1.   The most knowledgeable person in City Hall with solid waste management credentials is being sidelined by ‘smart’ city officials for obvious reasons.

2.   A copy of the comprehensive study on the possible sites for a city sanitary landfill that was undertaken by the World Bank is reportedly ‘missing’.

3.   All night gambling at the Cypress building along Abanao isn’t interfered with as it is under the protection of a city official whose eyes are on 2010.

4.   ‘King Arthur’ finances the operation of the gambling joint at the Cypress building, using a lady barangay official as a liaison with said city official.

5.   Open gambling activities a stone’s throw from the Baguio City Police Office does not mean that Baguio’s finest are on the take or are scared of scumbags.

6.   Just to save their marriage now on the rocks, this city official promised his spouse that he will not seek public office come 2010 or anytime thereafter.

7.   This city official was discovered to own a vineyard in California by a kailian who was accidentally hired by the estate manager to work as a grape picker.

8.   SM’s private security guards are the rudest of all, requiring that they be sent back for a follow-up seminar on common decency and customer courtesy.

9.   The conflict in Mindanao is not between Muslims and Christians but a fight against insurgents masquerading as paid freedom fighters or mercenaries.

10. Not just a handful of our displaced Muslim brethren are expected to flock to Baguio and other urban areas in the north due to the conflict down south.

11. Cell phone owners who have their units repaired expect their gadgets to be better, not worse; to take one visit, not multiple return trips and payments.

12. One local FM station stopped airing versions of popular western songs translated into the regional dialects because it isn’t getting enough support.