GOV. Erico Aumentado flew to South Korea yesterday as part of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's party that will also visit Lithuania, Moscow and St. Petersburg where she is invited to speak before economic forums.

The South Korean leg of the trip until June 2 includes bilateral talks with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak where Aumentado had requested the President to include in her talking points the funding by Korea's Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) the P1.4-billion Bohol Circumferential Road Improvement Project Phase 3 (BCRIP 3) and the P800-million Improvement of Malinao Dam in Pilar town. FULL STORY

The team led by Assistant Division Chief of Pag-Ibig Fund-Mandaue City branch Dalemark Antonio and Marketing Specialist Juda Caballes answered some inquiries and concerns of municipal employees about Pag-Ibig Fund and HDMF during the open forum. FULL STORY

Credit for a victory

There is something disturbing about the lack of outrage on the spate of hold-ups and robberies in the province. It has become regular fare for news writers to the point that editors now routinely ask for such stories before finalizing the lay-out. It is as though hold-ups in Bohol have become

Is it really? FULL TEXT