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ROUND-SHAPED FRUITS AND FIRECRACKERS. All of Christen-dom
welcome the new year with firecracker's bang and round-shaped
fruits. At left is a group of firecracker vendors apparently
oblivious of the ban of Mayor Lim prohibiting the sale of pyrotechnic
materials in malls and other outlets. In strategic places of
the city, fruit vendors have a field day selling fruits of all
tastes and sizes. FOTOS SEN GUINGUING.
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Front Page News
A
RAPE-SLAY THAT SHOOK the island town of Panglao town more
than three years ago, finally reached the office of the provincial
prosecutor implicating the brother of former mayor Doloriech
Dumaluan as one of the suspects of the gruesome crime.
It
was a long and tedious route for a case so celebrated that
even after three years, it was still the talk of the town
since prominent names were dragged into the incident.
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News Plus
Province
eyes shut down
of losing gov't hospitals
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Facing
the challenge to at least break even with operational expenses
amid the mandate to deliver quality yet affordable health
services to the people, the ten devolved government hospitals
in Bohol have to catch up with economic strategies to sustain.
And, the monitoring count-down starts at the opening of 2008.
Anchored
on the issue of low occupancy rate, the Committee on Appropriations
of the Provincial Board Member raised the pressure on primary
hospitals to justify with performance, the millions of pesos
that the province spends every year for their maintenance
and personnel services.
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News Around Bohol
Mabini
mayor wins three
derbies in quick succession
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Winning
in a derby is an ordinary feat if it happens once in a blue
moon. But winning it in quick succession?
Especially
if the young breeder is into it just past the beginner's luck
stage.
This
is the experience and the excitement felt by Mabini Mayor Stephen
Rances when his entry Skena was one of the derby champions of
the 4-cock P400,000 purse derby sponsored by the Lim Juanay
Memorial Cockpit Arena last December 18-20.
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EDITORIAL
Christmas
without Christ
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Can
people really celebrate Christmas without Christ in the
center of it all?
The thought is confusing as it is disturbing. It is confusing
because like many holiday celebrations, the event has
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its
meaning to many people. It is disturbing because unlike most
holiday celebrations, the event should be all about Christ.
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