 
Fixers
at LTO still rampant
By
KIT BAGAIPO | The
city-based Land Transportation Office (LTO) has failed to stop the presence of
fixers victimizing land vehicle owners and applicants for drivers' licenses.
This
was confirmed when a Chronicle-dyRD team visited the local LTO last Monday to
conduct a three-day actual observation on the modus operandi of these fixers. | FULL
STORY |  | | OUSING
WELCOME FOR BOOM BOOM - World boxing prospect Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista
(l) guested the popular weekly program "Mayor's Report" yesterday one
week after scoring another smashing victory in the US. Program host Tagbilaran
City Mayor Dan Neri Lim together with Councilor Dandan Bantugan made a no-holds-bar
interview to the delight of thousands of listeners, including die-hard fans inside
the crowded studio of Station dyRD and the Bohol Chronicle offices. |  |
Best
products on display at 2006 Sandugo festival
Adding
to the festive mood of Sandugo Celebration in July, top-of-the-line products of
Bohol and of neighboring provinces will be featured during the month-long Product
Fairs and Expositions in strategic areas of the city.
As
this year's celebration is coinciding with the 3rd Global Homecoming of Boholanos
(Tigum Bol-anon Tibuok Kalibutan), the Bohol Sandugo Foundation, Inc. (BSFI) mapped
out this shift from a province to a nation-wide scale to afford balikbayans with
country's finest yields without having to leave the province.
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| | GMA
to inaugurate road project June 5
Preparations
shift to high gear as Bohol braces for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's visit
on June 5 - her second of at least three this year. PRES.
ARROYO | | Gov.
Erico Aumentado said President Arroyo will inaugurate the newly concreted Tagbilaran
City to Lila section of the Bohol Circumferential Road Improvement Project Phase
2 (BCRIP 2), a billion-peso project undertaken by the Hanjin Heavy Industries
and Construction Co., Ltd. of Korea with Official Development Assistance (ODA)
from Japan through the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).
Aumentado
had shepherded the BCRIP since its first phase - and other projects -
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 | | | BEST
THING FOR LOBOC RIVER. Developing a "night cruise" along the scenic
Loboc River is the most ideal way to further enhance the area as a prime tourist
destination. The greenery along its riverbank, once lighted could become the most
romantic place hereabout. This is a projection once lighting facilities can be
installed at the riverbank.
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Indonesia quake kills, injures thousands
INDONESIA.
A powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia's main island of Java yesterday, killing
more than 2,000 people, injuring thousands more and causing mass destruction.
Many
could not escape in time and were buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings
or struck by flying rocks and debris as the quake devastated towns and villages
across the south of the island.
Hospitals in the densely populated ancient
city of Yogyakarta, located in the shadow of the simmering Mount Merapi volcano,
were overflowing with casualties. Hundreds lay injured outside awaiting medical
attention.
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