"Mas telegenic"?

A sales rep of a skin whitening cream didn't like what he heard about his product: "Very effective. Makes your face white as a toilet bowl."

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A man in Maguindanao cut off his penis. I remember a similar incident in Cebu when I was still a reporter. The man said he had no girl friend. Asked why he did it, he replied: "What's the use?"

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VP Jojo Binay has backed out of the debate already skedded Nov. 27 at PICC. Varied comments from istambays: "Sa tutuo lang nalipay si Trillanes."

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Some colegialas were heard making fun -- joking--joking--about the aborted Binay-Trillanes debate. Said a Binay fan: "Better na lang oi. Mas telegenic si Trillanes kay ni Jojo."

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News photos need to have captions for obvious reasons. Like that photo on page 30 (Nov. 12/14) of this paper. It showed three  APEC presidents in black Chinese robes-- Brunei's Hassanal Bolkiah, Phl's Noynoy Aquino, and Russia's Vladimir Putin. Someone was heard commenting: "They look like waiting for the hangman." (Look for your Nov. 12/14 TF.-- JVJ)

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Seriously now, the SM Holdings Inc., the integrated property of tycoon Henry Sy, is not about ready to stop thinking big and doing big for SM. After the Mall of Asia   in Manila and the giant SM seaside project at the SRP in Cebu, he's reported to unveil next year a masterplan for P100,000 "future city" in Metro Manila.

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A business writer from Western Visayas asked in business forum "why, oh, why" can't SM Holdings give his region (Western Visayas) a bigger share of its investments. "Palaging Metro Manila at saka Central Visayas na lang," he said.

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Thanks to the reader (unidentified) who sent me some newspapers from abroad including the San