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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Friday, February 16, 2007 |
| Negros Oriental |
 Gun
ban violators increase in NegOr
Province gears for Jathropa planting Women
push breast cancer awareness
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Gun
ban violators
increase in NegOr
BY RENE GENOVE
Policemen intercepted two brothers for violating the Commission on Elections gun ban Wednesday, in Barangay Paniabonan, Bayawan City, Oriental Negros.
The suspects, identified as Allan Garcia, 28, married, a driver, and his brother, Alib, 20, single, jobless, are residents of Barangay Bagtic, Mabinay town.
The suspects who were riding a Honda XRM motorcycle without
plate number, were flagged down by Troopers of Regional Mobile Group
led by P/Insp. Philip Lozaga the 701st Regional Mobile Group Company
who were conducting a checkpoint at the boundary crossing of Bayawan
and Mabinay. 
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Province gears The Oriental Negros government is readying 50,000 Jathropa seedlings for planting next month at the Tamlang Valley, in Sta. Catalina. This is in anticipation of the proposed ethanol plant in the place after the Bio-Fuel's law was recently signed by President Gloria Arroyo. Board Member Henry Pryde Teves said the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources is recommending the planting of jathropa,
instead of sugarcane, because of its strong roots which can hold
water and help in the prevention of soil erosion. |
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Women
push breast The Valencia Local Council for Women has endorsed a fund-raising campaign for breast cancer awareness called the "pin-a-heart" program. Breast cancer survivor and organizer of Valencia Local Council for Women Celeste Cata-al is spearheading the campaign. Cata-al said the fund-raising drive is aimed at accumulating funds to help breast cancer victims, and has been conducted for the last three years, after its launching on Feb. 14, 2005. She said that, aside from this program, their group is also giving
out information sheets on the early detection of breast cancer.
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