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PATH-BREAKING BOOK, RUNNING A BUREAUCRACY IS NOW OUT.

Running A Bureaucracy: A Guidebook for Local Government Unit Administrators, Other Public Managers, and Elected Officials is now available at all Powerbooks outlets at P750, and soon at select National Bookstore branches. Copies are also available at the UP Press and UP-NCPAG Publication center, Diliman, Quezon City and at the Provincial Capitol Building, City of Malolos, Province of Bulacan. For inquiries and orders, email: runningabureaucracy@gmail.com or text/call 0928-508-1361. Pre-paid orders get free delivery. Order forms and other information are available as www.lguadministrators.com.

4 RP sites top contenders for 7 wonders of nature search

No less than four of the country’s foremost tourist sites are among the top contenders in the search for the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

The Tubbataha Reef of Palawan, the Chocolate Hills of Bohol, the Underground River of Puerto Princesa City and the Mayon Volcano of Albay have been officially chosen as candidates for the New 7 Wonders of Nature global contest.

To ensure their inclusion in the final list of the New 7 Wonders of Nature, Bohol Gov. Erico B. Aumentado and League executive vice president and Palawan Gov. Joel t. Reyes sponsored a resolution calling on all their colleagues and other local government administrations to support the four nominated sites.

The resolution underscored the imperative need for the League of Provinces of the Philippines to spearhead in securing votes for the Tubbataha reef, the Chocolate Hills, the Underground River and the Mayon Volcano in order that their inclusion among the 21 finalists, and ultimately their selection in the New 7 Wonders of Nature, can be realized.

Voting for the sites are done online by logging at www.new7wonders.com where seven candidates will have to be voted on, for it to be qualified and counted for the contest.

Only 21 out of about 77 sites will be chosen as finalists through internet voting until December 31 2008 after which a panel of experts will choose the final New 7 Wonders of Nature will be chosen. (AJS)

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