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Study: Baby birds babble like humans
before singing – Philippine Daily Inquirer
Some humans babble even as adults . . . and quite a few are in Congress.
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Rosales says women, not gays, should
be in Santacruzan rites – Manila Bulletin
Let me give it to the cardinal straight: Your Eminence seems to ignore the reality that gays . . . including countless priests and nuns . . . are also God’s creations!
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Buckle down to work,
Nograles tells Mikey – Daily Tribune
That’s after the presidential son returned from the USA where he went for the Holy Week break of Congress . . . but Mikey’s took almost two months.
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Sandigan justices let out
loophole for Perez et. al. – Daily Tribune
One associate justice . . . who is not likely to win any awards for subtlety in playing the role of a Palace lapdog . . . asked the prosecutors if they have “evidence that accused Perez was armed with a firearm, in the presence of his wife Rosario, and asked for $2 million.” .
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Meralco’s profit grows by
double-digits in first quarter – The Manila Times
Notwithstanding that laudable performance, it’s unclear why the government wants to take over the Philippines’ largest electricity distributor . . . other than to cow the Lopezes and their vast media properties.
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Esperon sees no more
destabilization threats vs GMA – Philippine Star
That’s myopic simply because Esperon clearly refers to the final week-long time frame before his term as AFP chief ends next week.
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Mikey joins fray, sets probe for
top-level Meralco revamp – Daily Tribune
Those of us who were wondering why Mikey practically twisted a few arms to grab the chairmanship of the Energy Committee . . . despite his inexperience and lack of seniority . . . can now put two and two together and finally figure out his personal agenda.
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Pimentel: Failed bid for imported rice a ruse – Daily Tribune
How right Pimentel is. Now the ultra-greedy crooks can demand bigger kickbacks in the negotiated sale that’s now legally justified by a failed bidding.
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Miriam backs state control of Meralco – Manila Times
Miriam invariably backs whatever the Palace wants . . . although the chances of unseating the current board of Meralco this year are remote . . , if we would rather take the word of others that are not in the political prostitution business.
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GMA vows to lower cost of energy – Manila Bulletin
In the face of the rising price of crude oil that could top $200 per barrel in the foreseeable future, that’s as good a promise as keeping the price of NFA rice at the present level until the next main harvest season.
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Customs misses target anew in April – Philippine Star
Here’s the problem: Those Customs bosses are taking orders from more than one big boss at the Palace. Actually, make that one Small Boss and one Big Boss.
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