Comelec and count

As if her husband is not used to counting, the Comelec chair's wife is now auditing his bank accounts, passbooks and all.

Their mediator of choice, Duterte could tell them how he wards off financial claims from both his ex-wife and current partner.

To Dep or not to Dep

Hospital deposit is again in the news. Private hospitals see the possibility of their closure as the government is often remiss in reimbursing Philhealth benefits to them.

Lawmakers can just ensure the full facility and serviceability of free government hospitals all over the country instead, as they should.

Finishing Off

CCP Chair Joma Sison says that is something Duterte cannot do to them.

Talking things out is still the best way out of conflict, not brash threats. These just make disputants dig in all the more.

Mercy and Comfort

Sound like a Papal Encyclical, but really the names of two USN ships serving as floating hospitals. These former oil tankers are now part of American international medical diplomacy, commented CNN Vital Signs' feature.

Mediation sets compensation for damage done aside from giving the other what is due in the first time. Over and above that, it hopes people become more humane afterward.

Mediating Problems

Usually attend Saturday's anticipated Holy Mass after errands like meetings and dental appointments. However, still watch the TV Sunday Mass to bless our home, too.

Today, the homily centered on God's Presence as in the Transfiguration. The priest recounted the light outside his room going on again when he was about to sleep. He reasoned out that some beings might be having a party but did not invite him so he just called on the Lord to keep him company instead.

"Crisis, I've a bigger God" should be the mantra of mediators.

Mediating Malling

Now come "man pods" for male companions of women shoppers. They're Shanghai-ed in private cubicle-video heaven.

Mediating all.

NO/SOKOR

Four oldies (Terry Bradshaw, George Foreman, William Shatner and Henry Winkler) and a son go on adventures in "Better Late than Never," like their faked DMZ experience in South Korea c/o the son.  They will try anything like eating chopped live octopus, for which they were rewarded by outdoor dining dropped off by a drone.

Mediation is also something to be tried for its own reward/s. Happening now is North Korea's confirmed attendance at the ASEAN meet.

When due

Christopher Parker said, "A credit card is a lot of fun until you get the bill."

How like irresponsibility.

Insult

Being teased mercilessly could make one sensitive- and to others similarly situated. One such is Mark Anthony Yamada, once an average student who became an SK chair, then a dishwasher turned teacher in Japan. He draws inspiration from Einstein who said, "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."

Output.

Peace, Love, Misunderstanding

Refreshing movie seems to have Jane Fonda as herself, in Woodstock location, no less. Lawyer-daughter and children visit for a divorce- vacation. A line from a local admirer hits the uptight daughter thus: "Sometimes our life's balloon is held down by a sandbag."

Mediation loosens the string attached to it.