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A symposium on drug awareness was conducted yesterday
by the Kabankalan police and the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council at
the city hall, with about 170 teachers, students and parents present,
a Kabankalan press release said.
Councilor Efren Gaspillo Sr. gave the opening
message and a film showing and a testimony of former drug user Allan
Noble followed.
Nelson Pateņo, Supreme Student Government president
of West Negros College in Bacolod City gave a talk while Insp. Louie
Figueroa, city chief police, read the Statement of Commitment. The
signing of a covenant among representatives of various schools in
the city followed, the press release said. Symposium facilitators
were Babette Diaz and Sangguniang Panlalawigan staff, and members
of the Kabankalan police, the press release added.
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Talisaynons
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PhilHealth cards
PhilHealth cards were distributed to about 1,252
residents of Talisay City, Negros Occidental by Rep. Jose Carlos
Lacson (Neg. Occ., 3rd district) through the Philippine Health Corporation
under the President Macapagal-Arroyo Fund, a press release from
Lacson's office said yesterday.
An orientation on the benefits that recipients will
get from the Enrolled-Indigents Membership program of PhilHealth
was also conducted by PhilHealth Bacolod officer-in-charge, Owen
Magalona, and Val Sombito, the press release added.*
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