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City of Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines
Sunday, November 18, 2007
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Police uncovers syndicate victimizing vet pensioners
By KIT BAGAIPO

SURIGAO
  Police operatives caught red-handed the prime suspect behind a syndicate victimizing Boholano pensioners of the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) of their pensions.

The suspect identified as Danilo Surigao, 52, a resident of Toledo City, Cebu was caught in the act
of receiving P30,000 marked money from one Paula Peligro, 77, a pensioner from barangay Cansiwang, Guindulman town during an entrapment operation at the Development Bank of the Phil. (DBP) last Tuesday.
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EDITORIAL
PANGLAO TO HAVE WATER SOON?
  IIncredible though it may seem, it's been more than 20 years since the Father of Bohol Tourism Anos Fonacier set up his first cottages of the Bohol Beach Club and water is still scarce for Panglao resorts.

Trucks still ply to deliver water from the capital to this day while our development planners want to open an ambitious P3.2-billion Panglao Airport which could lure blue-chip business names like the Shangrila, the Marriot chain, the Ayalas, Lucio Tan and a host of silently prospecting big-time investors to Panglao. What kind of water system shall we offer them?
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NAPOLCOM HEARING. Atty. Aloha Peñaranda presides the hearing of complaints against erring TMG men in the hot cars seizure case.

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Ubay police chief faces raps for theft
By KIT BAGAIPO

A contractor of the Bohol Irrigation Project Stage 2 (BHIP-2) is filing charges of theft against the chief of the Ubay PNP who is allegedly involved in the pilferage and robbery of P20-million worth of heavy equipment in Ubay town.

Aside from the criminal complaint, Ubay police chief P/Supt. Eduardo Saavedra is also facing administrative charges for grave misconduct and serious irregularity in the performance of his duty filed by Bohol PNP Director P/SSupt. Edgardo Ingking at the National Police Commission (Napolcom) regional office.
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Alturas showdown explodes Sat.
By ARIEL E. FULLIDO

All roads lead to the CPG Sports Complex this Saturday, November 24, as the 20th edition of the prestigious Alturas Drum & Bugle Corps Showdown brings together for one spectacular day the best drum corps in the region.

Billed as the greatest show in town, this year's showdown features eighteen contingents in a competition contested in three categories: Category A for more seasoned drum corps most of which are outside Bohol; and Category B and C for high school and elementary drum corps, respectively.
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SPORTS
VAAA cagefest opens today

Cebu First District Rep. And University of the Visayas (UV) president Eduardo "Eddiegul" R. Gullas will be the guest of honor and keynote speaker in the formal opening of the M. Lhuillier Kwarta Padala-sponsored 2nd Visayas Amateur Athletic Association (VAAA) men's basketball tournament this afternoon at the Cebu Coliseum.

VAAA founder and multi-titled coach Raul "Yayoy" D. Alcoseba said the presence of Gullas is indeed a big boost and an added inspiration to the fledgling league to soar even higher and scale greater heights in the local hoopdom.
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Just Before Deadline.....
Dagupan radioman shot, wounded
DAGUPAN CITY. A radio announcer was shot and wounded by two motorcycle-riding men near his house beside the De Venecia Highway here on Friday night, police said.
Allan Sison, 41, was hit twice in the chest and right armpit, according to Supt. Dionisio Borromeo, Dagupan police chief.

Sison was taken to the Dagupan City Trauma Center, where he underwent surgery. Doctors on Saturday said Sison was out of danger.
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