Saturday, September 13, 2008 Barrita: 'We are Family' By Eddie O. Barrita Small Bites
MAYOR Jonas Cortes’ critics in the Mandaue City Council said he was running the city with his “Kabanay Unlimited.”
Mayor Cortes denied this.
If true, he would have made Sister Sledge’s “We are Family” as theme song for his administration.
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No one can blame Mayor Cortes for turning to his family for help.
With the City Council dominated by the opposition, he saw a deep cut in his proposed supplemental budget that may result in deeper potholes in his city’s streets.
But to paraphrase a Beatles song, maybe he’ll get by with a little help from his family.
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I hope one day, Mayor Cortes can build a really good highway in Mandaue City.
And like his mentor, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, he can also ban his critics from using his highway.
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Metro Pacific Investments Corp. chair Manny Pangilinan Thursday made a quick look at the Cebu City Medical Center.
He said since the hospital was up for sale, “I’d like to take a look at it.”
Well, if you put something up for sale, someone may buy it.
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Sens. Gringo Honasan and Loren Legarda want the Senate to close its probe on the cancelled NBN-ZTE deal after the Supreme Court affirmed former socio-economic planning secretary Romulo Neri’s decision to invoke executive privilege on the issue.
Neri’s lips are sealed and not even a crowbar can pry it open now.
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Thailand’s Constitutional Court forced their prime minister, Samak Sandaravej, to resign for hosting TV cooking shows, a constitutional violation.
That’s his fault-–he showed his cooking skills on TV.
He must have kept it from public view, like cooking the botched NBN-ZTE and Bangsamoro homeland deals.
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Speaking of food, once in a while I get an e-mail from fellow columnist Ely Espinoza telling me to avoid unhealthy foods, especially those high in preservatives.
That reminds me of American actor George Burns, who when he was in his 90s, was quoted as saying he was avoiding all natural foods because, at his age, he needs all the preservatives he can get.
