Money to burn
"Battle rages over Napoles list" -- Headline. Mainly worried over this issue are the Napoles listers, who, unlike the dean's listers in college, are not proud of being one.
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Anyway, Napoles in calming down the nerves of some lawmakers, said: "If you're not guilty, why worry?"
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Rallyists express rage (over Obama's visit) with rotten eggs and tomatoes," says PhilSTAR. Above this news is the SWS survey that says: "79% of Pinoys trust the US."
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These days even expressing one's rage cost money. The activists are spending much on effigies which they send up in smoke to dramatize their rage. But an observer said: "Never mind the cost, there's money to burn."
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PBA Fil-Am star Gabe Norwood was one of the sports personalities invited to dinner for President Obama. Norwood is the US president look-alike.
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Some 100 million people in the world are suffering from sleep disorders. They can't sleep. Bus operators with drivers sleeping on the wheel, thus causing fatal accidents, might be interested in these sleep sufferers.
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I've just watched Malu Mangahas' Investigative Documentaries program on tv. It's about two barrio doctors working in a remote mountain area in Northern Luzon. I am impressed by the documentary on two counts: First, by the doctors' willingness to accept a difficult duty in a God forsaken community, and, second by Malu Mangahas's effort in letting the world know about the heroism of these two young doctors.
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Vendors of religious images anywhere in the city have no images or "reboltos" of the new Pope saints, St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII on the day of their canonization. One vendor with two small "reboltos" of the new saints did not sell the images as she needed them for her family altar.
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OVERHEARD. Many critics of President Obama sort of "hit" him for not saying categorically that America would defend the Phl against China. But one pro-American observer said: "Just observe Obama's body language to be convinced that the US will not allow China to continue bullying what he called 'America's closest ally in Asia."
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