Ombudsman demands
docs of cash advances

Ombudsman-Visayas ordered City Hall to release the "elusive" documents behind the P4.7 million unliquidated cash advances of city hall officials as reported in the 2007 Audit Report of the Commission on Audit (COA).

Asst. Ombudsman for the Visayas Virginia Palanca-Santiago gave City Accountant Kurt Adolf Bungabong "subpoena duces tecum" 10 days to submit the original/and or clear and certified copies of the pertinent documents of the cash advances including the P3 million confidential expenses of City Mayor Dan Lim. FULL STORY

EDITORIAL
FOR STRONGER CITY LEGISLATIVE FISCALIZERS

The wily City Administrator Walter Toston took the first chance to take pot shots at the Sangguniang Panlungsod.

In a manner befitting the god Zeus descending from Mount Olympus - full of arrogance and of himself - Toston lectured that the City SP approved the supplemental budget of P21 million and had therefore stopped themselves in being part of the problem. FULL TEXT
SPORTS
Boom wins by TKO in 7th;
ALA wards score big wins

Boholano prospects Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and Czar Amonsot, an ALA-Cebu gym stablemate, posted impressive victories over their foreign invaders Friday night at the pacific grand ballroom of the Waterfront - Cebu City Hotel.

Comebacking Bautista defused Indonesian titlist Marangin "Dinamita" Marbun with a smashing 7th round knockout in spite of an 11-month layoff to grab the interim International featherweight crown in the main event of the "Hamon sa Kapeon" card. FULL STORY

OPINIONS

Pres. GMA, guv solve
Panglao Airport hitch

JIANGXI. Even from far-away China, Gov. Erico Aumentado averted another obstacle that could have derailed the implementation of the Panglao Airport when the National Economic and Development Authority Investment Coordination Committee (NEDA-ICC) chair instructed the referral of the project back to the NEDA Central Visayas office to review its new costing.

The Philippines-Japan Airport Consultants (Phil.JAC) had submitted a P7.542 billion costing after conducting the airport's detailed engineering design. FULL STORY


Surgical-dental mission
to mark Pres. CPG Day

A team of expert Filipino-American and Australian doctors and nurses with 50 members are setting their plans to conduct simultaneous surgical and dental missions in the province of Bohol to commemorate and honor the late Pres. Carlos P. Garcia, a Boholano former Philippine president who is known for his Filipino-First policy and humanitarian values.FULL STORY

Just Before Deadline.....
Tropical storm 'Ramil'
deciding where to go
MANILA. Tropical Storm Ramil (international codename: Lupit) intensified into a typhoon overnight and weathermen said yesterday they would know by today or tomorrow if it will continue to threaten North and Central Luzon or veer north toward Taiwan.

Weather forecaster Robert Sawi of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said a high-pressure area near Taiwan could spell the difference. FULL STORY