DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

If the local government unit cannot benefit from the operation of a silica mining in its area of responsibility, it might as well oppose the renewal of permit of the company.

This was what Ayungon town Mayor Edsel Enardecido said in connection with the application of Goodyield Resources Development Inc. to renew for another 25 years the operation of a large scale silica mining in the area.

Enardecido said GRDI, which is operating on a temporary permit, is extracting an average of 30 metric tons of silica per month in barangay Maaslum, and selling this to Holcim Cement.

Du says no vacuum in
Diocese of Dumaguete
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE & MARICAR ARANAS

The Diocese of Dumaguete will be run by an administrator and 11 consulters until the appointment of a new bishop by the Holy Father.

Archbishop John Du, who bade farewell to the Diocese Sunday to assume his post in Palo, Leyte, today, said there will be no vacuum in the Roman Catholic Church in Dumaguete, with the presence of the consulters.

As in the case of local chief executives, all co-terminous positions will be held vacant, including that of the vicar general and chancellor, while a status quo is observed among the rectors and priests.

2 deacons ordained
BY MARICAR ARANAS

Seminarians Harnel Paulin from Maria, Siquijor, and Archie Toroy, from Bais City, Negros Oriental, were ordained as deacons Sunday at the Saint Catherine of Alexandria Parish Church in Dumaguete City.

Archbishop John Du and members of the clergy in the Diocese of Dumaguete witnessed the ceremony held before Du left for Palo, Leyte, yesterday.

The two deacons, who will be assigned to the Manalongon Parish in Siaton town, expressed their gratitude to the Dumaguete clergy and the community.

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