DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

Janine Lawas, chief of the LTO-Bais District, issued the warning in a public forum on traffic laws, that was attended mostly by students and city officials, in Tanjay City.

She said motorcycle drag-racing has become an increasinglydangerous sport among youngsters in Tanjay, Bais and adjacent areas. Racers from other parts of Negros Oriental come to Tanjay or Bais to participate in the risky and illegal racing event that involves betting, Lawas added.

40th DAY OF QUAKE
Prayer, fasting service
set in Dumaguete today
BY MARICAR ARANAS

The Intercessors for the Philippines will hold a prayer and fasting service, starting 3 a.m. today, at the Provincial Capitol grounds in Dumaguete City, to pray for the lives lost and the families affected by the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the province last month.

Pastor Donald Tabile, coordinator of the Intercessors for the Philippines- Negros Oriental, said the service is a solemn gathering that marks March 17 as the 40th day of the temblor.

The service was intentionally scheduled at 3 a.m. because it is described as the most solemn time for prayer, he added.

Mabinay donates
land to NORSU
BY MARICAR ARANAS

Negros Oriental State University president Henry Sojor and Mabinay Mayor Ernie Uy recently signed the deed of donation for the 4.5-hectare land area in Barangay Namangka, Mabinay, Negros Oriental, for use by the school.

The land, that used to be occupied by the Mabinay Institute of Technology, will become the property of NORSU Mabinay Campus as its School for Agriculture and Forestry, Uy said.

The donation is a welcome development for the town to have a school that focuses on agriculture and forestry, considering that Mabinay is a highly agricultural area, he added. Students from Mabinay will no longer have to travel to Dumaguete to study agriculture.

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