GMA: Start Panglao Airport
MANILA. Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued marching orders that the much delayed Panglao Bohol International Airport should start its construction Christmas this year.

The presidential green light was pushed during the crucial meeting with the President which was held five days earlier of its original date at the Pangarap Executive House in Malacanang last Thursday evening. FULL STORY

EDITORIAL
A COMPETITIVE 2010 ELECTIONS

As acknowledged Bohol Political Godfather, Governor Rico Aumentado's hands will be more than just full the next months.

He will have to do the Ultimate circus Balancing Act to keep all political comrades elsewhere smiling. Can he?
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SPORTS
Francisco wins belt
Drian Francisco showed to everyone that he truly deserved the high expectations pinned on him by his camp.

The 26-year-old turned non-believers to believers when he scored a sensational 10th round technical knockout (TKO) victory over veteran Roberto Vasquez from Panama to annex the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) international super flyweight crown Saturday at the Cuneta Astrodome.
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OPINIONS

City hall officials linked
to Dampas overpriced deal
"I will reveal their names in the right time," assured a lot owner at the Dampas dumpsite as she narrated that three ranking officials of the city government were allegedly involved in the overpricing of lot purchase.

The area to be acquired by the city government is a closed dumpsite as far as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is concerned since open dumpsites are no longer allowed to operate under the law. FULL STORY


'Computer Game'
at Plaza Marcela
By ARIEL E. FULLIDO

Thousands worth of instant prizes are given away daily in Plaza Marcela "Lahat Panalo" Computer Game Promo which will run from October 10 to 24.

Customers can play the computer game and win instant prizes for every cash purchase of P300 at Plaza Marcela Home & Fashion Department, Grocery, Hardware, Pharmacy, and Kodak; and P100 at School & Office Depot (SOD), Foodmix and Fresh Baked. FULL STORY

Just Before Deadline.....
'Pepeng' spares Metro,
batters northern Luzon
MANILA. Typhoon "Pepeng" (international name: Parma) weakened slightly and veered course yesterday, sparing Metro Manila and surrounding provinces reeling from the destruction brought by the floods from tropical storm "Ondoy" a week earlier, state weather officials said. FULL STORY

WATER IS LIFE. The much-awaited water supply for the tourism zone of Dauis and Panglao as well as Corella town will be the off-shot of the construction of the Water Filtration Plant in Corella town last Wednesday. The project is programmed for completion within four months. Corella Mayor Vieto Rapal and Dauis mayor Lulu Bongalos led officials in the groundbreaking ceremony.