Robbers stage
daytime hold-up
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

At least three unidentified men held up the Botica Real in Daro, Dumaguete City, at around 9 a.m. yesterday and took about P100,000 in cash.

Police reports said the suspects, armed with short firearms of undetermined calibers, announced the hold-up and fled with the cash on board a motorcycle, witnesses said. Hot pursuit operations by the city police failed to catch up with the suspects.

The Botica Real is located across the street from the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital and is usually teeming with people.

APEC-IT seminar set in FU
BY RENE GENOVE

The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Philippine Inc. will conduct a two-day training for website training and marketing at the Foundation University James Herring Audio-Visual Room January 19 and 20, in Dumaguete City.

The APEC-IT training program was an offshoot of the 4th APEC Human Resources Development Ministerial Meeting held in Japan in September 2001, that recognized, among others, the importance of cooperation and information sharing between and among economies in bridging the digital divide and foster human resources development in developing countries within the region.

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