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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Monday, January 22, 2007 |
IN
VALLEHERMOSO
Suspended mayor
gets 60-day TRO
NO TROOP DEPLOYMENT
AT TOWN HALL: BUENAFE
BY RENE GENOVE
Suspended Mayor Joniper Villegas of Vallehermoso, Oriental Negros, has secured a 60-day Temporary Restraining Order effective 3 p.m. of Jan. 18 from the Court of Appeals 20th Division in Cebu City, stopping the implementation of the orders from the Office of the Ombudsman and Department of Interior and Local Government in Manila suspending him.
Associate Justices Antonio Villamor, Pampio Abarintos,
and Francisco Acosta handed down the two-page TRO dated Jan. 16 directing
DILG Secretary Ronaldo Puno and Over-all Deputy Ombudsman Orlando Casimiro
not to implement the suspension order. The CA said it issued the resolution
on the "urgency of the matter and not to render ineffectual any judgment
subsequently promulgated in the case and in order to preserve the status
quo as well as the rights of the parties during the pendency of the
case." 
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PNP
gears up for The provincial Philippine National Police command is preparing for the worse scenario in the May 2007 polls in some areas, S/Supt. Melvin Ramon Buenafe said yesterday. The Commission on Elections office in Oriental Negros is requesting the police to monitor at least eight local government units to prevent violence from erupting due to bickering over political supremacy. These are Canlaon City, Vallehermoso, Guihulngan, Ayungon, Bais, Tanjay, Zamboanguita and Bacong. A tense situation is developing in these areas due to intense
political rivalry, coupled with the insurgency problem, he said.
Comelec Provincial supervisor Manuel Advincula, however, refused
to declare these areas as election hotspots saying these could be
controlled. |
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NegOr bird-flu free: PVO Although declared as a bird flu-free province, the Provincial Veterinary Office and local health offices in Oriental Negros remain vigilant in the implementation of precautionary measures to keep avian flu away. The PVO conducts random blood sampling of birds such as egret (tulabong) every month in the cities of Tanjay and Bais, a press release from PVO said. The cities have been identified to be areas where migratory birds
land, Dr. Rodney George Pangilinan, special project coordinator
at the Provincial Veterinary Office, said. |
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