The heat is on.
Hale falling in Quezon City aside; it is officially summer (or technically Dry Season) in the Philippines according to PAG-ASA. Well, the agency actually need not declare it since a lot of fire-related and fire-inspired incidents were enough proof that it was indeed the start of the season.
FIRE-RELATED. March is Fire Prevention Month in PH. I don’t know if it was by intention, but incidentally, March is also the time when consecutive cases of fire are reported. It could work two ways: March is the peak season of fires (if there is such), or the media knows fire would make a good headline within the month.
FIRE-INSPIRED. By this, I mean bangayan ng mga nagbabagang bato.
Round 1: Migz Zubir accused Koko Pimetel of physical abusing his (Koko’s) ex-wife. Zubiri claims the said ex-wife admitted this herself (and when it was Zubiri’s opportunity to divulge in public during a TV debate, he did so). Not long enough, the wife dismissed claims. And Zubiri was apologetic. The fire was a false alarm? Pimentel will ignite the smoke once more, I strongly believe.
Round 2: Lim vs Erap. This is a classic best friends-turned-best-enemies tale. We know history and we know they are now up against each other for Manila mayoralty. We know they dissed each other in public not once, but twice on separate, consecutive incidents. Fire was not out easy, it exploded again. Apparently, Erap accused Lim of crying in front of him back then just so the latter could join Erap’s senatorial slate. Lim, on the other hand, dug issues on Erap’s Corruption. Clearly, this is not fire-out either.
These are actually just ash coimared to the humungous fireball that is politics in the Philippines. And most are, if I may say, repetitive. Well, history is really boring (for more part than not).
And summer will start and end again soon until it rains. Well. It’s just starting so let’s go to the beach and the polls! Let’s vote Halo-Halo for Senator!
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