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February 1, 2010


City Councilor Jun Gamboa and Cong Newks Puentevella release the white doves of purity to symbolize peace, freedom and fellowship, during the official launching rites of the NDB Golden Anniversary at the NPC porch Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. Assisting them are NDB top guns Rolly Espina, Pert Toga and Henry Streegan.*(Owen S. Bayog/NDB photo)


Protest Actions
PICKETS AT NBI, SRA
Edgar Cadagat

Supporters of the woman victim of spousal violence will also stage a series of protest actions aside from administrative complaint they have filed against her harsh treatment by NBI operatives who arrested her in Bacoor, Cavite and brought her to Bacolod, Gabriela - Negros Secretary General, Ma. Rina Amacio said in an interview yesterday. Amacio said NBI agents in Manila had unduly carried out an operation in December to arrest the woman - victim called Jade, by clambering up the fence in her temporary home in Cavite, like Japanese Niñas then brusquely brought her to their office.

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...vs. Sugar Prices at SRA Compound

Sugar workers and their allies have declared their opposition to recent price increases in the price of sugar in the market and announced their plan to hold a protest action, Monday infront of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) , during a Press conference yesterday at the Negros Press Club (NPC) Office.

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SENATORIABLE LIZA MAZA of Gabriela Women’s party was in Bacolod yesterday as speaker in Bayan Muna (People First) Partylist assembly.*(Owen S. Bayog/NDB photo)


Mayor, Solon Greet NDB on its 50th Yr.

Two of Bacolod’s top political figures led local officialdom in greeting the staff and management of NEGROS DAILY BULLETIN during the official launching rites of its 50th (Golden) Anniversary last Saturday at the Negros Press Club (NPC) Building.

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PA Acknowledges Media Role in Peace and Development
By Edith B. Colmo

Speaking before the conglomeration of media practitioners who comprise the Negros Defense Press Corps (NDPC) during the weekend gathering for its 20 years of existence, Maj. General Vicente Porto, commanding general, 3rd Infantry Division, Philippine Army in Western Visayas, lauded the great role of media in strengthening peace and development. He said, "you are witnesses to the clashes of the military and the rebels just to protect the interest of our peace loving people.

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Bones and Body Found
By Ritzy Robles Malo-oy

Police probers in Kabankaln City are investigating and toying to determine the identity of skeletal remains found inside a sugarcane plantation in Brgy. Hilamunan in that city last January 28, Thursday.

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Partylist Rep Liza Maza in Negros Yesterday
By Owen S. Bayog

Gabriela Women’s Partylist Representative Liza Maza was in Bacolod City yesterday as speaker at the Bayan Muna (People First) assembly held at the Sweet Captel.

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Study Grant: A Step Toward Education in the U.S.A.
By Edith B. Colmo

Want to study abroad but with limited financial resources? There is an opportunity grant for talented international students who wish to study in the United States.

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Monico Pushes Impartial Lab Test, Congress Inquiry on Viet Rice
By Gil Alfredo B. Severino

Lone District of Bacolod Rep. Monico Puentevella will bring samples of rice imported from Vietnam and have it subjected to an independent testing in the laboratories of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) or the Department of Agriculture (DA) to rule out conflicting laboratory findings of the Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) and its Manila counterpart, the National Crime Laboratory.

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‘I Wanna Kill Corruption’ Says Pres’l Bet Gordon
By Jun de los Reyes

"I Wanna Kill Corruption. We will eliminate them. Corruption will kill this country including the media," Presidential Candidate- Richard "Dick" J. Gordon said together with his Vice-Presidential Candidate - Bayani Fernando known as "Mr. Political Will" in a press conference with the print, broadcast and television media at McDonald Lacson Saturday.

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Members of the Negros Defense Press Corps show their plaques of recognition given by the army’s 3rd Infantry Division. L-R: Erwin Delilan, Avelyn Agudon, Barbara Mijares, Mits Lipa, Marlyn Sanogal, Imelda Gerangaya, Annie Calderon, Dolly Yasa, Ed dela Fuente, Maj.Gen. Vicente Porto, Harold Limbo, Andy Delgado, Raymund Embang, Col. Maximo Caro, and Gilbert Bayoran.*/ACC photo


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Silay Artists Hit the Streets with GIBO Volunteers
By Gil Alfredo B. Severino

The Silay United Group of Artists (SUGA) launched the Gilberto "GIBO" Teodoro mural painting last Friday along the Rizal highway of Silay together with the Negros Occidental-based "Gibo Na ‘Ta" volunteers.


Negros Occidental-based "G1b0 na ‘ta!" volunteers with the SUGA artists pose for souvenir after the mural painting of Gilberto "GIBO" Teodoro along Rizal highway of Silay City last Friday.* (JGToga/NDB photo)

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NDB sportswriter/columnist Cyrus Garde (left) waves to friends as he flashes a copy of NDB at the porch of the NPC Building.* (Owen S. Bayog/NDB photo)


USLS to Join Nat’l Invt’l Volley Tilt
By Cyrus M. Garde

University of St. La Salle men and women volleyball teams are going to participate in the National Volleyball Invitational Championship on March 20-27, 2010 at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila.

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