Bro. Eddie doing well in battle?

It says here that 60 percent of minor accidents happening in our lives occur at home. I think I said it here once before that home is where the hurt is, didn't I?

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Some P16 million worth of onions were reported to have been smuggled into the country. Good thing that our Customs people have a strong sense of smell.

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Some PhilHealth membership cards are being distributed by some politicians. No problem, says the Comelec. PhilHealth is for the people. What's not for the people are iPhones, right?

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There are agents of all kinds of products from herbal medicines to beauty products to real estate. These agents have no offices to report to. They make any restaurant as their “office.” They order a cup of coffee and occupy a table for hours. No problem about telephones as each of them has cellular phones.

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Having been out of circulation since I got unwell, I found Ma'am Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's article “Walking Tour of Old Cebu” (TF, Feb. 21/11) heartwarming. The old places Ma'am Cecilia toured, I also toured. But it was not until I read the article that I knew Eddie's Log Cabin has closed.

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Eddie's Log (known for short to its many suki) didn't look luxurious but the foods were. It was the meeting place of prominent Cebuanos many of whom were retirees who used to hold positions of power in the government.

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Eddie's Log was the place newspapermen went to when they had nothing sensational to write about. Because this was where the “reliable sources” used to spend their leisure hours. I had been to Eddie's Log as guest of my boss Sir Dodong Gullas. On my own, I could not afford the food I ate there.

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A TF reader said to me (but with a request that he not be identified) that Bro. Eddie Villanueva, who is running for senator, would refuse to accept any offer from UNA to fill in one of the three vacancies in its senatorial slate. Bro. Eddie's son, he said, who is head of the TESDA, is a “protege” of PNoy. Besides Bro. Eddie is doing well in the battle as independent.

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OVERHEARD. Some political observers were heard talking about PNoy and his mother Cory. Said one: “Mas matuwid ang dalan ni PNoy, wa'y liko-liko, kay sa dalan ni Cory”. Replied someone: “Pero bilib ko ni Cory. Daghang kudeta attempts wa gyud napukan.” Said the other one: “Bitaw, Bai. Pero ayaw lang nila’g suwayi og kudeta si PNoy kay 'smoking gun' moatubang nila.”

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