Senators JPE and Jinggoy E though locked up for alleged plunder may now receive their salary and file bills if they wish. Surprised? I am. But not being conversant with the ways of the law I say none.
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"This Christmas holiday control your appetite," a nutrition expert said in a news item. She said any host of a Christmas party can help by letting the guests use platitos instead of platos. Better still, let the guests use only one chopstick each. My take.
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MMDA is asking the LTO to revoke the erring Maserati driver's license. As you know the license was issued to him to be able to drive not assault a traffic enforcer.
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It says here that pre-marital sex among the youth in Central Visayas is on the rise and the number of teen-mothers has been increasing too. If this continues, we will be seeing lolas playing tubig-tubig or fondling dolls.
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Thanks to Philstar's Ricky Lo, whom I have always considered the Phl's most outstanding entertainment editor and columnist, for once again clarifying that the popular Christmas song "Kasadya Ning Taknaa" was composed by Vicente Rubi with the lyrics done by his friend Mariano Vestil, both Cebuanos.
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It's sad that even if it's now clear that "kasadya" is Cebuano, there are still Cebuanos preferring to sing "Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit,"a copy of "Kasadya" even in a Christmas choral contest where Visayan "daygon" songs were sung.
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Fake drugs continue to proliferate in the country, according to the Food and Drug Administration . And FDA says 10 percent of the medicines available in the country are considered fake (Philstar, Dec. 1/14). So Noy Temiong asks: "Why is this so? Who allow these fake drugs to proliferate?"
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There is no telling if this 10 percent of the fake drugs are shabu. If so, let the percentage go up. It's Noy Temiong saying again.
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OVERHEARD. Some 14 Tau Gamma members have been found liable in a hazing case for violation of the Anti-Hazing Law. Reader's comment: "Good, good, good." Reaction: "Unsay naka-good, good, good ana? Papel ra na. Unya na ang good kon naa na gyuy matambog sa bilibid." Another reaction: "Naa ba guy mabilibid ana nila. Estoryahi!"