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Dumaguete City, PhilippinesWednesday, April 4, 2012
Negros Oriental
ButtonNavy rescues 20 Apo Island tourists
ButtonRAFI awardee propagates hardwood trees in Neg. Or.
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TOSP 7 finalists bared
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3 ARCs to receive economic support services
ButtonP6M farm-to-market roads inaugurated

Navy rescues 20
Apo Island tourists

BY MARICAR ARANAS

Twenty passengers and crewmembers of a motorized banca, were rescued by the Philippine Navy Gunboat BRP Jose Andrada, under the Naval Forces Central of the Philippine Navy, near the Apo Island in Dauin, Negros Oriental, at about 11:24 a.m. Tuesday.

Lt. Jg. Froilan Villariza, executive officer of the BRP Andrada, said the passengers on board MB Esmeralda del Mar were safely brought to Apo Island.

Ten of the passengers were American nationals, two British, one German, and three Filipinos, who Villariza said, are believed, to be tourists who intended to visit the island for snorkeling.

RAFI awardee propagates
hardwood trees in Neg. Or.

Seventeen species of the Lauan tree have been collected by Rene Vendiola, the 2012 Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Incorporated Triennial awardee, in his search for the remaining native hardwood that can be found in the Negros Island.

Vendiola’s reforestation project is the one-hectare Liptong Woodlands located in Liptong, of Bacong town, in Negros Oriental, where he planted various species of the native hardwood trees. It is now considered home to endangered bird species, bats, and to flora and fauna.

Vendiola said he is working on collecting all hardwood tree species that can be found in Negros, and is planning to propagate these by putting up a seedling nursery.

TOSP 7 finalists bared
BY RENE GENOVE

The Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines Region 7 has announced the regional finalists, who will represent their schools, in the TOSP 7 Formation Week, to be held in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on April 28 to May 2.

In the IT, Math and Sciences category, Mark Anthony Amparado of the Silliman University; Joshua Eleazar Domen, St. Paul University Dumaguete; Athena Gene Duran of the SU; and Ronnell Padillo of the Cebu Institute of Technology University, are vying for the top honor.

For the Medicine and Health-Related category, the finalists are Felix Mosqueda III of the Negros Oriental State University; Angelica Dwayne Young Ricardo, of the St. Paul University Dumaguete; Ma. Shiril Armero of the Southwestern University; and Ramon Matthew Basabe of the Cebu Doctors University.

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