IN DUMAGUETE
Drug suspect gunned down
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

Unidentified motorcycle-riding suspects shot dead late last week a man linked to illegal drug transactions in Barangay Looc, Dumaguete City,  police investigators said yesterday.

Declared dead on arrival at the Silliman University Medical Center was Gerard Lomhud, who sustained two gunshot wounds in the neck and back.

Probers said Lomhud was shot by the suspects whose motorcycle plate number was given to the police.

BFAR bucks DA-RAT plan
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has reiterated its objection to the Department of Agriculture Rationalization Plan, calling it a “chopsuey” model that is too dangerous and costly experiment.

Negros Oriental fishery officer Leonardo Aro said that some people say the DA-RAT plan is also tantamount to economic sabotage. He was quoting former director Malcolm Sarmiento Jr. of the BFAR, in his privilege speech before the DA-Department of Budget and Management consultation conference.

Aro said that, since the passage of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act in 1997, the pledge of P120 million in funding has not been realized. S

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