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HAVE BAT WILL STRIKE - Juanito V. Jabat   - The Freeman

It says here that fighting is heavy between the MILF and the BIFF, partners in the slaying of 44 SAF commandos. This is what they call moro-moro. Literally.

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The government is building a P500-B modern prison facility, even as thousands of law-abiding poor Pinoys continue living in thatch huts.

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A city official says there is need for more beat policemen in the barangays. A beat policeman is actually a patrolman -- not a cop who beats up crime suspects.

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It says here that Pinoys are living longer today but are in poor health. Tell you what. They're striving to live longer to escape the high cost of dying.

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Again this news that says 80 percent of the minor accidents happen in the home. And again, Noy Temiong says: "Home is where the hurt is."

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It's no big deal. But you probably would like to hear this: "A group of students staged a protest demo by making a noise barrage." Against whom? The news said against a teacher they don't like. Seized from the students were a frying pan, a flower watering can, a plastic bell that made no sound except when struck against something hard. No arrest was made.

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Manny Pacquiao as a pro cager a joke? Look who's talking. It was that PBA import who called Pacman a joke who elicited laughter from Manny's fans for scoring only six in a game against Kia.

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I heard many Cebuano prewar immigrants to Mindanao who are selling the lands their old folks had bought in different places in Mindanao. One of them is a businessman making good in Vancouver, Canada. The land his father owned in Marawi is now owned by the family of his wife belonging "allegedly" to a powerful rebel group.

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"Ilaha na lang na," the owner said to friends at home in Marawi. The land is a two-hectare tract of land producing nothing but cogon grass for the rebels' horses.

 

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