Wednesday, August 01, 2007 Barrita: Lapu-Lapu’s cha-cha By Eddie O. Barrita Small Bites
REP. Nerissa Soon-Ruiz (Cebu, 6th district) has better plans for Lapu-Lapu City.
Just as soon as it became highly urbanized and weaned from Capitol control, she filed a redistricting bill that would place Lapu-Lapu under Capitol control again.
Lapu-Lapu City Vice Mayor Mario Amores can call it Lapu-Lapu’s cha-cha, one step forward, one step backward.
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Well, she has changed her mind and drafted another bill that wouldn’t put Lapu-Lapu City back under Capitol control.
But residents in her proposed 7th district composed of Lapu-Lapu City and Cordova cannot join elections for officials of Cebu Province and, therefore, without members in the Provincial Board.
Now her proposed 7th district has become a joke.
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Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center’s 1,500 inmates soared to Internet fame when Capitol security consultant Byron Garcia uploaded their dances on the video site YouTube.
Their dance to the tune of Michael Jackson’s hit “Thriller” alone now has some 3 million hits.
Did I hear people itching to commit crimes just to get into the CPDRC and join a famous dance troupe?
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Makati Regional Trial Court Judge Oscar Pimentel has denied the motion of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV to attend all official Senate functions.
Numbers matter this time.
True, Trillianes represents 11 million voters who voted for him.
But the prosecution, who opposed his motion, represents all 88 million Filipinos, the judge ruled.
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Giant drug companies are preparing a P1 billion lobby fund to stop Congress from passing a bill on cheap medicines, a lawmaker said.
It costs over P100 million for Congress to enact a law.
Now we know it’s even most costly for Congress to kill a bill.
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No, the money will not really be used to directly bribe legislators into shooting down the cheap medicines bill, Iloilo Rep. Ferjenel Biron said.
It’s for aggressive ads on TV, radio and newspapers.
So, it’s costly for drug companies to keep medicines expensive.
