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"Giyera patani" someone calls it

HAVE BAT WILL STRIKE - Juanito V. Jabat   -

One BFTanco sent me this e-mail: “Happy birth anniversary. How does it feel to be 90?” I don’t know if he’s referring to me or The Freeman which has just turned 90.

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If I were 90 I would feel great. All the people I didn’t like as well as those who didn’t like me are all gone. But wait, wait, wait. The 90 here should refer to the age of TF.

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The exchange of barbs between — or among — warring political playmates continues. “Giyera patani,” someone calls it. The latest “patani” comes from Guvnor Gwen who said she’s giving the cash gift P2,000 to Mayor Tom O who is turning 61.

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She said: “P2,000 cash gift para lang niya. Ako ipa deliver. That is in line with pure pity for this sick old man.” (Ugh!) May I say something? That’s what they call double whammy. Sick na, old man pa. Hehe!

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Capitol Info Consultant Roy Jon Sepulveda joined the “giyera” saying: “Wala usa to ang P5,000 nga burial ha.” Ugh! Ugh!

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Tom O is not accepting the P2,000 cash gift, the same amount he gives to every senior citizen in the city. “Gwen doesn’t need my money and I don’t need hers. She can keep the P2,000. I don’t need it,” Hizzoner said.

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Earlier, Tom O said he would transport straight to the governor’s office all the sick in the CCMC who come from the province. He announced that he had already assigned a multicab to ferry the sick probinsiyanos.

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The Guvnor said the province is willing to accommodate patients from the city. She said: “I-apil ta na lang pud intawon ang inyong constituents nga wala sad gyud intawon medical services kay wala na may kuwarta tawon ang siyudad.”

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    E-mail from Rhodora Ting, a Cebuana businesswoman in Manila: “Cebu, our Cebu, is progressing by leaps ang bounds. It would be galloping faster and higher if all Cebu leaders unite as one. Di ba mag-iyahay. Di ba magsinahay.”

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Reader Rhodora didn’t say it but let me guess what’s in her mind: She’s referring to the people involved in the ongoing “giyera patani” in Cebu. Correct me if I’m wrong. Ms. Ting. You know my e-mail add.

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Lawyer Joji Alonso, host of one of my favorite late-night tv shows “Legal Forum,” saw online what I wrote about her program and e-mailed her thanks. OK, no problem, attorney. Keep up the fine hosting.

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Email: [email protected]

CAPITOL INFO CONSULTANT ROY JON SEPULVEDA

CEBU

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GUVNOR GWEN

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TOM O

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