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Vendetta
eyed in slay try
Pilar
MLGOO, budget officer escape gun, grenade attack
By
SEN GUINGGUING Vendetta
or revenge is one possible angle investigators are looking into as the slay attempt
against two municipal officials of Pilar town entered its two-week period. This
sleepy municipality was jolted from its pre-New Year revelry when a bonnet-wearing
man tried to kill with an unknown handgun Municipal Local Government Officer Joseph
Malabusa, age unknown, and Calixta Orapa, 49, a widow and both residing in barangay
Malinao, Pilar.
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PMI
strike on as admin continues
holding back anniversary bonus
By
SEN GUINGGUING
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picket of the faculty and staff of the Philippine Maritime Institute (PMI) continued
as the administration refused to give in to their demand for the release of their
anniversary bonus.
The
over 70 instructors and 50 staff of PMI Colleges complained about the sudden set
back of their anniversary bonus equivalent to one-month salary and the P5,000
cash gift that they had been receiving every first of May for the past 13 years.
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Double
barrier reef eyed
among world's best dive sites
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Danajon double barrier reef, an underwater geological phenomenon off northern
Bohol and documented to be the only in Southeast Asia, has been launched as one
of the world's best dive sites. Rep.
Edgar Chatto, chairman of the tourism committee in Congress, got the assurance
of Department of Tourism (DOT) Usec. Cynthia Carreon, also the head of the Philippine
Scubadiving Commission, to send experts exploring the extent of the wealth of
the marine kingdom. FULL
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Who
will prosecute the prosecutors?
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Alabang Boys bribery scandal strikes at yet one more area in the Philippine justice
system. It comes at a time when people have started to consign to forgetfulness
the bribery scandal that rocked the Court of Appeals.
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This
latest edition however is much more complicated than the Meralco bribery scandal
in that this one involves two government agencies that are supposed to work with
each other in stamping out the illegal drugs trade. FULL
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