Idiot local govt of ours cancelled classes on Monday even though the sun shone. I highly doubted if our town mayor consulted PDRRMC or PAGASA.

Then provincial govt tonight cancelled classes tomorrow in preparation for oncoming Typhoon Mirasol. Ok, this one is warranted since our fucking flood control projects are nowhere to be found due to corruption, so ordinary thunderstorms could already cause massive flooding.

Fuck those politicians. Fuck those contractors.

I will be joining the protest rally on the 21st at Luneta, to commemorate the anniversary of Martial Law/PD 1081 and all those who died fighting the Marcoses, and to protest against the massive corruption in government. Filipinos are following the Indonesian and Nepalese examples. It may turn violent so I’m thinking twice about bringing my girls with me.

I learned from other journos that the Luneta contingent will meet up with the Edsa contingent and the rally will terminate at the Edsa Shrine. I’m thinking that instead of booking a hotel along Manila Bay, I will just book a hotel in Ortigas, leave my car and stuff there and just take the MRT and LRT to Luneta.

I might also pitch a story to one of the friendly newspapers. As I told Kr, I missed covering and writing stories about events like this. The last time we had this kind of mass protest was in 2013, at the height of the pork barrel scam. I was part of the special investigative team of our network, writing series of stories about the web of deceit and corruption involving many senators and congressmen. I spent evenings meeting with witnesses and lawyers, digging through documents, attending court hearings…

And when we had the Million People March, my editor told me to hold the fort/desk and catch/help edit the stories from the field because most of my colleagues were out there. This is the reason why I wasn’t able to cover this event on the ground. I can’t remember if my EIC gave me that order because she cannot put me in danger since my twins were only 2 years old at that time. Or maybe she was giving me a break. 🤔

Then I joined series of anti-Duterte rallies in 2016 and the following years. I was there at Edsa Shrine when people protested against the Supreme Court decision to allow the burial of Ferdinand Marcos Sr at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery). The evening of the SC decision, we learned that Marcos’ body was secretly buried at the Libingan because they knew many Filipinos will bar the entry of any Marcos on hallowed grounds.

Now I’m itching to throw eggs at politicians or light up a fire at the Senate building. 💀