Try the tanods
The headline here says: "Archival aide seeks army to help find HPG officials." If the Army still fails after the police and the NBI, try the barangay tanods!
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"Don't belittle the tanods," said a barangay official. There was a case of murder in Cavite where the police and the NBI failed to catch the suspect. "It was one single tanod who did it," the barangay official said.
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The P13 billion Cebu City budget for 2015 has been approved by the City Council. That's the biggest city budget ever. And that's the biggest proof ever, too, that the city has grown from rags to riches.
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Christmas is a "Time for Mending Broken Relationships," says my idol (no kidding) Archie M. Modequillo in his long-running "Por Vida" column. Maybe, Archie, a soldering iron is needed to mend some broken ties. Not just a piece of band aide. (Merry Christmas, Archie! Miss you. –JVJ)
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Cebuano actor Richard Yap who plays general in the movie "The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin" was quoted in an interview with TF's Vanessa Balbuena: "Someone like Lee Kuan Yew should rule the Phl." He said our people do not know how to handle freedom. They think freedom means they can do anything and get away with it.
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If you know Lee Kuan Yew, you know the man who made Singapore what it is today. Lee ruled Singapore with iron hand and succeeded in turning the small island into one of the world's most successful republics.
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Richard Yap mentioned in passing during his TF interview that Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte (his fellow Cebuano) as the leader who can do a Lee Kuan Yew for the Phl. As 2016 approaches and the search for the man to replace PNoy progresses, many Pinoys are moving heaven and earth, so to speak, to make Duterte accept the appeal for him to run for President. Duterte continues to say "No." But some observers say the continued knocking on his door might force Duterte to open the door and say: "Sige na lang gud."
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OVERHEARD: City barangays are urged to designate a specific place as firecrackers zone. This is a most welcome move. But many barangay residents, although favoring the move, are not hopeful this will succeed. A doctor in one barangay said: "OK kaayo ni apan kinsa man magpatuman sa kamanduan nga kadaghanan tua man sa ilang tugkaran magpabuto." Another barangay resident said: "Bitaw. Modagan pa gyud sa firecracker zone aron magpabutog usa ka rebentador?" A retired cop said: "Libre ang tanan bisan asa pabuto ug asang mga tudlo ang mangaputol.
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