Tongues as of fire

“When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were.

“When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were.

Vote- buying was so rampant in the last elections. There is vote buying from all over the country from Batanes to Jolo.

Two quotes strike my mind whenever I think of the 2013 Election Day. Harry Crews, an American novelist once said: “Survival is Triumph enough.”

Unemployment and poverty is the root cause of criminality, not only in this country, but elsewhere in the world.

I love the late Steve, Malo (short for martial law), Bruno, Pepito and Pogi – all lovable family canines.
This may come a wee bit too late, in fact it has become a moot point, but I am impelled to indulge nevertheless. It is like a kernel stuck in my teeth which I must take out lest it bothers me ‘til kingdom come.

The author of this dictum must have been very optimistic enough to say this. Surely he must have had an explanation for it, not from the physical point of view, but perhaps from metaphorical or symbolic viewpoint.
Congratulations to all winners in Leyte First District’s race for congressman, Leyte’s elections for governor, vice-governor and sangunniang panlalawigan, and Tacloban’s elections for mayor, vice-mayor and sangguniang panlungsod.

For the nth time, coral reef-related pronouncements and issuances from both national and local governments have been published.

No government agency ever came out to stop or even merely mitigate the cash floods that inundated all nooks of the country as voters trooped to the election precincts to cast shades on their ballot.