MANILA, Philippines -- Miss Bikini Philippines Angelee Claudett Delos Reyes, the pride of Olongapo City, will take to the stage once again to compete for the title of Miss Bikini International 2011 in China on September 8, 2011. Delos Reyes, a nurse by profession, will be pitted against more than seventy (70) other beauty queens from various countries all over the world.

“Ang buong Lungsod ng Olongapo ay sumusuporta sa panibagong kumpetisyon na haharapin ni Angelee sa China kung saan siya ang opisyal na kinatawan ng Pilipinas,” Mayor James “Bong” Gordon said. (Franco G. Regala)

Biñan agreement

CITY OF BIÑAN, Philippines — The City Government of Binan with three towns in the fourth district of Laguna will signed Tuesday a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on sisterhood which aims to encourage intergovernmental relations among local government units (LGU's).

Biñan City headed by Mayor Marlyn Alonte will host the event to be held at the City Hall Annex in Barangay Zapote.

Towns of Pila, Pakil, and Luisiana have expressed their desire to become a sister municipalities of Binan because of its tremendous growth and the development knowledge of the city.

City information officer Roman Carencia said the agreement aims to provide mutual help, guidance and assistance in promoting the welfare and advancement of their constituents. (Ferdinand F. Castro)

Media training 

CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Philippines — Seventy senior police officers and personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from four regions in Northern and Central Luzon successfully completed a 3-day media relations training that will aid them effectively and efficiently com-municate the noble programs and projects of their organization to the public.

The participants of the seminar, which was organized by the PNP general headquarters, were deputy regional directors for operation, head of the police community relations (PCR) and public information officers of the Police Regional Office (PRO), II, III and the Cordillera and provincial directors, PCR heads and PIOs of the different provinces within the four regions. (Dexter See)

Hail no cause for alarm

DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines — Hailstorms may happen in any place as reported by PAGASA here and this brought some anxiety among residents believing in bad omens.

But, according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration hailstorms are not bad omens.

Greg De Vera, Chief of the PAGASA Weather Bureau in Pangasinan, said hail is a form of solid precipitation which consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, that are individually called hail stones. (Liezle Basa Inigo)

TB program in Dagupan City

DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines — The increasing number of tuberculosis (TB) cases here should not cause alarm as stated by Dr. Aurora Cuison, head of the TB Directly Observed Treatment in Short Courses (DOTS) program of the City Health Office (CHO).

Dispelling what she called as the false notion about the marked increase of TB cases in the city, Cuison said that the surge was an offshoot of the good performance of the CHO in the TB intervention program.

“The CHO is engaged in a massive search campaign for more patients needing to be treated, unlike patients suffering from other diseases where higher count means lower feasibility, she explained. (Liezle Basa Inigo)