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“HOW the people view the police is based on the actions of the real police they see on the streets, and not on the acting of fictional cops they watch on screen,” said Sen. Grace Poe.

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And she should know. After all, she’s the daughter of Fernando Poe Jr. and Susan Roces. The elder Poe starred in the 1997 movie from which “Ang Probinsyano” is adapted from. The teleserye version is so successful, it has been running for three years now, somehow proving that its plot has many sources of, ahem, information and inspiration. It has even saved Mystica and Rhed Bustamante from being absolute has-beens.

To further ensure her message is heard loud and clear, Sen. Poe added a popular Pinoy saying to her comment: “Bato-bato sa langit, tamaan ay ‘wag magalit.”

She was reacting to Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Oscar Albayalde who said this about “Probinsyano”: “Hindi naman fair sa PNP ‘yung mga ganyang portrayal. Parang ‘yung the chief PNP himself is a villain—hindi naman po siguro kailanman nangyari sa amin.”

Well, a teleserye is an artistic expression. Even “Bohemian Rhapsody” changed some details on Queen and Freddie Mercury, perhaps for cinematic effect. But I guess that’s what Albayalde prefers—the “Bohemian” kind of story that focuses on positivity.

“Probinsyano” is fiction; “Bohemian” is based on a true story. Hmmm. Aren’t you confused yet? “Truth is stranger than fiction,” as the saying goes.

There’s a cure for confusion. It’s called the power nap. Which President Rody Duterte indulged in while in Singapore for the 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit. Thus, he wasn’t able to attend four out of 11 meetings, and the gala dinner that Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hosted.

In a Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) piece—“No health issue, Panelo says of Duterte skipping Asean events” by Julie Aurelio—Duterte was quoted as saying, “What’s wrong with my nap?” Well, he’s 73 years old, he needs his siesta.

It was presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo who said that the president “took power naps to catch (up) on sleep.”

Former First Lady and incumbent Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos surely will have daily power naps while serving her 77-year sentence, especially now that her lawyers might have found a valid reason in case she fails to attend court hearings: “multiple organ infirmities.” That’s why she was “under strict orders from her physician to refrain from stressful conditions that will put her at risk of heart and brain attack and recurrence of seizure.” So, goodbye, Sandiganbayan. And goodbye, prison; hello, hospital arrest? Tsk tsk.

Per the medical certification that her team produced, her ailments, as listed in PDI Vince Nonato’s “Imelda: I missed judgment day due to 7 ailments,” are: “Type 2 diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, static ministrokes, moderately severe sensorineural hearing loss, chronic recurrent urinary tract infection, chronic recurrent gastritis and multiple colon polyps, and recurrent respiratory tract infection.” Whew! Must be due to old age. She’s now 89 years young. Wonder of wonders—how could she function as a congresswoman, and how can she campaign next year for her wish-ko-lang to be Ilocos Norte governor.

Here’s unsolicited advice for that campaign—she should sing this: “Come with me and you’ll be / In a world of pure imagination / Take a look and you’ll see into your imagination / We’ll begin with a spin / Traveling in the world of my creation / What we’ll see will defy explanation.”

Oh, well.

Some people have headaches after a siesta. I, on the other hand, will have LSS—last song syndrome. So, a power nap must be another example of, to each his own. Much like how durian is loved by some but hated by others, to the extent that an airplane in Indonesia had to unload sacks of it when passengers complained about the stench.

Sen. Sonny Trillanes, of course, reacted to Duterte’s power naps, saying the president could have been “too sick or too lazy and irresponsible. Either way, that’s a big problem for our country.”

Is Duterte’s war on drugs also too lazy and irresponsible? Since his critics have continued to notice that only small-time drug dealers are caught while most of the powerful drug lords remain free.

For now, the question that must be hovering above the curious brain is this: Does Catanduanes have drug lords? Because allegedly drug-infested areas seem to be Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido’s usual assignments. He has been transferred from Ozamis to Catanduanes, and the Pinoy can’t help but speculate. Well, that same Pinoy should listen to Sen. Poe whose advice for the PNP is to “look at the bigger picture of the entire plot.” The plot of “Probinsyano,” that is.

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