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VOL. LIIV. No. 022

City of Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

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3 kids die, trapped in fire

Three children had to endure their violent deaths on Monday after they were trapped inside the house as it was partly razed down by fire in barangay Progreso, Alicia town.

Charlie Maite, 6 years old; Chris John, 4 years old; and 4-month-old Christopher Ayunan were left by their parents locked-up in their house on Monday afternoon.

Trying to make ends meet, the mother, Zenith Ayunan, 28, had to attend a food handling seminar while his husband Alberto Ayunan, 32, a food trader at the Alicia Public Market. The husband used to work abroad as a seaman. FULL STORY

SWAT, GO! PNP Reg'l Commander Federico Terte and Special Action Force Chief Leocardio Santiago, Jr. congratulated the 30 SWAT graduates during yesterday's culmination program at Camp Dagohoy attended by local officials led by Gov. Erico Aumentado and Rep. Edgar Chatto. Foto: DANNY REYES

FINALISTS. The 6 school finalists of the O! May Gulay (OMG) Cooking Contest for Bohol: Canlaas High School, Mayor Anunciacion Tuazon National School of Fisheries, Southern Inabanga High School, San Miguel National High School, Hinawanan High School and Badiang National High School will compete at the BQ Mall Atrium this coming Saturday afternoon.

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PRESIDENTIAL RACE (2010)
TOO CLOSE TO CALL?

The latest February 2009 Pulse Asia Survey for the 2010 presidency may seem too close to call based on the numerical figures.

By ranking, the results are: (1) Noli de Castro (19%), (2) Chiz Escudero (17%), (3) Erap Estrada (16%), (4) Manny Villar (15%), and (5) Loren Legarda (12%), (6) Mar Roxas (8%), (7) Ping Lacson (6%), (8) Jojo Binay (2%), and (9) Bayani Fernando (1%).
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Just Before Deadline
PLDT chair confirms informal talks to buy San Miguel stake in Meralco
MANILA.- PLDT Group chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan confirmed yesterday that informal talks are ongoing between representatives from the giant conglomerate and San Miguel Corporation for their stakes in the power company Manila Electric Co. (Meralco). The talks could eventually graduate to PLDT buying San Miguel's Meralco shareholdings.

Both PLDT and San Miguel are currently the two major shareholders in country's biggest power distributor, edging out the Lopez Group who controlled Meralco for more than a generation. The three groups now each have respective direct stakes of about 30, 27, and 13 percent in Meralco. FULL STORY

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