DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

MANILA – Two days after the plane carrying Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo crashed in the waters off Masbate, lawmakers yesterday still hoped for his survival and that of his two companions.

Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara (Aurora) said, "Whatever little hope there is for his (Robredo) survival, we must hang on to that hope."

"Secretary Jesse is one of the foremost practitioners of the 'daang matuwid'. While others talked the talk, he walked it, sa (mga) Pilipino hindi hanggang salita lang, hindi lip service, hindi pr (press release). Totoo siyang tao at totoo ang kanyang serbisyo (To the Filipinos, it was not just talk, not lip service, no press release…He was a true man and he served truly)," said Angara in a statement.

IN DUMAGUETE
Shopper complains of ‘scam'
BY RENE GENOVE

A mall shopper sought the help of the Dumaguete City Police Station, Sunday, claiming that personnel of an appliance center duped her into transacting with them Friday.

Brenda Lee Tumlay, 33, married, and a resident of Barangay Bajumpandan, Dumaguete, said that at around 11:30 a.m. on August 17, she was at the Robinsons Mall in the city to shop for food, when a decent looking man approached and gave her a free pen.

The man told her he worked for Arsons Appliance Center and gave her a demonstration about one of their products. Another center employee then told her she had been chosen as one of the three clients who could avail of a promo package, Tumlay told the police.

NegOr POC to mark
Nat'l Peace Month

NegOr POC to conduct Peace Forum to mark National Peace Month

The Negros Oriental Provincial Peace and Order Council has lined up a series of activities including a peace forum, to commemorate September as the National Peace Month, a government press release said.

The forum to be held in Guihulngan City, will be attended by representatives from the academe, the police, military, government and civil society groups.

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