DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Philippines (PIA) — The Negros Oriental provincial government will open its first local government unit-themed exhibit on August 19 at the Sidlakang Negros Village, this city.

Dubbed “Vallehermoso: The Beautiful Valley,” the exhibit to be put up by Vallehermoso town through the Provincial Tourism Office will highlight the town and its pride-making assets and achievements.

The coffee table book, “Vallehermoso” authored by Ms. Tess Lopez will also be launched during the exhibit.

Mayor's consultant lectures Cebu contractors

CEBU CITY, Cebu (PNA) — Cebu City school building contractors were given a lecture on anti-corruption, even as the city government appropriated P62.381 million for the building of school buildings equivalent to 133 classrooms.

Mayor’s Office consultant, Engr. Ester Cubero, called for the meeting with Mayor Michael Rama and contractors WTG Construction, Mega Plus Construction, CLER Construction, Narciso Builders, WIN Construction, RGY Builders, Geery Realty and Corp., and Keneto Contraks Inc. in attendance.

She told contractors engineering design and construction materials specifications should be strictly followed in school building construction.

CSE test passers given certificates

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte (PIA) — The Civil Service Commission in Eastern Visayas has conferred certificates of eligibility to those who passed the May 2011 Civil Service Eligibility-Paper and Pencil Test (CSE-PPT) examination.

Passing percentage for the professional level was 10.21 percent and 7.1 percent for the sub-professional level. Only 468 out of 4,732 examinees passed the professional level while 33 examinees out of 453 passed the sub-professional level in the CSC-conducted examination. Test passers are now eligible to join government service.

DOH-6 pushes for birth spacing

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo (PNA) — The Department of Health’s Center for Health Development 6 (DoH-CHD 6) is urging couple to space births to have healthy and productive families. DoH–CHD 6 regional director Ariel I. Valencia said “healthy spacing of pregnancies give couples time to be with their children in their crucial years of life.” He said. “Experts agree that a child’s first years are important; they are the foundations that help shape children’s future health, happiness, growth, development, learning and achievement.”

PNP action in Iloilo hailed

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo (PNA) — Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. welcomed the lifting of the gun ban imposed by PNP regional director Chief Supt. Cipriano Querol in eight Northern Iloilo towns, allegedly on rising lawlessness. The measure was massively protested because Defensor, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and the town mayors were not consulted before the ban was imposed.

The ban was supposed to have lasted until Jan. 15, 2012 but Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Raul Bacalzo ordered the lifting of the gun ban effective last August 15, or one month and a half after it was implemented.