Raffy's accurate UAAP forecast

A former newsman is suffering from gangrene on his foot. The foot needs amputation. His problem is: Who'll foot the bill?

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A housewife I know complains that the 12 percent VAT has hiked the price of food. "All food are affected by the VAT," she says. Except food for thought, right?

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I heard on radio that some people in the deep South buy explosive powder which they resell to terror groups. It's booming this buy and shell business.

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Sportswriter Raffy Uytiepo made a correct forecast. The UST Tigers devoured the Ateneo Blue Eagles to win the UAAP 2006 championship last Tuesday. His pre-game analysis was simple, even my tokayo Juan "Johnny" Cuevas who has always been a loyal Ateneo fan agreed.

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I rooted for the UST Tigers because it was in UST where I first learned what journalism was all about. I'm sure my doctor friend Mike Mancao also rooted for UST because it was in UST where he first learned how to cut people with a surgical knife. During our student days in UST the cage team was called Glowing Goldies. Back then, the Glowing Goldies were a powerful team. It was only when they changed their name to Growling Tigers when the team started to lose its glow.

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There are reports that some PUJ drivers are complaining that the secret marshals on board their vehicles are not paying their fare. I asked Leandro Robles, a neighbor on V. Gullas St., what he thought of the driver's gripe...

"Ah, grabe sad. Pleting P6 ihikaw pa gyud ngadto's secret marshal nga mitabang pagsulbad sa hold-apay ug kawatay sud sa PUJ," Leandro said.

"Ila pa gyung papletihon ang mga marshal nga nagtuman sa ilang civic duty," butted in someone named Edong (or was it Estong), a news boy.

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About 40 (not just 30 as I reported earlier) giant billboards in Metro Manila got toppled by typhoon Milenyo's powerful winds. This has resulted in the loss of human lives and destruction of property. What happened to Metro Manila's billboards should be a wake up call for both the billboard owners here and the government agency granting permit for the erection of these billboards. Check how safe these billboards are before it's too late.

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The aerosol vandals are still at work. Proof are the graffiti sprayed on newly painted walls, fences, posts, etc. They do their dirty work while everyone is not looking. A reader has suggested that the secret marshals include the vandals in their work.

"Perhaps," the readers said, "only the secret marshals can stop these vandals from defacing and dirtying the walls and fences in the city."