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VOL. LIII. No. 030
City of Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
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BANK ROBBED P200T
Guard killed, 2 wounded,
rob head falls

By KIT BAGAIPO

 

A security guard was killed after a shootout against five heavily armed robbers, three of whom are now in police custody after they held up a vehicle of the Bank of Commerce shortly before 12 noon yesterday.

Hot pursuit of police operatives finally led to the capture of Casimiro "Meloy" Garcia, leader of the San Miguel robbery group tagged responsible in several high profile hold-ups here and in Cebu City.
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BLOODY SHOOTOUT. A gun battle between five robbers and security men of Bank of Commerce yesterday noon felled guard Remegio Canizar (top left), while four others were wounded including two other guards and suspect Cresencio Reguya (lower right) who is still fighting for life after undergoing surgery. In hot pursuit, police with the help of security guards at Dumaluan Beach Resort in Panglao, later captured robbery gang leader Casimiro "Meloy" Garcia, 24 (lower left) and Gelvin Nuez, 19 (center).

Just Before Deadline

21 Filipinos, 18 Koreans
trapped in Pagsanjan


MANILA. Eighteen Korean nationals, three visiting Filipinos from abroad, accompanied by 18 hired boatmen, had been stranded since yesterday afternoon on their way to the famed Pagsanjan falls in Laguna, police said.

Senior Superintendent Felipe Rojas, Laguna provincial director, said the 39 were stranded in the village of El Pueblo, Cavinti, Laguna while on their way to see the Pagsanjan Falls.
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Editorial

 
EDUCATION REFORMS,
AT LAST?
 

Frankly, interviewing new graduates these days shock us. Not all the time, but most of the time.

Not only are their English (written and verbal) atrocious, perspectives are narrow and reasoning skills are as thin as the hair of Dolphy without his wig.

Let's be frank - coming from where our generation did - today's Education in the Philippines seems to have gone to the dogs. It sucks, the burgis swears.
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  CITY Kag. Bantugan (l) during his presscon at Saya's resto last night. With him are fellow city legislators Edi Borja and Butchie Zamora. One of Bantugan's most vocal supporters, Candijay Kag. Jessie Sales was also present. Foto WILLY MAESTRADO
 
  IN his final blitzkrieg last night, Bantugan met with SK Provincial Federation Pres. Bobbit Cajes-Auza. He was accompanied by city SK Federation Pres. Frances Marnelli Abella during the meeting. This was followed by last-minute discussions with several groups of municipal councilors who arrived in the city last night in time for today's PCL provincial congress. Foto WILLY MAESTRADO

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