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The groundbreaking ceremony for the Camugao modular
steel bridge in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, was held recently
with Vice Gov. Isidro Zayco Jr. and director Joy Madayag of the
provincial Interior and Local Government as guest speakers, a Kabankalan
City press release said yesterday.
A time capsule was lowered by Mayor Pedro Zayco,
assisted by Vice Mayor Raul Rivera and city officials, with Board
Member Adolfo Mangao Sr. (Neg.Occ., 6th district) and barangay officials.
The P44-million, 120-linear meter bridge is a
joint project of the Presidential Bridge Program called "Tulay Ni
Gloria" and the Kabankalan government.
It is the longest two-way lane bridge in Western
Visayas that crosses the Ilog River and connects Brgy. Camugao to
Brgys. 8 and 9 in the city proper, the press release said. The bridge
will bolster business in the city, Mayor Zayco said. It will also
benefit residents of Brgys. Camugao, Linao, Tampalon and other upland
barangays, the press release added.*
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10-year-old
needs help
A 10-year-old resident from Hda. Oliva 1, Brgy. Blumentritt,
Murcia town, Negros Occidental now confined at Corazon Locsin Montelibano
Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City, and diagnosed to have
typhoid fever, is seeking the help of DAILY STAR readers for his
continued medication.
Thelma Patinio, mother of 10-year-old Jay-ar,
yesterday said they are financially hard-up and cannot buy the medicines
for the patient who has been confined in the hospital since Feb.
24.
The 46-year-old Thelma and husband, Eduardo,
48, both work as sugarcane workers and have six children.
Hospital records show that Jay-ar, the youngest,
was brought to the CLMMRH for suffering intermittent fever with
abdominal pain, and for having loose bowel movement.
His mother said they can not afford to buy the daily
medicines for Jay-ar that cost about P600 because she and her husband
earn only a meager income, and their five other children are unemployed.
Any help for the patient may be coursed through the DAILY STAR office.*GCT
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SPED
Center
principal gets award
The principal of the Bacolod City Special Education
Center, Carmen Salazar, won in the nationwide search for the 2005
Apolinario Mabini Presidential Award launched by the Philippine
Foundation for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled Inc. recently,
a SPED press release said.
Salazar, of Doņa Juliana Heights, Bacolod, will
receive her award at the anniversary celebration of the Magna Carta
for Disabled Persons, at 10 a.m. on March 24, to be held at Malacaņang
Palace with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the guest of honor
and speaker, it also said.
The award is for persons, agencies or institutions
who have contributed to the rehabilitation of disabled persons.
Salazar is also the recipient of four other national
awards. These are the 2004 Woman of Distinction Award (Education)
from the Soroptimist International of Bacolod; 2002 National Civil
Service Outstanding Public Employee Lingkod Bayan Award; 2001 Metrobank
Outstanding Teacher of the Philippines; and the 1998 Outstanding
Special Education Teacher of the Philippines, the press release
added.*
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USLS-IS,
Iloilo
SPED top Rotary tilt
The University of St. La Salle - Integrated School
in Bacolod City topped the championship round of the Intermediate
and Secondary levels in the 31st Annual Academic Excellence Contest
sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bacolod South held at the La Proa
Ballroom, L'Fisher Hotel, in Bacolod, recently.
The Iloilo City Special Education Integrated
School for Exceptional Children, meanwhile, won the Primary level,
a press release from the Rotary Club of Bacolod said.
The contest was among "the best and the brightest"
students of Negros Occidental, Oriental Negros, Iloilo and Capiz,
the press release said.
Ramon Antonio Pandan and Angelo Gabriel Juarez
of USLS-IS were the Secondary and Intermediate champions, respectively,
beating 19 other finalists in their respective competition levels.
Maria Montelibano of Iloilo City SPED Integrated
School for Exceptional Children won the Primary level competition.
The event was jointly conducted with the Rotary
Clubs of Iloilo South, Dumaguete South and Metro Roxas, with the
Department of Education and Nestle Philippines Inc. as the major
sponsors.
Bacolod Rep. Monico Puentevella and Mayor Evelio
Leonardia attended the championship round proceedings, with Dumaguete
City Schools Supt. Profeetiza Lim and Nestle Foodservices team heads
Joey Reodica and Sherwin Chua, the press release also said.
A total of 2,447 elementary and secondary students,
1,912 teacher-trainors and 256 schools of Negros Occidental, Negros
Oriental, Capiz and Iloilo participated in the Elimination and Semifinal
rounds held simultaneously at the University of St. La Salle Coliseum
in Bacolod City for the Negros Occidental schools; Western Institute
of Technology Auditorium in Iloilo City for the Iloilo schools;
Provincial Capitol in Roxas City for the Capiz schools; and the
Negros Oriental State University Gym in Dumaguete City for the Negros
Oriental schools, the press release added.*
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10-year-old
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