CHR bent on filing charges
in language training ‘scam’
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

The Commission on Human Rights in Negros Oriental is bent on filing charges against the persons involved in the alleged unlawful language skills training that had victimized around 500 overseas jobseekers in the province.

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, meanwhile, had already aided in the filing of similar complaints last week in Dumaguete City, CHR head Jess Cañete said yesterday.

He added that the filing of complaints, through the POEA, against Grace Jameo, head of the Public Employment Service Office of Lapu-lapu City in Cebu province, and other respondents, is without prejudice to the ongoing investigation of the CHR and the filing of charges against individuals found to be liable for the “scam”.

Bamboos planted
in Inolocan River
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

A bamboo planting activity along the banks of Inolocan River, a major tributary of the Tanjay River, was held by community volunteers and officials of Barangay Simborio in Pamplona town, Negros Oriental, to start the construction of a 100-linear meter cable footbridge.

Bamboos planted along river banks and riparian zones are known to help prevent soil erosion, and help preserve the cable footbridge constructed in the area.

The footbridge, worth P4,003,733, was one of the prioritized community projects during the second cycle Municipal Inter-Barangay Forum of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan–Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services, a Community-Driven Development program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Simeon Remata III of the DSWD-7 said in a press release.

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