"Unang Pangulo"
Nonito "The Filipino Flash Donaire, a KO loser in his last fight, said he's coming back to fight again. It's not over till it's over, right?
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There can be no peace if the Moros are allowed to keep their guns," said a religious leader. But I read a while ago the Italian proverb that says: "Arms carry peace."
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The transvestites here say they're not in the same league - or on the same boat -- with the transgenders. They have no quarrel with anyone except with those who disallow them from entering the ladies CR.
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The transvestites are welcome in the men's CR but then again they feel bad when they are asked why they piss standing up.
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Noling, a Cebuano media practitioner (public relations and advertising) in the US, says the tenor of the US media sentiment on the Jennifer issue is different from the tenor of the Phl media reaction on the issue. He has promised to send me clippings of opinion columns and editorials from the US press.
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I heard it said on tv that many Pinays use the Internet -- the Facebook specially -- to look for foreign guys to become their husbands and to make them rich. At least two women said this without batting their eyelashes. Maria Claras must be turning in their graves.
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There's a movie on the life of Andres Bonifacio, the first Filipino president (Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo"). I may not have the chance to see this movie but it's enough for me to know that my No. 1 hero is recognized as "Unang Pangulo" in a movie.
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Archbishop Jose Palma has appealed to Pope Francis not to forget Bohol should his scheduled visit to the Philippines materialized. It is in Bohol where most of the centuries old Catholic churches were demolished by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake.
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Reports in the media have it that the Santo Papa will spend more time in Manila where no earthquake and/or Yolanda devastation occurred. Political and social rockings were what took place in Manila. Not a single hollow block fell from any of these churches in Manila.
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