Man killed;
farmer shot dead
BY RENE GENOVE

One man who stabbed and another shot dead on Black Saturday in Sitio Guba, Barangay Poblacion, Sta. Catalina, and in Sitio Malasbalas, Barangay Kansumandig, La Libertad, both in Oriental Negros.

Stab was Emmanuel Binan, 32, married, allegedly by Ildefonso Teves, Sr., 63, widower, of Barangay Poblacion, at the victim's residence, with a 14-inch double bladed hunting knife.

Initial police investigation disclosed that, Teves Sr. went to the house of Binan, armed with a knife and without any provocation stabbed him in the lower part of his breast, and left portion of his back, near the armpit, resulting in his death. Binan was rushed the Bayawan District Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival by the attending physician.

Bird flu awareness
campaign ongoing
BY RENE GENOVE

Despite the bird flu-free status of Oriental Negros and the Philippines, the public should still be informed about the preventive measures against the disease, Oriental Negros provincial veterinarian Antonio Mutia said.

Mutia said national agriculture and health officials also believe that, although the country remains free from the deadly avian flu virus, the threat of infection, continues to loom.

The Bureau of Animal Industry reported that the Philippines is literally surrounded by countries already infected by the virus, that has already left in its trail a total of 273 human deaths while poultry losses have been pegged at $95.754 million as of February 2007.

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