Pilate washed his hands ahead of Unicef

The DOH and Unicef are spearheading the promotion of hand washing against disease. Pontius Pilate also washed his hands but for a nasty reason.

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The CHED is alarmed by the rash of violence in schools. “Dapat lang,” said my godson Honesto Dapat.

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Seriously speaking, haven’t you noticed that violence in schools happen more often and more seriously in some countries whose culture many of us look up to as better than ours.

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E-mail from Rigoberto Toling of Tagbilaran City: “Former Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has suggested that control numbers or letters be painted on the back portion of the helmets of motorcycle riders. The reason for this is obvious: “To make it easier to identify motorbikers who commit a crime.”

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I agree with Mr. Toling. It’s too bad that former Rep. Barbers thought of it only now that he’s no longer a lawmaker. But a good law is a good law regardless of who thought of it first.

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All Saints’ Day is just around the corner so to speak. So I think it’s timely to recall the marker or lapida I saw in burial plot at the Queen City Gardens some years ago. It was covered with weeds. The lapida had this inscription on it: “You will always be remembered.”

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He is always remembered all right — on All Saints’ Day when it’s time to clean the grave and cut the cogon grass and weeds that have covered it. He’s always remembered by his “loved once.”

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Going back to the DOH and Unicef promotion of handwashing against disease, this reminds me of a man in my place who never washed his hands, let alone his entire body, but is still alive.

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This man, maybe in his forties, looks so dirty some people think he’s a psycho case. He eats only when there is something for him to eat. And yet — yes, and yet — he has outlived many health buffs in our community.

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I am not saying ... let’s not wash our hands, let’s not take a bath, in order to live long. I’m just citing an irony, that’s all.

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Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago has expressed the desire to visit ex-President GMA because she was told that Ate Glo is in bad shape. Very sick. And has lost much weight.

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If GMA is really in bad shape —very sick — as revealed by Maid Miriam, it behooves those who were once close to GMA, especially if they had made hay while the sun shone, to pay her a visit.