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VOL. LIII. No. 046

City of Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

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Re-electionist brgy
captain shot dead
By KIT BAGAIPO

A re-electionist barangay captain here was shot dead by a still unidentified gunman riding in tandem a motorcycle 2 p.m. Sunday.

The victim, identified as Ramon Autida y Boncales, 30, the incumbent barangay captain of Camili-an, Ubay, was plying the national highway in barangay Lumangog aboard a motorcycle when the bonnet wearing tandem bikers drove by and gunned him down.

Autida was hit on the neck and fell off his motorcycle.
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PRIDE OF SEVILLA. Newly ordained Bishop Crispin "Bai" Varquez receives a rousing welcome from his town mates in Sevilla, Bohol during last Sunday's "homecoming of a church leader" to the quiet interior town. Bishop Varquez, 47, officiated his thanksgiving mass the day after his ordination as bishop. He is the 16th Boholano bishop.

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