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Friday, January 24, 2003 (Philippines)
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ROMULO Kintanar, former head of the New People’s Army (NPA), was gunned down while having lunch in a Japanese restaurant in Quezon City yesterday, in an attack that government officials are trying to pin on the comrades he deserted.
Two of his companions were wounded in the attack by four still unidentified gunmen, and military sources said the assault could have been ordered by former comrades in the guerrilla movement.
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| MURDERED. A police investigator looks at the body of murdered former NPA leader Romulo “Rolly” Kintanar. Four unidentified gunmen yesterday shot Kintanar dead and wounded two of his companions. Inset is a 1998 photo, when Kintanar served as close-in security of presidential candidate Jose de Venecia. ( AFP FOTO; INSET, VIC KINTANAR) |
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19 taxpayers rap hike
NINETEEN taxpayers have so far paid their real property taxes under protest and filed an appeal before the Registry of Deeds’ Local Board of Assessment Appeals.
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Lapu tops with 125%; Cebu City ranks only 7th
CEBU Province topped the region’s efficiency in tax collection while Cebu City ranked only seventh among Central Visayas’ 12 cities.
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Team to check weekly on kids linked to cult
ALTHOUGH the court’s decision to return the children to their parents has foiled a scheduled medical checkup and treatment for the kids, this will not stop the Cebu City Government and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) from looking after the children’s welfare.
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