DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

The only Catholic high school in Tayasan, Negros Oriental, is ready to welcome old students and new enrollees when classes open on June 4, three months after its building was destroyed by the 6.9-magnitude earthquake on February 6.

Outgoing Archbishop John Du of the Diocese of Dumaguete led the blessing of four brand new one-level classrooms of the St. Anthony Academy, to replace the two-storey facility that collapsed at the height of the quake.

The classrooms were built with funds from donors, Fr. Salvador Mariño, parish priest of Tayasan, said. Two more classrooms and an administration building will also be constructed, he added.

LTO insists on Helmet Law
implementation on July 30
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

The Land Transportation Office Region 7 is insisting on the strict implementation of Republic Act 10054, or the Motorcycle Helmet Law, starting July 30.

In a forum at the Silliman University Thursday, Raul Aguilos, LTO 7 regional director, said that massive information campaigns have been conducted in various parts of Central Visayas, after the signing of the Act on March 23 last year.

Arteria Caberte, regional director of the Department of Trade and Industry, said Negros Oriental and Dumaguete City are not exempted from the law that requires motorcycle riders to wear standard protective headgears.

NORSU grad 10th in
electricians exam
BY RENE GENOVE

Two graduates of the Negros Oriental State University have passed the Electrical Engineer Licensure Examination given in Manila recently, giving the school a passing rate of 67 percent.

The passers are Mario Sim Erosedo, of Hinobaan, Negros Occidental, and Reinhold Jek Ysic Abing, of San Juan, Siquijor. The two also hurdled the Registered Master Electrician Examination, with Erosedo placing 10th with a rating of 81 percent.

Dr. Henry Sojor, NORSU president, said the national passing percentage for EELE is 43.87 percent.

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