Ordinance vs. vehicular noise

I have a good friend who is running for vice president. He's the perfect man for the job. His name is Perfecto Yasay.

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Another friend of mine doubts the veracity of reports that the US is releasing a big sum for Pinoy slum dwellers. He says: "If there is, where is?"

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Atan Guardo says he's more qualified than Tom O. A sidewalk philosopher I know says: "Oh yeah? Unya Osmeña siya?"

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If you don't get what our sidewalk philosopher means, he simply means that in this town being Osmeña is an unequalled qualification for public office.

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A media colleague says he's not voting for the reelection of their representative. "Wa gyoy ayo ... Hangtod karon wa gani katoltol sa CR sa Batasan," he says.

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Lawyer Fritz Quiñanola, another good friend, is running for city councilor. This is not the first time Fritz is making a shot for a Council seat. Everytime he runs, I bat for him. I know he's got what it takes to be a city councilor.

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After saying that, I hold my tongue. Everytime I batted for Fritz he lost. I'm not anymore batting for him this time. It's high time Fritz won.

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At last, someone in the City Council has thought of enforcing a long neglected ordinance prohibiting motor vehicle from creating noise like blowing their horns in places where schools, hospitals, courts, etc. are located.

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And it was a tenderfoot member of the city lawmaking body who thought of it ... Sangguniang Kabataan President Rengelle Pelayo. Pelayo sponsored a resolution urging the City Traffic Operations Management (Citom) to enforce City Ordinance No. 40, which penalizes the excessive noise created by motor vehicles.

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There was a time when places covered by this ordinance had signs saying "School Zone or Hospital Zone, no horn blowing." Another common sign near courts said: "Court in Session, no horn blowing." And these signs were obeyed by the drivers. "Buotan pa man gud mga draybers niadto," said a retired traffic cop.

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I acknowledge receipt of e-mails I got from Nerio Tad-i of Juneau and Elena Roma of LA. Both are from Cebu. Thank you, guys.

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