MANILA, DECEMBER 24, 2010 (BULLETIN) By JULLIE Y. DAZA – It was communicated to me by Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma, minutes before President Aquino's arrival at Sofitel Hotel, that to this day, the presidential convoy has had no reason to go back on its "no wang-wang" rule. When the party arrived moments later, almost too quietly, it would have been easy to miss them because there was no fanfare preceding them, no ear-splitting wang-wang, just three motorcycles swiftly gliding by as two black SUVs disgorged their passengers, and out of the limo behind them emerged the President.
He did not arrive by the main entrance but through a side door, and as Mr. Coloma pointed out, "Most of the time he rides in an SUV."
But as soon as he stepped on the red carpet, he was up for grabs. For some reason, his bodyguards allowed women coming out of nowhere – somehow they had smelled him – to hostage him. As he was later to admit at the "Bulong Pulungan" Christmas party, it's all in a day's work.
Except that whereas during the election campaign women pulled his shirt tails and wrenched his fingers this way and that, "now they're pulling me from the front, pulling at the buttons" on his shirt. If the bachelor President knows his Freud, that's a sexual innuendo, if not a sexual come-on.
Ceasefire and new life
By FRED M. LOBO BULLETIN December 20, 2010, 10:23pm MANILA, Philippines – Ceasefire between government forces and communists rebels now in effect.
Stop firing, start living and thinking, brothers!
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Malacañang assures strict observance of the truce despite recent rebel-staged ambush in Northern Samar due to alleged "sending" of government troops there.
Let peace rules. Silent guns, silent night…
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"Let us not be swayed by warmongers and harbingers of death and destruction who cannot see beyond their own limited and selfish visions without taking into consideration the welfare and benefit of the entire nation," appeals Chief Government Negotiator Alex Padilla.
Give peace a chance. No more traitors or tyrants.
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Formal peace talks between the two camps to follow after the Yuletide holidays.
Democracy rules now. On to the negotiating table and no more camping out.
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Pres. Aquino III orders the release of "Morong 43" health workers due to a defect in due process in their arrest, Palace clarifies.
Charges cleared. Time to work and live in peace again.
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Tourism Sec. Alberto Lim goes to Hong Kong on a mission of goodwill to assure authorities of action on the Aug. 23 hostage-taking incident and the safety of tourists now.
Nihao ma! Let bygones be bygone and let's exchange tourists again.
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The coming Year of the Rat will be lucky for bachelor P-Noy especially in love and romance, says feng shui expert.
Let him find the best First Lady before his hair goes—and live in love and peace.
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Nine out of 10 Pinoys are hopeful about 2011, says Pulse Asia.
Our pulse is okay. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Chief News Editor: Sol Jose Vanzi
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