Thursday, August 23, 2007 (Philippines)

Five French Volunteers of the Simag Foundation in E.B. Magalona town dance with children in Wednesday's culmination program at Cuaycong Elem. School. They are Clea Favre, Fiona Nazaire, Lucie Henri, Domien Girardaeu and Romain Thibault. Romain (left, below) learns to dance the cha-cha with a local resident. (Sun.Star Bacolod/Erwin Delilan) NOW it can be told. The recent trip of Bacolod-Negros softbelles to Kirkland, Washington, USA was considered illegal due to the absence of official leave documents. So said Dr. Milagros Gonzales, superintendent of the Department of Education (DepEd)-Bacolod City Division. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo [full story]