Pardon us for intruding again into a field we tread less because we are not a Quinito Henson, Ed Pecson or a Ronnie Nathanielz but the recently-concluded NBA finals once more showed that it pays to have the championship experience.

In our previous columns, we pointed out that the Miami-Dallas hardcourt saga was anybody's ballgame considering that both teams are first-timers in NBA finals. However, we also stressed that only man-mountain Shaq O'Neal and coach Pat Riley of the Miami Heat wear championship rings but these rings came from the Los Angeles Lakers where O'Neal is best remembered for his tandem with Kobe Bryant. Riley got his championship ring also while he was coaching for the Lakers during the era of Magic Johnson before he moved to the New York Knicks.

And so it came to pass that Miami took the crown at 4-2 winning all the games played in their home court in a 2-3-2 format. As they say, experience is still the best teacher.

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Not a few are asking us about the Tagbilaran City Pop Music Festival which we started last year.
We learned that the Sandugo executive committee decided to cancel the pop music festival due to budgetary constraints. Fresh in our memory was the statement of City Mayor Dan Neri Lim immediately after the 1st Tagbilaran City Pop Musical Festival last year to make it a major event during the TBTK next month by doubling the prizes at stake.

Well, it could be a blessing in disguise to hold the pop music festival once every two years. Next year, we shall see to it that the 2nd Tagbilaran City Pop Music Festival will push through, with or without the blessings of the Sandugo executive committee, this time with the major participation of the private musical groups in the province.

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SP UPDATES. One of the major pieces of legislation passed by the 9th Sangguniang Panlunsod of Tagbilaran during the regular session last Wednesday presided over by Vice-Mayor Nuevas T. Montes was the passage of a resolution devoting the P130 million loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to the road network development surrounding the proposed "Big Bug" sports convention center in Dampas area.

City Councilor Archie Sarmiento also rendered a prepared report on our trip to Balocod City the other week for the 6th Island Congress of the Philippine Councilors League.

Representatives from the President's Bridge Program were also present to explain on the delivery and the delayed removal of the steel trusses at the city port. Satisfied with their explanation, we moved for the withdrawal of a resolution seeking an investigation on the matter.

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INBOX. Charlie Apostol of the Zamboanga Press Club tried to reach us out through e-mail. He is following our corner and views the Chronicle website regularly.

Manuel Fuderanan of Mansasa, Tagbilaran City who now works with the Traffic Engineering Division of Bakersfield, California is sending us a piece in time for the TBTK next month. We shall publish his article in the next issues.

Alex Boysillo of Ubay, Bohol who is now in the United States also sent us a scathing e-mail on the alleged "lousy" service at the regional hospital here.

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