1.   Aside from being more lucrative, bingoteng is preferred over MRFs by our barangay officials because they wouldn’t have to work more or stink more.

2.   In choosing who would best qualify for the vacant Baguio City Police Office top post, all the mayor has to look at is the officer’s incorruptible character.

3.   Any plans to rehabilitate the city public market will have to wait until the dealmaker returns to City Hall and renegotiates his original arrangement.

4.   There is a public pot session every time law enforcement agencies torch marijuana leaves in open spaces like the Melvin Jones football grounds.

5.   Many residents do not heed the warnings against dengue and do not adopt preventive measures even if they know the disease could become fatal.

6.   Many lawyers in the surrounding locality have started to ‘moderate their vices’ after close to a dozen of their members passed away in recent weeks.

7.   Not all signatures endorsing mining applications are genuine as evidenced by the sinister hands that forged support for the venture in Bakun, Benguet.

8.   Jueteng in northern Benguet is raking it in every day and night under the watchful eyes of local and police officials who definitely enjoy the windfall.

9.   The series of highway robberies involving the wages of government workers isn’t because there is a conspiracy by inside informers and crime syndicates.

10. A lot of posturing and infighting have become commonplace in Mountain Province with the vacant seat in congress beckoning as the ultimate prize.

11. If all the complaints against erring PUV drivers are lodged with the DOTC, the agency will be so swamped that it won’t have time for its vital functions.

12. The blame on PAGASA for the death and destruction caused by the recent typhoons is like saying that weather forecasting is now an exact science.