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11 Bohol MCTCs have no judges
by Peter Dejaresco - June 29, 2006 - 12:00am
TAGBILARAN CITY — For some time now, 11 municipal circuit trial courts (MCTCs) in the province have had no judges. This was revealed by lawyer Rodulfo Puagang, records section chief of the MCTC, who bewailed...
Quarrying banned in Chocolate Hills
by Peter Dejaresco - June 16, 2006 - 12:00am
TAGBILARAN CITY — Bohol Gov. Erico Aumentado has issued an administrative order prohibiting the issuance of quarry and mining permits near the Chocolate Hills. Aumentado issued Administrative Order No. 3,...
Bohol government to take over management of Chocolate Hills complex
by Peter Dejaresco - June 7, 2006 - 12:00am
TAGBILARAN CITY — The provincial government of Bohol will soon take over the management of the much-criticized Chocolate Hills Complex in Carmen town. The move was adopted by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP)...
Raps vs Bohol gov, 3 others dismissed
by Peter Dejaresco - April 6, 2006 - 12:00am
TAGBILARAN CITY — The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed for lack of merit the criminal and administrative cases which a lawyer filed against Bohol Gov. Erico Aumentado and three other people for buying two-month-old...
Shabu hidden in baby’s diapers
by Peter Dejaresco - March 10, 2006 - 12:00am
TAGBILARAN CITY – Spare the innocent child. A 56-year-old grandmother, apparently thinking that anti-narcotics agents would spare her one-year-old grandchild, hid two packs of high-grade shabu valued at P60,000...
DOTC takes over Panglao airport project
by Peter Dejaresco - February 23, 2006 - 12:00am
TAGBILARAN CITY — The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is assuming direct supervision over the construction of the proposed P3.2-billion Panglao airport here to fast-track the project....
Remains of Fil-Am killed in Iraq now in Bohol
by Peter Dejaresco - January 14, 2006 - 12:00am
TAGBILARAN CITY — US Army Sgt. Myla Lumayag Maravillosa, the first Filipino-American woman soldier killed in Iraq, is finally home. The remains of the 24-year-old Maravillosa, who completed her elementary and...
Landslide hits village in eastern Bohol town
by Peter Dejaresco - November 13, 2005 - 12:00am
TAGBILARAN CITY — A landslide, estimated to be a kilometer long, struck a village near the boundary of the eastern Bohol towns of Duero and Guindulman, eclipsing a portion of the four-kilometer Guinsularan River,...
Tagbilaran City gov’t eyeing cash rewards for info on drug pushers
by Peter Dejaresco - September 21, 2005 - 12:00am
TAGBILARAN CITY — The city government’s drive against illegal drugs is expected to gain headway if its plan to offer cash rewards for information that could lead to the arrest of drug users and peddlers...
Flash floods feared in Bohol barangay
by Peter Dejaresco - August 21, 2005 - 12:00am
TAGBILARAN CITY — The continuing landslides in a mountainous village in the Bohol town of Jagna are feared to trigger flash floods should the landslide debris move into the main tributary of a river at the foot...
Landslides threaten small Bohol town
by Peter Dejaresco - August 14, 2005 - 12:00am
JAGNA, Bohol — Residents of rugged and mountainous barangay Mayana here continue to live in fear that the soil under their feet might give way sooner than they expect. A local official here claimed that no...
New masiao game gaining bettors in 6 Bohol towns
by Peter Dejaresco - June 20, 2005 - 12:00am
TAGBILARAN CITY — Masiao, an illegal numbers game, has resurfaced in at least six municipalities in Bohol in the form of masiao swertres, which derives the winning number combination from the last three digits...
Bohol gov survives slay try
by Peter Dejaresco - February 14, 2004 - 12:00am
TAGBILARAN CITY — Bohol Gov. Erico Aumentado cheated death when two unidentified men fired at his vehicle while he was on his way home for lunch yesterday. "God protected me," he said. The back of...
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