DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

Karapatan Central Visayas yesterday said it supports the call of lawyer Rodrigo Icao, past president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Negros Oriental, to relieve the heads of the police forces in Negros Oriental and Dumaguete City, after another murder in the city last week.

A Karapatan press statement said the call is just and appropriate in the wake of the brazen execution of Archer Martinez, inside his own office on Aug. 5.

It is an appropriate response to the dastardly crimes committed right under the noses of the police in a populated center. It is a just recourse to the failures of lawmen to clip the lengthening list of summary executions in the city, the statement added.

‘Trees illegally cut
inside twin lakes’
BY MARICAR ARANAS

Illegal cutting of trees still exists in the protected forests areas around Balinsasayao Twin Lakes in Sibulan, Negros Oriental.

The president of Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Farmers Association Inc., Rico Mier, said they are sad because they cannot do anything to stop it.

The Balinsasayao Twin Lakes cover the towns of Valencia, San Jose and Sibulan and is managed by the Protected Area Management Board of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The organized members of the farmers association are being utilized as forest rangers to ensure that the forest area and the lake are properly protected.

2013 POLLS
3-cornered battle
for governor looms
BY MARICAR ARANAS

Former Finance Secretary MargaritoTeves confirmed recently that he intends to run for governor of Negros Oriental in 2013.

Teves said he is still trying to get the pulse of the people of Negros Oriental, especially the younger generation, if they still recognize him as somebody from the province.

He added that his father, former Rep. Herminio Teves (Neg. Or., 3rd District), has been supportive of his plan to run for public office, but stressed they still have to discuss some important matters.

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