DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

This was after the reported presence of raw gold traces in the area that could attract the attention of enterprising businessmen or individuals who could endanger the lives of small-scale miners.

Gov. Roel Degamo and Siaton Mayor Albert Ator announced Wednesday the suspension of illegal quarrying operations at the “placer deposit” site in Siaton to prevent loss of lives as in the January 5, mining disaster in Compostela Valley.

‘Illegal gambling
present in 1st district’
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Sr. Supt. Edward Carranza, provincial director of the Philippine National Police in Negros Oriental, debunked the claims of some quarters that the police are concentrating their anti-illegal gambling operations only in the second and third districts of the province.

Sr. Supt. Carranza, said illegal gambling, specifically “swertres”, also thrives in the first district.

In fact, he said, the PNP’s biggest “swertres” apprehension in recent months was in Canlaon City in the first district, where a suspected financier was arrested and some P250,000 in “swertres collections” had been recovered.

Army, ONCAN conduct
medical missions
BY MARICAR ARANAS

The Oriental Negros Children’s Advocacy Network and the Philippine Army held three medical and dental missions in four areas in Negros Oriental recently affected by tropical storm Sendong.

Marietta Jambora, president of ONCAN, said the medical mission is also supported by the Hidden Pathway Ministries, Little Children of the Philippines mobile clinic and the Philippines Nurses Association in Negros Oriental.

Jambora said they were able to serve at about 3,000 typhoon victims in Tanjay City, Sibulan and two areas in Dumaguete city. The medical services included consultations, tooth extraction, free medicines and vitamins, electro cardiogram, x-ray,ultrasound and Complete blood count.

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