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VOL. LIII. No. 028

City of Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

ADVERTISERS

BLUE CARD PROGRAM
Padding hospital
bills exposed here
By KIT BAGAIPO

False claims on hospitalization payments made on the Blue Card program are exposed as city lawmakers ask for a full-blown inquiry into the reported padding of hospital bills.

City Health Officer Dr. Antonio Porticos revealed to the Chronicle yesterday that investigations are ongoing on the alleged padding by the Medical Mission Group Hospital and Health Services Cooperative (Coop Hospital) as exposed by a Blue Card beneficiary.

The Coop Hospital is among three hospitals accredited under the city's Blue Card program which includes the Gov. Celestino Gallares Regional Hospital and Englewood Hospital.
FULL STORY

LATEST VICTIM. Dr. Junna Macalisang, owner of Luv Ur Teeth Dental Clinic is the latest victim of a robbery perpetrated in broad daylight (11:45 a.m.) last Monday. Her clinic is located just a block from the City PNP station, corner Gallares and JS Torralba Streets. Foto DANNY REYES

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Editorial

	GOOD NEWS FOR WAR VETERANS?
	Thousands of Filipino soldiers and volunteers lost their lives and property in the savagery of World War II waged here against the Japanese Imperial Army. Filipino and American flags were foisted together on top of many a hill - while Pinoy and Kano blood literally blended and cascaded together in many fields and canals in the battlefields throughout the country. FULL TEXT *Just Before Deadline* Bohol Army troops pulled out for Sulu A battalion of soldiers that were assigned to fight communist rebels here in Bohol was sent to Jolo, Sulu to reinforce government troops now conducting operations against the Abu Sayyaf. The 15th Infantry Battalion was deployed to Sulu on Aug. 11. The troops, numbering from 600 to 700, were pulled out late last month from their headquarters in Carmen town to augment forces fighting in Sulu in the wake of the all-out military offensive against the Abu Sayyaf following the beheading of 10 Marines last July 10 in Basilan province. FULL STORY

	GMA COMING AGAIN. Pres. Gloria Arroyo and some of her Cabinet members are arriving this Friday for a Peace Summit. File photo shows GMA welcomed by Gov. Erico Aumentado, Rep. Edgar Chatto, and Rep. Roberto Cajes during her last visit here. Foto DANNY REYES

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