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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Monday, February 11, 2008 |
| Negros Oriental | |
 SC orders DENR, DoE to comment on petition Cancer support group established in NegOr Copper wire thefts increase NORECO I sets elections
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SC orders DENR, DoE to
comment on petition
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE
The Supreme Court has directed the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Department of Energy to comment on a petition filed by the toothed whales, dolphins, porpoises and other cetacean species of the Tañon Strait to stop the oil exploration in the protected seascape.
In an en banc resolution dated January 15, the Supreme Court directed the DENR and DoE to comment on the petition filed by the resident marine mammals through Cebu-based environmentalist-lawyers Gloria Estenzo Ramos and Rose Liza Eisma-Osorio.
The petitioners said the marine mammals, who have very good hearing abilities, have been disturbed by underwater blasting and drilling operations from the oil exploration that started in 1998. 
| Cancer support group A cancer support group was formed in Negros Oriental to mark the celebration of the World Cancer Day, and in response to the call of Gov. Emilio Macias II, a doctor by profession, to help cancer-afflicted persons, Judith Alpuerto of the Provincial Planning and Development Office said yesterday. She said a training called “Helping Endeavor and Affective Relationship Training” or HEART was attended by 15 participants composing the multi-sectoral core group. A report from the Provincial Health Office showed that cancer of all kinds has been the third leading cause of mortality in the province from 2001 to 2006. |
| Copper wire thefts increase Copper wire thieves in Dumaguete cannibalized several sodium light posts along Flores Avenue , Barangay Piapi and other barangays in the city, Erasto Crispo, who is in charge of city street lighting, said Friday. Crispo urged junkyards to report stolen electrical wiring materials brought to them by unknown persons. He said individuals who have background in cutting or splicing live electrical connections carry out the thefts. He also theorized that wire thieves cut the underground sodium electrical wiring connections during daytime, and pulled them out at night. |
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