PhilSTAR columnist Federico Pascual Jr. says the Aquino-Supreme Court quarrel is "all about money." Right. Money is the root of the quarrel, the same money called the root of all evils.
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The activists want PNoy out. And if that comes to pass, what? "The successor will be another whipping boy, that's what." This from my friend Noy Temiong.
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In this country every sitting President stands to face a fiery punitive action -- that is, the burning of his effigy.
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The COA says the Supreme Court justices are among the highest paid government officials (PhilSTAR, July 21/14). Which makes them supreme, right?
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A rookie cop in Mandaluyong City who was nabbed for extortion has finally been charged. This neophyte cop was so in a hurry he tripped and got nailed.
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As I write this, "Clear Cut Tonight" is on CCTN Chl. 47. I have to stop a while out of respect to the guys cutting clear tonight. This is my favorite talk show not because them guys -- Manny, Fritz and John Rey -- happen to be my friends but because it's a no nonsense talk show.
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Just in case you want to know, it says here: "Good health, mind and body is not possible without proper sexual satisfaction. The truth is that the more one continues his sexual life, the more one is capable of practicing it. Continuation of sex is related to longer life." This from Miguel R.S. Cornejo Jr., cardiologist/internist.
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I stumbled on this interesting topic -- with malice towards none--from Lorie M. de la Serna's delightful booklet "Belib Et or Nat." Lorie is a well known English and Cebuano journalist. He is from Lapu-Lapu City and swears pride to being an Oponganon.
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OVERHEARD. The government is giving much attention to Persons With Disability. Laws benefitting the disabled have been passed. One law requires building owners to provide access ramps for PWDs. But a nurse I know says: "Naay access ramp nga dili ma-access sa nag-wheelchair kay hiktin ra kaayo dili kaagian og wheelchair." Another observer says: "Ang access ramp sa usa ka building dili magamit sa bakol kong bana kay gitugwayan ug mga kanding."