Someone was heard saying on TV that there are many working moms in Cebu. Is there a mom who is not working? Moms are the workingest persons in the world.
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I was asked: “Do you think Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. also prays?” I said I didn’t know. But I suspect he can prey and spray. Never mind what he sprays.
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This Ampatuan is facing several murder raps. But he pleads not guilty, although a lot of people know he’s biting the bullet.
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Certain quarters are comparing Gibo Teodoro to Manuel L. Quezon. It was MLQ who said he preferred a Philippines run like hell by Filipinos, like what’s happening now. He didn’t say “by a Filipino.”
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Reader Mia Kho Smith called up to correct an error in my column last Dec. 30. Sorry or should I say Mia Kholpa? Hehehe!
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Ms. Smith said I erred when I said Charlie Brown often says “Good grief” in the Peanuts comic strip. “It’s his dog Snoopy,” she said. “It’s Snoopy who seldom talks. Charlie Brown talks a lot.”
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Oh, well, it’s good to know that I got a reader who’d care to correct me even if my slip concerns a comic character. Thank you Ms. Smith. Sorry, Charlie Brown.
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The headline says: “Gwen Terminates 57 of Greg’s Staff.” Gwen, of course, is Garcia the guvnor. And Greg is Sanchez, the vice guvnor, who is now a thorn on Gwen’s path. So, what else is new?
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Ben Ypil, who used to write an opinion column in TF, is back to column writing, this time for “The Cebu Voice” newspaper. The sting and the punch are still there. Welcome back to the fold, BRY.
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Yesterday, the Don Vicente Gullas and Inday Pining Rivera Gullas museum on V. Gullas cor. D. Jakosalem Sts., Cebu City, was inaugurated/blessed. It is known for short as Halad Museum. It is a repository of the Cebuanos’ cultural heritage. It is the brainchild of Sir Dodong R. Gullas who is also the founder of Ang Tipiganan sa mga Handumanan sa Kanta ug Kinaiyang Sugbuanon.
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