Culture of death and indignity

DEATH. We fondly bid goodbye to Manong Ernie Maceda, gone, a Senator’s Senator who had perfect attendance in the Senate in 1987-92, a record I shared. To us, nothing was more important than serving the people loyally. (Manong was a bar topnotcher and Harvard Man, which feats I am lucky to share as well, along with Uncle Jovy Salonga, also gone.)

What they did not know about parliamentary procedure was not worth knowing. I was uhugin in 1987.