| Agora
plan "reborn" | | | The
much sought after completion of the Agora Market into a modern business center
resurfaced last Wednesday after city lawmakers formalized their approval for City
Mayor Dan Lim to negotiate a new scheme on how to finally eliminate the "biggest
eyesore" in the downtown area.
City
Vice Mayor Nuevas Montes presided the session which gave the chief executive the
authority to explore a "design-build-operate" (DBO) agreement with private
developers who are interested to invest on this major property bounded by BQ Mall
and Alturas Supermarket along the main Carlos P. Garcia Avenue, in the central
commercial district of this city.
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STORY | | BONDING
& FRIENDSHIP. Toyokawa (Japan) Mayor Katsukyi Nakano is extended a warm
reception by Tourism Sec. Ace Durano, Rep. Edgar Chatto and City Mayor Dan Lim
during his visit here last Thursday to explore possibilities of a sisterhood agreement.
With Nakano are Akira Makino of the international affairs section, escorted by
RP Tourism Attache Valentino Cabansag. |
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| | | Just
Before Deadline.... |
Comelec
appeals to
new voters to register
MANILA.
Complaining that only a few new voters were registering, the Commission on Elections
yesterday reminded legal-aged Filipinos they have until the end of the year to
register to be able to vote in the 2007 mid-term elections.
Comelec
Chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. recalled that the agency has allowed registration
for new voters to take place on Sundays precisely because of appeals from youth
and student groups.
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eye congressional seat in 3rd district
By
KIT BAGAIPO
From
nine probable candidates eyeing the third congressional district seat last June,
at least four remain firm in their bid barely six months away from the May 2007
elections.
Hoping
to land in the post of last termer Rep. Eladio Jala are Board Member Dionisio
Balite, former Gov. Rene Relampagos, the incumbent congressman's elder brother
City DepEd Superintendent Elpidio Jala and former Board Member Alexander Lim.
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STORY | | |  | | | 15
drum corps in Alturas Showdown
By
ARIEL E. FULLIDO Fifteen
drum and bugle contingents are participating in this year's Alturas Drum &
Bugle Corps Showdown, scheduled at the CPG Sports Complex on November 25, Saturday.
The
main highlight in the 21st Anniversary Celebration of Alturas Supermarket, the
Alturas Drum & Bugle Corps Showdown 2006 brings together for one spectacular
day the best drum corps in
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| | | EDITORIAL | | | OH,
WHAT A SUPREME COURT!| | |  | | Dramatically,
last Wednesday the Supreme Court showed it was made of sterner stuff.
Ten
of the fifteen Justices are appointees of President Gloria M. Arroyo. High tension
pressure was exerted by public |
pronouncements
of GMA, Speaker Jose de Venetia and even earlier former President and Lakes Party
Chair Fidel V. Ramos.But
in a breathtaking 8-7 slim decision, the Supreme Court showed a brave heart, intestinal
fortitude and high - octaned gas tanks by junking the People's Initiative for
Charter Change filed by the Lambino Group and ULAP. The decision shook the nation
to its senses.
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