Wake-uppers:
Scene: The Department of the
Interior and Local Government (DILG)distributed 47 brand new patrol jeeps
to 47 police stations here last Monday. local government units (LGUs) were
grateful for the new patrol jeeps which will improve the crime fighting and
disaster response capability of their police forces. For Police Inspector Sam Dacullo,
chief of Inabanga Police station, the new patrol jeep is necessary for their
operations.
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Chief of Loboc police station Inspector
Joseph
Lopena (right) with Loboc Mayor Helen Alaba
(center) during the turned-over of
the 47 n
ew patrol jeeps from the DILG.
Photo by Leo
Udtohan/Chronicle
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Scene: Police Inspector
Joseph Lopena, chief of Loboc police station, will urge authorities to put
warning signages and designated photo-stops at the famous man-made forest in
this province after a tourist met an accident while taking a “selfie” along the
highway. Lopena said that he will suggest the idea to the municipal
peace and order council meeting by the end of this month.
Scene: A paper bag left
unattended at Carmen Public Market caused a scare on Friday night. The bomb
scare turned out to be a false alarm. The EOD said the bag did not contain an
explosive device but two broken cellphones wrapped with electrical tape
and tiny wires. Police said they will review the closed
circuit television footage to determine if the case was intentionally or
accidentally left at the area.
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Wishes will come true for fans of Christmas upon
visiting the “Most Christmassy House” of Hermila “Mila” Lim on M. Torralba
Street, Tagbilaran City. Her house features a miniature Christmas village and
adorns with many Christmas decorations.
Mila started her Christmas Village in 2008. Her
creation was so highly appreciated by her family and friends who would come to
enjoy the wonderful Christmas display.
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Hermila “Mila” Lim has the “Most Christmassy House”
in Bohol.
Photo by Leo Udtohan/ Chronicle
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“This is my hobby and this gives me enjoyment during Christmas time,” says Mila.
Upon entering, a visitor immediately hears the
song, “Deck the Halls,” and sees a garden decorated with small snowman figures.
The Christmas village at the main entrance has at
least 60 houses and colorful mini-shops. It is filled with trees of green and
gold, miniature skiers up and down the slopes, carnival rides, dancers
twirling to a waltz inside a gazebo, skaters in the park, Santa Claus dancing
and flying on sleighs, and a Christmas train running in circles.
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Christmas Village illuminates the house of Hermila
“Mila” Lim
with magnificent displays and holiday lights every
year from
September through January.
Photos by Leo Udtohan/ Chronicle
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She has also collected at least 120 Santa-themed
items in different sizes and configurations. Fascinated by St.
Nicolas since childhood, Mila has adorned her house with Santa Claus
images of different shades and shapes collected for the past 15 years—at the
doorsteps and all over inside the place. These include a drunk Santa, a
photographer Santa, a Santa Claus band, Santa in a parachute, playing the
violin, singing and dancing Santas with reindeer and even a Tarzan Santa.
Mila has extends her Christmas decorations
throughout the house and ornaments her kitchen and dining room for Christmas as
well.
The sala is turned into a dazzling winter
wonderland set aglow with Christmas lights and decorations. The fireplace
area is a unique setting of a cottage modeled after Santa’s village at the
North Pole. The Lim’s grandfather’s clock also reminds visitors that
Christmas is only few days.
Even the kitchen is very Christmassy, too. Spatulas,
muffin tins, dishtowels, and more – Mila incorporates them for a unique look
this season. Drinking glasses and place mats bear the Christmas motif,
acquired during Mila’s travels with her husband Teofilo to Israel, Australia,
Hong Kong and China.
This year, four items were added to the Christmas
village. She has introduced many renovations but the family tradition and
holiday celebration remains unchanged.
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Tubigon lights up,
ignites for Christmas
More than 2,000 people turned out to see the big
switch-on on Friday night at Tubigon’s Christmas lights at the town plaza, one
of the brightest in Bohol as the enormous Christmas lights display attracts
visitors from neighboring towns.
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Every December, the Tubigon Plaza becomes
one of
the brightest in Bohol province as an enormous
Christmas lights display
attracts visitors from neighboring towns.
Photo by Leo
Udtohan/Chronicle
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It will be illuminated for at least 8 hours a night
until January , according to James “Jingle” Tripoli of the office of
Mayor Marlon Amila.
The display has 30,000 light bulbs, twinkling
icicles, life-size stables with nativity figures which were made from
indigenous and recycled materials.
James Lofranco said: “We started decorating the
plaza during the administration of Mayor Marlon Amila, and each year it's got
bigger and bigger.”
“The switch-on is a lot of work but it's also
really exciting. All our friends and family come along to help and the whole
community turns out to see the lights go on,” he said.
Meanwhile, the town plaza of Calape is also truly a
visual in the eyes as it is decked with numerous Christmas lights and symbols.
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