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still talk about our crushes in high school and laugh the loudest of our voices.

For a couple of years now, I have celebrated my birthday on several occasions during the month but with different organizations. So when Rose Dulnuan called to greet me happy birthday she asked if there was a major celebration since I am now in a milestone “Senior citizen” so they can crash into my party. I don’t know if she was disappointed when I said “nothing big this year, maybe next year.” For this year I first celebrated it in church with the ECW on the first Sunday together with Judge Angela Papa, Mary Bessilink, Mrs. Abing, Norie Tadaoan, Rosylyn Anos, Ursula Reyes and some others. This time it was Judge Papa who was our coordinator and I was assigned to bring pancit, she brought diket, there was eggs, there was fruits from the garden of Manang Mary, we had bread and also coffee. It was a heavy breakfast and even the men waiting at the coffee area had food. That’s how the ladies celebrate together during our fellowship Sunday.

The next celebration was with the Dominican prayer group and the Soroptimist International ladies during the first Wednesday prayer meeting. I hosted breakfast this time. Last October 9 - my real birthday, after our BSBT board meeting we had lunch with the staff and my family. We had cake too and I got a nice flower handed by my sister. Right after that, husband and I went

makasungbat iti dayta , apo. Ngamin pudno a ditay maikkat ti atap nga adu pay dagiti terorista iti nadumaduma a paset ti pagilian. Total, narugian met laengen ti gobyerno ti addangna kontra terrorismo, maymayat kano no itultuloynan. Saludsod: Kasano kano no inton malpas ti termino ni Digong ket dipay nalpas ti parikut iti terorismo…ania ngatan ti mapasamak? Awan dumana dayta iti saludsod ti kaadduan: no awanton ni Duterte, kasanon ti inrugina a laban kontra illegal a droga ken kriminalidad? Masungbatanto amin dagitoy inton nalpasen ti termino-Duterte. Wen aya!

-o0oApay ngata nga iti report ti AFP ket mapan kano iti ennem wenno walo a gangannaet dagiti kadua dagiti Maute a lumablaban pay laeng idiay Marawi? Kasanoda a nakastrek ken kimmappon kadagiti terorista ti pagilian? Uray pay kunaen a gapu iti impluensiya ni Hapilon a maitudtudo a nangato nga opisyal ti ISIS iti Asya…kasano ngata ti pannaka-recruit dagitoy a foreign terrorists? Iti panagkitami, pards….adda maitulong a sungbat daytoy sumaganad a pagteng: babaen iti NBI, inlatagdan ti kaso iti DOJ kontra iti natiliwda a misis (Pilipina) nga agar-aramat iti internet ken

POLITICIANS are among the least trusted in New Zealand, according to surveys. They are bunched together in the pit bottom with journalists, local council members and lawyers. On the other hand, school teachers are the most trusted followed by ambulance service, firemen, doctors and nurses and the police.

Politics does not figure much in the news unless there are controversial legislation or misconduct of ministers or members of parliament. But not so for the past few weeks, when the result of the parliamentary election on September 23 failed to give the two major parties – National and Labour – enough seats to rule even with the support of affiliated minor parties. But one party, New Zealand First, which did not commit to either National or Labour prior to the elections, obtained 9 seats.

It therefore depended on whose side it gave its support before any of the two major parties could form a government. National had more seats than Labour and its coalition partner, the Greens, but was still short of the 61 needed to be a majority in the 120-member Parliament.

New Zealand adopted the Mixed Member Proportional system wherein the proportion of votes that a party obtains determines the number of seats it has in parliament. It was meant to reduce the hold of National and Labour that have ruled the country for decades and allow minor parties to impact in the legislative agenda.

The first election under MMP in 1996 produced an uneasy coalition between National and New Zealand First that eventually collapsed in 1998.

It therefore seemed like déjà vu when New Zealand First held the cards again as to which party should form the government in the next three years. SSCebu for an overnight get away. That was relaxing, away from his work and the concerns of the mind. The next Wednesday was hosting another breakfast for the church prayer team, a smaller committed group, ended up with me bringing home half of the tray of uneaten rice. At least the fish and the tortang eggplant were gone.

The last hosting would be during the last Saturday with the Associates of St Mary the Virgin. A group of women who get together to pray and celebrate life. But unfortunately, will be in Manila so our group celebrates with host in absencia.

Maybe next year, the plans will change. But I still agree those born in October are lovable and loving people. Walang kokontra.

social media tapno iwarasna ti Islamist extremist propaganda ken AG-RECRUIT kadagiti gangannaet nga umay ditoy Pilipinas ken agisayangkat iti terorismo. Ti kinasuan ti NBI ket nabigbig a ni Karen Aizha Hamidon, 36, tubo ti Zamboanga ngem nayanak sadiay Quezon City. Naammuan ti NBI a ni Hamidon ket asawa daydi Mohammad Jaafar Maguid alyas Abu Sharifa ken Tokboy a napapatay ti kapulisan idi January, 2017. Daytoy ti lider ti Ansar Khalifa Philippines, ti grup;o a responsible iti Sept. 2016 Davao Night Market bombings. Ti nagbalin met nga asawa ni Hamidon ti Singaporean national a ni Mohammad Shamin Mohammed Sidek a naaresto met laeng gapu iti pannakainaigna iti ISIS. Nakasuanen ni Hamidon iti 14-counts ti inciting to rebellion or insurrection ken adu pay a kaso. Saludsod: adda ngata pakainaiganna iti kinaadda dagiti foreign terrorist ditoy Pilipinas nangruna dita Marawi? Haayy biag…adu pay ti solbaren ti Duterte Administration. Agalertotayo laeng ken sumurot kadagiti paspasamak iti agdama agingga iti masakbayan.

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