Ape Reels

Gets curiouser still. It's now the Battle of the Mistresses at the House. And Alvarez has been caught with his, pants on while jetting with her on an official trip with Alpha Macho.

Who will mediate? IBP? Ombudsman? On these bad men?

Rising Interest

For once, DZRH TV featured live the Senate inquiry on the proposed Benham Rise Development Authority. And exclusive of all the other channels, at that. Except for
PTV-4, of course since DZRH is getting to sound like a government mouthpiece, too.
Was it to preempt the supplemental impeachment complaint?

Beware the Ideas of March.

General Solicitor

Our country can best be described as doggone. Everyday, a Digong clone spews lava meant for the lavatory. Do they get treats after?

Mediation's nightmare!

The Many Colors of the Bullied

Running out of choices for senior free movies, viewing Power Rangers was a pleasant surprise as well as cathartic after the worrisome (Martian) Life. This time around, five outsider earthlings (white athlete, Afro-American nerd, Asian caretaker of his mom, and
two girls) are given a colored stone each a la Darna.

Bullied, unite! Go to mediation.

Great Barrier Reef

FYI featured it as one of the Coolest Places on Earth.

Now  if it's a rift, not cool. Really hot!

Cheat Mate

There is a real stale mate in Congress. After the impeachment complaint against DU30, the usual reactors got out of their burrows. Gopher it, Arribalvarez!

Thank the Holy Spirit for enlightening the mind of the former Senate President Nene Pimentel, hopefully infusing his son of the same. 

No End to Endo

Inquirer reported that TUCP called the latest DOLE order a "loss-loss' for labor. To whom, the contracting corporations, her na, niya pa!

In mediation, the tall order is for a win-win.

Geberit

This name of a hand dryer at SM sounds like a charade piece "Gee, bear it." The heat?

Or you could bring it to mediation.

Fast Food for Thought

Some view Lent as diet season. Instead, Fr. Orbos suggests to "fast on anger."

In mediation, it's for all year-round.

Son of a Planter

Secretary of State of the mind of US Rex Tillerson had a  kingly decree: Strategic patience has ended.

Like his Commander-in-Chief, not mediator material.

Sakit Ulo

The trouble with lying is that the other party can present contravening evidence. This happened when VP Leni showed letters sent to the PNP and DILG inquiring re accusations of police abuse her office had received.

In mediation, too, if in doubt, check the papers.

Mal Teaser

Filer of the impeachment complaint could have been one, judging from the nervous laughter it elicited from Pantaleon Alvarez. Hope it doesn't catch him with his pants down.

Never underestimate an opponent.

Benham Rise

This issue has been rising. For one thing, it adds area to PH more than the size of Luzon. The underwater resources to which it is entitled reportedly include "thriving corals,  56 types of fish, natural gas deposits and manganese," according to government-initiated exploration dives 2014 and 2016. This was reported by the Sunday Inquirer.

No wonder it attracts menacing sharks on two legs.

Conflict With Self

Thomas a Kempis said: Who has a stronger conflict than he who strives to overcome himself?

A good Lenten and mediation reflection.

Check the Label

Have you noticed that McDonald's Filet o' Fish is not spelled right? But their Chicken Fillet is. What gives, or takes?

Bothered by this inconsistency, I called their attention one lazy day. Mediation PR

Kramer vs. Kramer

Not the original that starred Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman (where they had their own conflict off-cam, we read, so they have never costarred since). This French version had the spouses fight over their dog! The latter ran away and settled for a panhandler on the street.

An allegory on what children undergo during family break-up.

Lucky Eddie

He is a member of the crew of Hagar The Horrible in the Philippine Star's lovable cartoon, the "go-to guy if things get desperate in foreign lands!"  But is he "tougher than he looks?" Hagar replies, "No, but he can surrender in 8 languages!"

Some are just born lackey.

A Kroc in McDonald's

Kroc was one of the franchisees of old McDonald's farm. He had big innovative plans that were not well-received so he struck on his own. There is a Kroc under every arch.

Some partnerships gone south are tackled in mediation.

My Freedom Day

That's today, according to CNN PH.

What do you want to be rid off via mediation?

Divine Mercy

Christ was quoted by Saint Faustina as saying,"My daughter, you have not offered Me that which is really yours. Give Me your misery, because it is your exclusive property."

You may also bring them to mediation.

Time Lies

Memory can be retroactive. Take it from the Bilibid or not convicts, the BI-men of Wigman, and Sec.Yeahs-aye as against MatoBato and Lascanas.

Mediation often walks that fine line between truth and its halves.

Color-Blind

National Artist Cesar Legaspi was one. And he was a noted painter! He arranged his colors in permanent organization.

Mediators are to be bias-blind, too and hold their thoughts to themselves.

Horrorscope

Glanced at my horoscope printed above Sudoku. It said: "Tough to keep your shirt on if you have to get something off your shirt."

It's gentler in mediation.

Lively Hoods

They're back! The PNP posse is back to hound the drugged brigade.

Internal Affairs Commission, beware of their c/omissions!

Lent Life

How ironic that during the season of Lent, Batasan passed the Death Penalty Bill, when we are looking forward to Life at Easter.

Mediation aims to ensure quality of life, if not love.

From Roach to Roa Duterte

That is Pacman's shift in coaches, according to Rep. Edsel Lagman. Ultimately, he has to be his own fighter and thinker.

So in mediation, disputants decide for themselves, not their lawyers.

Lutong Macau

That seems to be the description of De Lima's arrest order. The issuing judge came from there days earlier. Rumor has it, too, that one of the Supreme Court Justices was likewise spotted in a bank in Romania late last year in anticipation of the PET review of the Marcos electoral protest. In addition, last month a Comelec computer was stolen in Lanao Del Sur, reports the Inquirer.

PCGG, the funds are on Romanian holiday! And COMELEC, investigate the PET project!

Music Mediation

AMC feature Bound for Glory traced the life of Woody Guthrie from migrant hick to California country singer-union activist.

Recommended for Trump viewing.

Altar to an Unknown God

That was seen by St. Paul in Athens, Greece. Thus, he proclaimed Whom they should be adoring.

Mediators likewise take hints on how to bring disputants to a settlement,.

Unlikely

Goat surfing like a pro was featured in Nat Geo Wild.

In mediation, we have frenemies. But like the trainable goat, frenemies can get back to being friends.

Battle-ready

The EDSA celebration last week was a battleground in more ways than one.

Let us be prudent and heed St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians (Chapter 6), which was summarized elsewhere as thus: "Spiritual battle requires grace, not self-reliance; prayer, not fear; and wisdom, not folly."

So many Ouches for both sides.

Tame Julie Andrews

Promoting a coming show with muppets, in an interview with Stephen Colbert, Julie Andrews recalled being "pinned" by the Queen. Women and clergy are not knighted,
she stated, because they are presumed to be peaceful.

Unless in a dispute before mediation, i.e.