Dumaguete bishop urges priests
to serve with mercy, compassion
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Dumaguete Bishop Julito Cortes called on 80 diocesan priests and 20 others from religious congregations Tuesday to continue serving with ardor, never giving up even in the most trying times and to be a light to others.

The bishop addressed the group who renewed their priestly vows during the Chrism Mass on Holy Tuesday at the St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral in Dumaguete City.

“I would like to ask you not only to remain faithful to your vocation as priests, but also to be joyful priests who ‘infect' others with their gladness, with their enthusiasm, with their zeal for the Lord's house,” Cortes, 58, said.

Ex-jail guard nabbed
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

A jail guard of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Dumaguete City, dismissed for being Absent Without Official Leave several years ago, was arrested for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 Saturday.

Marvin Masicampo was nabbed after a search of his house at the Cadawinonan housing by the Dumaguete City Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group, headed by Supt. James Goforth yielded suspected shabu and assorted illegal drugs paraphernalia.

Recovered were three “bultos (packs)” of suspected shabu, five smaller sachets of suspected shabu granules, a sealer, tooter and other illegal drugs paraphernalia.

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