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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Tuesday, February 21, 2006 |
Landslide
hits Tayasan
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE
While thousands were feared dead in the landslide in St. Bernard town, Southern Leyte, lives and properties in Oriental Negros were spared when a landslide hit Sitio Calambuan, Barangay Ilaya, Tayasan town, barely two hours after the Leyte tragedy, Friday.
Tayasan is located 90 kilometers north of Dumaguete City, the capital of the province while the landslide site is approximately 2.5 kilometers from the highway.
The affected area is approximately 2.5 hectares. 
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NegOr
trafficking Oriental Negros has been identified as one of five trafficking hotspots in the country, along with Zamboanga, Samar, Leyte and Davao. Statistical reports released by the Visayan Forum Foundation Inc. disclosed that Oriental Negros, with Dumaguete City as the transit point, contributes 12 percent of the national total of trafficking cases, with 441 since 2001. It added that from April to August 2005, 45 persons were victims
of child trafficking 22 percent of them minors. Most of the victims
are females from the towns of Sta. Catalina and Basay and the cities
of Bayawan, Canlaon, and Dumaguete. |
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Family
of Dumaguete resident killed The family of a Dumaguete City resident who died in Abu Dhabi reportedly due to traffic incident is now seeking the help of the Oriental Negros government to clarify the circumstances of his death. Provincial legal officer Erwin Vergara told the DAILY STAR that Mariton Gay Albiņo, of Barangay Piapi, Dumaguete came to his office and asked for help to attain justice for the death of her brother. Vergara said that, Mariton, in her affidavit said that her brother,
Mark Anthony, 23, an engineer died on January10 at Madinat Zayed
Road, Abu Dhabi after being hit by a vehicle. |
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