7 armed men nabbed

Police and military intelligence have proven right when a band of armed men linked to a politician were arrested in Candijay town last Tuesday while other groups are expected to arrive in the province as local candidates brace for an election showdown.

However, despite confirmed sightings of armed men, the prevailing "black propaganda" and "character assassination" between political rivals, the military still considers Bohol as "generally peaceful". FULL STORY

EDITORIAL
ELECT MEN OF "TRANSPARENCY"

People yearn for those olden days when Mr. Public Official walked in his white coat terno with hat and cane on to hear Mass in church.

People then would look out their windows to the streets of Tagbilaran town saying: there goes the man who is as spotless as his white coat. And so on. FULL TEXT
SPORTS
"Boom" to give up
WBC belt
Rey "Boom-Boom" Bautista will give up his WBC international featherweight title as he won't be able to defend it against Rachamongkol Sor Pleonchit this month.

Bautista won his belt with an impressive seventh-round stoppage against the tough Indonesian Maragin Marbun last Oct. 16 at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu City. But after that bout, he had to stop training to rest his injured left wrist. FULL STORY

OPINIONS

Public demands transparency on
P50-M city loan

The public clamors for transparency and accountability from City Hall after pro-administration lawmakers on Friday once again showed their tyranny in numbers and rammed the approval of a measure allowing the city government to contract another P50-million loan even without the accomplishment report of the previous P50 million loan released by the Development Bank of the Phils (DBP) last year. FULL STORY


Boholano Judges for
Cebu RTCs

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointed recently two Boholanos in the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cebu.

They are Judge Teresita Abarquez-Galanida of Calape town in Branch 56, Mandaue City; and Judge James Stewart Ramon E. Himalaloan of Cortes in Branch 62, Oslob, Cebu. FULL STORY

Just Before Deadline.....
MANILA. The Interpol is seeing red.

Sen. Panfilo Lacson may be arrested on sight in any of the 188 member-countries of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) once he is included in the "red notice" list, according to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
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