P40M
city fund
still in question
Minority
bloc city lawmakers put on hold the passage of a proposed ordinance approving
Supplemental Budget No. 2 amounting P40,728,306 during the Sangguniang Panlungsod
(SP) session Friday.
Meanwhile,
city lawmakers remain to be "blinded" on budgetary measures which they
wish to clarify after the city mayor insisted to prohibit City Budget officer
Rose Palma and City Engineer Anecita Castolo to appear before the Sangguniang
Panlungsod last Friday. FULL
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|  | | TOURISM
Sec. Durano (l) and Danao Mayor Tom Gonzaga (r), prepare to do the inaugural jump
Thursday at "The Plunge," the latest addition at the Danao Adventure
Park. Foto DANNY REYES |  | | BIGGEST
MEDIA COVERAGE. DYRD joins the widest election coverage dubbed as "Eleksyon
2010" with Rev. Fr. Francis Lucas, Catholic Media Network president (2nd
from right). | | EDITORIAL
"CITY
GOVERNANCE BY IMAGERY"
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"If you cannot
win them, dazzle them",. was a popular adage in the 70's of people who tried
to make up in form what they lacked in substance.Porma, as the Tagalogs say. |
That
is exactly the style of governance of the discredited Mayor of the City.
Take
the Garbage Dumpsite problem, as a case in point.
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SPORTS
Melligen, Donaire
vs. Mexican foes Mark
Jason Melligen, of ALA will see action on Aug. 15 in a 10-round bout for the first
time in the United States against Mexican Michel Rosales.
Bob
Arum who launched the Pinoy Power 2 boxing event last July 1 in front of the media
personalities spoke highly of Melligen, even though, Melligen was not there during
the press con. Top Rank executives mentioned in the meeting with Martin that it
will be "sky is the limit" if Melligen wins.
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Balikbayans
arriving with Palace treat A
red carpet welcome awaits some balikbayans, who will be coming home for a grand
reunion with friends during the "Tigum Bol-anon Tibuok Kalibutan" (TBTK).
The
formal welcome reception of the balikbayans will be at Malacanang on Tuesday,
3pm where the Bohol delegation will be expected for a Palace visit escorted by
Rep. Edgar Chatto, chairman of the House committee on tourism and Genaro Lapez,
president of the Boholano Association of Metro Manila, Inc. (BAMMI)
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KB alumni, SK prov'l federation gathers The
Kabataang Barangay (KB) Alumni Association-Bohol in strong collaboration with
the Provincial Sangguniang Kabataan Federation (PSKF) is set to gather the young
leaders of the province from both the public and private sectors this coming Sunday,
July 19, 2009 at the Bohol Cultural Center, Tagbilaran City.
The
gathering which has its theme, "Revisiting the Past, Charting the Future,"
shall showcase the achievement of the youth through the years and enable the SK
to develop and institutionalize its networking with past youth leaders.
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STORY
Just
Before Deadline.....
Italian
hostage Vagni freed
MANILA.
Eugenio Vagni, the Italian worker of the International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC) who has been held captive by extremist rebels in Sulu since January, was
freed an hour past 12 midnight last night, according to officials of the Philippine
National Red Cross.
Vagni
was freed at around 1:05 a.m., PNRC secretary-general Gwen Pang said.
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