Hear-no-evil justice secretary?
LAWYER Vitaliano Aguirre II is the president-elect’s choice for his secretary of justice. Wazzat him who covered his ears during Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago’s tirade against the frivolity of the impeachment hearings which dropped five of eight charges against Chief Justice Renato Corona?
Miriam might not have been noticed; but naughty Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano caught it on his cell phone to get her goat and cite Atty. Aguirre for contempt.
BOYS WILL BE BOYS. I don’t know if the Senate imposed the additional penalty conspired by Senators Francis Escudero and Panfilo Lacson to lock Atty. Aguirre in a room and play a videotape of one of Miriam’s privilege speeches.”
Will DOJ replace Justicia, the allegorical blindfolded impartial Lady Justice, with a new icon of the three wise ones which “See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil”? NEWS & OTHER VIEWS Realities of governance to mellow Rody – PNoy
After roundly criticizing Duterte in the heat of the campaign, President Aquino says the reality of running the country should tame his successor’s violent instincts.
Translation: His bark is worse than his bite.
Aquino decides not to bash Duterte for one year
“If you don’t stop telling lies about me, I will tell the truth about you.” (Who said that to whom?)
Malacañang tells Duterte admin: Please mind the BBL peace process.
Malacanang spokesman PCOO Sec. Herminio Coloma Jr. said the country would be better off if the next administration pursues the Mindanao peace process.
Conversely, Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, the touted next speaker of the House said that the BBL passage would take a backseat to the proposed switch to a federal government.
Translation: Please mind your own business. Mayoral bet used donuts to cheat, claims loser
In Bayambang, Pangasinan, sore loser Zenaida Camacho declared that her rival, Mayor-elect Cezar Quiambao, smuggled a micro chip inside a donut to steal the election.
Translation: “Donut do unto others what you donut want done unto you.”
Despite the promised no-holdsbarred campaign against drugs, pandan-flavored shabu emerges.
Just a marketing move in a threatened market.
President Obama nominates former US Ambassador to ROK Kung Kim as next envoy to PH.
President-elect Duterte would neither confirm nor deny that he asked for a new US envoy to Manila .
Gone too far: US lawmakers want Obama impeached for allowing transgender students to use restrooms of their choice.
Best suggested compromise: Avoid strange encounters by installing restrooms of a third kind. FEEDBACK: