Hopefully A Merry Christmas Here In The Philippines Poem by RIC BASTASA

Three people were killed and 47 others were wounded
when two cellphone-activated mortars exploded
one after the other in two department stores
30 meters apart
on the same street in Iligan City
yesterday.

In Manila, Malacañang said
President Arroyo would push through
with her scheduled visit to Iligan City today
for the inauguration of the suka pinakurat vinegar
processing plant of
Green Gold Gourmet Food Products
in Barangay Pugaan.

* Let us stop this war.
Let us give peace a chance.