DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

The Department of Health in Negros Oriental reported that it has noted a 12 percent decline in the number of dengue cases in the province in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period last year.

Provincial DOH office records show a total of 113 dengue cases with no deaths from January 1 to March 17 this year, Disease Surveillance officer Pacholo Alcantara said.

For the same period in 2010, 127 cases with one death were reported in the province, while there were 214 cases and no deaths recorded in 2009, or a drop of 89 percent compared to this year’s figures, he added.

‘Drug mules not innocent’
PRAYERS URGED TO SAVE 3 OFW’s
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

Filipinos should not be too emotional over the three Overseas Filipino Overseas Workers scheduled to die through lethal injection in China today.

The statement came from Rep. Pryde Henry Teves (Neg. Or., 3rd District) who said he does not believe in the innocence of the so-called “drug mules”.

He said it is a standard operating procedure upon boarding an airplane that each passenger is asked about the ownership of their baggage, in case somebody is sending packages through them, the content of which they don’t know.

Solon seeking abolition
of ‘no permit, no exam’

The abolition of the “no permit, no exam” policy, reportedly being practiced in some private schools across the country, is being pushed by Rep. Pryde Henry Teves (Neg. Or., 3rd District) who said it is disadvantageous to students and teachers.

Teves, who is co-sponsoring the Anti-No Permit, No Exam Act now being deliberated on in Congress, said the policy is a hassle to both the students who are unable to pay their school fees, and to their teachers, a government press release said.

Teachers will also be burdened with more school work as they will have to prepare a different examination for the student.

Email: dailystar@lasaltech.com