Author: Rhod Tecson

In his recent trip to Russia to see Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Rodrigo Duterte declared that two of his generals are still connected and involved in his most dreaded enemy of which all the problems of the country faces are interconnected according to him, illegal drugs.

The cause of Gretchen Diez suddenly bursted like a balloon that hit a nail’s tip. You can only imagine how he united the LGBTQ+ community and even the silent liberals who all came to her defense after news came out that she was bulied and refused entry to a women’s room inside a mall by a restroom attendant.

The fight of Monte Oro Resources and Energy or MORE Electric and Power Corporation of billionaire ports and gambling magnate Enrique Razon was suddenly energized by the decision of Iloilo Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 37 Judge Yvette Go granting its application for a writ of possession of the properties of Panay Electric Company (PECO) citing the provisions of RA 11212 and specifically underlining two important facts, that MORE was granted a franchise to operate as a power distribution firm and PECO’s franchise to operate as a distribution utility has expired last January 18, 2019.

I am still mourning today. I feel so sad and low. Perhaps, the sight of nine coffins arranged in parallel lines of three and grieving families seated beside the painted boxes are still fresh in my memory.