Some COMELEC offices
done with comparing lists
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

Some field offices of the Commission on Elections in Oriental Negros have completed the verification of signatures gathered during the synchronized barangay assembly early this month.

Some offices, on the other hand, are still continuing with the verification process with formal requests from concerned groups.

In La Libertad town, election officer Carlos Laspiñas confirmed that his office has already verified more than 4,000 signatures. Laspiñas, however, made it clear that their job is merely to determine the similarity of the signatures found in their official list of registered voters, with that of the barangay assembly list.

Manjuyod sand bar
promotion mulled
BY ROMY AMARADO

Following the decision of the court recognizing the municipality of Manjuyod, in Oriental Negros as the owner of an estimated 600-hectare white sand strip known as the Sumapao Shoal, and a certified tourist attraction, Vice Gov. Jose Baldado said he now has to plan how to promote the area to tourists.

Baldado, who hails from Manjuyod and who started developing the area when he was still the mayor of the town, and before a case was filed by the adjacent city of Bais, said he intends to ask support from "key players" in the province. "I will ask the governor, congressmen and other leaders in the province and the community to help in the development of the sand bar," Baldado said.

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