Dumaguete City Councilor Antonio Remollo scored some local government department heads for alleged inaction on some concerns and issues affecting the people particularly relating to their everyday and routinary works.
First in the line up is the city general services where Councilor Remollo said for almost two weeks a complaint was raised but remain unacted [...]

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TAYASAN, Negros Oriental- The cockfighting ordinance here was stalled by the members of the Sangguniang Panglalawigan in lieu of its own version of an anti-tigabakay ordinance which was passed several years ago which even merited criticisms from its enthusiasts claiming its an old Filipino tradition and pastime.
Earlier, the town council here had passed Ordinance [...]

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Both the Philippine government and the underground National Democratic Front is hopeful that the suspended peace talks between the two parties on the expected resumption of the stalled peace talks next month or exactly on the month of August.
In separate interviews, both Atty. Edre Olalia and Undersecretary Dan Encisen said that they are expecting [...]

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BAIS CITY, Negros Oriental- The political forces of Former Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo and incumbent Mayor Agustin Perdices has a wider possibility of being united despite claims from separate camps that it has a glimmer scenario.
Thus said Mayor Hector Tata Villanueva in an interview here with the members of the media recently.
The mayor [...]

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The human rights alliance KARAPATAN in Negros Oriental lashed back at the officials of the 79th Infantry Batallion of the Philippine Army claiming that the arrest of a certain Jessie Almines is illegal and is an innocent farmer contrary to claims by the military hierarchy.
Jose Luis Blanco, KARAPATAN media liaison officer said that the military’s [...]

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For alleged overpriced various heavy equipment
Graft raps filed versus mayor, BAC members at the Ombudsman

GUIHULNGAN, Negros Oriental- Graft charges were filed against Mayor Ernesto Reyes and the members of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) for alleged overpriced procurement of various heavy equipment.
The BAC members facing graft charges are Remegio Sitones, Harlan Senas, Jesusa [...]

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The Dumaguete City Council has okayed the request of Mayor Agustin Perdices to appropriate millions of pesos this year to fund the salaries of personnel and for several projects of the city government.
In last Thursday’s regular session, it appropriated more than P1.5 million for personnel salaries and another almost half a million pesos for [...]

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Several mayors of the first district of Negros Oriental vehemently opposed to the move of the Sangguniang Bayan of La Libertad for “controlling” what it could the capitation fund for the enrollment of indigents to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation popularly known as PhilHealth thereby preventing other local government units to run the affairs [...]

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Negros Oriental Governor Emilio Macias 11 can now fastrack some of the development and infrastructure projects of the province after its more than enough funds before his term ends.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has directed Secretary Rolando Andaya of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to release the almost P66 million pesos to the [...]

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The Sangguniang Panglalawigan of Negros Oriental is full backing up the move of its counterpart in Surigao Del Sur in advocating the anti-corporal punishment on children.
The provincial board headed by Vice Governor Jose Petit Baldado agrees with its counterpart in the Mindanao islands heeding the call to support the passage of anti corporal punishment [...]

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AYUNGON, Negros Oriental- The charter anniversary of this town is uniquely highlighted with an environmental campaign contrary to usual celebrations of other local government units in the province.
In the upland part of this town, Mayor Erwin Agustino, Vice Mayor Edsel Enardecido and Regional Trial Court Judge Joseph Elmaco joined in by officials of the [...]

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The Sangguniang Panglalawigan of Negros Oriental decided to form a 15 man review committee to restudy the controversial ordinance regulating the conduct of fact finding and medical missions in the province.
In last Thursday’s regular session, Board Member Saleto Erames authored a resolution for the formation of such review committee.
Board Member Erames chairs the SP [...]

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In the coming 2010 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will allow prisoners, who have yet to receive their final convictions, to register and vote in the 2010 national and local elections. This may appear complicated, but the Comelec is thinking positively and making it look simple.
In a resolution, the Commission en banc [...]

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The Metropolitan District Health System program, the first multi-million peso pilot beneficiary of the European Community’s worldwide health assistance, with a reported allocation of P80-million in several trenches, has reported the sad state of the five out of six district hospitals in the province of Negros Oriental.

No less than its chief executive officer [...]

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Political kingmaker Meniong Teves took exception to the announcement of board member Butch Adanza that even if he is Lakas, he, Adanza, is now supporting Gov. Macias for reelection, even if Macias is a non-Lakas but a die hard NPC.

In a statement given Sunday, on Father’s Day, Meniong Teves said all he [...]

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