DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

Farmer beneficiaries of the Polo Plantation in Tanjay have taken the risk by positioning themselves inside the Polo Plantation in Tanjay yesterday in the absence of agrarian reform officials and the police.

This is due to what they believe as undue delay of government to install them as beneficiaries of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.

In 2004, violence erupted when holders of the Certificate of Land Ownership Award tried to enter the plantation even in the presence of DAR officials from Region 7.

Heated argument
results in shooting
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

A heated argument between two men recently in Barangay Mabigo, Canlaon City, Negros Oriental led to multiple injuries of one of them.

Police reports said Raul Laparan, of Sitio Angas in Barangay Mabigo, sustained three gunshot wounds after the suspect, Eleuterio Maglasang, also a resident, allegedly shot him.

Police investigation showed that the two engaged in a verbal argument that became heated, and Maglasang, shot Laparan with .45 caliber pistol.

Man hacked dead for
unknown reasons
BY MARICAR ARANAS

Dumaguete City Vice Mayor Allan Gel Cordova received a P100,000 check from the Philippine Ports Authority as donation to the victims of tropical storm “Sendong”.

PPA Dumaguete Port manager Annie Lee Manese said the amount was collected from PPA employees nationwide. He said they divided the donations among the areas affected by typhoon Sendong that also affected some PPA Dumaguete employees who also lost their homes.

They also plan to give financial assistance to their employees affected by floods, Manese said.

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