“To God be the glory”

Ten thousand ballots in 10 ballot boxes got soaked in rainwater. The basis for Tom O's election protest went down the drain?

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After watching the Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the NBA Eastern Conference, I heard someone say: “The Miami coach Erik Spoelstra is a Filipino with American blood.”

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There is a government agency here during whose flag ceremony the lady who leads in the singing of the Pambansang Awit caps or ends the song with: “To God be the glory.”

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There is also a newscaster of the CCTN Ch. 47 who closes her newscast with: “To God be the glory.” Isn't that a beauty? Whatever your religion is, the glorification of God is always a must.

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The Type O slogan of the BOPK didn't bring luck to Tom O. The party should've retained the OK (Osmeña Kami) slogan, which has never put the BOPK down. This from Rolando Tian, an Osmeñista from Cagayan de Oro City.

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Newsfotog Loy Jurado said he watched on TV the distribution of free notebooks to schoolchildren. “Sus!” said Loy. “Way bisan usa nag-thank you sa ilang pagdawat sa notebook. Loy repeated his appeal to school teachers to teach their pupils the virtue of saying “Thank you” to benefactors.

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A Cebu Pacific aircraft overshot the Davao International Airport runway and plowed onto the grassy and muddy ground. I recall the FEATI aircraft (C-47?) I rode in from Manila to Cebu that overshot the old Lahug airport runway and rammed a banana plantation.

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That was during the Liberation period when no one was yet thinking of transferring the Lahug airfield to Mactan. That was in 1945 or about 48 years ago. I was then only 15. How fast my youth has gone!

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OVERHEARD. A Punta Princesa mother was heard complaining: “Nganong panakpon man sa Citom ug tanod ang mga traysikad nga nakahatag man ni og convenience sa mga tawo labi na ning uwan-uwan nga panahon?” Reply: “Mao nay giingon nga sila may tag-iya sa gobyerno.”