AUGUST 27 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2017


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seize .5M of shabu from minor


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Anti-narcotics operatives have arrested a teenager and confiscated more than half a million pesos worth of suspected shabu in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental close to midnight Wednesday. The suspect was identified as a certain Shandy Sanon, 18 years old, a resident of Barangay Tinago in Dumaguete, a police report said. Initial police investigation showed that at around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday, a joint team of the Special Operations Group, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the Provincial Police Drug Enforcement Unit, the Provincial Public Safety Company and the Dumaguete City Police station conducted an anti- illegal drugs operation at Barangay Taclobo in this capital.


Bacong Church altars restored


laborious restoration works, the Philippine National Museum on Tuesday morning turned over to the Diocese of Dumaguete four fully-restored side altars of the St. Augustine of Hippo Parish Church in the municipality of Bacong, Negros Oriental. T he projec t was by


under taken


Dumaguete Bishop Julito Cortes, Bacong Mayor Jocelyn Alviola, and Engr. Orly Abinion of the National Museum during the turn-over of the four restored retablos (side altars) of the St. Augustine of Hippo Church. (Photo by JFP)


marijuana, a digital weighing scale, a lighter, and some cash. The police said the


During the operation, the law enforcers confiscated from the suspect at least 11 transparent plastic sachets containing suspected shabu, one piece of plastic sachet containing suspected


suspected shabu recovered from the suspect weighed around 52 grams with an estimated Dangerous Drugs Board value of Php 613,000.00. The suspect is now


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detained as charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Dangerous Drugs Act as amended are being filed against him.


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Phi l ippine Nationa l Museum, in collaboration with the Bacong local government unit, who both gave an accumulated total of some Php 1.8 million funding for the restoration of the retablos or altars. A simple turn-over ceremony was held following a concelebrated mas s pres id ed by Dumaguete Bishop Julito Cortes and members of the Dumaguete clergy at the Bacong Church, which has been previously declared a National Cultural Treasure. Bacong Mayor Jocelyn Alviola,Vice-Mayor Lenin Alviola, members of the Bacong municipal council and other guests were present during the ceremonial turn-over by Engr. Orly Avignon, who personally supervised the restoration works. Engr. Avignon, who is now retired from the Phi l ippine Nationa l Museum, disclosed that


th e After almost a year of


funding is easy to source for restoration projects from the National Commission for Culture & the Arts if the Church or any LGU can submit a proposed plan. Avignon explained


that the National Museum and the National Heritage Commission do not have funding but offer technical support and undertake projects that are funded by the NCCA.


Negros Oriental has plenty of churches and other structures that speak of its rich heritage and that there should conservation and preservation efforts. He offered his services


According to him,


for free, which Bishop Cortes, in an interview after the mass, lauded as he extended gratitude in behalf of the diocese and the people of Bacong and the province. Bishop Cortes highlighted the importance of educating the people on the importance of cultural heritage that can be passed on to the next generations. The Dumaguet e


prelate said the diocese is considering future restoration and preservation projects through its Cultural Heritage Commission headed by Msgr. Julius Perpetuo Heruela, the parish priest of Bacong.


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