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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Tuesday, March 7, 2006 |
IN
SIQUIJOR
Limestone mining
resumes operation
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE
The resumption of the limestone mining operation in Simacolong, Lazi, Siquijor is again being questioned by an environment advocate who had been pushing for its closure.
Goodyield Resources and Development Inc. president and chairman of the board, Joseph Loo, said the company resumed the mining operation after a voluntary suspension in 2001 due to the economic crisis and the market situation in the world market. The mining operation was also affected by the Sept. 11, 2001 bombing in New York, he said.
Since December 2005, it has loaded about 250,000 metric
tons of limestone and exported it to Hongkong, operations officer Engr.
Buddy Alhas said. 
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City
welcomes Newly-installed Dumaguete City chief of police P/Supt. Deonard Carlos outlined his plans and programs for the next two years in what he called the "three letter S," after his formal assumption into office yesterday. Carlos replaced C/Insp. Manuel Hidalgo who now occupies a sensitive position with the Oriental Negros command of the Philippine National Police. Carlos said the first "S" means a "safer" Dumaguete being the show window of the province under his stint. The second "S" is to "solve" crimes, though he believes occurrence
of crimes in any locality is inevitable and is a reality. He promised
to keep the crime rate at the lowest level. |
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Hidalgo
to take Chief/Insp. Manuel Hidalgo started his new post yesterday as operations officer at Camp Francisco Fernandez in Agan-an, Oriental Negros, after relinquishing his post at the Dumaguete police office. PNP provincial director Sr. Supt. Omar Buenafe said he needs the experience and expertise of Hidalgo in the entire police force of the province in relation to their aim of keeping the city as a show window of the province in terms of peace and order. Buenafe said the state of peace and order in Dumaguete will be
perceived as that of the entire province. |
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