By Peter Jimenea/ Hole of Justice
The dust swirled by the rampaging Hydrocephallus is settling down after Kingdom Information Officer (KIO) Ma’am Malou has been restored to her office. King Tura ordered him to back off, and cease and desist from taking over her seat.
However, the storm is not yet over. Hydrocephallus is known for his amnesia, that is, he refuses to learn from mistakes, and repeats the same behavioural pattern that has brought him to perdition in the past.
He threw his weight around and would rather copy others’ write ups which was the reason for his disgraceful exit from the camp of Kalbobo in the early 2000s. He thought he already had it in the bag and printed calling cards identifying himself "bos-tsip-ob-stap". The post went instead to Nuel M.
He had a good life when he was correspondent for a national broadsheet because it complemented his PR business. But his habit of making shortcuts and save on coverage expenses prompted him to lift from other’s stories without bothering to credit his sources much less re-write the pieces instead of copying them en toto.
For a while, he impressed his editors in Manila because he filed two or more stories daily. But it was also the key to his downfall when fellow reporters complained he copied their stories as well as photos. His haste to rise to stardom at others’ expense cost him his job. He was only as prolific as there were the volume of works to copy.
He landed in a quasi-government project, funded by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI), which earned him a substantial income. He did not last long. His tendency to repeat the same disastrous pattern of behaviour again cost him his job.
His own wife complained to the institute because he openly flaunted his adulterous relation with Rutzel Jacerla, a married woman, to the point of converting the office into a motel. His wife was backed by officemates who had their own gripe to tell: they had enough of his bossiness on top of his moral depravity.
His own wife complained to the institute because he openly flaunted his adulterous relation with Rutzel Jacerla, a married woman, to the point of converting the office into a motel. His wife was backed by officemates who had their own gripe to tell: they had enough of his bossiness on top of his moral depravity.
He did it again, converting his office into a motel, last February 27, at the kingdom palace when he made "paupas damang" with his muni-muni from morning until past 4 pm.
Hydrocephallus could have slowed down and reflected on overcoming his weakness.
But his reckless disregard for the norms of civilized conduct led him again to another trouble, a legal one, from the multi-million damage suit filed by Doc Stone, owner of a hospital. He engaged her in a shouting match because the latter refused his lobby to fire an administrative staff and have her replaced by his muni-muni Rutzel Jacerla.
That also triggered the end of his friendship with Kalipay, his long time friend and business associate. The communication consultant of Doc Stone, Kalipay, also complained of receiving insulting and threatening message that Hydrocephallus sent through mobile phone. He created a web page that he stuffed with filth against Doc Stone and boasted of that to Kalipay.
Hydrocephallus is lucky because his real boss, Bogart, not King Tura, gave him an abogado de campanilla to defend him, Boy Alc, the legal counsel of Bogart and Bigman for almost three decades. But he is, however, up to his nape now because Kalipay testified in court in favour of Doc Stone that it was Hydrocephallus and his muni-muni who established the web page.
Ma’am Malou should not let down his guard. She might have successfully defended herself from Hydrocephallus and cabal who schemed to unseat her, demote her to a mere Administrative Officer V, and starve her for a one-month by deleting her name and that of her assistant Bikya from the payroll but the war is far from over.
She should pursue her civil and administrative suits versus Hydrocephallus and cabal. The latter has shown little sign of repentance. To the contrary, he still wants to accomplish the “Grand Plan” which is to take control of key posts and functions to pave the way for the entry of Bogart because they think King Tura is ill and will be unable to complete his term in 2013.
The KIO is still part of the Cowpid, the “new” office that combines the KIO, the COW that Hydrocephallus is officially the chief, and the Radyo Mo; Hydrocephallus still controls the budget of the three offices. He is still twisting the arms of Ma’am Malou by withholding the release of funds intended for her office.
Where on earth can you find an information office that has no supplies like bond paper and printer ink? Only the KIO of Ma’am Malou.
Hydrocephallus continues to sit on her purchase requests. Ma’am Malou and her staff are printing their drafts in other offices.
The COW of Hydrocephallus enjoys abundant bond paper and ink that he directly procures as “bale” from Uni Art without the public bidding required under RA 9184. That scheme of buy-now-pay-later of sort is raising brows now as Hydrcoephallus shamelessly flaunt that illegal act of his.
The long sermon from King Tura could have put others in their proper places but not Hydrocephallus. Lately, he still attempted to take control of the school board with the budget of 100 million and the disaster fund with another 100 million budget. (To be continued)
(Greetings to Twinkle, daughter of a character in this series. I promise her to change the character's name because the present one suggests his hearing impairment which is not an issue here. My apologies.)
