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	Bohol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		To the west of Bohol is Cebu, to the northeast is the island of Leyte and to the south, across the Bohol Sea is Mindanao.
		Bohol, derived from the word Bo-ho or Bo-ol, is the seat of the first international treaty of peace and unity between Datu Sikatuna, a native chieftain and Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, a Spanish conquistador on March 16, 1565 through a blood compact known today as Sandugo.
		This infuriated the population of Bohol and reignited the insurrection.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bohol (1925 words)

	Bohol
		To the west of Bohol is Cebu, to the northeast is Leyte and to the south, across the Bohol Sea is Mindanao.
		Bohol is also where Carlos P. Garcia[?], the country's fourth president[?], came from.
		The name Bohol is supposedly derived from Bo-ol, a small town in the vicinity of Tagbilaran City[?], and now a barangay.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bo/Bohol.html (1040 words)

	:: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
		MABINI, Bohol — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday placed the entire town of Mabini in the province of Bohol under a state of calamity after 28 children died and about 80 others were hospitalized from eating native cassava delicacies last Wednesday.
		NBI head agent for Bohol Renato Mandawe said he has received directives from the NBI headquarters to look into the matter after receiving information that a box of rat poison was found from the house of one of the vendors who sold cassava to the children.
		Bohol 3rd District Rep. Eladio Jala also gave P1,000 financial assistance to each of the families and P350,000 worth of medical assistance, including vitamins to those children who are still confined at the hospital.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/03/11/MAIN2005031130431.html (1519 words)

	The Bohol Times -- The alternative for all climes -- November 23, 2003 Issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		MABINI, Bohol – Two suspected rebels were killed after a running gun battle when government soldiers surprised an eight-man band early Thursday morning inside a hut in a Sitio Pasto, Barangay San Isidro about 110 kilometers southwest of Tagbilaran City.
		The victim was identified as one Jose Wilfredo Regner Jr., 29, single, first year Law student of the Bohol Institute of Technology and a resident of Tamblot St., Tagbilaran City.
		BOHOL’S campaign against insurgency and the drug menace has gone on a higher level, with the national government agencies here joining the local and provincial leaders in working toward securing the peace and order situation here.
	www.boholtimes.com /daan2003/nov232003 (426 words)

	The Filipino Express Online
		A woman weeps as she carries a body of a child, one of the victims of food poisoning in Mabini, Bohol.
		Sancho Bernales, chief of the Bohol police, said the children were taken to different hospitals in the province for medical treatment.
		Some of the the dead children were transported back to Mabini and were met by residents of the small town still trying to understand what had happened.
	www.filipinoexpress.com /19/11_news.html (1439 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Asia / 27 children killed, 100 sickened in Philippines
		MANILA -- Wailing parents carried the bodies of their children from hospitals after a snack of cassava -- a root that is poisonous if not prepared correctly -- killed 27 and sickened 100 others yesterday at an elementary school in the south-central Philippines.
		Francisca Doliente said her 9-year-old niece, Arve Tamor, was given some of the deep-fried caramelized cassava by a classmate who bought it from a vendor outside the school.
		Mabini Mayor Stephen Rances said 27 students were confirmed dead.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/03/10/27_children_killed_100_sickened_in_philippines (502 words)

	News & Events
		And the police, as of presstime, have one culprit in mind: a brand of insecticide, known as Racumen, which was recovered Wednesday at the kitchen of Anna “Aning” Luyong, the vendor at San Jose Elementary School whose cassava-made snack poisoned about a half of the school’s population.
		According to Senior Police Officer 4 Ernesto Abueva of the Mabini police station, the box of Racumen was recovered at the Luyong’s kitchen in which she cooked the snack food.
		Mabini Mayor Stephen Rances was informed that those Maruya sold by Hibaya has gone through with the usual cassava preparation including extraction of its liquid prior to cooking.
	www.bohol.gov.ph /news/news.php?newsid=95 (2605 words)

	OVER SEAS June 2000: Philippine Mangroves
		Sonneratia ovata (Sonneratiaceae), locally known as pagatpat baye in Siquijor and pagatpat in Bohol, was first sighted in Liloan, Maria, Siquijor in 1990 (Yao, 1997a), where a small stand of the species was observed in a lagoon, about 50 meters from the highest tide.
		The species is also found in Cogtong Bay, Candijay, Bohol in pure stand and in association with pototan (B. sexangula) and has been reported in Pawa, Masbate, Masbate and Basey, Samar.
		The first sighting of this species occurrede in Undol, Inabanga, Bohol in 1988, where a tree was found on a salt flat associated with nipa.
	www.oneocean.org /overseas/200006/philippine_mangroves.html (1366 words)

	World's Largest Prayer Board Annointed.net News
		With the nearest hospital 30 kilometres away from San Jose school, in Bohol island's Mabini town, some victims died while being carried in a variety of vehicles, including three-wheel motorcycle taxis.
		Francisca Doliente said her nine-year-old niece, Arve Tamor, was given some of the deep-fried caramelized cassava by a classmate who bought it from a vendor outside the school.
		They were taken to at least four hospitals from the school in Mabini, about 600 kilometres southeast of the capital, Manila.
	www.annointed.net /PrintArticle819.html (786 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| OPINION > The children of camote country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Given a choice, the schoolchildren of Mabini, Bohol, or the schoolchildren of any of the small, rural towns numbed by poverty, would have trooped to Jollibee during recess and ordered cheapest fare.
		The children of the rich are different from yours and mine and a world apart from the kids of Mabini, Bohol.
		The shock and sadness that came after the nation learned of the close to 30 young deaths in Mabini, Bohol, were not really caused by the news that a batch of children had died.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/mar/20/yehey/opinion/20050320opi3.html (754 words)

	.:Heal Toxics:.
		Among the signs and symptoms of cholinesterase inhibition are: tiredness, weakness, dizziness, nausea and blurred vision in mild cases; headache, sweating, tearing, drooling, vomiting and twitching in moderate cases; and abdominal cramps, diarrhea, muscular tremors, staggering gait, slow heartbeat, abnormally low blood pressure and breathing difficulty and possibly death in severe cases.
		It was also discovered that the Bohol patients that were given atropine, an antidote to pesticide poisoning, and activated charcoal responded to the treatment and were rehydrated.
		Food and blood samples taken last week from the victims in Bohol showed cyanide poisoning was not the cause since the amount or level of cyanide in the blood samples was not significant.
	www.healtoxics.org /5news_htm/news8.htm (844 words)

	Global Nation \| INQ7.net
		One of the two vendors also became sick, and she remained in the hospital while the other was in police custody to protect her from outraged parents, said Philip Fuderanan, the mayor's aide.
		President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said she was "deeply saddened" and went Thursday to Mabini to console grieving parents and declare an emergency for the province so that it could draw emergency funds to assist victims' families.
		Bohol Provincial Board member Concepcion Lim said the President's declaration would enable Mabini town to use its calamity fund.
	www.inq7.net /globalnation/sec_cdn/2005/mar/new/mar11_02.htm (454 words)

	CASSAVA KILLS 30 KIDS IN BOHOL
		San Jose Vice Mayor Ester Tabigi said authorities had not yet determined exactly how many children had fallen ill, but at least 50 were still in critical condition last night in various hospitals in the nearby towns of Ubay and Talibon.
		Senior Superintendent Sancho Bernales, chief of the Bohol police, said the children were taken to different hospitals in the province for medical treatment.
		Meanwhile, Bohol native George Evardo, a radio reporter, said cassava, known locally as balanghoy, should be cooked properly, especially during the hot season, as the wrong process can lead to bacterial poisoning.
	www.newsflash.org /2004/02/hl/hl101912.htm (512 words)

	Sun.Star Network Online - Justice dep't says school 'liable' for deaths in Bohol
		The initial tests made by experts from the Philippine rootcrop agency tend to boost the doctors working diagnosis of organophosphate poisoning because samples of cassava found at the kitchen where the snack was prepared and cooked showed a lower level of cyanide.
		Abad said he, the mayor of Mabini town in Bohol, the parents and teachers association have agreed to set up a canteen and require the school children to buy their food from there only.
		Madrigal said she intends to conduct the Senate inquiry in Bohol to give the relatives of the fatalities and the survivors the opportunity to shed light on what transpired.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/net/2005/03/13/justice.dep.t.says.school.liable.for.deaths.in.bohol.html (695 words)

	Global Nation \| INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		GOVERNMENT investigators oppose the downgrading of charges against the cassava vendor tagged responsible for the deaths of 27 children in Mabini, Bohol.
		Maruya was identified as the vendor who sold contaminated maruya, a cassava-based delicacy, at a school in Mabini, Bohol, that poisoned over 100 children and killed 27.
		Mandawe, the lead investigator into the incident, said he is preparing more affidavits made by the victims to convince the provincial prosecutor not to downgrade their case.
	www.inq7.net /globalnation/sec_cdn/2005/apr/new/apr21_08.htm (364 words)

	Army files rebellion case vs 2 youths in Bohol - Dec. 04, 2003
		Francisco Abrea, 23 and Mark (not his real name), 15, both of Candijay town, were accused of rebellion in a case filed before the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor last Nov. 28 and docketed as information sheet no. 1190.
		He said that while they were approaching the house of Martiniano Asas, the latter's daughter saw him and alerted the rebels inside the house who immediately opened fire at them while jumping out of the house.
		He claimed that the two were part of a group of communist rebels and tried to drag a wounded comrade who eventually fled.
	www.inq7.net /reg/2003/dec/04/reg_2-1.htm (417 words)

	ARROYO PLACES BOHOL TOWN UNDER STATE OF CALAMITY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Before coming to Dumaguete City, the President made a side trip to the towns of Ubay and Mabini in Bohol to personally condole with the families and victims of the food poisoning.
		De Venecia, who is the Lakas party president, said he would turn over the cash donation "for and in behalf of the party, hopefully to trigger" a fund drive for families of victims and survivors of one of the worst mass food poisoning incident in the country.
		Bohol’s governor, Enrico Aumentedo, is a Lakas stalwart in Central Visayas and president of the League of Provinces of the Philippines.
	www.newsflash.org /2004/02/hl/hl101915.htm (432 words)

	Balitang Marino.com : Individual Entry Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		San Jose Vice Mayor Ester Tabigi said authorities had not yet determined exactly how many children had fallen ill, but at least 50 were still in critical condition in various hospitals in the nearby towns of Ubay and Talibon.
		She's in the ICU due to ischemia or restriction of blood flow to her heart," Rosario Benebaye, Department of Health Region-7 director, said in a Magandang Umaga Bayan interview.
		Bureau of Plant Industry experts earlier said the children may have died of cyanide poisoning saying that it can be developed by eating a not well-prepared bitter type of cassava.
	www.balitangmarino.com /008791.html (582 words)

	Directory \| INDEX: M - Bohol's No. 1 Internet Business Directory
		Lila is a town on the southern coast of Bohol, twenty-eight and a half kilometers from Tagbilaran.
		Loay is on the southwestern coast of Bohol, eighteen kilometers (18) from Tagbilaran City.
		MABINI, is one of the coastal towns of Bohol which is located in the eastern part of the island-province.
	www.boholdirectory.com /index-M-1.html (681 words)

	News
		The bureau's forensic findings revealed that coumaphos, an organophosphate insecticide, was found on the specimens collected from the house of vendor and from the internal organs of 2 of the schoolchildren who died.
		The NBI forensic team was dispatched to barangay San Jose in Mabini, Bohol on 11 Mar 2005 when the bureau was tapped to be the lead agency in the investigation of the mass poisoning of children enrolled at San Jose Elementary School in Mabili, Bohol.
		Following the recent food poisoning in Mabini Bohol, councilor Edgardo Labella pushed for the adoption of a proposed resolution which urges the Department of Education here in Cebu to conduct training for first aid among teachers of elementary and secondary schools.
	www.tmb.ie /exodus/news.asp?id=45324 (483 words)

	The Mabini tragedy
		Even world attention was caught and the world learned this tiny impoverished town of Mabini in Bohol where the poor children died eating a poor person's staple, the bulanghoy.
		With this tragedy, the glory of the heroic legacy of Mabini is overshadowed by the pathetic picture of this town paralyzed by poverty and by the lack of welfare services.
		Let the Mabini children's death be a timely reminder to rectify all that is so wrong in this country in terms of the control and distribution of resources and power.
	www.thefreeman.com /opinion/story-20050312-28189.html (760 words)

	deseretnews.com \| School snack kills 27
		MANILA, Philippines — Wailing parents carried the bodies of their children from hospitals after a snack of cassava — a root that's poisonous if not prepared correctly — bought from an outside vendor killed 27 and sickened 100 others Wednesday at an elementary school in the south-central Philippines.
		Men care for one of the victims of food poisoning Wednesday on Bohol island.
		Francisca Doliente said her 9-year-old niece, Arve Tamor, was given some of the deep-fried caramelized cassava by a classmate who bought it from the vendor.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600117585,00.html (504 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		While the DOH has already pinpointed pesticide poisoning as the cause, Dayrit said there are other factors that might have aggravated the situation and resulted in the death of the children.
		Bohol Governor Erico Aumentado has ordered the immediate destruction of all the white cassava variety in Mabini and urged residents to refrain from eating the root crop pending the results of the investigation.
		During their conversation, Aumentado said the vendor told him that what she had cooked as "maruya" (caramelized cassava slices fried in cooking oil) had come from a white cassava variety locally known as "pulotan," which had a high cyanide content.
	www.promedmail.org /pls/askus/f?p=2400:1001:5221474194180557106::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,28350 (850 words)

	Sun.Star Dumaguete - Arroyo declares Mabini, Bohol state of calamity
		PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared Friday a state of calamity in the municipality of Mabini, Bohol, 120 kilometers from Tagbilaran City following the cassava food poisoning that left 27 people dead and 80 others mostly school children hospitalized.
		Upon arrival in Dumaguete City at around 12:30 noon aboard a helicopter, the President told a media interaction at the cafeteria of Foundation University that she was "deeply saddened" by the tragedy and urged the people to "gather our energy together" to help the families of the victims.
		One of the vendors, Ana Luyong, 68, of Barangay Paraiso, Mabini is now in critical condition at the Celestino Galllares Memorial Hospital in Tagbilaran City, according to the update of the Philippine Information Agency in Bohol Friday.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/dum/2005/03/15/news/arroyo.declares.mabini.bohol.state.of.calamity.html (391 words)

	LuisTeodoro.com » Blog Archive » Blaming cassava (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Noel implied that God killed the 27 children of Mabini, Bohol, who died after eating a cassava snack because the Department of Health’s Ligtas Buntis (Safe Pregnancy) program was “not pleasing to God.”
		Doctors at the Mabini town hospital said last Saturday that their working hypothesis was pesticide poisoning, specifically pesticides from a class or type called organophospates.
		They are so common that the vendor of the cassava sweet may have used oil or some other ingredient that had been transferred to a pesticide container, or had mistaken pesticide for sugar.
	www.luisteodoro.com /archives/2005/03/15/blaming-cassava (1050 words)

	Manila Standard: The Future is Ours
		Hospitals and clinics in Bohol are running out of medicine to treat the victims of a massive food poisoning which killed 26 elementary pupils in Barangay San Jose, Mabini, Bohol after they ate a cassava delicacy tainted with cyanide.
		Based on initial reports submitted by Bohol superintendent Cerina Bolos, a native delicacy called butsi, made of cassava flour, was cooked and sold by Aning Luyong, the vendor who regularly sold snacks near the school.
		Declaring a state of calamity in the town of Mabini, President Arroyo authorized the mayor to use local calamity funds for the emergency needs of victims.
	www.manilastandardonline.com /mnlastd/?page=news05_mar11_2005 (620 words)

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