Two women are charged on Friday with large-scale illegal recruitment and estafa after defrauding overseas bound Boholanos of almost half a million pesos in processing fees for non-existent jobs in Dubai.

The National Bureau of Investigations (NBI) Bohol filed complaints at the City Prosecutor's Office against Erlinda Jamaldin, also known as Erlinda Evangelista y Pondoc, a resident of barangay Tiptip, this city together with her cohort, Eduardina Estrella who is residing in Dubai.
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	UP EVERY WEEK. The prices of petroleum products continue to increase almost every Friday, Price of LPG also increased with Shellane sold at P767 and Pryce Gas at P763. Foto DANNY REYES

Just Before Deadline.....
Solons would switch
to LPG than pay P61/liter

MANILA. With fuel pump prices rising on a weekly basis and hitting an unheard-of P61 a liter in the past week, Filipino politicians are taking a hard look at their beloved sport utility vehicles.
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SPORTS
RP c'ship marks
Sandugo boxfest

The big names in boxing in this beautiful island province of Bohol are visibly missing in this year's edition of the annual Sandugo boxing event but the famed ALA Promotions in cooperation with the city government of Tagbilaran has assured fans of a blockbuster card this coming July 20.
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Habal-habal legal soon

Congress has approved a bill regulating the operation of habal-habal, a two-wheel means of transportation in Bohol and many other provinces that is most practical in traveling to rural areas.

Also known as motorcycle-for-hire, habal-habal has been regarded as the "king of barrio road" since it can get to areas no longer negotiable or passable to four-wheel vehicles.
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Bohol: Most promising
in ASEAN tourism forum
Bohol has been prominently and frequently cited as the most promising destination for tourism investors and visitors during the 3rd ASEAN Tourism Investment Forum on July 6-9,2008 at the SMX Convention Center, Manila. Successful domestic hotel operators have been saying that Bohol may overtake Boracay in the long run and the next destination to beat outside of Metro Manila.

Mr. Sammy Lim, President of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, believes in the potentials of Bohol, and the only thing wanting in Bohol is that the airport needs to be fixed, and then investors and visitors will certainly come.
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NIGHT CRUISE. This is what Lobocanons now call "Boulevard by Night" which will highlight the much awaited Loboc River Night Cruise. It will officially start this Friday. The night cruise is P200 (excluding foods).

EDITORIAL
"OFWs: MODERN-DAY HEROES"

It is said that man can live without food for 30 days; can live without water for three days; can live without air for 8 minutes - but cannot live one minute without hope.

Let's drop all pretenses and skip semantics - the savior of the Philippine Economy today is the over 8 million Overseas Foreign Workers (OFWs) - 10% of the entire 88 million Filipinos. They are the ones that give this country hope.
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