program

Just inaugurated last Wednesday, the new JO’S BY THE SEA is a scenic and Mayor Perdices answers questions from the public over DYEM’s Tonight “public affairs program as Vice Mayor Ablong and sprawling restaurant and bar that savors fresh sea foods while customers “Dumaguete DanDan Teves Leon listens. are treated with a panoramic view of the Tanon strait . Owned by fast chicken food chain magnate Josephine Ng, and managed by her son JunJun, the new place to bring your guests at night is located at kilometer 9.10 away at Ajong Sibulan. Following the grand opening of McDonalds in the city of Dumaguete, another

Mister Donut to set shop here

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 7th Judicial Region Branch 64 Guihulngan, Negros Oriental

Spouses MARIO EROJA and EDNA CANOY Plaintiffs, – versus – Spouses FRANCISCO ORALDE and EMMA CLERIGO, Defendants.

CIVIL CASE NO. 04-001-C FOR: SUM OF MONEY DAMAGES and APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY ATTACHMENT

x—————————————————————/

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF EMBARGO and NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION ON REAL PROPERTY

WHEREAS, on the 18 day of December, 2006, the Regional Trial Court, Branch 64, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental, issued a Writ of Execution in the above entitled case, commanding the Sheriff to demand from herein defendants the immediate payment of the sum of the amounts contained in the decision of the above entitled case and ordering defendants Spouses Francisco Oralde and Emma Clerigo to pay to plaintiff Spouses Mario Eroja and Edna Canoy the sum of P66,000.00 as debt, P7,500.00 for each four (4) months from November 2003 until payment date as lost income, P20,000.00 as moral damages, P2,000.00 and exemplary damages and 20% of above damages as attorney’s fees, plus lawful fees and incidental expenses for the service of the execution; WHEREAS, by virtue of the aforesaid Writ of Execution, and upon request of the plaintiffs-winning parties through their counsel Atty. Anthony H. Trinidad, the undersigned Sheriff, hereby LEVIED, upon execution (embargo) all the rights, interests, shares and participation which defendants Spouses Francisco Oralde and Emma Clerigo, being solidarily liable, has/have or might have herein parcel of land, together with the buildings and other improvements existing thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. EP-944 A parcel of land, Lot No. 2559, Cad-782-D, C-5 being a portion of Lot 2948-D-1 Psd-60577, situated at Bayog, Canlaon City, containing an area of SIXTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTEEN (16,516) SQUARE METERS, more or less. WHEREAS, in pursuance of the aforesaid Writ of Execution and in compliance with Section 15, Rule 39 of the 1997 New Rules of Civil Procedure, the undersigned Sheriff, hereby announces that he will sell at public auction to the highest bidder/buyer for cash and in Philippine Currency on April 11, 2007, at 9:00 o’clock in the morning until 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Office of the Sheriff, located at RTC, Branch 64, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental, Philippines, all the rights, interests, shares and participation which the defendants-judgment debtors, Spouses Francisco Oralde and Emma Clerigo has/have or might have, the above-described parcels of land together with the buildings and other improvements existing thereon. Copies of the Sheriff’s Notice of Public Auction on Real Properties shall be posted in at least three (3) public conspicuous places in the City of Canlaon where the abovedescribed properties are situated within 20 days before the date of the sale and another copy shall be posted at the Office of the Sheriff of RTC, Branch 64, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental where the sale shall be conducted. This notice of public auction shall be published in the local newspaper for once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks. Prospective buyers/bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles and the tax declaration above-described and the encumbrances existing thereon if any there be. Dated this 8th day of March, 2007 at the Office of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 64, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental, Philippines. th

(Sgd.) RICKY V. MONTEJAR Sheriff IV

I-Cards extended Peter C. Bueno, Alien Control Officer of

the Bureau of Immigration disclosed the extension of the validity of ACR I-Cards of permanent residents until June 30, 2007 per Memorandum Order No. AFF-2007-009. But this might change once revoked in order to implement the 5-year validity period. For those who have inquiries are advised to visit his office at Door No. 8 Lu Pega Building, 38 Dr. V. Locsin Street, Dumaguete City.

food chain is mulling to open some branches in the downtown area or at the city’s public market. Attracted by its favorable business environment and the growing population who absolutely loves to eat, Mister Donut will soon be-

come the latest investor that would manifest their vote of confidence to the city’s potential as a promising investment hub in the region.

Deped postpones Council Jamborette O

riginally scheduled on March 16-20, the 11th Council-wide Jamborette has been postponed to June 20-24 to be held at Mantapi, Bayawan City. The purpose of the ac- gears, tents and food provitivity is to provide the scouts sion that would last for at the opportunity to improve least five days. their talents and skills in the They are also expected field of scouting and the to pay their own fare and dealings of friendship. Each District is re- prepare a registration fee of quested to send at least one Php 250.00 to defray exTroop of 32 boy scouts who penses for souvenir items, are duly registered and certificates and administrative expenses. physically fit. This year’s theme is The participants must bring with them their Type “Isang Mundo, Isang A or B uniforms, camping Panagako.”

NBN 4 airs Healing Mass Every Sunday from 8:00 am to 9:00 am, the Talitha-Kum Healing Mass on TV sponsored by the St. Peter Catholic

Charismatic Community is aired live by the government station National Broadcasting Network Channel 4. Reverend Father Joey Faller is the celebrator of the mass and he is inviting everyone to experience God’s healing power in the Eucharist by tuning in to the program every week.

Lay minister wins chess tourney Youthful lay minister Almer Banara trounced Joebert Lee Antonio in their finals match in the recently concluded 1st Teodor D. Nacar Sr. Memorial Chess Championship held at the Negros Club 64, Inc. at the Capitol Area. Engineer Teodor Nacar Jr., incumbent club president, awarded the cash prize and trophies to Banara (First Place), Antonio (Second Place). A total of 40 participants wracked their brains in 5 round Swiss elimination wYohere the top 8 advance into a single knock out championship rounds.

Mister Donut is a large doughnut franchise. Once an American icon, the franchise now operates mainly in Japan and other Asian markets.

11th Annual BSP elections

residents of uni versities and colleges, Department of Education Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents, District Commissioners, Headquarter Principals, School Heads, District / Area Chairmen converged at the Boy Scout of the Philippines Headquarters and elected four regular members of the Executive Board last Friday. They also participated during the plenary sessions which deliberated on new policies to strengthen the objective of the BSP to train future leaders of the country. The whole morning scouting event culminated with a luncheon. Thereafter, the participants proceeded to elect their new officers for 2007.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION

FOR MERCEDES T. GOÑI

COMELEC

This is to invite all interested parties, stakeholders and residents of the Municipality of Sibulan, Negros Oriental, specifically Barangay Looc for the Public Hearing on the proposed 2.8 Hectares Economic and Socialized housing project of the Ubay Orillaville Estate Corporation on April 14, 2007, a Saturday at the Barangay Hall of Looc at exactly 9 a.m. This notice of publication is for the purpose of the project planning and ECC application and to allow those interested parties, individuals and stakeholders to raise their issues, concerns and apprehensions on the proposed project.

From page 15 those trying to expose the distortions and lies are be-

ing ruthlessly silenced and crushed. Gore claims scientists have “100% consensus on Global Warming”, Richard S. Lindzen, Atmospheric Physicist, states that is “flat out incorrect”. He also said, “….I can not stress enough-we are not in a position to confidently attribute past climatic change to CO2 or to forecast what the climate will

Maquiling ... From page 6 will focus on strengthening the family as a basic social unit in order to resolve the problems of the city. He cited the passage of the curfew ordinance which prohibits minors from going out in the wee hours of the night and the outlawing of Tigbakay as among the measures designed to protect the family. Both candidates are now busy preparing for their respective campaign sorties as supporters of Maquiling stressed that he is fit to join the political fray even if he has just undergone an operation.

be in the future. “Alfred P. Solan, Professor of Meteorology at MIT, states, “A general characteristic of Mr. Gore’s approach is to assiduously ignore the fact that the earth and its climate are dynamic; they are always changing even without any external forcing. To treat all changes as something to fear is bad enough; to do so in order to exploit that fear is much worse.” Gore supporter, Social Scientist Nancy Oreskes claimed that all the scientific papers on global climate change, between 1993 to 2003 (Web of Knowledge Database) “supported Al Gore’s view.” Examination of these papers revealed out of 913 research papers by top scientists only 13 supported that view. Roy Spencer, University of Alabama research scientist, criticized Al Gore’s findings in an open letter. “Temperature measurements in the artic suggest that it was just as warm there in the 1930’s…. before most greenhouse gas emissions” He also states references global warming, “…we have no idea how much you can attribute to mankind.” Tim Ball, climatology professor University of Winnipeg, revealed Gore’s cooking of scientific facts to suit his bias agenda, “The survey Gore cites was a single transect

NO TIME

for GOD ?

I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to do, Must hurry off and get to work, For bills would soon be due. And so I rattled a hurried prayer, Jumped up from off my knees. My Christian duty now was done, My soul could be at ease.

First, the facts: Mercedes T. Goñi and Hector Villanueva both ran for the position of mayor of the City of Bais, Negros Oriental in the May 10, 2004 National and Local Elections. On the, basis of the results of the canvassing of votes showing Hector Villanueva with 16,934 votes, Villanueva was proclaimed on June 30, 2004, by the Bais City Board of Canvassers, as duly elected to the post. His closest rival, Mercedes Goñi obtained 16,865. Villanueva led her by 69 votes. Before revision, the total number of votes credited to Villanueva is 16,934 and to Goñi, 16,865. Proceeding from said data, the Commission makes a final determination of the results which are presented in the following tabular computation; to wit: HECTOR C. VILLANUEVA Votes obtained per Canvass of Votes Less: invalidated votes Add: Valid claimed ballots TOTAL gases in the air.” He continues,” There is no reliable evidence for increased severity or frequency of storms, droughts or floods that can be related to the air’s increased greenhouse gas content.” I can literally fill this paper with similar quotes from reputable scientists that say NONscientist, tree hugger, Al Gore is wrong. Why is this an important issue? First because people here are terrified. Dumaguete City will be under 20 feet of water in the near future unless we stop driving our cars and farting. Second, and more importantly, history proves gov-

YUSAY CREDIT AND FINANCE CORPORATION

All through the day I had no time, This Breakfast To speak a word of cheer. NO TIME to speak of Christ to friends,could yet change They’d laugh at me I feared. your Life. NO TIME, NO TIME, so much to do, That was my constant cry. NO TIME to give to those in need;

At last, t’was time for me to die…. And when before the Lord I came, I stood with downcast eyes, With his hands He held a book, T’was the BOOK OF LIFE. Brotherhood of He looked into the book and said, Christian Businessmen “Your name I cannot find, and Professionals I once was going to write it down But never found the TIME.”

FREE BREAKFAST for First Timers Just cut out and present this invitation to: Bethel Guest House: 1st Saturday 7:30 a.m. Nerisse: 2nd & 3rd Saturday, 7:30 a.m.

“Trusted for Fast and Personalized Service” offers: Real Estate Loan * Chattel (Vehicle) Loan * Pension Loan for as

LOW as 2% interest PER MONTH and as HIGH as 60% COLLATERAL VALUATION

* no collection fee

* no hidden charges

TeleFax number: (035) 225-7114

16,865 - 38 ———— 16,827 164 ———— 16,991 vvvvvv

After revision and appreciation of the contested as well as the claimed ballots of protestant and protestee in the protested and counter-protested precincts, we find VILLANUEVA leads GOÑI by a margin of eighty six (86) votes. Protestee Villanueva is therefore the winner of the city of Bais mayoral post.

RESOL UTION RESOLUTION

across part of the Artic basin in the month of October during the 1960’s when we were in the middle of a cooling period. The 1990 runs were done in the warmer month of September, using a wholly different technology” Chris de Fretas, Associate Professor University of Auckland, “There is evidence of global warming, but warming does not confirm that carbon dioxide is causing it.” David Deming, Professor of Geology University of Oklahoma, “The amount of climatic warning that has taken place in the past 150 years is poorly constrained, and its cause-human or natural-is unknown. There is no sound scientific basis for predicting future climate change with any degree of certainty. If the climate does warm it is likely to be beneficial to humanity rather than harmful. In my opinion, it would be foolish to establish national energy policy on the basis of misinformation and irrational hysteria.” Khabibullo Ismailovich Abdusamatov, Russian Academy of Science, “Global warming results not from the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but from an unusually high level of solar radiation and a lengthy, almost throughout the last century, growth in its intensity.” Sallie Baliunas, HarvardSmithsonian Center for Astrophysics, “The recent warming trend in the surface temperature record cannot be caused by the increase of human-made greenhouse

no processing fee

TOTAL

MERCEDES T. GOÑI, Protestant, – versus – HECTOR VILLANUEVA Protestee. x——————————————————x BORRA, R. Z. Presiding Comm.:

COD Bldg., Dr. V. Locsin St., near Dumaguete Police Station, Dumaguete City

BCBP

Add: Valid claimed ballots

EPC No. 2004-64 Promulgated : FIRST DIVISION

By: Ubay Orillaville Estate Corporation

Misfire ...

Votes obtained per Canvass of Votes Less: invalidated ballots

Republic of the Philippines COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS MANILA

16,934 - 38 ———— 16,895 182 ———— 17,077 vvvvvv

WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, the Commission (FIRST DIVISION) DISMISSES the protest for lack of merit. The proclamation of HECTOR C. VILLANUEVA as the duly elected mayor of the City of Bais, Province of Negros Oriental, is AFFIRMED. SO ORDERED.

CER TIFICA TION CERTIFICA TIFICATION This is to certify that the conclusions in the foregoing Resolution were reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Commission (FIRST DIVISION)

ernment policies based on this misinformation and hysteria will cause massive inflation and job loss. I do not care that they are considering Al Gore for the Nobel Peace Prize for “saving the world” with his documentary. They gave

President Jimmy Carter a Nobel Prize for doing almost nothing; they might as well give Al one for doing absolutely nothing. I just want my readers to do some research before they buy this load of panic-crap. THESE ARE THE REAL GLOBAL WARMING CRIMINALS!!!

FOR SALE: House & Lot Along Highway Cadawinonan, Dumaguete City, 115 sq. meters, Asphalted Road, P900T.

DIRECT B UYERS BUYERS

Contact:

0918-929-6047 At the WATERFRONT • Tel. 225-9501 Transient’s favorite • Clean • Low Rates

M er y l Shoe STORE THE CITY SHOE FASHION AVENUE

San Jose St. Dgte. City Tel. 225-8298 / 422-9571

MOTORACE PHILIPPINES #22 San Juan St., Dumaguete City Tel. No. 422-6630 Cell No. 09204765948 Offers the most Affordable Motorcycle Units in Dumaguete City

ST. ROSE FUNERAL PARLOR Tubtubon Sibulan, Infront of Maslog Elementary School.

Tel. No. 225-1880 Cell. No. 09103877177

Everyday Heroes

1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567 Usually columnist Bingo Dejaresco puts bullets on target with his engrossing and interesting column. But his column on global warming was a misfire. Mr. Dejaresco is an avid fan of Al Gore’s movie, “The Inconvenient Truth”. While this is an entertaining film with a lot of facts and striking images, it contains some serious flaws. Instead of an academy award for best documentary film, Al Gore BY KOJAK should have won the award for best science fiction movie. American author Mark Twain vestment of facts”, irresponsibly JAMES HUGHS once wrote in “Life on the Missisthrown in a truck load of conjecsippi” ture and created a world panic. U.S. ARMY, CAPT. (RET.) In the space of one hundred This is bad enough, but it gets and seventy-six years the Lower worse. Global warming has beMississippi has shortened itself two come such a popular fad that anyhundred and forty-two miles…. any one who disagrees with Gore is person can see that seven hundred punished. Scientists who disand forty-two years from now the agree with global warming not Lower Mississippi will be only a mile only are ridiculed but many have and three-quarters long,……… had their research de-funded and There is something fascinating even had threats on their lives. about science. One gets such Millions are being spent on wholesale returns of conjecture out spreading Gore’s fairy tale and of such a trifling investment of fact. Gore has taken a “trifling in-

MISFIRE

Turn to page 14

HER story

123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678 123456789012345678

Sustainable Tourism

Summer is just around the corner. All of us are dream ing of spending lazy days on a sunny beach. This dream is even more attractive if we know that our little escapade can help contribute to sustainable development in the local community at our tourism destination. Indeed, tourism is being advertised as a way to help lift developing countries out of poverty. But can we really be sure that our vacation choice contributes to the sustainable development of local communities? Negros Oriental, for For example, the means JENNY example,has experienced a of transportation required to LIND boom in tourism over the years, get tourists to those commu- ELMACO and the government and the prinities and destinations is invate sector alike acknowledge herently unsustainable. Per that tourism is key to the develpassenger mile travelled, opment of the region. However, carbon dioxide emissions of E-MAIL we should make sure that the aircraft are five times higher jenny.elmaco@yahoo.com actions and decisions made to than those of cars and 20 make our city appealing to visitimes higher than trains. Of tors will not harm instead of imcourse, unless and until new prove the environment and the modes of environmenteconomy as well. Turn to page 16

MUMBAKI

MY JOURNEY WITH CANCER

12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345

Dark Clouds and Crystal Rain

A New Revolution

I received a very sad text message last week. “If I have not failed my statistics class, I could be one of those who will graduate to day. I could have made my mother very happy and proud. I wanted to cry. This is the saddest day of my life.” This is coming from one student who have hoped to graduate this March. She is my student in Audio and Video editing class who has a real talent in Radio and TV production. Her talent may not lie in Statistics but God has given her a unique gift. How many times do we fail? Countless times. Many happy faces lined up for graduation day, especially those who made up to the finished line with flying colors. Some students who barely made it, look with desperation and agony to those who have made it. March is graduation time in the Philippines. Restaurants are full for reservations and celebrations. We have all the reasons to celebrate for the many toils and snares, that one had to go through, to get that most coveted diploma, which says you have finally made it.

I would like to address this article to those who didn’t make it this March. Many times, we learn life’s lessons the hard way. But if we take MUFFET it as a challenge and excel in the field DOLAR we love to pursue, then we can turn VILLEGAS every disappointment into success. Robert Frost, the famous poet was rejected when he sent his article to the Atlantic Monthly in e-mail: 1902.Winston Churchill of England Blue_bell57@yahoo.com was given by his teacher a note in a report card, that says, “A conspicuous lack of success.” Yet he became one of the famous speakers in the twentieth century. The famous Einstein, his theory was rejected by his teacher in Physics and was told that his dissertation was fanciful and irrelevant. Now his fanciful ideas are

Turn to page 18

A Different View

The Philippine Society in particular and the world in general, are dominated and regulated by per ceptions, right or wrong. Righteousness is no longer constant as set forth in the Holy Scripture. Quite sadly, righteousness has become rather relative and dependent upon people’s desires that fit convenience, pride, power and wealth. Worse, righteousness is even thwarted in a judicial system that is too dependent on and overwhelmed by the rules of technicalities rather than enlightened by the heartbeat of truth and justice. This anomaly in our present society could be brought right at the doorsteps of our educational and religious systems which teach pupils, students and seminarians that the grandeur of success is measured by individual amassment of power and wealth. It is a system that is money-driven and self-directed. I thought, perhaps, that as a Christian Republic in the Far East, the educational goal of our vidual fortunes. It should be Government must be ETERNITY a system that teaches how DRIVEN. It must be a system that fulfillment of the Human Soul aims to produce public-minded, adequately satisfies the civic-minded, bible guided, and needs of the Human Body to CHRIST-DRIVEN men and levels that are just enough women conscious of the respon- for a dignified living - the fullsibility which their God-given ness privileges entail. And to dedicate their skills to the service of their fellowmen rather than purely to the advancement of their careers Turn to page 23 and the prosperity of their indi-

Atty. Joel Cadiogan Obar

Footsteps and Fingerprints

Holy Week Today we are entering Holy Week, a time the Church gives us as a sort of stillpoint and stopover every year. It is a time to pause for awhile from our ordinary daily activities and retrace the origins of our faith journey. In so doing, we recharge our life batteries in preparation for the challenges to come.

BOOKS NOT BULLETS Education or more appropriately, the LACK of it, IS A FUEL for Insurgency.IGNORANCE is the veritable mother of poverty and injustice. Among the educated, poverty is just a news item and injustice is for those who can’t afford a good lawyer. As society becomes more educated, poverty and injustice recedes. So to fight Poverty and Injustice we duce graft and corruption and can better must work to EDUCATE THE look after the poor who will then be a MAJORITY of our people. An educated minority and more manageable under a majority brings a better electorate, betresponsive Welfare System. There will ter governments and better policies, realways be

Turn to page 23

BY: DINDO GENEROSO

I have spent Holy Week in many different ways. One year our family and four other families retreated to a small remote island off the coast of Quezon Province where we explored nature, had bonfires at night on the beach, watched the stars and the moon serenade each other, oohed and aahed at the phosphorescence lighting up the dark sea, and bonded with each other. The children laid out a creative Way of the Cross going from coconut tree to co-

conut tree. We sang songs in the dawning mornings and explored rustic paths during the lazy afternoons. I remember waking up in the middle of the night on Easter eve and hearing heavenly music from across the sea. It seemed as if the angels themselves were singing hymns around the throne of God, and I felt like I could just reach out and touch a corner of eternity. I Turn to page 16 later

BY: NANCY

RUSSELL CATAN

e-mail: nrcatan@i-manila.com.ph

S ou t h Ro ad , C al in d a g an , D u m a g u et e C i ty

Sustainable ... From page 15 friendly airplanes are up in the air, this might not be something we can immediately address. However, we can offset this by ensuring that upon arrival in the country, our visitors are encouraged to reduce, reuse and recycle. Simple things such as reusing bath towels, turning off electricity when they leave their rooms, reusing a cloth bag when shopping instead of using plastic can go a long way. When it comes to our economy, the tourism industry should be aware that the ex-

penses of the visitors is not always channeled to contribute to the local economy. Some experts estimate that 60% to 90% of a typical total holiday price “leaks” out of the destination country and thus does not contribute to local economic development. This income trickles out when tourists’ expenditure is either sent out of the country (for example, when payment goes to a foreign hotel company) or never reaches the country in the first place (for example, much of the expense of a holiday will typically be taken up by travel agent commissions, the

A GENCIA CIUD AD CIUDAD PA WN SHOP Main Branch

JAT Building San Juan St., Dgte. City Branch 1, San Jose St., Dgte. City, Beside UCPB Tel. # 225-8543 / 225-7651

Holy Week ... From page 15 learned that it was only a choir singing the midnight vigil in a church on the mainland! But to me, that night, heaven became real!

cost foreign airline tickets or tour operator profits). We invest so much into the potentials of our tourism industry and rightly so as Negros Oriental is a beautiful place to visit. However, our city should be careful not to fall into a trap of expecting only positive returns. We should ensure the sustainability of the tourism industry, both in terms of retaining as much value as possible in the region and doing so without compromising the local environment and culture.

FOR SALE Dachsund Puppies

Call 225-2561

One Holy Thursday Jun and I hosted a Lord’s Day ritual and dinner at home for a group of lay workers in our parish. We followed the Jewish traditional ceremony and dinner, complete with roast lamb, bitter herbs, unleavened bread, and red wine. It was a truly memorable experience. Most of the years, though, Jun and I have stayed at home, and used the quiet of these days to de-stress, to catch up on our reading and writing and sleeping, to lengthen our prayer times, and grow closer to each other and to God. This is a time of year when I reflect on the many instances where I have journeyed together with my Savior and walked in His footsteps. I thank Him for the times that He has carried me across the difficult periods in my life and held me close when sorrows or troubles have burdened me. In my meditation I relive the many times He has left His fingerprints on the colorful canvas of my life, when He has guided me through the dark valleys, when He has held my hand in

friendship, and we have drawn pictures of joy and hope in the sand together. To me Holy Week is a treasured time every year to retrace the journey He chose to take, from heaven to earth, from the cross to the grave, from the grave to the sky, so that I, and all Christians, would have the hope of heaven to nour-

ish in our hearts. It is a time to remember and accept that without the Good Fridays in our lives, we would not be able to fully celebrate and enjoy the Easter Sundays. My prayer for this week is for all of us: may our Good Fridays be few and our Easter Sundays be many and glorious!

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF NEGROS ORIENTAL 7th Judicial Region BRANCH 33 Dumaguete City OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE JUDGE NO TICE OF HEARING NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a summary hearing on the petition for notarial commission of ATTY. EMMANUEL T. CREDO, shall be held on April 17, 2007 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning before this Court. Any person who has any cause or reason to object to the grant of the petition may file a verified written opposition thereto not later than the date of the summary hearing. Dumaguete City, March 26, 2007. (Sgd.) FE LUALHATI D. BUSTAMANTE Executive Judge

FOR PUBLIC SER VICE SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

BY DEMS REY T. DEMECILLO

THIRTY YEARS AGO

(From the CHRONICLE Files)

Veterans unveil shrine at “reunion for peace”

arch 27, 1977 — Over 500 World War II veterans, including some 60 visiting Japanese and American counterparts and relatives of soldiers who died in the Negros battlefield, will participate in the “Reunion for Peace Program” at the unveiling of the Filipino-Japanese Amity Memorial Shrine on April at Nasuno Hill in Sagbang Valencia. Sagbang was the scene of the last major encounter of Filipino guerrillas and US liberation forces against some one hundred soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army. The Japanese dug deep trenches and tunnels in

the Valencia hills which remain up to this day. A joint effort of the Filipino, American and Japanese veterans, the shrine is a monument dedicated to peace and for nations to renounce the evils of war.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

Ely Dejaresco lone RP broadcaster in Tokyo meet March 29, 1987 —— Twelve top broadcasters of major radio/television net works from 12 nations met in Tokyo, Japan in order to update themselves of the latest in broadcast technology courtesy of the Japan International Cooperation Agency. Ely P. Dejaresco, general manager of the Negros Broadcasting Corporation was the lone delegate from the Philippines representing the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas. Dejaresco’s participation in the inter- parts like Toshiba factory; Museum of Technational broadcasters’ executive seminar nology of the National Panasonic; the Osaka was also courtesy of the Colombo Plan of the National Economic and Development Telecasting Corporation of Kansai; the Authority. The participants were toured Kyoto Handicraft Center; the Hitachi in major factories of radio and electronics Denshi Koganei and the Nijo Castle.

Neg Or presses payment of P8M NPC franchise tax March 30, 1997— Government owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCCs) are not exempt from the so-called franchise tax imposed by local govern ment units where such corporations are located. This stemmed from an inquiry raised by Governor Emilio Macias II to Finance Secretary Roberto de Ocampo in connection with the exemption sought by the National Power Corporation in paying the franchise tax due to the province pegged at Php 8 million.

Macias registered his strong opposition on the possible exemption of the NPC from paying the province because under the 1991 Local Government Code, local government units are authorized to collect franchise taxes on GOCCs. De Ocampo

Nuestra Pawnshop & Jewelry Store Branch V No. 54 San Jose St., Dumaguete City

Auction Sale on April 5, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. All unredeemed pledges during the month of October 2006.

AUCTION SALE Nuestra Pawnshop & Jewelry Store Branch V No. 54 San Jose St., Dumaguete City

Subasta sa Abril 5, 2007 sa tanang naprenda sa bulan sa Oktubre 2006 nga wala malukat.

THANK YOU. (Sgd.) ASST. PROF. BARBARA LYN A. GALVEZ SUCN ADMISSIONS CHAIR

Sunday ... From page 8

TEN YEARS AGO

AUCTION SALE

Admission process for applicants to Silliman University College of Nursing starts, April 2, 2007 – May 18, 2007. For inquiries you can call TeleFax No. 422-3652 or 422-6002 Local 500, 501. Email: sucn@su.edu.ph

assured Macias that he will call for a review of the situation because even the Department of Finance has come up with the position that GOCCs must pay franchise taxes to their host LGUs.

AUCTION SALE

Nuestra Pawnshop & Jewelry Store Cor. Legaspi-Bonifacio Sts., Tanjay City Auction Sale on April 5, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. All unredeemed pledges during the month of October 2006.

AUCTION SALE

Nuestra Pawnshop & Jewelry Store Cor. Legaspi-Bonifacio Sts., Tanjay City Subasta sa Abril 5, 2007 sa tanang naprenda sa bulan sa Oktubre 2006 nga wala malukat.

Dark ... From page 15 theories accepted worldwide. Vincent Van Gogh, the artist who was born ahead of his time, and whose dedication to painting produced more than 200 masterpieces, was so discouraged because he was not accepted by the world that he took his own life. If he just held on, he could have enjoyed the fruits of his labor. He never sold a painting in his entire career. But now his works, are sold in millions of dollars. Someone wrote that “There is no failure except in no longer trying”. Always remember that from dark clouds, comes pouring the crystal rain.

there?” And the boy answered, “Oh, I can feel in my hand the pull of it.” We do feel the pull of it at special times: in the loss of a loved one in death, when a groom and bride kneel before the altar; when we have to face a difficult exam; but also when, we have just received good news from home, and we spontaneously say “Praise the Lord!” But what makes the divine pull more appealing is the presence of Jesus Christ. One day in the life of Jesus, when the crowds were not too happy with what he said, Jesus asked the disciples: “Will you also go away from me? “ To which Peter said: “We cannot go away, you have the words of eternal life.” The Gospels put it in beautiful language: no man has spoken like the Son of Man; no one has ever been such a Man for others; no one has ever looked upon the crowds with such compassion; no one has stood more searchingly as a judge of our moral failings; no one has ever loved us as Jesus does. It is of no avail if we flee Jesus. One might intellectualize him into a non-entity; one may be completely rid of him or disfigure him. But Christ gets through to us in the end. He knows our human failings, our evil tendencies, our frustrations. Psalm 139 also speaks of God’s love and compassion. And we experience the divine pull. For when Jesus promises that he would be with

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF NEGROS ORIENTAL 7th Judicial Region PALACE OF JUSTICE BUILDING Ground Floor, E.J. Blanco Drive, Piapi, Dumaguete City OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135/ 1508 Filed by DOROTHY S. DY, (Mortgagee) against IRENE D. CORNELIA, (Mortgagor) of Boloc-boloc, Sibulan, Neg. Or. to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of February 28, 2007 amounts to P48,879.00, excluding/including penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses for foreclosure, the undersigned or her duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on May 10, 2007 at 9:00 o’clock A.M. to 4:00 P.M. at the Office of the Clerk of Court, 1st floor, Hall of Justice, Piapi, Dumaguete City to the highest bidder, or cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all its improvements, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-33858 “A parcel of land Lot No. 1750-B, Psd-07-051718, being a portion of Lot 1750, Sibulan Cadastre, situated in the Barrio of Boloc-boloc, Municipality of Sibulan, Province of Negros Oriental, Island of Negros… Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY (250) SQUARE METERS more or less.” All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the abovestated time and date. In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on ________, 200__ without further notice. Dumaguete City, March 9, 2007. (Sgd) MA. ANTONIA L. BULADO Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Sheriff The Negros Chronicle Mar. 18, 25 & Apr.1, 2007

(Sgd) By: BOBBY F. MIRANDA Sheriff IV & Executing Sheriff

us until the end of the world, or that where two or three are gathered in his name, he is there. That is an invitation to take him at his word. So my dear friends, yes, let us take him at his word: We could be pulled to God by the faith and life of others who have known him in a deeper way than we have.

We could be drawn to God by the natural phenomenon in our being that there is someone greater than we are. We could be in a deeper relationship with God whom we have known in Jesus Christ.

1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 April 1, 2007 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789

theCIVICcircle

BY LELE MARTINEZ

(Civic clubs and organizations are quite welcome to submit their articles and pictures about their services and activities. It is free of charge. Deadline for submission is Wednesday. You may send by email to: elydejaresco@yahoo.com – EDITOR)

Great Honor for the Family

arch is a time for graduations. As the 2006 - 2007 academic year draws to a close, the students of different schools and universities of all levels look forward to a break in academic work and respon-

sibilities. Each year, as the performance of each student is rated by the school, an Honors list is drawn up to recognize the academic excellence and distinctions achieved by the students who have performed well. These may be specific grade points or any the standards set by the school. Schools recognize the efforts of the students and the Honor is given to formally acknowledge before the student body and guests the scholars of the school. March 29 was a red letter day for the school administration, teachers and students of Holy Cross High School . On this day the school held the awarding of honors for the elementary and high school

From page 21

The young honorees getting ready to march to their seats for the Honors program.

graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Silliman University College of Nursing last Sunday. A big part of the recognition should go to the teachers, who inspired and encouraged the students to

First Honors Dunhill Velarde, Kevin Que and his mother, Mrs. Que and Margarita Quevenco with her father Engr. Jun Quevenco. Sr. Celine Chen is seen at the background.

students who have excelled academically for school year 2006 – 2007. Among the guests were the proud parents and grandparents, who have played a major role in the achievements of their beloved students. One can imagine the efforts of the parents, a mother or father who patiently guide and check the work of the child even after a hard day’s work in the home, business or office. Pride and joy and love are seen in the radiance of a parent’s face as he or she goes up the stage to put the honor ribbon on the child. Each parent beam with pride to be part of the honor given to the student. There was a big number of fathers in the audience that afternoon. I am filled with joy and inspired by the sight of fathers like Eddie Uy, whose youngest son is one of three first honors of his graduating fourth year class, going up the stage to give the honor to the child. The only daughter had just

Militants...

reach out higher than the average; the school administration headed by Sr. Celine Chen; and to the Board of Trustees who kept the vision of quality education for the each young generation. The school is ran by the

At Holy Cross High School, the students do not compete against each other to claim the honors. Each student competes against himself/herself to achieve the standards set by the school for a certain honor. A class can have 1 or 3 first honors or no first honor, it is up to the students to aim for the highest honor or the second or the third honor. At this time when students are distracted by so many new technologies and bombarded by so much mediocre media programs, it is heartening to see so many young scholars succeeding academically. They are the future generation of the community and this nation. Congratulations to the scholars, the teachers and the parents. The road is long and hard, but the success is sweet. Sunday Gems: It is no accident you are my teacher. God knew you were the perfect one. He gave

Beauteous grandmothers Mrs. Lily Chiu and Mrs. Aning Sy beaming with pride at the honors achieved by their grandchildren. At the background are Engr. Greg Uymatiao, Eddie Uy and Mr. and Mrs. Dixon Peralta.

Sisters of the Congregation of St. Therese of the Child Jesus with its mother house in Taiwan. Through the years, the students have been taught the basic traditional values and virtues of Confucius, the great Asian teacher alongside modern academic knowledge.

you the pasion to mold and shape me, to challenge my mind and make it fun. unknown If you can read this, thank a treacher Education is the transmission of civilization. –– Will Durant

Forces of the Philippines raided the house owned by the chairperson of the partylist group Anakpawis in the first district. Seized during the operation were subversive documents, a .38 caliber pistol and a .22 rifle both are unlicensed. Authorities then arrested Emelia Quirante and her brother Toto. Both are connected to known progressive organizations Anakpawis and Kaugmaon under Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas as chairman and secretary general. However, their colleagues are protesting since the search warrant stated that the raiding team is looking for one M14 rifle, a .45 caliber pistol and one M16 rifle. They also claim that the .38 caliber pistol recovered was planted and that the homemade gun does not function anymore. The suspects represented by Atty. Rafael Orillana are now charged with rebellion and are detained at the Provincial Command of the Philippine National Police.

GK Bayani ...

Burglars ... From page 21 away a Sony video camera, six pieces of imported shirts and one piece of sunglasses as they fled. Investigators valued the lost items at $ 1, 215.00 as they are trying to establish the identities of the suspects and as to how they we were able to learn that the place was deserted including the neighboring residence of Mrs. Felicidad Gonzales at the time of the incident. Apparently, the suspects also tried to rob the Gonzales residence but were foiled when the owner arrived just in time after attending a graduation party.

Perdices ... From page 2 that if they are to strictly follow the law then only those who are already receiving higher wages owing to their prominent positions will be significantly blessed while the more numerous rank and file employees will hardly feel any comfort. The last salary increase for all government employees was six years ago.

From page 2 For this year, according to Carlo Borromeo, Oriental Negros GK Head, another 277 families will be granted homes under it GK program. GK is an alternative solution to poverty problem in the Philippines which provide land and homes, dignity and peace for the poor. While there are about 1,000 GK sites all over the country, GK is more than about building houses for the poor but provide a decent home with values formation in the community, Borromeo said. At the same time, the administration remains committed to pursue projects aimed at alleviating hunger and poverty and providing Filipinos with the social payback of the economic gains. This, as the government steps up its drive for more revenues, mount a crackdown on tax cheats and maintain the integrity of the management of tax collections. With the spirit of volunteerism and bayanihan efforts from GK partners, GK will acknowledge their heroism who are actively participating in the work of helping the poor rebuild their lives. In the same occasion, all mayors and congressmen of the province are invited to witness the awarding and see

for themselves how GK partnership can accelerate LGU’s on their poverty alleviation in their respective areas. The government and business community also foster closer cooperation to meet vital issues such as infrastructure development, labor-related concerns and drumming up the optimistic outlook of economic zones. (PIA/JCT)

Ex-marine... From page 21 that a patron was in possession of a firearm. Baylon’s transgression is made more serious since it happens at a time when the COMELEC gun ban is in effect. Police took his .45 caliber pistol, which Baylon gave up voluntarily. He was released after 18 hours of detention as the PNP filed the appropriate charges before the Fiscal’s office.

Old grudge ... From page 21 incident Bulo was enraged and attacked Mayola who was injured in his right leg and is now recuperating at the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital. In Valencia, another person was stabbed because of an unclear reason which cannot be easily established since all those involved are almost drunk. Both the victim and the suspect are farmers in Barangay Pulangbato, they were identified as Proculo Salboro, 45 years old and twenty three year old Ronilo Maano. Sketchy reports showed that in jest the victim threatened to harm the suspect but this was not taken lightly by the suspect who lunged at Salboro with a 12-inch knife. Maano submitted himself to the police while Maano who sustained stab wound in the back was rushed to the hospital.

FREE RICE WITH CHICKEN-SPAG VALUE MEAL FREE COKE UPGRADE FOR YUM W/ CHEESE VALUE MEAL

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 7TH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 43 TANJAY CITY STATIONED AT DUMAGUETE CITY

SP. PROC. NO. 260 IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTION OF MINOR MILCA KRISTELLE NEO, DIOSDADA NEO SALZMANN, Petitioner, x———————————————————————/

ORDER A verified petition for Adoption having been filed with this Court by petitioner and thru counsel, who is presently residing at Pancil, Obogon, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental, praying that after due notice and hearing, a decree of adoption declaring the minor Milca Kristelle Neo, as the adopted child of the petitioner, and that the said minor be thenceforth known as Milca Kristelle Neo Salzmann and further prays that an Order be likewise issued, directing the Local Civil Registrar of Dumaguete City to effect the necessary changes in the entry of the subject minor’s name in her certificate of live birth from Milca Kristelle Neo to Milca Kristelle Neo Salzmann. Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, it is hereby ordered that the said petition be set for hearing on APRIL 11, 2007 at 9:30 o’clock in the morning morning at the Session Hall of Branch 43, Capitol Area, Dumaguete City, at the date. Time and place, any interested person may appear and show cause why the petition should not be granted. In the meantime, the representative of the Department of Social Welfare and Development of Tanjay City, Negros Oriental is directed to conduct a case study of the person to be adopted and as well as the petitioner and to submit a report and recommendation on the matter to the Court on or before the scheduled date of hearing. Let this Order be published in the newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Negros Oriental and the cities of Canlaon, Bais, Bayawan, Tanjay, and Dumaguete City at the expense of the petitioner for at least three (3) consecutive weeks on or before the scheduled date of hearing. IT IS SO ORDERED. GIVEN, this 30th day of January, 2007, in Dumaguete City, Philippines. (Sgd.) WINSTON M. VILLEGAS Judge

HEIDI’S P AWNSHOP PA “The Pawnshop with a Heart” Along Sta. Rosa St., Dumaguete City Tel. No No.. 225-9841 & their Newest Branch at Silliman Ave., Dgte. City Tel. #422-9002

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 7th Judicial Region BRANCH 43 Tanjay City Stationed at Dumaguete City

SPECIAL PROC. NO. 259 SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE IN THE MATTER OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE SALVACION G. CATACUTAN ANESIA C. RAMIREZ and TOPACIA G. CATACUTAN Petitioners,

O R D E R A verified petition for Settlement of Estate of the Intestate Estate of the late Salvacion G. Catacutan has been filed by Anesia C. Ramirez and Topacia G. Catacutan , thru counsel, which states among others: that petitioners are both of legal age, married and single respectively, Filipinos, with residence and postal address at 237 Magallanes Street, Tanjay City, Philippines, that the late SALVACION G. CATACUTAN, a resident of Tanjay City, Philippines, during her lifetime and at the time of her death, died intestate on June 18, 2005; that at the time of her death, she left properties, namely: a real property situated in Tanjay City and other properties emanating from other sources which are yet to be received, with an estimated value of at least ONE MILLION PESOS (Php.1,000,000.00); that the names, ages and residences of the heirs of the deceased are as follows: 1. ANESIA C. RAMIREZ, 61 years old, 237 Magallanes Street, Tanjay City, Philippines; 2. SIMPLICIA G. CATACUTAN, 59 years old, 237 Magallanes Street, Tanjay City, Philippines; 3. BRIGIDO G. CATACUTAN, JR., 58 years old, 237 Magallanes Street, Tanjay City, Philippines; 4. JAIME G. CATACUTAN, 57 years old, 1-8 North Avenue, White Hills Subdivision, Banawa, Cebu City, Philippines; 5. TOPACIA G. CATACUTAN, 56 years old, 237 Magallanes Street, Tanjay City; 6. ALEJANDRO G. CATACUTAN, 53 years old, 237 Magallanes Street, Tanjay City, Philippines; 7. CLARA G. CATACUTAN, 52 years old, 237 Magallanes Street, Tanjay City, Philippines; 8. CRISANTA ROSE G. CATACUTAN, 50 years old, 237 Magallanes Street, Tanjay City, Philippines; 9. EUSEBIA G. CATACUTAN, 48 years old, San Joaquina, Iloilo City, Philippines; that at the time of the filing of this petition, petitioners are not aware of any creditor of the deceased; that there is a need to place the properties of the deceased under administration prior to distribution as there are still properties to be identified and obtained from certain sources; that petitioners are two (2) of the nine (9) children of the deceased; that they are both qualified to jointly administer the estate of their mother; that petitioners have all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications for appointment as joint administratrix and are the choice of the majority of the heirs of the deceased. Let this petition be set for hearing on April 12, 2007 at the Session Hall of this Court, Capitol Grounds, Dumaguete City starting at 9:30 o’clock in the morning, in which date, place and time, all persons interested in or who may be prejudiced and affected by the petition may appear and file a written opposition and contest the petition and show cause why it should not be granted. Let this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the cities of Canlaon, Bais, Tanjay, Bayawan and Dumaguete, Province of Negros Oriental. Furthermore, let copy of this Order and the petition be posted at the bulletin board of this Court and the bulletin board of the Municipal Building of Tanjay City, all at the expense of the petitioner. IT IS SO ORDERED. GIVEN, this 15th day of January, 2007, Dumaguete City, Philippines.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 7th Judicial Region Branch 43 Tanjay City Stationed at Dumaguete City

SP. PROC. NO. 264 IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTION OF ENTRY AS TO SEX FROM FEMALE TO MALE IN THE RECORDS OF BIRTH OF JINGLE VILLAFLORES RAMIREZ, JINGLE V. RAMIREZ Petitioner, THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF TANJAY, NEGROS ORIENTAL, Respondent,

ORDER A verified petition dated March 2, 2007, having been filed by the petitioner, Jingle V. Ramirez thru counsel, praying for correction of an entry in his records of birth with the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Tanjay City, Negros Oriental, alleging among other things; that in the records of birth of petitioner, column for sex was erroneously marked as FEMALE instead of MALE; that petitioner had himself examined by a physician and was found to be male; that there is a need to correct the entry as to sex of petitioner in his records of birth in order to reflect and conform to his true and correct gender which is male; that to prevent confusion and to make the records straight, it is imperative that the above-mentioned erroneous entry be corrected to avoid prejudice to the identity of petitioner in the community; that the correction of erroneous entry in the records of birth of petitioner can only be made through judicial order, hence, the filing of this petition which is intended to avoid prejudice and not to evade any criminal or civil prosecution. Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, it is hereby ordered that said petition be set for hearing on May 17, 2007 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at the Session Hall of this Court, Capitol Area, Dumaguete City. At which date, time and place, any interested person may appear and show cause why the said petition should not be granted. Let this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Negros, and in the cities of Canlaon, Bais, Bayawan, Tanjay and Dumaguete. Furnish copy of this Order the Solicitor General and the Local Civil Registrar of Tanjay City, Negros Oriental. IT IS SO ORDERED. GIVEN, this 21th day of March, 2007, at Dumaguete City, Philippines. (Sgd.) WINSTON M. VILLEGAS Judge

(Sgd.) WINSTON M. VILLEGAS Judge

“Laging tandaan pag bumili ng New Pacenta laging hanapin ang magandang mukha ni Ms. Melanie Marquez”

TOPS DETERGENT BAR Available at Traders Lucky Mart

RMJ SURPLUS

Pinili St., Dumaguete City

Tel. No. 226-1527

Dealer of all kinds of Japanese surplus appliances and more . . . Dr. V. Locsin St., Beside DCDB Dumaguete City Tel. # 225-9748

CONDO SALE * 3mins. from downtown * bachelor studio unit, 1 or 2 bedroom

LOT FOR SALE

4 hectares planted with sugarcane, Titled. Along National Highway, Napacao, Siaton, 300K/ha. Contact: 0920-5543057

MONSE

• • •

• • • •

Clear title by the bank. Pre-construction discount is available now. Downpayment is deposited into a trust account with the PSB Bank that can be used only as construction of your unit progresses. Generate income we rent and maintain your unit when you are away (if desired) Permanent Residency is available immediately. Fully furnished (Western style) if desired Turn key ready in 60 days.

Call 0920-573-8867- /email> condosale2007@yahoo.com

Car Wash and Car Care Services Daro Highway, Orchids, Dumaguete City Tel. Nos. 422-5100; 0928-4120732 Eksperto sa hugas, hanas ug garantisado, abtik nga serbisyo.

J & J Hotelier

Ja bel Building lor es A ven ue Jabel Building,, F Flor lores Av enue Looc guete City Looc,, Duma Dumaguete Tel. No No.. 422-1975

Sta. Rosa, Dumaguete City Tel. No. 422-7384

CEBU BANT AY P ANGL AWAS BANTA PANGL ANGLA By Uncle MAR LOPEZ

SCHEDULE: April 14, & 15, 2007 YMCA, Dumaguete City

ROBERTO’S LECHON MANOK EXTRA-JUDICIAL SE TTLESETTLEMENT AND SALE NOTICE is hereby given that the heirs of the late MARTIN ENOLPE have filed and executed an Extra-Judicial Settlement and Sale on Lot No. 5394-A, being a portion of Lot 5394, Pls-847, situated at Basak, Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental, containing an area of 518 sq.m. in favor to Marcelino Decara per Doc. No. 288, Page No. 58, Book No. I, Series of 2007 of Notary Public Atty. Rudy T. Enriquez. The Negros Chronicle March 18, 25 & April 1, 2007

Real St., Cor. Silliman Ave., Dumaguete City atbang sa terminal para Tanjay Dagko ug Lamian, ug Limpyong Pagkaluto Gidumala ni Remrem Diaz Contact Cell No. 0921-219-3691 Pangitaa lang si Loloy

ALLAN’S Auto parts ALLAN QUIMBO –– Manager/Proprietor GENUINE & SURPLUS PARTS MOTORCYCLE REPLACEMENT PARTS & ENGINES PARTS Isuzu, Fuso, Suzuki Toyota, Nissan, Kia

Suzuki & Trucks

Yamaha, Honda Kawasaki, Suzuki

80 Cervantes St., Dumaguete City Tel. No. (035) 226-2310 / 0922-823-6578

offer s

BY DEMS DEMECILLO

Militants question search warrant

embers of the militant group Anakpawis criticized the military and the police for the arrest of some of their officials in Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan last week as they condemned the efforts of the government to link them with the New People’s Army. Armed with a search warrant issued by Dumaguete Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Lualhalti Bustamante, combined elements of the Philippine National Police and the Armed Turn to page 19

Sibulan teenager murdered at dawn

The suspects in the murder of a teenager in Sibulan remain unidentified until now. In vestigators claim that they are trying very hard to establish their identities although it is believed that the suspects are members of a rival gang with whom the victim and his friends had an altercation during a village dance in Barangay Cangmating. Police identified the victim as eighteen year old Jimwell Ablay of Barangay Tubtubon who was on his way home with his friends when they were tailed by persons on board a motorcycle. They scampered for safety but Ablay was shot once in the back and died on the way to the hospital. The suspects immediately fled after the incident.

Burglars ransack house of OFW W

hile she toils in a foreign land robbers took her hard earned valuables. Such an unpleasant news greeted the neighborhood in Barangay West Balabag, Valencia after unidentified robbers struck at a newly renovated house owned by Felicidad Gonzales who is currently working as a nurse in California, USA. The burglars gained entry to the master’s bedroom after they opened the sliding window Turn to page 19 glass and took

Ex-marine arrested for gun ban violation Another person was arrested for violating the COMELEC gun ban this time in the town of Pamplona, Negros Oriental. Police identified the suspect as Sebastian Baylon who claims to be a security aide of Tanjay City Mayor Baltazar Salma. Baylon also said that he was a former member of the Philippine marines who has since left the service. He was arrested inside the Pamplona cockpit after the local police rushed there upon receiving information Turn to page 19

Effective February 19, 2005

DAIL Y SCHEDULE AILY VESSEL DELTA I

ROUTE DGTE.-SIQUIJOR

SIQUIJOR-DGTE.

DEPARTURE 6:00AM 9:00AM 1:30PM 4:30PM 7:00AM 10:00AM 3:00PM 5:30PM

DELTA CAR FERRY DUMAGUETE-SIQUIJOR

SIQUIJOR-DUMAGUETE

6:00 AM 10:30AM 2:30PM 8:00AM 12:30PM 5:00PM

Ticket Sales and Offices DUMAGUETE CITY: Pier 3, Delta Fast Ferries Passenger Terminal, Port Area, Tel. (035) 420-0888/ 420-1111 SIQUIJOR, SIQUIJOR: Pier Area, Siquijor, Siquijor

Bringing the islands closer to you. DELTA Marine International Pty. Ltd. Please check-in (1) one Hour before departure time. SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE

MASCHIL ELEMENT ARY SCHOOL ELEMENTARY Located at Rizal corner Diputado St., Poblacion Sibulan, Negros Oriental For info and inquiry call Secretary JUDY T. SALUDAR or JETHRO D. SALUDAR

6:20 AM

DAP-CEB

1:00 PM

CEB-DUM 6:20 AM

DUM-CEB

3:00 PM

CEB-HIL 10:30 AM CEB-TAG 6:20 AM 9:30 AM 2:40 PM 6:40 PM DAP-DUM 1:00 PM DUM-DAP 10:30 AM DUM-TAG 3:00 PM

HIL-CEB TAG-CEB

CEB-DAP (via tag & dum) (via tag )

(via dum & tag) (via tag )

1:00 PM 7:30 AM 12:40 NN 4:40 PM 5:00 PM DAP-TAG 1:00 PM TAG-DAP 8:30 AM TAG-DUM 8:30 AM

TUBIGON OFFICE: TAGBILARAN OFFICE: HILONGOS OFFICE: (038) 508-8007 (038) 235-3562 (053) 567-8010 0917-320-7492 (038) 501-9023 0918-536-5704 0917-320-8238 0917-325-6299 DAPITAN OFFICE: DUMAGUETE OFFICE: 0919-413-0018 0922-345-8361 ILOILO OFFICE: BACOLOD OFFICE: (Supercat Terminal) (Super Bullet Terminal) (033) 337-9914 (034) 433-5359 CEB-CEBU BAC-BACOLOD DAP-DAPITAN

Tel. No. 419-8183

DUM-DUMAGUETE HIL-HILONGOS ILO-ILOILO

TAG-TAGBILARAN TUB-TUBIGON

DAL S GENERAL MERCHANDISE DALS School & Office Supplies, Photo Copying 304 Perdices St., Dumaguete City Philippines 6200, Tel. No. 225-9625

Barangay 9, Magallanes St. Tanjay City Oriental Negros Tel. # (035) 527-1461 # (035) 415-9789 Branch:

DAL S GENERAL MERCHANDISE DALS # 24 San Jose St., Dumaguete City

Old grudge leads to hacking Bladed weapons and liquor are such a troublesome mix. What was supposed to a be gathering of friends who are all residents of Barangay Calango Zamboanguita turned into a mess when they recalled an incident some eight years ago which infuriated one of them. It was learned that the victim identified as Jorly Mayola had wounded the suspect Romeo Bulo some eight years ago. And when their friends took turns in making fun of that Turn to page 19

All Memorial Plan are accepted except St. Peter Plan Inc.

Gar den of Saints Garden MEMORIAL CHAPELS Camanjac, Dumaguete City Day & Night Service, 24 Hours a Day Tel. Nos.: (035) 225-8777 225-6580

El HAPPY HOURS ALL DAYS OF THE WEEK FROM 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM 3+1 Red Horse, San Mig Pale Pilsen, Cali Shandy, & Cali Ice 5+1 San Miguel Light & San Mig Strong Ice Great for parties & events…. Good food….. Fantastic music…. beautiful atmosphere….. Amazing drinks… Cor. EJ Blanco Dr. & Flores Ave., Piapi, Dumaguete City

Call us up at (035) 225-9428/ 422-5373

HOLY WEEK REFLECTION 2007 (From page 1) Adam to our time, have crucified, but whose passion and death have restored to us new life and the forgiveness of our sins. There on the cross, Jesus revealed fully for us the love of God. Pope Benedict XVI in his Encyclical Deus Caritas Est dwells on the two fundamental manifestations of God’s love: love as Agape and love as Eros. Agape is self-giving love, self-sacrificing love, looking exclusively for the good of the person loved. The love which we experience from God is undoubtedly agape. He has given us everything that we are and everything that we have. We cannot give to God anything that he does not possess or that did not come from him. Everything is a divine gift to us. But God’s love is also eros. Love-eros is possessive-love, needing-love; it is the love of someone who wants to possess what he/she needs; it is the love of someone who wants to be united with the person loved. Pope Benedict XVI said “God’s love is also eros.” And he recalls the image used by the prophet Hosea: God’s divine passion for man, God’s love for us is like the love of a dutiful husband for his wife who has become unfaithful; or the love of a dutiful wife towards her adulterous husband. How timely and appropriate is the image used by the prophet Hosea even for our time. Even in the midst of our infidelity and sinfulness, God never wavered in his love for us. The mystery of the cross, the image of Christ crucified reveals to us God’s powerful and merciful love in all its fullness. In order to win back our love, in order to redeem us from the effects and punishments of our sins, God sent his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to be the immortal image of God’s Agape and Eros, God’s desire to give and God’s desire to possess. The Holy Father asks, “Is there more ‘mad eros’ than that which led the Son of God to make himself one with us even to the point of suffering as His own the consequences of our offenses?” “They shall look on Him whom they have pierced.” Let us look at Christ whom we have pierced in the cross! The unsurpassed expression of God’ love. The sacrifice of our heroes for the fatherland, the martyrdom of the saints, the pain and the hurts that we suffer for one another or for our beloved country, are but a pale glimmer of that love shown in the Cross. Agape and Eros: self-giving love, and love that seeks to possess, far from being opposed, enlighten and compliment each other. In this Holy Week, we are challenged to become a force, to become ourselves manifestations of God’s agape and eros, as Jesus Christ is and the saints were. Pope Benedict XVI says: “The response the Lord ardently desires of us is above all that we welcome His love and allow ourselves to be drawn to him. Accepting his love, however, is not enough. We need to respond to such love and devote ourselves to communicating it to others. Christ ‘draws me to himself’ in order to unite himself to me, so that I learn to love the brothers with his own love.” Let us stand up to the challenge of God’s agape and God’s eros. The image is no less than that of Jesus Crucified, “Him whom they have pierced.” Agape – love of giving to the beloved. Eros – love of being united with the beloved, through mutual understanding, mutual forgiveness, mutual self-giving. Let us stand up to the challenge of agape and eros, and make it a motivation to develop the “civilization of love” into a culture of collaboration, solidarity and communion. Show this in your respective families, making them schools of love. Show this in your respective classrooms, making your classrooms homes of collaboration, and communion. Show this in your work. Make your profession channels of God’s love through you. Let us stand up to the challenge of rebuilding our democratic institutions by discovering and actually doing our positive share in renewing our society.

Books not ...

A bad start ...

From page 15

From page 2

poor people in society, but the fewer there are, the less overwhelming. For government to prove sincerity in fighting poverty, it needs to spend more on education and less on bullets. Killing militants and members of the press bring more unrest and provide more fuel for insurgency. Educating the masses enables the poor to secure jobs and better lives. It provides industry with good labor and human resources to improve the economy. Books not bullets will solve the country’s problems. Will our politicians ever loosen their grip on the poor whose need always guarantees the vote? I would like to see the day. Have a nice day!

No one bought it, he said. “But we kept working on it. Instead of copying the competition, we created a product that is unique and totally different from the competition,” Mr. Gokongwei explained. This was when they developed the juice drink C2, what he considered as URC’s single best selling product now in the market on its third year. C2, he said, “has been the most successful product introduction in the Philippine beverage market in recent years.” “The main ingredient for C2’s success, the same ingredient for any success… is a

Ghost voters ... From page 1 has only 3.79% or 2,312 voters increase. The city has now a total of 63,216 voters. HOT SPOTS. Meanwhile, the Comelec has been pestered with calls to put the entire first district under Comelec control. But what good will it do if only the military and not the Comelec will do it, since the poll body is utterly undermanned. In Canlaon City, violence is also being reported between the camps of the incumbent mayor and the challenger, Inday Cardenas and Bobit Jalandoni. In La Libertad, the PNP has vowed that charges will be filed this week against the suspects in the La Libertad ambush. More arrests will be made this week on known participants who were seen by civilians in the ambush site. They are mostly police characters who are roaming freely in La Libertad. Mayor Limkaichong says that she needs more PNP personnel who are not afraid of political pressures. In Bais City, the traditionally feuding Villanueva clans continue the tussle with incumbent Mayor Tata Villanueva and cousin Boy Villanueva in the helm of the fight. They say that Tata V has captured the mountains, while the lowland voters are for Boy

Angara: UP From page 22 put together the law that created what we now know as PhilHealth,” Angara added. He lauded UP-PGH for blazing the trail in medical specialization like ophthalmology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, neonatal care and others, but added that it must now play a leading role in determining health policies through research. “PGH pioneered in so many fields of medicine over the last 100 years. Now, our time calls for PGH to confront specific health problems in the Philippines. PGH cannot work in isolation,” Angara said, while pointing out that health care service and research are among the greatest strengths of UP. He proposed novel researches on lifestyles that could prevent or lead to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes,

fresh approach, real customer insight and a fearless commitment to innovate,” Mr. Gokongwei stressed. Mr. Gokongwei’s speech complements the University’s move towards molding its students not only to become competent and competitive professionals and trusted employees but also business leaders who will in the future generate careers for the Filipino people. The University’s main activities this school year revolve around the theme “Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship.”

V. all in part. Before, she was a nuisance candidate, but today, she, Mayor Josy Limkaichong is now the strongest threat against incumbent Rep Jing Paras who is fielding his wife Olive vs. Limkaichong in the first congressional seat. Two feuding brothers Jing and Jerome are also slugging it out. In Dumaguete, reelectionist Mayor Agustin Perdices will be asking challenger Art Umbac to come up with tangible plans for the city and not the recycled master plan of Umbac supporter Felipe Remollo. Guesting in the premier broadcast of Candidates Forum, Mayor Perdices and his vice mayor William Ablong and first timer Dan Dan Teves,all felt confident that his group, at least will make eight out of ten slots in the city council. Challenger Atty Art Umbac, master of crisis management said that the city will move faster under their team because they are deadline and result oriented. He accused the present mayor and city council as mutual rubber stamps to each other. Perdices said this is so, because they consult each other. and tuberculosis which are the leading causes of death in the Philippines. He said that these ailments are almost an epidemic these days, posing great threats to modern life. Angara has made the enhanced delivery of health services one of his priority concerns since 1987 when he won his first of three terms to the Senate. Aside from the Philhealth law, he also authored the Generics Act, the Magna Carta of Public

Fulfilling ... From page 15 and adequacy of Christ. In our present day however, it is pathetic that even at a young age students are systematically motivated by the desire to get high-paying jobs, good or bad, and to accumulate for themselves a disproportionate share of the earth’s resources in a world where the goods are limited. Long before they leave the portals of their schools, students learn that the society into which they have to struggle will not reward them for the ideals and values with which they were imbued during their formative years, but rather how they will be able to compete for the monetary value of the skills that they have to offer for sale. And for many, they go to the extent of selling their bodies, if not their souls. We have here a system that is hosting a competition for wealth and power which, unknowing to many, will never be enough to fulfill the insatiable desires of the Human Self. We have here a Government that takes pride in sending millions of its citizens to foreign countries because of its desperate need for dollar remittances, but at the cost of breaking families and exposing individuals to humiliating servitude and even death. Unless this phenomenon is reversed, “PUBLIC SERVICE” is a misnomer because the system

Off they ...

Race on ...

From page 1

UNO bet Edgar Teves and Macias tandem.? Maybe they are just pausing for posterity. The next foto below indicates the formidable Lakas official bet for the first district Mayor Josy Limkaichong. Beside her is another first district bet ex Rep Jerome Jerry Paras. Jerome Paras felt that after Jing, his brother’s term, he would have taken his place then. But it was Jing’s wife Olive who took his place.

local GMA coalition in Negros Oriental, Thus he was forced to take upon the UNO banner . On the other hand, Arnaiz when asked to react said that Montaño is not acceptable to the GMA coalition here because of his alleged involvement in the last recent coup attempt in Manila where he was even arrested but later released. Montaño countered by saying that sorry that Arniaz is not privy to Manila inner sanctums so that what he says are surface matters and not the deeper significant issues. Montano said that there are national security matters that Arnaiz is not well aware of.

KASALIGAN... From page 2 Perdices at DYEM’s Dumaguete Tonight, Vice Mayor William Ablong said that the city council is not a rubber stamp of the mayor, nor the mayor a rubber stamp of the city council. This issue came up when it was noted that both executive and legislative departments could not recall when they clashed with opinions. Mayor Perdices never vetoed any measure from the council, nor did the council pass an ordinance that lapsed into law. Perdices justified this saying that they consult each other before sitting in legislation, that is why there appeared to be no conflict during their entire three-year term, except in the matter of regulating stray dogs in the boulevard. Whatta team, huh!

Health Workers, the Rooming-in and Breastfeeding Act of 1992, the Organ Donation Act, and the creation of the National Institute of Health for the promotion of health research and development.

is SELF and MONEY-DRIVEN. Is the trend irreversible? Is the damage irreparable? Is there still hope to save our society from ultimate damnation? The task is so great but I have just to say that we should put our trust and faith in a Loving and Merciful God who brings forth living water from the rocky desert of the wilderness; makes the barren planes bloom as the barren woman fruitful with a child; and feeds the 5,ooo with fives loaves and a few pieces of fish. But the first step must still be taken and it requires both service and leadership which are matters that are not without difficulty if they are to be executed from the heart. It requires a NEW REVOLUTION OF THE HEART AND CONSCIENCE. “Christian men” are hard to please and even harder to lead. Many are old and slow learners, and will not quickly accept new ideas including the Good News about Christ Jesus and His gift of Salvation. Many are arrogant – they live by rituals and religious festivals which are handed down to them by their equally ignorant predecessors. Many are selfish and jealous. Many will condemn others to make themselves look better. Many are unforgiving of the trespasses of others unmindful of GOD’S FREE GIFT OF FORGIVENESS

Zubiri zooms... From page 7 secondary forest areasâ€”once elected to the Senate. His other important legislative measures that became laws are the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs of 2002 (RA 9165), the Rent Control Act (RA 9161), the Wildlife Conservation Act (RA 9147), the Optional ROTC Act (RA 9163) and the AFP Rate Base Pay Act (RA 9166). A number of columnists have pointed out that most senatorial bets who’s campaign plan for this coming May election is composed of making hype, noise and rabble-rousing, have actually failed in all their nine years in Congress to file their own bills. ”Most of them (senatorial bets) had been contented to affix their signatures as co-authors of bills their colleagues initiated. By contrast, Bukidnon Rep. Miguel Zubiri had been busy putting together bills that will help protect the environment, such as the landmark Biofuels Act of 2006,” a known columnist said.

for all that is even undeserved. Many are hypocrites who boast of their self-righteousness as if salvation through Christ was unnecessary. I realized that these are unwelcoming words with which to begin but such is the essence of THIS NEW REVOLUTION for it is now within your power to demonstrate that my accusations are unfair, unwarranted, capricious and untrue. By the transformation of your thoughts; by God’s reconciliation to your lives; and by your passion for compassionate change in our society, you will be able to prove me wrong and leave me rested in Christ. The Elections in our country is a good opportunity to display our resolve to choose leaders who publicly acknowledge and declare that the Affairs of God and the affairs of men can never be separated. May God the Father, the beginner and finisher of Human Existence, shed His benignant light into your hearts and homes, Amen!

12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345 March 25, 2007 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345

United Opposition Municipality of San Jose

Mayor

Fe Pareja-Montaño

COUNCILORS

Atty. Lando Remollo – Chairman UNO 2nd District; L-R: Rodrigo Zacarias; Enoy Renacia; Pureza Arce; Rolly Remollo; Fe Pareja-Montaño – Mayor; Felipe Pareja; Selwyn Pialago; Tony Ramirez; and Simeon Despojo; Campaign Manager; Engr. Eulogio Arce.

Suspek sa La Libertad ambush Motorsiklo nga gigamit sa usa ka lalaking nadakpan sa checkpoint sa Bindoy illegal nga naghupot ug armas nga mobuto gigamit sa driver sa usa ka kongresista. Nasuta nga ang dinakpan dunay nag-ungot usab nga warrant of arrest tungod sa kasong pagpatay ug pagpanulis. Usa ka lalaki nga lumad nga taga Sta. Monica, Banilad ning syudad sa Dumaguete nadakpan sa miaging semana didto sa barangay Dumulog,

Bindoy gumikan sa kapulisan sa lagda sa trapiko. Apan sa pagimbestigar sa kapulisan nakit-an kining nagtakin ug armas mga momubo nga walay lisensya ug

Yagyag

permit to carry. Ang nasikop giila sa kapulisan nga si Sandalo Mongolore, 33 anyos, minyo ug usa ka driver. Sumala sa report sa kapulisan ang hawak

niining nagbutod. Sa dihang gipangutana kini kun unsa ang iyang gitakin miangkon kining armas mga mobuto. Nakuha ang colt 45 Gidayon sa Pahina 2

Mayor sa Valencia

Ang Mantalaang Nag-alagad sa Masa

Rodolfo GONZALES Nagpabilin karon nga naa sa tunga si Mayor Rodolfo Gonzales sa politika sa ikatulong distrito diin ang nagbangga pulos duol sa iyang kasing-kasing.

TB mas nikuyaw pa karon hinoon D

unay upat ka suspected multi drug resistant tuberculosis dinhi sa dakbayan sa Dumaguete. Mao kini ang gipamahayag ni Dr. Ma. Lourdes Estolloso-Ursos Unit Head sa TB DOTS center sa SUMCFI, Department Head sa Preventive and Community Medicine ug TB Diagnostic Committee member nga nahinabi sa Dumaguete Tonight sa Radio Clinic.

Mangutang karon ang NORECO 2 ug 85 milyones pesos gikan sa Development Bank of the Philippines aron ipalit sa pagpalambo sa ilang system ug technical projects. Kini gitumong nga mamahimong competitive ang rates ingon man mayo ang ilang panerbisyo sa mga konsumedor. Mao kini ang gipamahayag ni NORECO 3 General Manager Ephraim Taclob atol sa gipahigayon nga press

conference niadtong nakalabay nga huwebes diha mismo sa ilang buhatan. Seryoso nang palam-buon sa NORECO 2 ang ilang

EMER GENCY T AWA EMERGENCY TAWA AWAG GA:

system, pagrehabilitate sa mga karaang ekipo ug ingon man mga linya sa koryente. Ubos sa Energy Improvement and Regulatory Act kun EPIRA law, ang tanang energy pro-

viders gimandu-an sa paghatag ug standarsize service aron daghang tigbubo ug puhunan ang moanhi. Kung dili kini matuman ang electric firm pagamultahan ug Gipdayon sa Pahina 2

Ang World Health O r g a n i z a t i o n mipahimangno nga ang mamahimong 200 times mahal tambalan ug imposible tambalan kung walay himoong konkretong lakang ang kagamhanan sa pagsumpo sa Drug-resistant tuberculosis. Sumala sa report sa World Health Organization ang drug-resistant TB naghulga karon sa Pilipinas ug sa ubang nasud sa Southeast Asia. Gipasabot ni Dr. Ursos

ang maong sakit moigo niadtong mga pasyente nga dili motiwas sa paginom sa ilang tambal, alang sa TB. Tungod niini nagkinahanglan na sila sa mas mahal nga tambal alang sa sakit sa baga ug mas ta-as nga panahon sa pagpatambal.Ang pasyente nga dunay MDR TB moabot ngadto sa duha ka tuig ang pagtambal niini. Midugang si Dra. Ursos nga sa pagka karon

Gipdayon sa Pahina 4

PULIS: 111 â&#x20AC;˘ 166 BOMBERO: 160

12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678 Marso 21 - 27, 2007 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678

Laag nga poster labad sa COMELEC

iangkon sa City Election Registrar nga naglabad ang ilang ulo sa paghino ug pagtangtang sa campaign poster sa mga kandidato sa pinili-ay karong Mayo nga bisan asa na lang gipapilit. Kini ang gipamahayag ni Atty. Eddie Aba nga nahinabi sa Dumaguete Tonight. Sumala ni Atty. Aba nga bisan dunay giila ang COMELEC nga poster areas ning dakbayan apan ala gihapon kini masunod. Gani nagpunay na lang

ang iyang mga sakop ug panangtang sa posters nga kasagaran gibutang o gipapilit sa mga poste sa koryente. Samtang sa pikas bahin mo epekto na karong Marso 30 ang

ban sa pagpanguha ug government workers. Kini naglakip sa pagpanguha ug bag-ong mga empleyado, ma permanent, provisional, casual o temporaryo.

Sundalo sa 1distrito mobantay sa kalinaw alay angay ikabalaka ang giingon nga pagpangabot sa mga P85M... armadong tawo sa unang distrito. Kini sigun sa gibutyag Gikan sa Pahina 1 ni First District Congressman Jing Paras nga nahinabi sa minilyon ka pesos. Energy FM. Matud ni Atty. Manuel Advincula, Provincial Comelec SuSumala ni Taclob pervisor nga gikuhaan sa Energy FM miingon nga kinahanglan pa kining tipik sa gamitan sapundo matino sa kapulisan ug military.

Giklaro ni Atty. Advincula nga basta eleksyon period daghan ang mga pasangil nga manggawas. Busa angayan nga ibutyag kini ngadto sa military ug kapulisan aron masusi. Giklaro ni Advincula nga kanunay nga nag coordi-

nate ang iyang buhatan ingon man sa kapulisan kung kahusay ug kalinaw na ang hisgutan. Gani dunay regular monitoring ang Election Officer sa tagsa-tagsa ka mga dapit niini. Gimando-an ang E.Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sa pagpadangat sa

ilang report ngadto sa probinsya. Sumala ni Advincula nga dunay posibilidad nga ang armadong mga tawo nga nakita sa unang distrito mga sakop sa militar ug kapulisan ug naalaan ang kining laing elemento.

Tungod sa kalaba w kalabaw ba tan-on gipusil batan-on

ungod lang sa kalabaw usa ka batan-on gipusil sa barangay San Francisco, Sta. Catalina. Ang biktima giila sa kapulisan nga si Rico Lagunay Abarquez, 21 anyos ulitawo taga sitio Masin, Bangay alyas Dodo taga National Highway, Sta. Catalina. Sa pasiunang pakisusi sa kapulisan nasayran nga ang iyaan sa biktima ug ang igsoon niini nag istorya sa gikatahapan kabahin sa pagdakop niini sa ilang

kalabaw nga misulod sa bag-ong mitubo nga tubo. Samtang nahitabo ang mainiton nga panaglalis miabot ang biktima nga mipatunga. Kalit kining gipusil

ni Bangay. Ang suspect mitahan sa kapulisan human sa hitabo samtang nakuha usab ang armas nga mobuto nga kalibre 45 nga pistola nga maoy gigamit sa pagpamusil.

ilang utangon nga 85 milyones pesos gikan sa DBP mao ang pagpalambo sa power sub-station sa Tanjay

City. Ang sub-station sa Tanjay nagserbisyo sa lungsod sa Pamplona ug Amlan. Tungod niini Gipadayon sa Pahina 3

Suspek sa La Lib... Gikan sa Pahina 1 pistol, usa ka magazine ug pito ka bala. Walay napakitang lisensya sa armas ug permit to carry si Mongolore. Hinungdan nga gipasakaan kini ug sumbong sa kapulisan apan nakapyansa si Mongolore ug 80 mil pesos alang sa kasong illegal possession of firearms samtang laing 24 mil pesos nga piyansa alang sa sumbong paglapas sa COMELEC gun ban. Ang gintibok-an nga piyansa mokabat ngadto sa 104 mil pesos. Sa dihang buhi-an na unta si Mongolore ni PNP Provincial Director Sr.

Nagmalampuson nga gipahigayon ang CVRAA dinhi sa Oriental Negros nga diin gitambungan sa mga deligado nga nagagikan pa sa laing probinsya sama sa Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor ug gilakipan na sa atong probinsya sa Oriental Negros nga maoy mi-host sa maong kalihokan. Ang kalihokan gipahigayon sa Sibulan ug mismo dinhi sa dakbayan sa Dumaguete.

Supt Ramon Melvin Buenafe niadtong nakalabay nga semana human makabayad ug pyansa ug pagpatunga sa amahan ug anak nga abogado niini nga sila si kanhi Provincial Fiscal Felipe Pareja ug Atty. Ana Pareja kalit nga miabot ang pangulo sa National Bureau of Investigation kun NBI sa buhatan sa kapulisan dala ang nag-ungot nga warrant of arrest batok kang Mongolore. Sumala ni Atty. Domingo Cimafranca si Mongolore nag-atubang ug sumbong murder ug ruberry didto sa Siaton niadtong tuig 2003 pa

apan idlas kayo kini gikan sa mga kamot sa awturidad. Gani matud ni Col. Buenafe gidala pa ni Cimafranca ang saksi sa kaso nga maoy mitudlo kang Mongolore. Tungod niini si Mongolore nagtingkagol na karon sa Negros Oriental Provincial Jail. Samtang si Col. Buenafe miawhag sa Jail Warden nga bantayan pag-ayo si Mongolore. Nasayran sa Energy FM gikan sa kasaligang tinubdan nga ang motorsiklo nga gigamit ni Mongolore sa Bindoy gigamit sa umagad sa driver sa usa ka magbabalaod.

Ang Yagyag, ang mantalaan nga nag alagad sa masa mugula matag Adlawng Miyerkules, Ang buhatan naa sa Piapi, Dumaguete City. REX BIEN CORNELIO Publisher FLORENCE BAESA / JUNNICK YAISO Editorial Writers FLORENCE BAESA News Editor MOKONG RAMIREZ , DEMS REY DEMESELIO Contributors RUBEN LABARES Graphics

123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789 Marso 21 - 28, 2007 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789

Lalaki gipusil patay sa Lalib

sa ka lalaki ang gipusil patay didto sa barangay Elecia, La Libertad. Ang biktima giila sa kapulisan nga si Nelito Aberto 32 minyo, mag-uuma ug nagpuyo sa Sitio Mapait, barangay Elecia, La Libertad. Ang gikatahapan wala mailang tawo o mga tawo. Sa pasiunang pakisusi sa kapulisan nga ilang gipahigayon nasayran nga ang biktima naglakaw padulong

P85M... Gikan sa Pahina 2 kanunay kining overloaded nga moresulta sa brouwnouts. Midugang si Taclo nga kinahanglan nila ang

mopauli kauban ang iyang igsoon nga lalaki nga si Loring Alberto. Apan kalit kining gipusil sa gikatahapan ug naigo

sa iyang dughan. Si Alberto namatay diha diha gilayon. Samtang gisusi sa kapulisan ang motibo sa krimen.

Batan-on nadisgrasya nada-ot ang iyang ulo

puhunan sa pagbukas sa Dumaguete Business Park gikinahanglan ang sa ka batan-on ang nagmaneho sa motorsiklo ug mi-overtake efficient electric syssa usa ka Isuzu truck didto sa Siaton National Highway tem gikan sa NORECO nakaangkon ug grabeng kadaut sa iyang ulo. Mayo nalang kay 2. dinhi sa lalawigan. nabuhi pa kini. Sa report sa kapulisan nasayran nga si June Anthony Sanoria 17 anyos ug nagpuyo sa barangay Salag, Siation nagmaneho sa usa ka motorsiklo. Gikan sa Pahina 4 Iyang gi-overtake pag-overtake dunay Isuzu truck. Maayong Anaa usab siya sa pulis nga nagbantay kan ang gisundan niini nga nagsingabot nga laing pagkalimbuwad ang top ten most wanted kang Gabo sa isuzu truck nga gimaneho sakyanan hinungdan nga biktima. Ang driver sa dinhi. Sa pakighinabi sa tambalanan aron isuzu truck boluntaryong Dumaguete Tonight pagsiguro nga inig ni Diosdado Banaygas 36 kalit siyang mibalik sa mitahan sa iyang sa kang Senior Inspector kaayo niini matugyan anyos, taga Poblacion 2, iyang lane. Apan naigo kaugalingon Serrano dunay duha ka gilayon kini ngadto sa Siaton. Apan sa iyang ang luyo nga bahin sa kapulisan. hukmanan. dakong pundo alang niini ug ubang mga technnical projects. Apan matud pa inig kahuman unya sa Robinsons ug pagsulod sa mga tigbubo ug

Wanted nga... Judge Tan sa drug court tungod sa kalapasan sa Republic Act 9165 kun illegal nga pagbaligya sa illegal nga druga.

Pulis nagduda sa nadakpan sa Bindo y Bindoy May posibilidad nga ang lalaking nadakpan sa usa ka check point nga naghupot ug armas nga mobuto didto sa barangay Dumulog, Bindoy may kalambigitan sa nahitabong pagpamanhig sa barangay Maluminsag, La Libertad niadtong Marso 9. Mao kini ang bonnet usab sa u-box sa Panaligan command sa gibutyag ni Police Pro- motorsiklo nga New Peoples Army nga vincial Director Sr. Supt. gimaniho niadtong miangkon sa Ramon Melvin Buenafe higayona ni Mongolore responsibilidad sa nga nahinabi sa sa dihang nadakpan kini. krimen. Dumaguete Tonight. Ang motor nakarihistro Ang dokumento Matud ni Col. Buenafe sa usa ka Miguel gipangamahanan sa gipa-ilalum na karon sa Vergarra sa La Libertad. giingon nga â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;KA JB National Bureau of In- Gitino usab ni Col. R E G A L A D O â&#x20AC;&#x2122; . vestigation kun NBI Buenafe sa pakighinabi Nagkanayon si Buenafe dinhi sa ballistics exami- sa Dumaguete Tonight nga hangtod walay nation ang nakuhang nga dunay mga saksi nga mogawas ug calibre 45 pistol gikan miluwat ug pamahayag manghimakak sa kang Sandalo nga duna kini nakitang maong dokumento Mongolore. duha ka mahalong magpabilin kining Sumala pa ni sakyanan dili halayo sa ebidinsya batok sa Buenafe nga ang SOCO ambush site. Leonardo Panaligan ug nga miadto sa crime Duna nay mga saksi m a m a h i m o n g scene nakakuha ug matud pa ni Col. mabasihan nga basiyo nga baa sa 45. Buenafe ilabi na ebidinsya sa walhong Tungod niini wala kadtong naluwas ang pundok. isalikway sa taskforce mihatag sa ilang Apan sa pagkamanluminsag ang p i n a n u m p a a n g karon matud ni Buenafe posibilidad nga ang mga pamahayag kabahin sa padayon nga mikuha kabhang sa 45 ug bala n a h i t a b o n g ang mga sakop sa nga nakuha sa pagpamanhig. Hinoon taskforce Manluminsag nahitaboan sa krimen giklaro ni Buenafe nga ug mga pamahayag nagagikan sa samang wala nila isalikway ang gikan sa mga saksi ug armas nga nakuha sa dokumento nga ingon man mga suspetsado. nga gipakatap nga giingong sayantipiko Dunay nakuha nga gikan sa Leonardo ebidinsya batok sa mga gikatahapan.

Habal-habal nagkabangga

uha ka habal-habal ang nagka sungayanay didto sa barangay Bolisong Manjuyod usa ang patay. Ang biktima giila sa kapulisan nga si Luis Cadusale nag-angkas sa habal-habal. Sa pasiunang pakususi sa kapulisan nasaryan nga ang duha ka habalhabal gimaneho ni Isidro Toratal, taga barangay Butong, Majuyod. Ang usa ka habalhabal gimaniho usa ni ernando Ibasn taga barangay Logoron, Ayungon. Nasayrn nga ang

habal-haba nga gimaneho ni Tortal nagdagan gikan sa habagatan ngadto sa amihanan sa dihang nabot kini sa Bolisong

Manjuyod kalit kining miliko. Hinungdan nga maayong pagkabangga niini sa iyang gika hibalag nga lain na usab nga habal-habal.

Gitubag ni Mayor Agustin Perdices ang pangutana sa usa ka reactor atul sa pag-anhi ni Gordon diha sa sulod sa Women Center kabahin sa housing projects kun unsaon haron makabaton niini.