Luistro on Palaro:
It teaches life lessons
BY ALEX PAL

Education Secretary Armin Luistro is psyching up the Department of Education officials, who will take part in the holding of the Palarong Pambansa in Negros Oriental on April 21-27.

The event, that will be participated in by elementary and high school students from public and private schools all over the country, will be held in Dumaguete City for the first time.

“Our athletes must not only compete with each other and must not only think of the gold medal they are going to win. What is important is that they have a stronger body and enhanced discipline,” Luistro said in a statement to the DAILY STAR.

US-PHL outreach
in Neg.Or. lauded
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

An official of the United States Embassy in Manila lauded yesterday the successful staging of the joint U.S. and Philippines Armed Forces humanitarian assistance mission in Negros Oriental from March 4-9.

The “Operation Pacific Angel 2013-01” in Dumaguete and Tanjay cities benefited 6,885 people from all over the province, who received medical, dental and optometry care from US and Philippine soldiers. They also repaired and upgraded the facilities of the Bio-os Elementary School in Amlan town; Pamplona Central ES in Pamplona; and Tugawe ES in Dauin.

Mission deputy chief Robin Diallo, head of the Embassy Public Affairs Office, in her message at the culmination rites at the Bio-os ES, described the “tremendous successful humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise” as exemplifying the relationship between the United States and the Philippines – accomplishment, team work, friendship and success.

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