Please thank Joel Saracho for revealing what may be the major reason for the exaggerated attention given to Dr. Isagani Cruz’ so-called take-over of the Cultural Center of the Philippines -- the fact that Mrs. Celia Diaz-Laurel had someone else in mind to succeed Dr. Lucretia Kasilag (Midday, Mar. 17).

I thought we had gotten rid of Imelda Marcos and her system of granting high positions to whoever was serville enough to hold an umbrella over her head? Is Celia Diaz-Laurel the new "bonus Mama"?

ALICE MORANAS