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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Saturday, January 27, 2007 |
COMELEC,
PNP ready
'battle plan' for elections
BY ROMY AMARADO
The Commission on Elections and the Philippine National Police are now forming a "battle plan" against the anticipated involvement of the New People's Army in the May polls.
Provincial Supervisor of the Comelec Manuel Advincula said intelligence reports from the police and Armed Forces of the Philippines indicate that the NPA will support some local candidates in the coming elections. He said leftist candidates, or those sympathetic to their cause are expected to run in at least two towns in Oriental Negros.
Advincula said that the NPA is expected to ask for some
kind of a "campaign fee" from politicians who would like to campaign
in areas where insurgents have influence, which, he stressed is illegal.
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MAYOR SAYS Dauin Mayor Rodrigo Alanano said yesterday that the existence of the Protected Area Management Board in Apo Island is useless because it did not implement any development projects for the people there. The renowned diving site is being managed by the PAMB, under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The revenues collected from Apo Island goes directly to the national coffers, Alanano said. He said the total collection of diving fees in Apo Island last
year reached P5 million. |
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Countryside
development gets Governors Joseph Maraņon and George Arnaiz of Occidental and Oriental Negros Thursday led local officials in the inauguration and blessing of the P5.5 million Overflor Bridge built under the Negros Island Development Program, in Brgy. Carol-an, Kabankalan City, a press release from the Negros Occidental Capitol said. "This is a clear manifestation of our priority agenda to promote the development of the countryside," Maraņon said, referring to the financial sharing among the local governments in the completion of the project. Each province shelled out P2 million, P1 million came from the
Kabankalan government, and P500,000 from the municipal government
of Ayungon. |
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