Tranquilizer

It says here that more officials will be named in Napolist 2. That means more consumption of tranquilizers.

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Antolin "Iyo Antoy" de la Serna's question in his Banat News column comes to mind again: "Kun naa ka sa lista (Napolist) guilty ka na?"

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One Cabinet member included in the controversial Napolist is Joel Villanueva, TESDA chief. "It's a pity," says a TESDA alumnus now in Saudi Arabia. He said, and I agree, Joel introduced many improvements in TESDA that made this institution a world class training/vocational school.

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He said because of  the upgrading of TESDA under Secretary Joel Villanueva's administration it is now easy to find employment abroad if you're an alumnus of this institution.

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Of all claimants to some islands or islets in the South China Sea – or, okay, West Philippine Sea – only Vietnam has the muscle to flex unafraid against the bullies. And it's not only talking, it's walking the talk.

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The US and our Asean neighbors say we're right in our fight for our territorial rights in the West Philippine Sea. So, we got to fight. Look, even the Chinese say we must. They say it in their proverb: "To see what is right and not do something about it is part of a coward."

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In Cebu, not only potted bonzai trees are getting lost but also giant threes growing by the roadside. No one knows, it seems, who cut down and got hold of this giant tree. The caption of one photo in this paper recently said it right: It's a mys-tree.

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A foreign observer said Pinoys are the smilingest people in the world. "They always smile," the observer said. "But many of them, when they smile, the dentists shake their heads frowning."

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OVERHEARD. Someone from the UN was heard saying on tv that families in places without electricity have more children than those in well-lighted cities and towns. Commenting on this a PUJ driver said: "Natural. Unsa may buhaton sa magtiayon kun way eliktrik." Remarked someone: "Sa ato pa ang magtiayon dili makahimo kun hayag?" A naughty wife butted in: "Kun moabot ang gana mahimo bisan ilalum sa mangga."