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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Thursday, November 26, 2009 |
| Negros Oriental | |
 Media seeks swift, harsh penalty for perpetrators Cadawinonan bags title Calamity measures drawn up by PDCC Police
collar drug suspects
Ms Taclobo wins crown in pageant |
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MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE
Media seeks swift, harsh
penalty for perpetrators
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW
Members of the Dumaguete tri-media yesterday condemned in the strongest terms possible the election-related brutal massacre in Maguindanao that left at 57 people dead, including a dozen journalists, as of last count.
Various reactions were issued by the local press as President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared Thursday a National Day of Mourning following Monday's attack on a convoy of about 46 people who were on their way to file the certificate of candidacy of Maguindanao Vice Mayor Datu Ismail “Toto” Mangudadatu in the town of Shariff Aguak .
Mangudadatu is seeking the gubernatorial post of Maguindanao in the May 2010 polls. 
| Cadawinonan bags title Barangay Cadawinonan bested four other contingents and was declared champion of the Dumaguete Sandurot Festival at the City Hall Quadrangle, recently. Cadawinonan received P40,000 cash prize and a trophy and will represent Dumaguete City in the Buglasan Festival of Festivals of Negros Oriental in October next year. The coastal barangay of Looc and Barangay Candau-ay were second and third place winners, and took home P30,000 and P20,000 in cash prize and trophy, respectively. |
| Calamity measures The Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council recently passed a resolution declaring certain areas in Negros Oriental as calamity-prone and to establish mitigating measures to achieve zero casualty during catastrophes. Gov. Emilio Macias II, at the PDCC meeting at the Capitol Conference Hall, said that the disaster council should establish necessary measures before another calamity hits the province, causing massive floodings anew. Social Welfare Development Officer Alice Lagarde reported that eight areas in the province are considered as flood-prone based on their investigation after the floodings of February 7 and July 31 this year. |
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