Miriam's potshots

Sen. Jinggoy wants his prison cell to have cable tv, according to this news here. A Tagalog-speaking observer said: "Hello! Ano ka sinisuwerte?"

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Sen. Enrile says: "Life is like a roller coaster. Sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down. Right now, he's down. At age 90 let's see him get up one more time.

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It says here that an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary shed tears of blood. If it's really blood, it's not a miracle given the pasaway behavior of many people today.

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Two months ago it was reported that the image of the Virgin Mary in a grotto in Lisbon was seen perspiring heavily. Marian devotees in Lisbon said Our Lady must've been working hard to correct the bad behavior of many people in the world today.

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Sen. Miriam never runs out of a verbal ammo to take potshots at Sen. Enrile. Seeing like what most people are seeing that the so-called "pork scammers" are given special treatment, she was quoted as saying: "Under the equal protection clause of the Constitution, all persons similarly situated should receive similar treatment. It does not matter whether you're a Johnny caught picking pockets or a Johnny charged with plunder." Hehehe.

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Sen. Miriam adds: "All detainees and prisoners, whether common criminals or senators, should have the same accommodations."

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A Japanese psychologist wants newspapers to carry more comic strips to minimize the "stress impact" from the hard news like natural calamities, human abuses, etc. He said in a recent symposium in Singapore, that stress is killing more people today than bullets.

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I received a birthday card from Quir L. de Gracia, our correspondent in the City of Naga (Cebu). On the cover of the card it says: "A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can." Thank you, Quir.

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OVERHEARD. The news here says that the price of milk will go up by as much as 10 percent in July. A resident of a depressed barangay in Cebu's south district said his neighbors didn't give a hoot to this news. He quoted someone as saying: "Lima ka buok anak ko, wa ko moproblema sa ilang gatas. Kusog agas totoy misis ko. Apan kon ang news moingon nga mosaka 10 percent presyo sa bugas, anha na ko molingo-lingo."