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                    [ArticleID] => 250093
                    [Title] => Newsmen fail to win in Caraga
                    [Summary] => SANTIAGO, Agusan del Norte — At least seven journalists who tried their luck in the May 10 polls ended up losing to seasoned politicians in their respective areas.


The Agusan del Norte office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), meanwhile, proclaimed Earlpe John Amante and provincial board member Dale Corvera as the new governor and vice governor, respectively, the other day.

Amante replaced her sister, Maria Angelica Rossdel Amante, who was proclaimed as the province’s new second district congresswoman.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096525 [AuthorName] => Ben Serrano [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 200102 [Title] => Rice smuggling charges vs 25 people dropped [Summary] => BUTUAN CITY — Lack of evidence.

This was the reason cited by the Office of the Ombudsman and this city’s prosecutor’s office in dismissing separate complaints against a total of 25 people, including police and Coast Guard officers, over an alleged rice smuggling incident here in July last year.

The case started when Caraga policemen intercepted before dawn of July 12 last year the unloading of imported rice from Vietnam from MV Rodeo at the Lumbocan port in Masao district here.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096525 [AuthorName] => Ben Serrano [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 169870 [Title] => NBI-Caraga vows action vs government men in rice smuggling [Summary] => BUTUAN CITY — All government personnel with direct duties and responsibilities in the escape of a cargo ship involved in rice smuggling would be charged administratively and criminally, Assistant Regional Director Reynaldo Esmeralda of the National Bureau of Investigation declared yesterday.

He said that the NBI would investigate deeper into the Lumbocan wharf rice smuggling case and the extent of involvement of some government personnel in the escape of cargo ship M/V Rodeo from the wharf.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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