Pet Melliza

For the nth time, once more, again and etcetera, our hero Boy Angsot pulled off yet another trick on Mary Lao, the real info person of the Kingdom by the River and the holder of the real MA degree unlike the plagiarist whose master’s came from Sultan Kudarat State U, Glan Campus, a place he never went to; he only reached that in his dream  via a questionable correspondence learning that CHED, regulator of higher education, refuses to recognize. One fine morning, Wednesday to be more precise, Mary Lao was amused to find out a locator chart, made of cartolina, stating that she was“out”. Boy Angsot did not explain why he singled out only Mary Lao,not himself nor any other office mate whose presence and whereabouts must alsobe publicly announced. Anyhow, after having been known as principal suspect in pissing (yes, nangihi gid) on Mary Lao’s potted plant, her plastic couch and floor on Saturdays, not once but three times, one need not be a rocket scientist to read Boy Angsot’s vi...

ILOILO CITY Sept. 7, 2014 While authorities today concentrate on illegal drugs, another crime appears to be on the rise – rape and sexual assaults against women. This year’s rate in rape incidents in Iloilo is higher than the 2013 figure, reports from the Philippine National Police show. One hundred fifty-three women were raped in Iloilo Province in 2013, records from the PNP Children and Women’s Desk shows. That means, a woman is raped every 2.3 days in the period. But the frequency increased in the first semester (January – June) this year with 104 incidents, or one raped in 1.7 days. The report does not cover other forms of sexual abuse on women. Iloilo Province (pop. 1.8 million) has 42 towns and one component city. Passi City tops the list with 11 rape incidents followed by Miagao town with 10. New Lucena, Pototan, San Enrique, Carles and San Dionisio have seven each. Passi and Miagao maintained their rankings in the first semester this year, with ...

Land Bank of the Philippines, depository of most government offices, including the Iloilo Provincial Government, is funny. Last year, it required us to "renew" our account, to which I complied. This time, we received anew forms to be filled up and submitted. I will not comply. I find the requirement another bureaucratic goobledygook. All that LBP needs is to check its own files. It all it wants is to update our signatures, why subject us to the rigors and treat us like applicants-depositors. Why does Land Bank require us anew to answer the same set of questionnaire we answered last year that asks for your first name, middle name, surname (do these facts vary over time?), home address, office address, mobile phone, fax, e-mail, profession, number of children, valid IDs (sss, GSIS, Voter's ID, passport, others (pls. specify), salary/honoraria, gender, nationality, date of birth, place of birth, mother's name, spouse's name, profession, date of birth, tax i...