What he is doing in private is none of the people's business? No quarrel on that. But when he was elected into public office, he becomes a public property and that his private life is fair game to the slings and arrows of both admirers and critics alike. Thus, this story of a public official caught in the glare of covert scrutiny when he was seen dating a woman not his wife. It could have been a story made more salacious if the local gigolo was caught with his pants down. But unfortunately for gossipmongers, this story of forbidden love was not meant to be that way. Earlier version of the illicit relations showed that the lovers were caught in an uncompromising situation but subsequent investigations showed that the lover boy was only seen dating with his girlfriend at the JJs Restaurant along K of C drive.

There was nothing irregular about the date except that the lovers were both married. And above all, the man is a ranking member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. The love triangle became the talk of the town when the wife came into the picture. Unknown to the lovey dovey, the wife must have been tipped off that her husband was in that restaurant that day. The wife did catch the two in their restaurant rendezvous but it was not ascertained if the confrontation resulted in an scandalous spectacle. The Post got wind of this story when he was informed of an incident that involved the SP member. The story went on that the local Valentino was caught by his wife while dating with his girlfriend. It became the talk of the Valencia fiesta the other day that the Post's tipster was told that this story will appear in the Bohol Sunday Post in today's issue.

Acting on the hot tip, the Post editors made contacts with their own network in the city's gossip mills. At least two sources confirmed the juicy information but the paper decided to withheld the personalities involved in deference to the request that the cast of characters would be kept under wraps, in the meantime. One of the sources is close to the family of the erring SP member and there was no way that he would put his close associate in a bad light if the story has no basis in truth and in fact. The same source also confirmed that the wife arrived just before Christmas from Kuwait after working there for one year. She is a nurse and their marriage bore five children.

The wife upon arrival at the airport sensed that there was something wrong with their marriage when the husband did not meet her as wont any couple separated for quite a time. According to the same reliable sources, when the husband did not bother to meet his wife upon arrival, it was enough for her to suspect that their marriage was already on the rocks and therefore heading for splitville. Her suspicion was confirmed when her husband left her for good apparently in favor of the other woman. During last Tuesday's session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the playboy SP member was there to perform his regular legislative chores mindful of course that he was the object of saucy talks that he was “singing beautiful music together” with another woman not his wife.