Fil-Ams build bakery
for Apo island

Fish usually comes to mind when one thinks about food on Apo island.

With reason. After all, this 74-hectare island barangay off the town of Dauin in Oriental Negros has made a name for itself as the first example of a working community-managed coral reef in the world.

But while Apo islanders have their fill of fish almost every day, they had long wondered how it would be like to someday eat fresh, hot bread made right in their own community. That remained a dream until January 31 last year when the people of Apo island saw a bakery rise in a vacant lot near the shore.

Video piracy drives
theater in city to close

The unabated selling of pirated video CDs has forced Silver Cinema, operator of Park and Ever theater in Dumaguete City, to announce that it will close Park Theater effective March 1 and decide about the fate of Ever theater later.

Ed Du, consultant to Silver Cinema president Jimmy Yu, said it was no longer profitable to operate a moviehouse in Dumaguete, adding that their operations had been a losing venture since they opened in November 2001. "The problem with Park Theater is that it shows mostly English films, which are already being sold by Maranaw traders long before they are shown in the Dumaguete theaters," he said.

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