Readers saddened by RP quintet's poor showing

ALIBIS, ALIBIS. At least two Ear readers said they were saddened by the poor showing of the SMC-Pilipinas quintet in Qatar where they lost all their games. But they were disgusted - "more than saddened" - by the alibis thrown left and right by the team's coach. "For every defeat, an alibi," said one of the readers. "Dawaton na lang gud nato nga lupig gyud ta, period," said the other reader (a business exec). The two said, "it's bad behavior for a coach to always issue an alibi for every defeat."

GET THOSE VANDALS. A school administrator wants the police and the barangay tanods to go after those vandals who deface walls and posts including even those that had been beautified by young artists. "Kining gisugyot ko nga kampanya batok vandals should be part of the cleaning up of Cebu on the occasion of the ASEAN Summit," he said.