Roxas City, Dumarao cleanest, greenest in WV
March 4, 2009ROXAS CITY - Don’t be surprised if you see city officials - particularly Mayor Antonio del Rosario - grinning from ear to ear these days.
For the third time, this city of more than 150 people was adjudged the cleanest and greenest component city in Western Visayas in the Gawad Pangulo sa Kapaligiran program of the Office of the President, besting Sagay City (2nd) and Victoria City (3rd), both in Negros Occidental.
The Dumarao town in Ca
piz was voted first for Category A municipalities. Other two winners in this category are Miag-ao in Iloilo (2nd) and Kalibo, the capital town of Aklan (3rd).
This was the second time that Dumarao topped the tilt. Last year, it also won under its category.
Both Mayor Antonio del Rosario of Roxas City and Heracleo Benjamin of Dumarao expressed elation over the feat.
“I am happy that we have maintained the No. 1 ranking in the region for three consecutive years. We owe this to the support and cooperation of the people and other sectors of the city,” the mayor declared. (more…)
Students for International Mission Service (SIMS)
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Philippines by Laura Anne Teasley, sophomore, School of Medicine
Toward the end of my first year of medical school, I was fortunate enough to be awarded an American Medical Association (AMA/LLUSM chapter) scholarship. This helped me travel to the Philippines through the Students for International Mission Service (SIMS) program to the Seventh-day Adventist-run Bacolod Sanitarium and Hospital. This facility is located in the port of Bacolod, in the prince of Negros Occidental on the island of Negros in the Philippines.
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