PRESIDENT NOYNOY-SHALANI BREAKUP, BECOMING MORE AND MORE OBVIOUS?

Two weeks after Mr Blind Item broke the news that President Noynoy Aquino and Valenzuela Councilor Shalani Soledad have parted ways, the truth is becoming more and more obvious.

Shalani, who earlier denied this blog's scoop on the breakup, is now evading the question whether she remains to be the first-lady-in-the-waiting of the first bachelor Philippine president.

In a news story aired on GMA-7's news program "24 Oras," reporter Lhar Santiago asked Shalani to deny nor confirm the gossips that she has called it quits with Noynoy.

"No na Lhar thank you... Next time na lang!" Shalani replied, insisting that the status of her relationship with P-Noy is a personal matter that she would rather not talk about.

There's also been no sightings at all of the presidential sweethearts since the breakup issue came out. A Palace aide told Mr Blind Item before that Shalani's apparent exclusion from the President's official and personal functions began months ago, after her boyfriend was installed as the most powerful man of the land. Since then, she has likewise not been receiving calls, and even text messages from him (but that is understandable because he must be extremely busy serving our nation.)

So if the Noynoy-Shalani romance is over, why can't the couple just make it public?

According to my source, dumping the charming, elegant, and fragile-looking Shalani would make Noynoy appear ike the nation's biggest jerk. Seeing the broken-hearted Valenzuela councilor cry in public over the breakup would damage the President's popularity, especially among women.

Or maybe Noynoy and Shalani have not exactly split up yet but just in this romantic purgatory that Facebook called "It's Complicated." There's nothing really wrong about it. They are after all just like any average couple around, trying to figure out each day if they are really meant for each other.