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Bohol studes victim
of Cotabato hold-up
By RON PATRICK GUINGGUING

FIVE fully armed men held up a Cagayan de Oro-bound bus boarded by Boholano students and teachers about 12 noon yesterday in barangay Ugalingan, Carmen town in North Cotabato. The victims attended the secondary press conference in Koronadal, a town about 56 kilometers from General Santos City and is the capital of South Cotabato.

The contingent of Boholano teachers and students came from the different schools of this city and part of the delegation representing Central Visayas.
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Ushering in this year's first Presidential visit, the provincial government-led celebration of the first Bohol-Jiangxi Friendship Day on May 8 will bring to Bohol representatives and diplomats from the Province of Jiangxi and the People's Republic of China, and other guests who have been instrumental in propelling Bohol's development thrusts.

There will be ceremonies in the morning for the celebration and another international-factor event in the afternoon, the groundbreaking of the Panglao-Bohol International Airport Development Project (PBIADP) where President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will lead the rites.
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Amid dilemmas among implementing entities, Jagna Mayor Exuperio Lloren, who is also the president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP)-Bohol chapter, called on the different sectors to unite in implementing Republic Act 9344 or the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act of 2006.

Lloren issued the call during a basic orientation seminar on the law conducted at the Jagna Central Elementary School Multi-Purpose Building on February 22.
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EDITORIAL
Unlucky

Contrary to common misconception, a lie repeated too often will not become truth but will be exposed for what it is.

Unfortunately for Malacañang, it fell for the former, believing that by lying its way around, it will reap the same results. It has forgotten one famous warning given by former US Pres. Abraham Lincoln: you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.
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