Have bat will strike Shakes selling faster than hot cakes now

My tocayo Johnny Sabando is campaigning hard for Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile. He phoned me and invited me to join him. “I want him to win,” said Johnny. “Kasi gusto ko happy siya.”

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I’ve been told that ice-cold shakes are selling fast in the malls these hot summer days. Selling fast not like hot cakes for now.

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Speaking of shakes and shaking, big earthquakes have been shaking many places in recent weeks. Don’t think the little quakes hitting certain areas in RP are no great shakes because they are.

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It says here that three minors have been arrested for killing a septuagenarian. That was not a minor crime these minors pulled. But the law says: “Give ‘em a break, will you?”

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Mayor Tom O is not happy with the way the gun ban is being enforced. He cites flaws in the implementation of the gun ban. Indeed, as far as the criminals are concerned, it’s gone ban.

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The “killers” of the 14-year-old altar boy have been arrested and have admitted the crime. A Mrs. Lucha (I didn’t get the first name on the phone) said: “Arestado na ang mga demonyo ... Miangkon na nga silang mipatay sa sakristan ... Unsa pa may sunod buhaton, di itambog sa karsel kay wa naman tay bitayay og kriminal.”

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Reader Mrs. Lucha added: “Pilay pusta, hatagan pa na’g due process. Kining due process mao niy nakayawa-yawa sa atong justice system. Bisan ang kriminal miangkon na sa iyang krimen, i-due process pa. Hangtud nga kun maayong laki ang iyang abogado, maabsuwelto. Unsay ikasulti mo, Mr. Jabat?”

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     Oh, well, first and last of all, Mrs. Lucha, dili ko makigpustaanay nimo. But I repeat what I’ve already said to you on the phone: Thank you for calling.

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The Army has admitted that “tactical error” led to the Mindanao ambush where 11 soldiers were killed. The admission is well taken. But it’s just too bad that what’s done can’t be undone.

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In this connection, here’s an e-mail from Teofilo Deodato: “The papers say the NPA rebels are collecting millions of pesos as protection fees from politicians who want to campaign in so-called NPA-dominated areas ... Politicians who succumb to communist extortion do not deserve to win. They’re cowards and in their cowardice they’re helping the enemy.”

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Thanks to Mr. Deodato and also to Nimfa Lledo and Randy Tecla whose lengthy e-mails I’m still trying to condense before giving them space here.

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