Most businesses
no Mayor's Permits
Bizmen urged to take legal action

More than 70-percent of business owners in the city are not granted business permits by City Hall and could face closure anytime.

"This is the first time that a city mayor holds captive all business operations to wield absolute political control using it as an instrument of oppression, intimidation and harassment," former OIC governor and bar topnotcher Victor dela Serna told the Chronicle.
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EDITORIAL
CITY MAYOR: CONSISTENT ENVIRONMENTAL PREDATOR

Since the Top Honcho of City Hall had once said: I don't believe in tourism - it is of little wonder he treats the environment like a piece of shit (pun intended).

The environment as any high school kid will see is vital to tourism. A polluted sea destroys the charisma of an island resort like Bohol, particularly the seaport of entry where the drainage outfall is situated just few meters across. A stinking drainage at the main artery at that like CPG Avenue and the polluted seawaters at the Tagbilaran City Port is a tourist embarassment and a health hazard to residents. We blame the City Mayor for both.
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DPWH starts P86M road work
for airport access

The two causeways leading to Panglao Island are undergoing P86M widening program in anticipation of a heavy traffic once the Panglao, Bohol Int'l Airport is realized .

"The projects are set to approximate the timetable for the completion of the airport.

According to Engr. Edgar Damalerio of Bohol's first engineering district. FULL STORY


Bohol to host 11th nat'l Mango confab

The province of Bohol will play host to the forthcoming 11th National Mango Congress on April 27-29,2009 in this city that could boost not only the industry itself but also tourist influx during summer months.

The big event is spearheaded by Bohol Mango Multipurpose Cooperative (BMMC) in cooperation with the Philippine Mango Industry Foundation, Inc, Department of Agriculture-regional office, Regional Agriculture and Fishery Council, Provincial Government of Bohol, City of Tagbilaran and the League of Municipalities-Bohol chapter, according to Atty. Martn B. Nunez, Jr., president of the cooperative. FULL STORY

SPORTS
Dumaguete City, NegOr brace
for 2009 Reg'l Meet

The Local Government Units of the Province of Negros Oriental and the City of Dumaguete are all set for the staging of the 2009 Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA) Meet from March 16-22, 2009 at the M. Perdices Coliseum in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.

Director Recaredo G. Borgonia, Executive Committee Chair of the 2009 CVIRAA Meet and the Regional Task Force for School Sports led by Dr. Vivian G. Ginete have crafted house rules and guidelines to ensure smooth flow of activities for the entire duration of the Meet. FULL STORY

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