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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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 Clergy urged to campaign openly in 2016 elections AFP deserves better equipment: Guingona Army, PNP in Negros Oriental meet for APEC 2015 28 finish first online course at SU
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IN DUMAGUETE
Clergy urged to campaign
openly in 2016 elections
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW
Dilaab Foundation Inc. executive director, Fr. Carmelo Diola, called on the Dumaguete clergy to go down to the grassroots level and openly campaign on a house-to-house basis for people to use their conscience in voting during the May 2016 elections.
Dilaab is a church-based organization in Cebu that launched the “I Vote Good” campaign and while it is not endorsing any particular candidate, it believes that the Church must be actively involved in the upcoming presidential and national elections.
With only about 11 months away to next year's polls, Diola stressed priests and Church-based organizations are encouraged to go on a house-to-house campaign “urging and trying to form the consciences of the people, by calling on them not to sell their votes in whatever form”. 
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AFP deserves better Senator Teofisto Guingona III was in Negros Oriental recently, and updated Negrenses on hearings and investigations conducted by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on the questionable acquisition of equipment for the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Guingona said hearings continue over accusations that high ranking officials of the military are involved in the purchase of junk helicopters, even as threats to national security is imminent due to China's continuous reclamation activities in the West Philippine Sea. It is lamentable to think that billions of pesos were appropriated for the AFP modernization program, and yet, accusations were hurled that the AFP bought junk helicopters, he said.. |
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Army, PNP in Negros Oriental Philippine Army and Police officials met yesterday to discuss security measures for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 2015 activities in Cebu. On August 22 to September 6, 2015, the Third Senior Officials' Meeting and Related Meetings of the APEC 2015 will be held in Cebu, the APEC 2015 website said. Col. Allan Martin, commander of the 302 nd Infantry Brigade of the Army based in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental, said while the APEC events are to be held in Cebu, they have to prepare a security plan to accommodate tourist influx from the meetings. |
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