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Miner
Chua fights back! A
Cebuano mining claimant is fighting back to clear his name after he was allegedly
accused by Gov. Erico Aumentado as an "illegal miner". Domingo
Chua, holder of mining rights covering 35,000 hectares scattered all over Bohol
presided over a press conference Friday to clear his name after it was dragged
by the governor himself in his capacity as chair of Task Force Kabukiran.
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Militant
farmers say
NFA loses billions
| Tagbilaran
City Mayor Dan Lim yesterday took the cudgels for power consumers in the city
and the province when he started the ball rolling in the campaign to defer the
bidding and sale of the Bohol diesel plant.
"The
people must unite to stop this," he declared as he signaled the start of
the drive to stop the sale.
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Jagna
hosts first radio on
health care
| This
eastern municipality has earned a pioneer status as host to a community radio
that deals on health care.
It
all started with questions like "how do we ensure that those with ailments
regularly take their medicines and come back for check-ups?" A usual health
concern by the Rural Health Unit of Jagna regarding peoples' attitude to medications
Forrest Malakoff, CEO and president of Philos Health and Dr. Lefkos Aftonomos,
1st Philos medical volunteer came to Jagna only to be confronted with the same
question.
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Mining
industry
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the waning years of Martial Law, a joke circulated about a former First Lady being
in the mining business. It was told that she went to a place where business was
thriving and casually declared: "this is mine, this mine, etc." |
The
joke of course generated no small amount of laughter. But the painful reality
is that, to paraphrase a popular song in the 70s, the joke was on us. It was good
for a few laughs, but somebody else was laughing all the way to the bank.
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