Gun holders take note: a new total gun ban will be imposed by the Commission on Elections beginning September 9 to November 10 as a necessary precaution for the holding of a peaceful and orderly Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 25.
Those seeking exemptions are again advised to apply before the poll agency’s main [...]

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Military sources admit that even after years of antiinsurgency operations, Negros Oriental remains to be infested with the communist rebels. The provinces of Cebu, Bohol and Siquijor have managed to neutralize the underground movement but their armed partisans have relocated here.
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CRITICAL REPORTING
by: ELY P. DEJARESCO
The major twist of national policies forthcoming could yet be precipitated by recent major mistakes of government , which if it did not happen, could have continued those comedy and tragedy of errors. And some just laugh it off until it hurts. Now, it hurts.
First, the hostage crisis: if it [...]

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Seven (7) proposed ordinances and new policies of the city are being deliberated in the committee levels in the city councils. These are the proposed ordinance:
1. Covering P442,810. Expenditure for the free noon daily feeding program: will this be continued or not; is it beneficial or not?
2. The establishment of the City Information and [...]

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The first Regional Conference Leadership Development for Social Change: Building a Community of Practice”will be held on September 10-11, 2010, in Dumaguete City, Philippines.
Dr Dave Saceda, chair and founder of Saceda Youth Lead and conference chair disclosed that:
The conference convenors and organizers are: Asian Institute of Management – TeaM Energy Center for Bridging Societal Divides, [...]

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BREATHING SPACE
by: JAY ICAMEN DEJARESCO
Previously, we mentioned that there can be a “special election” to determine whether an elective official like the governor is fit to remain, or should be removed. This special election has a technical term in the local government code. It is called the process of recall.
What is recall? Recall is a [...]

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DATELINE MANILA
by: BINGO P. DEJARESCO
It is right to honor the martyred hero senator Ninoy Aquino because he started the First of Three Trilogies in Bravery. It is right to honor Ninoy Aquino because he is the prime torch bearer in the Oddysey of the Aquinos as they intertwine with the political destiny of the nation.
The [...]

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MUMBAKI
by: ATTY. JOEL OBAR
The search for truth is sometimes tedious and arduous but search we must if only to live better and more meaningful lives.
It being a public utility where the interest of the public is of paramount importance there have been persistent public criticisms on how NORECO 2 is being managed. Complaints ranging fromZ [...]

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by: AMB. JOSE V. ROMERO JR., PH.D
“Add this to your “no erasures’ list” Betty Chalkley of Press Foundation on Asia wrote. This was an obit on the recent death of former China Morning Post and Hong Kong Standard journalist, Matilde L. Montilla, “Dende,” 84, passed away in Tacloban after battling Parkinson’s disease.
Former Press Secretary Cris [...]

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by: AMB. JOSE V. ROMERO JR., PH.D
Political scientists agree that for a democracy to function effectively a competitive party system is necessary. Before the Marcos dictatorship political parties slugged it out for the control of the administration. Many still remember how the Nacionalista and the Liberals succeeded each other and acted as an effective check [...]

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A JOURNEY THROUGH CANCER
by: MUFFET DOLAR VILLEGAS
Who do you think you are? Is your personality consistent with what others see in you? Or do you perceive yourself differently from what they see?
Each one of us longs for an ideal personality that we want to achieve. Appearing good is making us feel good. We spend lots [...]

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OMALAHOKAN
by: ATTY. FRANCISCO D. YAP
Before I start my article, let me explain the term OMALAHOKAN. OMALAHOKAN, is the pre Spanish Town Crier. Since there was no mass communication at that time, important events were announced through the Town Crier, otherwise known as the OMALAHOKAN, who announces in public from one settlement to another settlement important [...]

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by: FR. ROY CIMAGALA
NOW that we are enjoying a flowering of technological development, we need to realize more deeply that the quantum leap in that area calls for a matching quantum leap in our sense of purpose. Otherwise we would get what is tantamount to an overdose.
I think such assertion is commonsensical. Yet we ignore [...]

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FOOTSTEPS AND FINGERPRINTS
by: NANCY RUSSELL CATAN
The recent hostage crisis still hogs the headlines, takes up a lot of the media time, and seems to be everyone’s most favorite topic of conversation, either for or against, with many unsolicited comments on what should or should not have been done, who is or is not guilty, citing [...]

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“I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to get into the Kingdom of Heaven. I say it again—it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!” Matthew 19:23-24
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