Vote
buy, "kidnapping"
mar brgy, SK elections
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Vote-buying
and "abduction of voters" has marred tomorrow's
holding of barangay and sangguniang kabataan (SK) elections.
Meanwhile,
a re-electionist barangay captain in Camili-an Ubay
town was shot dead by unidentified tandem motorcycle
riders. (See related story)
Some
30,000 candidates will be vying for a total of 17,744
barangay and SK posts, records of the Office of the
Provincial Election Supervisor show.
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HOTLY CONTESTED.
Several barangays in the province have their respective
barangay and SK polls hotly contested as thousands
troop to the various polling places tomorrow.
Foto WILLIE MAESTRADO
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| REGENCY,
SOON! Panglao will soon have Bohol Regency Beach
Resort, Inc. as the latest addition which will commence
construction June next year. Photo shows its flagship
Boracay Regency Beach Resort. |
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Judge
sacked for immorality
By:
KIT BAGAIPO
A
municipal trial court judge was dismissed by the Supreme
Court (SC) for making sexual advances and committing
lascivious acts against two women in a public place.
The
high tribunal, in an en banc ruling, found Judge Manuel
de Castro of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC)
of Jagna and Garcia-Hernandez, guilty of gross misconduct
and immorality.
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BWS
is champ in 18th
great high sch. debate
The
University of the Philippines Kadugong Bol-anon sponsors
the 18th Great High School Debate as the main event
of the 2007 Academic Festival where Bohol Wisdom School
defeated Holy Spirit School and Bohol International
Learning Center in a three-round bout held at the Island
City Mall last Thursday.
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PARDON
MAKES "ERAP" KING
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It
can be said that GMA may have won the battle,
but Erap won the war.
When
President GMA granted Executive Clemency (Pardon)
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convicted
plunderer former President Erap Estrada, ordinary
folks thought Erap yielded to the power of the Presidency.
On the contrary.
As
we know, in spiritual and mortal terms, pardon (as
in the confessional) can only be given if the applicant
(a) admits the guilt (b) feels remorse over the
deed (c) makes restitution or restoration (d) and
promises not to repeat the offense.
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| WATER,
PLEASE! Pres. Arroyo eagerly waits for the water to
flow at the expensive P3.6-billion Bayongan Dam irrigation
project last Friday with Japanese Ambassador Makoto Katsura,
Gov. Erico Aumentado, Reps. Edgar Chatto, Roberto Cajes
and Adam Jala. Foto DANNY REYES |
Just
Before Deadline.....
Oil
firms hike prices
by 50¢ per liter
MANILA.
As world oil prices hit a record $90 per barrel, local
oil firms decided to raise pump prices of gasoline, diesel
and kerosene by 50 centavos a liter and liquefied petroleum
gas prices by 56 centavos a kilogram, inclusive of the
12-percent value-added tax.
Pilipinas
Shell Petroleum Corp. started the round of price hikes
at 12:01 a.m. yesterday, followed by Petron Corp. and
Total Phil. at 6 a.m. and Chevron Phil. at noon.
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