FRANCISCO S. TATAD
I WAS in Naga City on Monday to help bury a dear friend who had died of natural causes at 86, when in the middle of the funeral Mass, I was told by text that my friend, former national security adviser and former Congressman Roilo Golez, 71, had died after a heart attack. This leaves a void in the ranks of those fighting mightily for the Philippines’ sovereign rights over the islands, islets, reefs and shoals within the West Philippine Sea that are being militarized by the People’s Republic of China.