'Swertres'
nets
P1M daily in bet
" Ingking hikes drive; denies protection
By
KIT BAGAIPO
Operations
of the illegal numbers game 'swertres' remain unabated
here with an estimated daily proceeds of P1.2-million.
This
despite a renewed campaign by Bohol Police Director
SSupt. Edgardo Ingking against financiers, coordinators
and ushers.
The action of SSupt. Ingking followed after he denounced
the smear campaign lodged against him claiming that
he sent an emissary to 'swertres' financiers to demand
"protection money" from them, which he strongly
denied.
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AID. Gov. Erico Aumemntado (left, top photo) discusses
with Lee Hae Kyoon of the Korea International Cooperation
Agency (KOICA) the need to conduct feasibility studies
for five mega projects. Lower photo shows the governor
after he spoke during the 15th East and Southeast Asia
International Conference in Gumi City, South Korea. |
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OUT DEMANDS, as more than 100 farmers attend dialogue.
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SP
proposes amendments to Blue Card health plan
Coop Hospital returns P150T
By:
KIT BAGAIPO
The
Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) joint committees looking
into lapses in the implementation of the city government's
Blue Card program is recommending amendments to the
free hospitalization ordinance.
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STORY
Alturas
marks 22nd Anniversary
By
ARIEL E. FULLIDO
Alturas
Supermarket celebrates twenty-two years of dedicated
service to the Boholanos as the leading store in Bohol
marks its 22nd anniversary on November 24.
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SPORTS
Meza out to ruin
Bautista's plans
With the way he sounded, Mexican boxer
Antonio Meza is bent upon further ruining the career
of young Filipino prospect Rey "Boom Boom"
Bautista.
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EDITORIAL
"IN
THE NAME OF THE LEAST OF OUR BRETHREN"
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In
the name of the least of our brethren - many of
them poor farmers - has some crime been committed.
The
Holy Bible is specific in the New |
Testament
where
Jesus said: "For as long as you do it to the least
of my brethren, you do it unto me." He was referring
to corporal works of mercy like giving food to the hungry,
shelter to the homeless, justice for the penniless, comforting
the poor and fighting for the powerless.
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Just Before Deadline.....
Comelec chief legal
officer shot dead
MANILA. Alioden Dalaig, chief legal officer of Commission
on Elections, was shot dead on a Manila intersection last
night.
Comelec
spokesman James Jimenez said Dalaig was declared dead
on arrival at the Ospital ng Maynila where he was rushed
after the shooting at the corner of Pedro Gil and M.H.
del Pilar Streets in Ermita.
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| GREEN
SEA TURTLE TREATED. Spotted off the seawaters of barangay
Catarman Dauis town with a wound in the right flipper,
this female green sea turtle receives medical treatment
but was later released to sea under a 21-day observation
period by authorities of the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources. |
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