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Dumaguete City, PhilippinesSaturday, November 10, 2012
Negros Oriental
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Neg.Or. leaders divided on
political dynasty bill

BY JUANCHO GALLARDE, JUDY F. PARTLOW
& MARICAR ARANAS

A survey of a cross section of the community in Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental showed divided views on political dynasties that is the subject of ongoing debates on its constitutionality and of calls to stop the practice in the Philippines.

Dumaguete City Vice Mayor Alan Gel Cordova, who is running for mayor in 2013 against incumbent Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria, said political dynasty is discouraged by the constitution, but this provision is deemed to be only “directory”.

He said an enabling law must be passed by Congress to give teeth to it, but for whatever reason known only to them, Congress has not passed any such law. Until then, there is no legal definition of a political dynasty and its corresponding consequences, he said.

Six persons nabbed; guns,
‘shabu’ seized in buy-bust

BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Members of the Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation arrested six persons and seized three loose firearms with ammunition in operations held Wednesday in Bayawan and Dumaguete cities, Negros Oriental.

The police said Alex “alias Bimbo”, Aljun Ryan, and Paul, all surnamed Quindo, and residents of Gomez Street, Bayawan, were arrested in a buy-bust operation after Alex handed a plastic sachet of suspected shabu to a police poseur-buyer in exchange for P500.

The police, armed with a search warrant issued by Regional Trial Court Branch 63 Judge Ananson Jayme, also searched their residence and seized more heat-sealed plastic sachets of suspected shabu, drug paraphernalia, a silver-plated .357 Magnum revolver with no serial number, and six live ammunition, a Smith and Wesson snub-nosed revolver also without serial number, with five bullets, a Black Widow .22 caliber revolver with five bullets, and several rounds of ammunition of various calibers.

10 cops undergo drug tests
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

A random drug test was conducted yesterday on 10 policemen participating in the search and rescue training being conducted by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.

The drug test was done on complaint of a resident that a policeman from the north is a shabu user.

Deputy provincial director for operations, Supt. Alet Virtucio, said the policeman being complained about is a participant of the training. If found positive, confirmatory tests will be conducted on the policeman, followed by administrative and summary proceedings, he added.

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