Gary willing to accept
VP nomination
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Finance Sec. Margarito “Gary” Teves has not totally closed his doors to seeking the country's second highest elective position in next year's polls, if he gets the nod from the Lakas-CMD-Kampi coalition of the administration.

Former Negros Oriental Rep. Herminio Teves said his son, Gary, is just waiting for the announcement on who shall be anointed as the administration's bet for vice president, in tandem with its standard bearer Sec. Gilbert Teodoro of the Department of National Defense.

The older Teves said Secretary Teves and Secretary Puno are the two main choices of the administration but nothing is final yet, until the coalition makes its announcement within the next ten days.

‘Multi-million peso pool in
Tanjay white elephant'
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Millions of pesos in government funds and taxpayers' money have been spent on an infrastructure project aimed to boost the tourism industry in Tanjay City , Negros Oriental, which has turned into a “white elephant”, officials of the city said.

The officials are referring to the Mainit Spring Development project where an unutilized swimming pool was built sometime in 2005 during the incumbency of the late Mayor Baltazar Salma.

However, it was discovered that the elevation of the swimming pool is way above the hot water source, and the construction of the facility was stopped, city councilor Jovilo Napao said.

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