UNDERVIEW

Mike Guimbatan Jr.
After the storm

Baguio is a tourist area and the people are hospitable. No wonder typhoon Karen dropped by to say hello even if its route is at the tip of the country.
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Heavy downpour created holes on our asphalted roads. This reminded us of the sisterhood with Hokkaido City and the carpet bombing -- hukay dito, hukay doon, butas dito, butas doon.
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Despite the storm, Goldrich trucks are seen gathering tons of garbage for export to our sisterhood ties with Capas, Tarlac. No problem with payment because it is all factored in.
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While solutions to the garbage issue are debated, the mayor is in Korea ……Hope the Koreans will accommodate our sanitary landfill.
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Stonewalls collapse during storm because beauty is given more importance than strength. The Country Club riprap did not fall but two city engineers fell due to bribery a week ago.
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The two city engineers fell for P10,000, a Bureau of Internal Revenue executive in Bontoc, Mountain Province fell for P15,000 but a Court of Appeals judge was offered P10 million. GMA was accused of bloating $164.7 million and Marcos was charged to have taken $10 billion. Do we expect a conviction?
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Baguio ’s trash wanted by the Philippine Military Academy. Trash includes teenage gangs, pickpockets, bukas kotse and akyat bahay.
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Balisong building closes, .opens, .closes, opens. Parang mata, pa-kor -- p kor --p.
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Beneco lowers price, grants P500 subsidy. Baelco grants 20 percent discount to senior citizens in the botika sa barangay.
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Bombo is the number one radio. Survey says there has never been a number two.
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A pastor-turned- city councilor said we do not need a landfill because what we need are more MRF’s -- moral recovery facilitators.
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Religious leaders in the city have one thing in common, they opposed the STL – anything that is sweet and tender loving.
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Some local leaders tried to bring in the STL-PCSO…….Sa Totoo Lang - Please Come and Sustain Ourselves.
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The illegal numbers game should be stopped says the ABC -- Association of Bingoteng Chieftains