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Congress
inquiry on effects of oil survey without Bohol solons
By
KIT BAGAIPO
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At
least 10 congressmen from Central Visayas and
party-list groups signed a resolution asking for
an inquiry into the effects of the oil seismic
survey and future drilling at the Bohol-Cebu Strait.
However,
Boholano solons Edgar Chatto, Roberto Cajes and
Adam Jala did not sign the resolution.
House
Resolution 212 was jointly filed by administration
congressmen Eduardo Gullas (Cebu 1st Dist., KAMPI),
Benhur Salimbangon (Cebu 4th Dist., KAMPI), Antonio
Cuenco, (Cebu City 2nd Dist., LAKAS), Jocelyn
Sy-
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES. Public elementary school
students of barangays Tiptip, Dao, San Isidro
and Manga were among the first recipients yesterday
of free school bags with notebooks, pencils,
crayons, paper pads, ballpens, raincoats for
boys and umbrellas for girls. Next week the
city government will start distributing school
uniforms and shoes to some 9,500 pupils here. |
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Editorial
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WHERE
ARE THE BOHOL PUBLIC OFFICIALS?
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No
less than the American Ambassador to the Philippines
Kristie Kenney was just here to pitch for environmental
preservation - particularly of the Bohol coastal area.
This marine life and bio-diverse habitat is the beneficiary
of an American aid program calling for their protection.
That
same week in Sydney, Australia, American President George
Bush and the Philippines' Gloria M. Arroyo side-stepped
protocol to discuss only three things: terrorism, the
economy and the environment.
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Just
Before Deadline
Four
lawyers take turns
reading Estrada verdict
MANILA.- The country's biggest legal
drama and political thriller comes to a climax today
when the Sandiganbayan hands down its verdict on the
plunder and perjury case against deposed president Joseph
Estrada.
And
with a Supreme Court ruling allowing live coverage via
its camera, the country -- and the world -- can follow
the 9 a.m. proceedings as they unfold at the anti-graft
court's special division, a three-member bench created
to try Estrada for allegedly amassing P4.1 billion in
ill-gotten wealth, including payoffs from illegal gambling,
tobacco tax kickbacks, and stock trading commissions.
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