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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Tuesday, January 17, 2006 |
| Negros Oriental |
 DENR
mulls admin raps versus 21 NegOr mayorsHealth
workers win case against city Arnaiz
underscores need for ethanol plant PWD
device launching set
Dad
favors purchase of firearms |
DENR
mulls admin raps
versus 21 NegOr mayors
FOR FAILURE TO ESTABLISH
SANITARY LANDFILLS
About 21 city and town mayors in Oriental Negros may face administrative charges for failure to establish sanitary landfills as mandated by Republic Act 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
Dumaguete City Community Environment and Natural Resources officer, Charlie Fabre, disclosed that their regional office had written to the mayors in mid-December yet, directing them to comply with RA 9003, otherwise, their dumpsites will be closed and they may face administrative charges.
Citing the law which took effect in 2001, Fabre said,
within three years following its effectivity, all local government units
in the country must convert their open dumpsite into a controlled one.
All localities are then mandated to establish a sanitary landfill on
or before Jan. 26, 2006. 
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Health
workers Health workers in Dumaguete City won their fight to get their dues after the Regional Trial Court ruled in their favor and ordered Mayor Agustin Perdices and the Sangguniang Panlungsod to pay their subsistence and laundry allowances retroactive from March 2002. The order came following hearings on the special civil action, mandamus, and damages complaint the health workers filed against Perdices and the members of the City Council. Judge Araceli Alafriz of the RTC in her five-page ruling on Jan.
2, said as city government appointees, the health workers were entitled
to government-mandated allowances. |
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Arnaiz
underscores Governor George Arnaiz yesterday said there is a need to explain to the people in the villages surrounding the Tamlang Valley the benefits of the proposed ethanol plant to be established in the area. Arnaiz made the statement after receiving reports that a group, which he believes belongs to the New People's Army, has been spreading intrigues about the huge project to be undertaken by local businessmen, among them the family of Rep. Herminio "Meniong" Teves (3rd district, Oriental Negros). The governor said the group is making it appear that the benefits
that can be generated from the project will go only to the capitalists,
which he stressed, is not true. |
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