1
dead, 2 hurt
in NPA clash
BY
KIT BAGAIPO | | | An
Army Scout Ranger was killed in action while two others were critically wounded
including a rebel returnee after a squad of government troops conducting patrol
in the outskirts of barangays Aloha, Rizal and Behind the Clouds in Batuan town
were ambushed by a band of around 20 members of the New Peoples Army (NPA) around
11:30 noon yesterday.
Col.
Jesse Dellosa, who just assumed last week as commander of the 302nd Infantry Brigade
identified the slain ranger as SSgt. Sulpicio Dalmacio Jr. of the Scout Rangers
unit based in Sagbayan town.
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| | | | Just
Before Deadline.... |
Palace
to hold poll summit
MANILA.
With or without the influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines
(CBCP), Malacañang will push through with its "election summit"
agenda to map out measures for clean, honest and orderly elections in May.
Cabinet
Secretary Ricardo Saludo said yesterday preparations for the summit are proceeding
well and invitations have been sent to concerned sectors that include the CBCP,
the Philippine National Police, the Commission on Elections and private poll watchdogs.
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| | Boholanos
await action on GSIS pensioners' plea Boholanos
still await action on the plea of GSIS pensioners to correct the existing eCard
system which has brought a lot of inconvenience to old-age pensioners.
This
came even as Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has vowed to intercede for old-age
pensioners with the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to ease their burden
in claiming their pensions using the eCard.
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| | |  | | | Outstanding
Boholanos to be honored
By
RESTY MAGLALANG and DOVIC TIROL
Gear
up for the Valentine season with savings galore as Alturas Supermarket will hold
a3-Day Sale
on February 2, 3 and 4. Alturas
PR/Marketing Manager, Loy M. Palapos, said the big sale offers huge discounts
of up to 50% on selected items at the Alturas Department Store. The sales blitz
is conceived as a means of giving away discounts in time for the Valentines Day
on February 14.
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| | | EDITORIAL | | | THE
OLD OR NEW GSIS PAYMENT SCHEME? | | GSIS
General Manager Winston Garcia, despite issues of graft in the past, had turned
the weak institution into one of the most profitable in the last few years. |
As
a professional manager, Garcia instituted genuine reforms - administratively and
financially - and weeded out scores of fake pensioners.
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 | | SCIENCE
AND SUPERSTITION. Rep. Edgar Chatto and Loon Mayor Yul Lopez seems to hear
the talks of some folks that engkantos are blamed for the epidemic which killed
five and downed 500 patients after this portion of the road (right foto) was damaged
by the widening project along the national highway. |
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