Sir Edgar's humility

Someone sent me this text message: “Nancy Binay is winning strongly because of the black voting.” And despite the black propaganda right?

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The rainy season is coming, says Pagasa. We must welcome the rain if we want to see the rainbow.

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I always say I welcome the rain because it makes the flowers bloom although it also makes the taxis disappear from the village I live in.

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A coin toss decided the winner of the deadlocked mayoralty contest in Calapan. One single coin solved the problem the PCOS could not.

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Conceding defeat in an election is a sign of good sportsmanship. But sometimes it can put you in a funny situation. Like that candidate in Iloilo who conceded defeat only to wake up in the morning that he had won by five votes.

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Councilor Edgar Labella has finally been proclaimed winner in the city vice mayoralty race after a few days of “scary” moments. Sir Edgar is, of course, extra happy, but humility still rules. For Sir Edgar is the most humble city politician I have ever known and I have known countless in my many years as a newspaperman.

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Sir Edgar Labella's father Gene was a very good friend of mine. His qualities as a good person had rubbed on the son.

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Phoned-in opinion from Nick-Nick Plaza: “Do not begrudge (I did not.-- JVJ) the no.1 win of Grace Poe in the senatorial race. You know, the Filipino voters have not yet forgotten the questionable loss of FPJ to GMA and the FPJ fans thought this was the time for redemption. So they showed it by making believe that a vote for Grace was a vote for her Dad.”

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Nick-Nick Plaza is a retired newspaperman from Mindanao. He had lived in Cebu for some years where he did PR work for some business firms specializing in house organs.

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OVERHEARD. Some office girls were heard talking about senator-elect Nancy Binay. One of them said: “Gibinuangan sa Internet si Nancy Binay tungod sa iyang panit.” Another said: “Grace Poe sad. Ang national food kuno ron mao and POE-to-bongbong.” A third girl joined in: “Ug ang national song kuno POE-song Bato.”