A radio program host I was listening to last night said the cases of rape (didn't say where) increased 100 percent lust year.
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I heard a political observer say that Makati is a city of "extra moneyed" business people, philanthropists, politicians, etc. He failed to include at least one hacendero.
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VP Jojo Binay was reported in the papers as having finally decided to fight back against those hitting him and blackening his name. Indeed, the good VP has lately been battered black and blue.
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A supertyphoon named Vongfong hit and ravaged Okinawa recently. Someone from Tacloban said to me: "We were hit by a stronger typhoon Yolanda but she got a beautiful name which kind of softened the hurt. But Vongfong? The name adds insult to injury."
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I just read a news story about an incident that a friend of mine said he thanked God it did not happen to him. A leech or alimatok got into a woman's nostril and lived there for a month until discovered this week.
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The victim in this story was a woman backpack traveler who had toured Asia for a month all the while carrying the alimatok in her nose, according to British daily, The Telegraph.
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"Come to think of it," said Noy Temiong, a member of our Octo Club. "I would rather be victimized by Vongfong than by a blood sucker in my nose!"
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After reading the news about billions and billions of pesos being poured on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, a Bol-anon businessman said: "Binli sad tawon mi oi...Ang among airport sa Panglao pulos lang estorya...way klaro kanus-a ni nila humnon."
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The same Bol-anon businessman said: "Kinse anyos pa ko unang nakadungog anang Panglao airport tingali mangapo na lang ko sa tuhod estorya lang gihapon ang madunggan ta kabahin anang Panglao airport." I was told that work on the Panglao airport is ongoing, although not as fast as most Boholanos want it.
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OVERHEARD. A US Marine is accused of killing a Filipino transgender in Olongapo. The anti-American activists are once again back burning the American flag in front of the US Embassy. Comment: "Nangita gyud nig galgal mga Kano-a. Imbes nahilum na unta ang mga way trabahong aktibista, ila nasang hataga'g rason pagsunog og bandera ni Uncle Sam." Comment: "Labad nasad ning o ni PNoy. Alegre nasad ning mga akbitista. Samok na sad ang karsada."