ARNAIZ SAYS
Zero malnutrition
'an ambitious dream'

Gov. George Arnaiz laughed off as an "ambitious dream" the efforts to achieve a zero malnutrition rate in Oriental Negros.

But he was quick to say that this could be possible if all local government units in the province cooperate with the government to eliminate malnutrition in their localities.

The extensive and successful campaign of Negros Oriental for the last three years to reduce malnutrition had earned for it the Crown Award on nutrition in Region 7. The campaign of the provincial government is focused presently on a school-based nutrition-feeding program aimed at improving the quality of learning of public school children. .

City collects P200T
from traffic violators

The Dumaguete City government has raised more than P200,000 from citation tickets and impounding receipts from January to early this month, records from the City Treasurer's Office revealed.

The coordinated effort called Operations "Kilum-Kilum," "Bakal" and "Night Eyes" not only raked in revenues for the local government, but also resulted in preventing crimes involving motorcycles without plate numbers, the CTO said.

In January, about P188,300 was collected, while early this month, revenues reached about P34,000.

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