Barangay captain held for illegal gunsCapiceño cardiologist lectures in RussiaP6.4 -million airport expansion underwayBarangay captain held for illegal gunsThe composite team led by Supt. Ren Darroca and Sr. Insp. Ricardo Alba arrested Brgy. Captain Ludovico Fuentes. The search warrant was signed by Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Salvador S. Gubaton of Branch 14. Recovered inside the house of the suspect were two cal. 38 revolvers; two 12 gauge shotguns; one magazine ingram; 29 live bullets of 9mm pistol; 12 live bullets of cal. 38 revolver; 3 pieces cartridge of 12 gauge shotgun; and 2 pieces holster of cal. 38 revolver. The confiscated items were turned over to the custody of the PAIDTF. Deputy provincial director Ren Darroca said the provincial command had earlier received reports that Fuentes owned different calibers of firearms. Fuentes who is seeking reelection as barangay captain of Cubay here, was charged for violation of PD 1866 also known as illegal possession of firearms law. He was placed under the custody of the PAIDTF at Camp Teodorico Apil in Barangay Lanot, Roxas City. Capiceño cardiologist lectures in RussiaIt was the second time for Bellosillo to lecture for the European Congress of Clinical Gerontology. He talked on the topic “The Ageing Process and Its Cardiovascular Complications” during the Fifth Congress held in Bratislava, Slovak Republic on June 20-22, 2000. It was also Bellosillo’s second time to lecture in Russia, the first time was on the occasion of the Fourth Russian National Conference on Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention held on May 15-20, 2001 under the auspices of the Russian National Society of Cardiology. He gave a talk on “Global Challenges in Cardiac Rehabilitation: The Philippine View.” Bellosillo was in the faculty of the recently concluded meeting of the Egyptian Atherosclerotic Society held in Cairo, Egypt on April 10-13 this year and during the Second International Conference on Cardiovascular Diseases in Kosice, Slovakia. He delivered lectures on “Hyperhomocysteinemia: An Emerging Risk Factor in Atherosclerosis” and on “Circadian Variation: Its Clinical and Cardiac Rehabilitation Implications.” Bellosillo’s future speaking engagements include the Thirteenth Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology in Beijing, China on September 13-17, and in Porto, Portugal on October 18-20 this year. Bellosillo was president of the Philippine Society of Echocardiography in 1992-1994, founding president of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Society of the Philippines in 1994-1995 and currently founding president of the Foundation Lay Education on heart Diseases, Inc. P6.4 -million airport expansion underwayA ground breaking ceremony for the airport's improvement costing P6.4 million was held June 9 here with no less than ATO undersecretary Adelberto Yap gracing the occasion. Trade Secretary Mar Roxas, Gov. Vicente Bermejo, Capiz's first district Rep. Rodriguez Dadivas and Mayor Antonio del Rosario also witnessed the ground breaking rites. The project calls for the expansion of the airport's vehicular parking area and runway costing P3.1 million and the construction of ATO's administration building costing P3.3 million. Dadivas, through Roxas' backing, followed up the project to ATO's central office in Manila. Earlier, Dadivas submitted the program of works, detailed blue prints of work plan as well as direct costing to the ATO central office. Dadivas said the project was necessary to prevent traffic congestion in the airport's parking area. He also noted that the present ATO office is too small and is not properly ventilated. Yap said the extension of the airport's runway to accommodate night flights landing had been in his mind as one of the improvements that must be done on the airport.
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