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Wednesday, June 04, 2003 (Philippines)
| NONE HURT BUT... Meat vendor Nelso Pepito (holding gun shells) was among those who were on board the truck that Swat cops pursued and shot at. No one was injured but the protesting butchers were frightened by the prospect of an incident similar to the strafing of a Plantation Bay van by NBI agents December last year.(SUN.STAR FOTO/ALLAN CUIZON)
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BUTCHERS on board a truck loaded with meat from hogs slaughtered in Cebu City got the fright of their lives yesterday dawn when a police car allegedly chased them on Ouano Ave. in Mandaue City and fired at them.
Nobody was injured, but the butchers likened the incident to the infamous botched operation of National Bureau of Investigation 7 agents last December, when resort employees were seriously hurt after their van was rained with bullets.
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18 Cebu colleges get okay to raise tuition 5 to 20%
TWENTY-SEVEN colleges and universities in Central Visayas, 18 of which are in Cebu, will increase tuition and other school fees this school year after the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) 7 approved their application.
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Palace moves holiday, benefits to June 13
INSTEAD of June 12 being a regular non-working holiday, Malacañang declared this year’s Independence Day a regular working day while June 13, a Friday, will be a special non-working day throughout the country.
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No extra barge for Cebu demand
THE Department of Energy (DOE) wants an action group of 30 people, perhaps under the Regional Development Council (RDC), to be created to push for initiatives to solve the looming power shortage problem in Cebu.
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