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A good and hot Tuesday high noon to all, my fellow myLotters, how is everyone? Yesterday morning when the power outage began, my sister, coming from the store, said something that made us all worry much. The man who always sells us duck embryo eggs(balut) was reportedly killed last Sunday. Juaning as he is called, was gunned down by 2 men. The news or rumor was told to my sister by C, the owner of the store. We felt sorry for ‘his demise’; even my son who recalled how Juaning would not get the P2 out of the P52 for the price of 3 duck embryo eggs felt angry at the 2 men. Then yesterday afternoon, the local news announced the crime but the name of the victim was not Juaning’s name. (Juaning was an employee of the radio station when my sister was the station manager.) I then told my sister to call anybody from the radio station to verify if it was really Juaning who was murdered. Last night too, I told my son to listen to the man who would shout BALUT. Then this morning… My sister went to the store and she was met by the owner of the store, C. C said they erred in telling my sister the name of the ‘balut’ vendor, and it was not Juaning. The victim was killed by the police where 1 posed as a buyer of drugs; the vendor pulled out his gun and fired but the policemen fired back. Really, rumors are bad especially if these are not confirmed, verified, and substantiated. Next time, my sister, get the facts straight. Good thing you did not spread the rumor; how if Juaning heard that He is killed by rumors?