The President was asked recently whether he loved to play the PSP [play station, portable], a craze among kids.
P-Noy considered the question from a newsman irrelevant.
But a member of the Kapisanan ng Brodkaster ng Pilipinas, who attended a KBP convention in Clark recently, said she saw the President “busy at work” while awaiting his turn to speak before KBP delegates.
P-Noy was playing the PSP, unmindful of the crowd in front of him.
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When a government tramples upon the constitutional rights of an individual, that government is on the way to becoming dictatorial.
All the claims by the Aquino administration of safeguarding people’s rights are just full of hot air because it refuses to grant former President Gloria her constitutional right to go abroad for medical treatment.
P-Noy’s popularity, now at its peak, will suddenly plunge if Gloria dies on him.
The President’s subordinates are doing everything to prevent GMA from seeking medical treatment abroad.
Her death, God forbid, would be the beginning of his downfall.
The President is obviously not a student of history because he hasn’t learned from the death of his father, former Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino.
Ninoy Aquino died in the hands of Marcos’ subordinates.
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Let me cite a beautiful text message I received recently from a friend, Mar General, who now and then gives me passages that are uplifting to the spirit.
Here’s the text of that message:
“Forgiveness isn’t about the person or people being forgiven. It’s a gift you give yourself that allows your heart to stop being constricted.
“When you forgive, you release the toxic resentment and anger you’re holding in your heart, finally freeing yourself to get on with your life.”
So, Mr. President, forgive people who have hurt you and your family in the past because it’s good for your health.
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Director General Nick Bartolome told me before he assumed the Philippine National Police’s highest post that he should be informed about the wrongdoings of subordinates.
Here goes:
The chief of police of Cavite City, Supt. Rommel Javier, released a person who threatened the Padilla family with a gun.
He not only released the suspect, who obviously was his relative, he also scolded the family, which is poor.
When the Padilla family said they would complain the chief’s behavior, Superintendent Javier replied, laughing: “Go ahead! I’m not afraid.”
I tried calling Javier on his cellular phone, but he wouldn’t answer.
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In Davao City, Supt. Leo Francisco of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group was so drunk at the Blue Bar of the Apo View Hotel that he treated the women employees of the decent bar as if they were prostitutes.
According to witnesses, the women cried when Francisco and his men were forcing them to go with him.
One of Francisco’s men said he wanted to give the girls to a “general” who was visiting the city at the time.
It’s a good thing Vice Mayor Rody Duterte was not around when Francisco was fooling around with the women.
Otherwise, Francisco and his men would have found what they were looking for: trouble.
Francisco, if you can’t hold your drink, try AA or Alcoholics Anonymous.