Hawksbill turtle
in captivity dies
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

An adult Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricate), one of the endangered sea turtle species in the world, died Sunday of still unknown cause at its captive breeding site in Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental.

Environmentalists Steve de Neef said he was informed about this Sunday. Christina Pajang of the Large Marine Vertebrates Project in the Philippines, under the nongovernment organization Physalus, said the turtle has been on medication since Wednesday.

She said she went to the Oceanarium in Zamboanguita to administer the first dose of antibiotics and she taught the facility caretaker the daily dosage for an eight-day regimen. The turtle was also given injectable fluids, or saline chloride, and antibiotics.

Church assured of lot
for shelter project
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria has reassured Catholic Church leaders that the Dumaguete City government will acquire another piece of land for additional housing units for victims of tropical storm “Sendong”.

The assurance came when the Diocese of Dumaguete, through its Social Action Team, turned over to beneficiaries the final 30 houses constructed at the Caritas Shelter Village in Brgy. Bajumpandan, Dumaguete Friday.

The joint project of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines-National Secretariat for Social Action, Caritas, the Diocese of Dumaguete-Social Action Center, and the city, covers 150 housing units, with 58 shelters already turned over, and the rest to be constructed once another lot is available.

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