Former Senator Sotero H. Laurel, nationalist, statesman, educator, was laid to rest on Saturday at Manila Memorial Park. He is the last Laurel of his generation; and the torch passes in a proud clan.

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World observed the 24th International Coastal Clean-up Day, but Manila Bay was not included because it is not yet world class.

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Oops department: Navy denied but apologized for suspicion that Cpl. Hannibal Masura Guerrero was spying on national artist Bienvenido Lumbera. If he were an 007, he would have come as frogman during Manila’s floods.

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They would have sent navy seals. Palangga: My lips are sealed!

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Trade Secretary Peter Favila is optimistic on goat industry in Davao del Sur. If it fails, there’s a scapegoat.

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Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Nonoy Libanan ordered the deportation of fortune tellers who couldn’t predict their deportation for operating without work permit.

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Negros plantations to be restored for coffee industry. You can also put sugar in the coffee.

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FOREIGN NEWS: Brazil negotiating 36 French Dassault Rafale jet fighters. To be paid with lots of coffee for Champs Elysée sidewalk cafes.

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Move over, Yao Ming! 8’ 1” Sultan Kosen, 26, of Turkey is world’s tallest. He’s a farmer and sings “Planting rice is never fun.”

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He’s in the mood for love. “…Taller than the tallest trees is, that how she ought to be!”

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China picks first female astronaut. How about wife of new Japan Prime Minister, Miyuki Hatoyama-san who visited Venus in UFO?

A British court issued a landmark ruling to transfer a transsexual prisoner serving life for manslaughter and attempted rape to a women’s prison. Like a turtle thrown to the water.

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An Iraqi Ahmed al-Jumaili Iraqi was shot after throwing slipper at US patrol. Try that to a US president, but don’t fool around with the marines!

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SPORTS. Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez match didn’t excite Manny Pacquiao. Just like talking about the weather.

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Miguel Cotto is now in Tampa, Florida, for the final and most crucial stretch of his training for the November 14 fight. Meanwhile, our champion Pacquiao is only pa-cute.

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Outspoken WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero will not be in Pacquiao-Cotto undercard because he didn‘t get his visa. TKO-ed by US consul for his open support of Venezuela president Hugo Chavez.

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