IMMEDIATELY after his return from Canada , President Aquino shared to the nation what he saw as the “positive fruits” of his visit. I was about to cheer wholeheartedly at the efforts of Mr. Aquino when he mentioned the words “ blueberries” and “cranberries .” He said there are Canadian businessmen who might invest in commercial cranberry and blueberry plantations here.

Did they really say that? Or was it a case of supportive but overpromising Canadian business groups that so wanted to support Mr. Aquino’s investment-generation drive that their investment pledges went into unrealistic overdrive? Who would not be gladdened by the glorious spectacle of commercially raising blueberries and cranberries here? Just the excess production or the product overruns that would go into the domestic market would be a gift to millions of diabetics like me and Mr. Bas. Berries, unless juiced and wallowing in sugar, are good for diabetics.

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