Church
oppose entry
of Small Town Lottery | | | The
move to allow the operation of Small Town Lottery (STL) in the province will be
strongly blocked by the Church.
This
was the categorical statement issued by Bishop Leonardo Medroso of the Diocese
of Tagbilaran who articulated on the ill effects of gambling, whether legal or
illegal.
He
said that when people resort to gambling, it destroys their productiveness and
encourages idleness in mind and body since they will simply depend and hope to
win in their daily bets.
FULL
STORY
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| | BOHOL
GOES TO CHINA. The campaign for the Chocolate Hills to be one of the 7 new
wonders of nature will invade some parts of China during the weeklong visit of
the Loboc Youth Ambassador Band and Loboc Children's Choir led by Gov. Aumentado
and Mayor Calipusan. A postcard inscribed with Chinese characters shows the Choco
Hills. |
Just
Before Deadline....
Palace
wants more
oil price rollbacks
MANILA. The public is
still entitled to further rollbacks in pump prices of gasoline and other petroleum
products even after Malacañang reimposed the one-percent tariff on oil
at the start of the month.
Press
Secretary Jesus Dureza told dzRB radio on Saturday that the oil companies -- big
or small -- could not use the oil tariff as justification for quickly ending the
series of oil price rollbacks triggered by the continuing softening of world oil
prices.FULL
STORY
SPORTS
Young city stude off
to Cuba for
training
A
young student from the Manga district high school, this city and four other aspiring
Filipino amateur boxers will leave for Havana, Cuba anytime this week for a three-week
training before seeing action in the 1st Aiba Youth World Boxing Championships
in Guadalajara, Mexico on Oct. 25 to Nov. 1.FULL
STORY
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| | Bomb
blast kills boy of 3;
Donations pour in
By
KIT BAGAIPO
Public sympathy to a hapless 3-year old boy casualty
of a bomb blast in Buenavista town drew an outpouring of donations from generous
and kindhearted listeners of Station dyRD on Thursday.
Boholanos
from all walks of life came in droves at dyRD giving cash, food and clothes to
the family of 3-year old Joshue Suete, who was killed by an improvised bomb Wednesday
night.FULL
STORY | | |  | | | Loboc
Ambassador
Band tour in China
Barely
a year after its inception, the Loboc Youth Ambassador Band has already embarked
in a two-week series of performances from Sept. 28 to Oct. 5 in schools and theater
in Shanghai and other places in the People's Republic of China and from Oct. 8
to 14 in various schools in Metro Manila.FULL
STORY
| | | EDITORIAL | | | THERE
ARE NO SACRED COWS | | One
of the risks of being in the Fourth Estate, is that we can lose some friends.
But
in our 54-year of service, to the community, there are no sacred cows. Maybe noisy |
| | One
of the risks of being in the Fourth Estate, is that we can lose some friends.
But
in our 54-year of service, to the community, there are no sacred cows. Maybe noisy
| bulls.
We have long accepted these facts.The
Chronicle/DYRD group pulled no punches when we tangled with former city mayor
Joe Torralba over issues of corruption at City Hall.
FULL
TEXT |
| | POLLUTANTS?
Part of the P6 million bags of cement in the seawaters after MV Padre Pio 2 ran
aground at the seawaters off Doljo, Panglao town. Environmentalists demand authorities
to check on this to avoid underwater destructions. |
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