Kopi Talk Wider probe

MANILA, Philippines - Lawmakers call for a wider probe into the web of corruption in the AFP. Fully open Pandora's box and stop irregularities ASAP. * * * Business groups also ask Pres. Aquino III to form an independent body to investigate allegations on military corruption. ''We are appalled,'' they cry. * * * ''We strongly request the President to act with speed and use the full force of law against all those involved in these anomalies,'' urges the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP). Translation: Map Executive action and stop mismanagement of AFP funds. * * * Retired Col. George Rabusa vows to tell more about military corruption. Okay, be a ''good singer,'' sir. * * * CoA Auditor Heidi Mendoza , who joined Rabusa in the exposé, says the military uses wrong accounting procedures. They use three entries: Debit, credit, and kupit. * * * Pres. Aquino also reveals anomalies in past importation of NFA rice. Probe them all for making money and making us eat not ''dinorado'' but ''dinuraan.'' * * * Oil firms hike gas prices often, motorists and drivers complain. Please don't be mean to us Big Three and Little Oilys. * * * Jeepneys hike fares, too, by an additional P1. As if you lose a P1 for every ride - and it hurts. * * * Public hearings set for LRT, MRT fare increase effective March ( from P20 to P30 maximum for LRT, and from P15 to P30 maximum for MRT) Okay folks, speak up so we won't get run over. * * * Commission on Appointments confirms Executive Sec. Paquito Ochoa. Okay, he can now officially debate with Juana Change over the Porsche. * * * P-Noy welcomes Chinese New Year without declaring a holiday. Okay, let Palace boys distribute to the poor some P-Noy tikoy.