DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

Local chief executives have been ordered to check the permits and safety measures implemented in resorts, diving schools, and related service providers, to ensure the protection of people expected to flock to these facilities during the Holy Week break.

In Memorandum Circular 2012 dated March 28, 2012 of Secretary Jesse Robredo of the Department of Interior and Local Government, it said “LCEs/LGUs should check the permits of resort owners, diving schools, and related service providers to avoid swimming or diving accidents”.

A lot of people, especially students and workers who are on a long vacation, tend to go to swimming and diving sites in many parts of the country to cool off and enjoy their vacation, he added.

Filing of COCs October 1-5
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

The Commission on Elections has announced that the filing of the certificate of candidacy for any position in the May 2013 polls will be from October 1 to 5, while the last day of the voters’ registration is on Oct. 31.

Eddie Aba, Negros Oriental provincial Comelec supervisor, said the calendar of activities was approved in an en banc meeting of the Commission in Manila recently. The early filing was to give time for the printing of the ballots, including the administrative, operational and technical preparations for the automated elections next year, he added.

This will also give time for the customization of a more advanced and updated counting machine, which will take at least five months, or from June 25 to November 26, 2012. Aba said the bidding for the acquisition of another counting machine is ongoing until June 4.*JG

High school is national
finalist in film awards
BY RENE GENOVE

A short film made by sophomore students of the Piapi High School in Dumaguete City is a national finalist in the Students’ Independent Film Annual Awards.

“Tabok” is a film about a young boy who painstakingly persevered to go to school despite being poor. It won the most number of awards, including “Best Festival Picture”, in the search initiated by the Department of Education Division of Dumaguete.

Organized by the Sectoral Anti-Poverty Movement Philippines Inc., the Sindi Film Awards is in cooperation with DepEd, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp., UP Film Institute, and the National Youth Commission.

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