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Two suspects in slay
of teacher surrender
BY DONALYN GUERRERO

The case of Allen Hope Barcoma, the elementary school teacher who was raped, killed and dumped in a Bago irrigation canal on Aug. 2, is considered solved, following the surrender of two suspects Thursday night and yesterday, Negros Occidental provincial police director Senior Supt. Charles Calima Jr. said.

Christian Yema, 19, married, of Celita Homes, Brgy. Alijis, Bacolod City, who claimed he drove the car that picked up Barcoma from her boarding house in Binalbagan in the evening of Aug. 1, surrendered to the police yesterday.

His parents Jeffery and Stella Yema endorsed him to Police Provincial Intelligence Branch operatives yesterday, saying they fear that his companion, Vincent Nuņez Jr., alias Jun-jun, whom he had pointed to as Barcoma's assailant, might kill him. moremoremore

Negros nurses beat TRO
BY DONALYN GUERRERO

Beating a temporary restraining order issued by the Court of Appeals ordering a stop to the oath-taking of all nurses within 60 days, 698 nursing board passers of the June 2006 Nurse Licensure Examination in Negros Occidental took their oaths as professional nurses at the L'Fisher Hotel in Bacolod City at about 8:30 a.m. yesterday.

Professional Regulation Commission Regional Director Lily Ann Baldago said 1,256 new nurses in Western Visayas were to take their oaths yesterday. The oathtaking of the nurses from the Panay area would push through yesterday afternoon despites news that the TRO had been issued, she said.

She said she was instructed by the PRC head office to go on with the oathtaking until ordered otherwise, adding that TRO cannot be sent by fax, it has to be served by a sheriff or official courier. moremoremore

'Businessmen
welcome SOCA'
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

Businessmen are happy that the State of the City Address of Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia focused on infrastructure and peace and order that are vital in doing business, Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Roberto Montelibano said yesterday.

"As businessmen we are happy that our local executives report to the people what they have done and what they plan to do in the coming years," he said. Maybe they should do it more often, like twice year, he added.

Montelibano said that if the public is aware, it is easy to get them involved, especially the business sector. If they do not know the plans and direction of the city, he said, it would be hard for them to participate in the programs of the city. moremoremore
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