LTFRB warns buses
vs. election materials

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Region 7 warned operators of public utility buses that the Commission on Elections prohibits PUBs from being plastered with political campaign materials.

LTFRB 7 director Ahmed Cuizon said bus operators will be penalized by the Comelec if they allow candidates to place stickers, posters, or any form of campaign materials in their vehicles.

Cuizon said they can only hang streamers, or other campaign materials, on buses that are hired to ferry supporters or candidates during political rallies.

Livelihood training set
for ‘Sendong’ victims
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Livelihood skills trainings will be offered to victims of tropical storm Sendong in Dumaguete City to boost their income generation, Fr. Burton Villarmente, Social Action Center director of the Diocese of Dumaguete, said yesterday.

Initially, the trainings will include sewing/dressmaking, and call center operations, in cooperation with the provincial Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, for typhoon victims who have relocated at the Caritas Village Shelter project in Barangay Bajumpandan, Dumaguete City.

The housing project, co-funded by the Catholic Church and the Dumaguete government, has two phases with 150 total housing units.

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