What's In A Name?

Inaabangan na ng marami ang mga dambuhalang kandidato na nangangarap maging pangunahing stars sa eleksyon 2028.

Kanya-kanya silang hanap ng katandem.  Kung sa nagdaang election bukambibig ang Uniteam ni BBM at Inday Sara ... this early merong unlikely partners ang namumuo at mukhang promising nga ang kanilang unholy union. Pati na ang kombinasyon ng kanilang nga pangalan.

Wala namang impossible sa Pilipinas ... kahit sino pwede maging kandidato. And so much so that our democracy is being dictated by NAME RECALL - a situation where popularity and notoriety become a time-tested formula for winning elections... they can always give themselves a try.

If the voters are familiar with a candidate's name, and this widespread recognition makes a candidate's name more memorable to voters, it increases their chances of being elected or re-elected compared to lesser-known opponents.

The sinister collaboration we are referring to is CHIZ Escudero and CURL-ee Discaya.

What is in these names? Well, after their names were dragged into the flood control project scandals ... how could one ignore? It has a name recall.

Besides, may landi ang kanilang name-blending - Chiz and Curlee? Dapat ang tawag sa kanilang team ay CHIZ-CURL. Sa tunog pa lang ... talong-talo ang Kath-niel at Liz-quen.

Pagkatapos mamamayagpag ang PIATTOS care-of Inday Sara ... how can these two fail?

CHIZ-CURL po for your consideration!

Abraham's One Liner

 

Lawyer's Mumbo Jumbo

PHRASE: Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus 

MEANING: It is a legal maxim meaning "false in one testimony ... false in all testimony.  It is a common law principle suggesting that a witness or a resource person who willfully lies about one matter may be deemed not credible for any other matter.

It is a legal principle that when a person falsely testifies in his statements ... he is not believable and reliable to continue to say something about another thing.

If you are deceitful in one ...you are deceitful in all. 

So when he perjured himself once ... his entire testimony, validation, and proof became suspicious and distrustful.

The saying is almost similar to: "Once a liar ... always a liar."

USING IT IN A SENTENCE: Congresswoman Gerville Luistro of Batangas uses this Latin phrase: "Falsus in uno ... falsus in omnibus" when she delivered her closing argument after a draining interrogation and an exhausted cross-examination with contractor Curlee Discaya.

She further criticized Discaya for "selective amnesia," noting that his memory was immaculately flawless as he enumerated the congressmen who were asking for money in this administration. However, suddenly, he lost track of whether congressmen and senators were asking the same in the last administration.

Whether her observations are true or not ... or whether she crushed an eel like Discaya's testimonial ... we will know in the future episodes.

Abangan ang mga susunod na kabanata!

Tongue Twister Ba Ang DPWH?

Sa marathon hearing sa Senate Blue Ribbon Committee ...(walang biro 2-5 hours yan ha)  parang binabarenahan ang aming tenga (at kailangan naming mag-take ng Paracetamol) sa kakaibang pagbigkas ng mga resource speakers ng acronym na DPWH. Pati mga senador naanod na rin sa agos at nakisalo din sa kakaibang paligsahang ito - pakapalan ng accent.

Kung hindi Bisayang malambing ang pagkabigkas ... yong iba pangshowbiz na ang slant.

Sabihin ba naman na DPW-etch ... at marami rin sa kanila may makapal na dila at patay malisya pinag-duldulan na ang tunog ng salita dapat ay DPW-itch?

Blame our English teachers for being remiss with their work. Imagine DPW-ETCH na parang nang-eetching lang or nang-eechos ng mga madlang people? (nambubudol)

Or DPW-ITCH na parang kinakati lang? Saan ... sa pagnanakaw o sa pangungulimbat?

For lack of a better post ... pagtiyagaan ninyo na lang ito.

Let Your Voice Be Heard

Abraham's One Liner

 

Pageant Result: Mr. Cosmopolitan 2025

The winners of Mr Cosmopolitan 2025 from left to right: - Dinh Sy Tu- Vietnam- Third Runner Up, Sandile Christo Gama -South Africa - Second Runner Up, Shawn Li Yu Hsiang -Taiwan - Mr. Cosmopolitan 2025- Winner, Kenneth Marcelino - Philippines - First Runner Up, Eddie Joblon - France - Fourth Runner Up. The pageant was held in Siam Fantasy Asiatique, Bangkok, Thailand, last Sept. 7, 2025.