The Manila Times

MIRRORLESS

- ROLLY G. REYES

charges against former President Benigno Aquino 3rd, former Cabinet Secretarie­s Florencio Abad, Department of DBM, and Garin of the DOH, because of the undue haste on the purchase and sale of the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, manufactur­ed by French pharma-

For his part, current DOH Sec. Francisco Duque 3rd said that the Blue Ribbon Committee draft report regarding its investigat­ion into the procuremen­t and use of Dengvaxia has been incisive, extensive and accurate. It was not impossible to detect the “powerful efforts” to dilute the issue by employing various means manipulati­ng some personalit­ies involved. We are happy that the public did not bite.

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I am feeling nostalgic about a bit of history. When I was directing TV Patrol, (the late) Angelo Castro Jr. asked me what would be the appropriat­e theme music for our new newscast. I decided to use synthesize­d music to keep up with times. We asked the late scorer Lucio Maylas to do some research. On a daily basis, after downing dozens of Pale Pilsens, we listened to several pieces of Hugo Montenegro, who was

of corruption allegation­s. “You just go out silently,” he added.

That means “wala na siya SAY.”

“His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge.”

– I hope the Americans will not call him “Prince Louie Louie.”

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Good work, good deeds and good faith to all.

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