Vol. XX No. 981 • Dumaguete City, Philippines • March 31 - April 6, 2019 • P15.00 CCTVs


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cameras have finally arrived and will soon be installed in strategic areas in Dumaguete City.


The long-awaited CCTV


The arrival of the cameras was announced in a press briefing by Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo Thursday. In the press conference with PLDT One Visayas Associate Vice President Jimmy Chua, Remollo said that the Dumaguetenos will see the gradual installation of cameras in all major intersections and strategic locations in the 30 barangays.


The purchase of CCTV cameras was initiated during the previous administration but had been stalled at the City Council. Unde r


administration, the acquisition of the CCTV cameras was also stalled after the City insisted on merely renting the equipment for five years and returning it to the winning bidder. The first two biddings were declared a failure.


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Graduating students from the Collage of Engineering at Silliman University throw their caps in the air after the Baccalaureate Service Sunday. (Photo by Leandro Credo)


The City then negotiated with PLDT, which agreed to lease CCTV cameras in Dumaguete for an eight-year period at a cost of P67.9 million The command and control


system will be established inside the City Hall.


PNP to probe BM Dungog’s killing


On that fateful Monday afternoon, Provincial Board Member Miguel Dungog had reported to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan that he was joining the Board’s regular weekly session. Dungog was president of the Philippine Councilors’ League-Negros Oriental Chapter, and was ex-officio member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.


But this was different from the previous Mondays, as he was bringing his four-year-old daughter with him.


Officials of barangay Puhagan in Valencia, the Energy Development Corp., the Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the Department of Information & Communications Technology, and the local government unit of Valencia look elated Sunday after the historic signing of a Deed of Donation providing free WiFi in Puhagan, the first barangay in the country to avail of the Free WiFi program of the DICT. (Contributed photo)


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“I’ll probably leave early,” he told Vice Gov. Mark Macias prior to the session, “as I am taking my daughter to the hospital for her vaccination. Inatay (inay and itay) ko ron.” Dungog’s wife, Karen Solomon-Dungog, was in Siaton to prepare for her campaign as councilor in her husband’s hometown. The session finished early, and Dungog left with his daughter for their hospital appointment. After dropping off his daughter and the nanny at the hospital’s main entrance, Dungog drove out to look for a parking space. He found a spot behind the Silliman Power Plant, parked, alighted from his car, and started walking back to the hospital. Suddenly, two suspects came and shot him at point blank range, hitting him on the cheek. He was


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killed on the spot. The suspects casually walked away. Back in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, news of Dungog’s murder shocked everyone. “Miguel Dungog has been shot!” Macias recalled people telling him.


been here in the Sangguian premises, and they could have followed the Board Member to the hospital, waiting for the perfect moment to strike,” Macias said.


was difficult to speculate on the motive for the killing.


Vice Governor Macias said it


Dungog was an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation, and had his own collection agency before he entered politics, winning as councilor of Siaton. He was a candidate for


Provincial Board Member representing the 3rd District, and was reportedly eyeing to


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