That is politics

Sen. Gringo Honasan says the move to change Pilipinas to Filipinas is not a government priority. Nevertheless, Senator, our country's name has already been changed by OFWs who are now calling Phl “Pinas”.

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The giant crocodile named Lolong that has given the Philippines a place in the Guinness Book of World Records is now frozen and forgotten. He's in a freezer, something that ought to be done too to some two-legged crocs in government instrumentalities.

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The news says the government aims to cut poverty in half by 2016. That's when PNoy leaves. The other half he leaves to Mar Roxas or Jojo Binay?

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Veteran political observers are not surprised by Councilor Mary Ann de los Santos and Councilor Dave Tumulak's failure to get committee posts (per news report, July 2/13) “Me surprised?” said one old observer. “That's how politics is played. That's how the cookie crumbles.”

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The seven cops dismissed from the service were all PO1s (Police Officer One, the lowest rank in the PNP) They were nipped in the bud. Their police career was cut short before they could rise and do some more harm to the community.

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My Manila-based Cebuano friend Daido Angel says: “Since the 'mother tongue' or the regional language is now used as  language of instruction in the lower grades, why not sing or play the National Anthem in the regional language the pupils understand?”

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US Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. has been quoted in the media many times that he likes the Philippines and loves the Filipino people. Harry was not talking through his hat. He's proving his love for the Phl by bringing home to America not otap but a pretty Pinay sweetheart, Mithi Aquino.

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OVERHEARD. Some women were heard talking about the execution of a Pinay drug mule in China. Said one: “Pinoy masakpan nagdag drugas sa China patyon gyud.” Replied one: “Dinhi's atoa ang Insek nga magtukod og shabu factory, diin mas grabe pa kay sa kinilong shabu, dili patyon bisan pinaagi lang sa gitik kun dili pikpikon lang sa pulso.”