Hearing on Okoy
re-channeling fails
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Emotionally charged residents of Barangay Magatas in Sibulan, Negros Oriental, lambasted provincial and local government officials, calling them “insensitive” to their concerns over the re-channeling of the Okoy River .

A public hearing called by Magatas officials yesterday afternoon failed when a resident, Eduardo Orcullo, raised his voice and interrupted provincial legal officer Erwin Vergara in the middle of his speech.

Vergara was invited to the hearing to explain the re-channeling project jointly undertaken by the province, Sibulan municipal government and Barangay Magatas to prevent a repeat of the disastrous flooding incidents on Feb. 7 and July 31.

Regulation of
meat shops proposed
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

Complaints raised by an association of meat vendors against the proliferation of meatshops outside the Dumaguete City public market have led to a proposal for an ordinance regulating the operation of meatshops and what qualifies a meatshop to promote public safety and public health.

Association president, Rogelio Macion, recently called for amendments of an existing ordinance that will prohibit the selling of meat outside the market.

There is no regulation now on the operation of meatshops, while strict regulation is imposed on the sale of meat and fish to ensure that they are fit for human consumption.

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