Bits and Pieces from….
I’ve never lost admiration for Governor Teno`s sharp powers of observation. Quiet as he may seem, he’s firm in his ways. He’s a compassionate man in ways that we hardly even recognize because we’ve simply taken refuge in our blind comfort zones. Did somebody say mañana?
How interesting a proposal for a commercial area in Kagman where 27 heads missed the boat–the land never existed! Who says the old guards have lost it all? Perhaps we can hurl the same assertion at the young turkeys across the street, yeah? Yes sir!
For someone who’s normally very observant though shield by quiet demeanor, please don’t make the mistake of taking him for granted. Be sure you engage the brain before you even lip-off with him or you’d leave the scene singing to your beaten self: “Had to be ‘my most embarrassing moment'”.
The intent of the proposal is definitely a good one. But you can’t create land where it doesn’t exist. That only happens elsewhere in these isles where land gives birth to more land so acquired by alleged greed. Seesuzzzz!
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It’s good that the guys and gals on Capital Hill have decided to revisit the anti-prostitution law. I see they’re now serious about it. Why not!
But then there’s a recent case of a planned police raid which was aborted when officers moved in only to find high ranking officers flirting with the chicks. It would have been interesting how the case would have panned out (employing emergency damage control) if officers on the task force had actually gone ahead and executed the raid. They would have caught and landed several big fish, yeah?
Imagine putting your boss on handcuffs praying and hoping that you don’t get fired the next day. Perhaps the other officers (police and others) were there as an advance team? Oh, come on, please tell me about it. It’s a man’s world so don’t throw me kid stuff, yeah? Eh, like they say, we weren’t born yesterday, braddah!
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Interesting how prostitution has emerged as an industry here. You can actually order girls from businesses fronting as tire shops who deliver the girl within half-an-hour. If you wish to escape from the wrath of the war department, take a quick overnight trip to Tinian and meet the chicks in the wee hours of the morning descending from Saipan’s night clubs.
On Rota, call girls from Guam usually descend for fast bucks in stealth fashion. Yeap! You contact the right person and you’re on your way to meeting Ms. Committee-Of-One on HIV. But then who’s to stop man’s animalistic tendencies. And he doesn’t stop to factor in HIV/AIDS when meeting Ms. Committee-Of-One.
Imagine bringing it home to the mother of your children. It’s a quiet killer, an embarrassing killer, a quiet menace; and you still want to chance it?
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A reporter from the “other” paper claims we lifted her story. Well, ours came out in March while your alleged scoop was published in April. So much for scoops, yeah? Plagiarism isn’t a forte of this newspaper and you know it! Next time, exercise what’s known in the business as “verification” of information. It’s a must for all journalists!
Strictly a personal view. John S. DelRosario Jr. is publisher of Saipan Tribune.
