The Phl is drafting new rules on the custody of erring US servicemen under the Visiting Forces Agreement. That's the lone good offshoot the Laude transgender case has brought about.
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This news here says the German boyfriend of the slain transgender "may be deported." But of course! He was seen on national tv breaking our laws. To let him go scotfree is to make Phl a laughing stock of the world.
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Wage-earners who have long dreamed of seeing the different places of our country but are held back by lack of travel funds are now fulfilling their dreams. Thanks, they say, to the budget airlines whose budget fares are within the reach of their wallets.
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My godson Norman, 18, said he had been dreaming of going to Palawan to see his aging lola but was prevented by lack of travel money. He finally visited his 82-year-old lola last week. "Thanks," he said, "to the budget airfare offered by a budget carrier."
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A 70-year-old resident of Punta Princesa frowns on the Nov. 7 deadline set by City Hall for the release of the last tranche of cash assistance for senior citizens. Announcement from City Hall says the Nov. 7 deadline must be observed otherwise the amount will be forfeited.
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The 70-year-old assistance beneficiary said (through a neighbor) that he would try to meet the deadline, hoping that on that day he would be feeling well and could manage to get up for the assistance.
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National Children's Month is being celebrated this month (October) with the DSWD spearheading the celebration. I join my good friend Bro. Ricky Ansaldo in praying for the success of the observance. Brod Ricky is one "poor soul" (he calls himself that) who spends much of his monthly salary on street kids.
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"May na lang, Pre, nga wa ko maminyo kay way mopugong nako sa akong pagka lalaking Mother Teresa," he said to me in jest one dinnertime when I was still in fine health. Brod Ricky is a member of a Catholic Brotherhood society whose advocacy is helping neglected street children.
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To Rolly B. of Mandaue: Thanks for your e-mail on the transvestites. I'll comment on it next column.