DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

The ruling Liberal Party and the Nationalist People’s Coalition are expected to have a neck-to-neck race in the May 13, 2013 elections, with both parties having fielded their candidates for top positions in Dumaguete City.

Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria and his running mate, former Vice Mayor Woodrow Maquiling of NPC, are pitted against Vice Mayor Alan Gel Cordova and Councilor Joe Kenneth Arbas of the LP, in the mayoral and vice-mayoral races, respectively.

Records of the Commission on Elections Dumaguete City show that Sagarbarria and Maquiling are on the slate of second district re-electionist Rep. George Arnaiz, who is the chair of the NPC in Negros Oriental, with former Finance Secretary Margarito Teves as their candidate for governor.

1,181 dengue cases, 6
deaths noted in Neg. Or.
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Dengue cases in Negros Oriental continue to rise in the third quarter of 2012, with 1,181 admissions and six deaths recorded in three hospitals in the province by the Department of Health Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit 7.

RESU-7 records show that from January 1 to September 30, cases increased by 244 percent compared to the same period last year, or 343 dengue admissions with zero fatality.

The report covered only the admission cases of the Holy Child Hospital, the Silliman University Medical Center, and the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital, all in Dumaguete City. The RESU is still collating data from district hospitals in the province.

Leaking fertilizer-loaded
vessel beached
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

A cargo vessel carrying an estimated 16,000 bags of fertilizer en route to Mindanao was forced to beach off the coast of Siquijor province at around 5 a.m. Sunday when its cargo hold compartment leaked.

Police Officer 1 Guillermo Bahandi, chief of the Coast Guard detachment in Larena, Siquijor, said no one was injured and the M/V Queen of Joy was brought close to the coast of the Coco Grove Resort in San Juan town, as a safety measure and to protect its cargo.

Initial investigation showed that the vessel left Isabela, Leyte Saturday on its way to Dipolog City when crew members discovered leak in one of its compartments at the cargo hold, Bahandi said.

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