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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Monday, February 19, 2007 |
| Negros Oriental |
 Delay
of Noreco 2 elections slammed
Arroyo in NegOr today Mall
to open in Dumaguete City OCD
sets disaster meeting
BIR
extends tax abatement
SU MassCom marks 41st year |
Delay
of Noreco
2 elections slammed
BY ALEX PAL
The postponement of the February 17 district elections for the director of the Negros Oriental 2 Electric Cooperative representing the towns of Bacong, Valencia and Dauin has averted what could have been a preview of the May 14 elections in Bacong, eight kilometers south of Dumaguete City.
The NORECO 2 board elections would have pitted the children of the future mayoralty aspirants of Bacong town. Incumbent Lenin Joy Alviola is the daughter of Bacong Vice Mayor Lenin Alviola, and challenger Ruvic Jade Yee is the son of Bacong Mayor Rodolfo Yee.
While elections for the directorship of electric cooperatives
are supposedly non-partisan activities, politicians have been known
to field and support their own candidates. 
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Arroyo in NegOr today President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will lead today the inauguration of the new P137 million Convention Center in Dumaguete City, in time for the opening of the 2nd International Rondalla Festival. Arroyo had led the groundbreaking of the center in 2004. She is also set to open and break ground today for various infrastructure
projects in Dumaguete, and inaugurate the public market in Bais
City, Oriental Negros. Saul Pa-a of the Office of the Press Secretary
Media Affairs Relation Office, at a press briefing Saturday, said
that, upon her arrival at 12:30 p.m. at the Dumaguete airport, the
President will go to Bais City to distribute certificates of land
titles, with Vice President Noli De Castro. |
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Mall to open in Dumaguete City Robinsons Land Corporation is strengthening its presence in the Visayas region with the establishment of a branch in Dumaguete City, Oriental Negros, to be completed by the last quarter of this year, a press release from the management said. The 2-level shopping mall is centrally-located along Dumaguete South Road, a busy intersection where commercial establishments are presently proliferating. Schools, public transport terminals, call centers, among others,
are situated nearby, while travel time is a five to 10-minute drive
from popular city landmarks Rizal Boulevard, Silliman University,
St. Paul's University, and the Provincial Hospital, it also said.
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