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By Raïssa Robles

Old age and declining health are reasons the former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile cited for the court to grant him bail.

The request was accompanied by a May 16, 2014 medical certificate from a Dr. Claver Ramos of Makati Medical Center.

Dr. Ramos, an internist specializing in nephrology listed a long list of ailments that the 90-year-old Enrile has:

    1. diabetes mellitus,
    2. dyslipiddemia,
    3. essential hypertension,
    4. extensive coronary artery calcification in the right coronary,
    5. left anterior descending and left circumflex,
    6. multifocal ventricular premature beats,
    7. episodes of bradycardia,
    8. colonic diverticulosis,
    9. thoracic and lumbar spondylosis L4-L5,
    10. alpha thalassemia,
    11. macular degeneration,
    12. chronic lacunar ischemic zones,
    13. scattered small luminal plaques of proximal middle segments of basilar artery, both horizontal and insular opercular branches of middle cerebral arteries

Meanwhile, Enrile’s doctor is saying Enrile’s health would be greatly at risk if he were to be confined at the police custodial center all by himself. It has a single bed, a bath and shower, a ceiling fan and a small window. But it is much better than the bunkhouses built for the families of the Yolanda typhoon victims.

And how about Golden Acres?

I’d like to invite other doctors to explain what Enrile’s illnesses are in laymen’s terms and how serious these illnesses are.

The evidence out there, however, speaks louder than the doctor’s medical certificate.

UPDATE: June 26, 2014, 7:30 PM

Journalist Melo Acuña, my colleague at FOCAP (Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines), chanced upon Senator Enrile today at Hotel Intercon, and they chatted awhile.

Here is what Melo wrote on Facebook about Enrile:

“While waiting for the EU-MAG-TFD event at InterCon’s Bahia, I opted to have coffee at the Jeepney Coffeeshop and chanced upon Senator Juan Ponce-Enrile. Asked him of his bp, he said it’s 130/70 with a pulse rate of 96. He seemed relaxed.”

Only last November, Enrile delivered a 31-minute privilege speech on the floor of the Senate standing up, without a 24-hour nurse interrupting him to take his bp (blood pressure).

Besides, Enrile himself was strong enough for the grueling jobs of presiding over an impeachment court while personally writing his own memoirs – at least if you believe his own words.

On page 714 of his book, he said:

“Writing my memoirs proved to be an emotional roller-coaster ride for me.”

And on the next page, he also wrote:

Enrile-book“I am now on my last term in the Senate and it ends in 2016. By then, I would be 92. I just pray that I will stay in good health and in good humor.”

What does this mean?

This means, Enrile himself believed at the time of his writing his memoirs that he was in good health. It would be interesting to ask Dr. Ramos how long Enrile has had those illnesses he enumerated.

Was it before 2012 when Enrile published his memoirs?

Finally, you can see how vigorous and healthy Enrile is by watching this video of his privilege speech delivered only last November:

Comments

  1. Bali-balita rin pag may tym:

    Nabalitaan nyo ba yung ginawang raid sa isang printing press sa Recto? Daming pekeng mga dokumento ang sinamsam ng mga pulis. Pekeng P500 at P1000. Pekeng lisensya. Pekeng permits, at maraming iba pa.

    Bakit maraming gumagawa ng peke sa atin?

    Kase madami silang role models:

    Pekeng ambush.

    Pekeng NGO.

    Pekeng SARO.

    Pekeng sakit.

    Akalain nyo ba naman, pati doctor ni Gloria sa kanyang stem cell therapy ay peke rin pala ang lisensya.

    Baka naman peke din yung sakit ni Gloria.

    An eye for an eye; a fake for a fake?

    Bakit dun sa listahan ng mga sakit ni Manong Johnny ay walang binanggit tungkol sa stem cell therapy nya?

    Hindi kaya iisa lang ang doctor nila ni Gloria?

    Narinig ko sa kanto:

    Babae – Hoy, peke yung ibinayad mo sa akin, isusuplong kita sa pulis!

    Lalaki – Eh, magsuplong ka; peke rin naman yung ibinenta mong DVD, hello?

    Narinig ko rin sa kabilang kanto naman:

    Phil-Am 1 – Sa Pinas ko balak mag-retire kase magaling ang mga doktor sa atin.

    Phil-Am 2 – Bakit mo nman nasabi yan?

    Phil-Am 1 – Pag di ka satisfied sa service na tinanggap mo, ibabalik raw nila ang sakit mo.

    Joke-joke din lang pag may tym.

    • hahaha…pekeng peke! Tama [email protected]

      …pekeng babae! eh! pekeng lalaki! eh! pekeng asawa! eh! mayroon bang pekeng bading? pekeng labake? pekeng duck? ah mayroon!

      pekeng presidente? eh! pekeng pulis? eh! pekeng salita? eh dami! pekeng sakit? eh dami rin!

      buhay peke talaga dito! mayroon bang genuine na kabit? eh!

      pekeng mapa [ng China] ! eh! [may bago daw na mapa ng China kahapon lamang] eh! Kasama na ang India, Cambodia, Singapore, hanggang Taipei, Batanes Islands, Bontoc, Mountain Province, Cagayan, Ilocos Norte at Palawan, hanggang Malaysia na!

      pekeng patay? dadating! pekeng bobotante? DAMi! pekeng Batas? tanong mo kay MacCoy!

      pekeee…

        • “MANILA, Philippines — Provisional state witness Dennis Cunanan, former director general of the Technology Resource Center (TRC), has asked the anti-graft court’s permission to leave the country.

          Cunanan on Friday filed a motion to travel to Japan from July 7-15, and to the United States from July 20-August 3.”

          http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/614925/ex-trc-chief-dennis-cunanan-seeks-court-permission-to-travel

          Is his reported testimony true? – ” As provisional state witness, Cunanan has testified that Senators Estrada and Revilla called him up personally so that their pork barrel funds could be funneled to Napoles’ bogus foundations.”

          Wag ma ‘tibo M.’ sa travel sana.

        • “Dennis Cunanan, who served as director general of the Technology Resource Center (TRC), told the Senate blue ribbon committee that he was personally admonished by Revilla and Estrada for “not expediting the processing of their PDAF-funded projects.”

          http://philnews.com/ Editorial

        • There is no hanging in this country. Same Link above …Editorial.

          “However, if the court concludes that these senators knew all along that the NGOs were fake but kept quiet about it because they were in on the scam and were getting millions in kickbacks, then life in prison is too mild a punishment for them. They ought to be hanged Iran-style, lifted up from a big construction crane high above for everyone see. Because they were entrusted with millions of pesos to help the indigent and the downtrodden, but instead they kept it for themselves. That is unforgivable. Published 06/21/2014”

          Pekeng quiet about it?

        • @ leona…

          If it is the case, since I love so much my old country, I am willing to donate the construction CRANE.

    • …another peke –

      ““The bogus CARP is dead and it’s a total failure. Vast haciendas remain intact, under the control of big landlords and agri-businesses, and the Filipino peasantry are still landless,” said KMP chair Rafael Mariano.”

      Bogus is peke. Land reform ended last June 30, 2014. Bogus ended too. We live in a bogus world. Personally we have not been paid a single half-cent on our land under this bogus scheme.

      Now, the farmers do not want even to have this bogus law extended. We too land owners!

      ‘fun to be in bogus!’

      http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/06/30/14/carp-over-long-live-carp

  2. Hahaha. Most of them (list) are not really ailments or disease, they are just clinical signs, and you can find them also in a “healthy” person and even active athletes!

    • @Isaywow.

      Sorry, wrong conclusion.
      They are all diagnoses and findings from physical, radiologic or clinical exams. Only one is also a clinical sign. Guess which one?

      • yes, faked, and maybe not updated. I mean the list. it’s most likely old. considering that makati medical center is top private hospital, its doctors on top and knowledgeable of current medical trends and breakthroughs, it’s surprising that dr ramos still use old term. diabetes mellitus and diabetis insipidus have changed names and are now known as diabetes type 1 and diabetes type 2. been so for nearly 10yrs.

        it’s possible old list was given and circulated to keep us off the track. misled us, make us believe enrile is sick old man and ought to be pitied. be given utmost of care and consideration.

        enrile has undergone a number of stem cell treatments and swore by their effecacy, of how effective cell treatments truly are. see drill down’s comment below at 20. so, if cell treatment is that effective, then his diabetis is probably cured, gone. maybe same with his spondylosis. unless a most recent and updated version is given, the ailments arranged in chronological order from most recent to not so recent and dated, I tend not to take the list seriously.

  3. At first glance, and given the details of Raissa’s article, JPE looks healthy for his age. He may, therefore, be healthy enough to reside temporarily at the PNP Custodial Center. His request to be confined somewhere else for medical reasons is now a political matter for the government to consider. If we stick to the law, he should be at the custodial center.

    The collective hope of the majority, I surmise, is that the lives long enough to see his plunder and other related cases resolved in the government’s favor.

    If we look at his so-called legal team, Mendoza, et al, we know that the government is in for a really long trial. His lawyers are known for dilatory tactics as in the Lucio Tan cases.

    I sure hope the time of reckoning has come for JPE and that those of the Marcoses will follow. Like soon.

    Nice story indeed, Raissa. Give us more.

    vernon

    • ‘His request xxx is now a political matter’ …

      The law imposed by the legislature, on ‘Oath’ of Office of judges is like in these words:

      “I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as xxx, according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws xxx”

      To do equal right to the poor and to the rich – equal. it says. What is to the poor is to the rich and to the rich is to the poor.

      How immoral to impose it on judges, if judge were to be used as the instruments, and knowing instruments, for violating what judges swear to support!

      Why otherwise does it direct the judges to take an oath to support it; this oath certainly applies in an especial manner, to their conduct in their official character.

      [the thought/idea is from CJ Marshall, Marbury v. Madison case]

      The Preamble of our constitution marks the ‘rule of law,’ and ‘equal and justice.’

      Let our judges be free to follow their oath, to their conduct in their official character in the performance of their duties.

    • Miriam has recently indicated her intention to run in 2016 presidential derby under the LP banner, mar being conceded as non-factor.

      Marcos vs Miriam is definitely going in favor of the name-sake of the infamous dictator with a campaign kitty of P10B, or more, at his disposal.presumably representing interest income only.

      The famous battle of the bulge may be re-enacted with the armies of vp binay, bongbong, mar, & possibly erap pouncing on one another like hell – with binay the likely winner.

      The people cannot clamor for another team under PNoy because PNoy & binay are too close with each other for comfort.

      If serge osmena will team up with either grace or vilma under the LP-NP-PEOPLE alliance, the gloomy picture may yet turn up rosy

      • The successor of PNoy, whether a sinner or saint, will be beholden to him to avoid being relentlessly persecuted like what he did to gma & corona.

        Erap sensed this when he said he’ll run for president if binay becomes the LP standard bearer.

        Recent surveys for presidentiables shows binay got the highest score way way ahead of the 2nd placer. It won’t be surprising if mar becomes the LP standard bearer with escudero and PNoy’s allies secretly campaigning for binay.

        Something must be done by well-meaning Filipinos to ensure the continuity of “daang matuwid”

      • Dehado masyado si Sen. Meriam…pustahan Lo Tres!

        Subalit sa 2016 KARAMBOLA ang labanan 5 or more candidates, pareho ang pusta.

        When will there be ONE-on-ONE? The pustahan will be SAMPU-ANIM.

        Serge Os malamang mahina. Grace Poe maybe a heavy-weight. Vilma middle-heavy-weight.

        Binay and Erap heavy-weights mga ito. Mar Roxas must go to super heavy-weight to beat the former twos.

        Rudy Duterte is a killer-weight…sana.

        Months before May 2016 there will be multiple coalitions of political parties, balimbing doon, balimbing dito, and balimbing ng kakahoyan.

        only the BOBOTANTES’ votes will be the deciding factor unless something miraculous happens to them.

        • Who will be PNoy’s anointed one? Will the guy suffer the fate of Gibo in 2010?

        • The great majority of voters now will not support any candidate tainted with pork scam – the biggest scandal in PHL political history that will haunt the LP hierarchy for protecting its allies.

          The PDAF (P10B) is just a shade of a much larger dole-outs – the DAP (P150B?), but the COA and other investigating agencies are presumably forbidden to probe or make inquiry thereto.

          No wonder the SC is taking it easy to rule on its constitutionality.

        • @kalahari, ito pa – dag-dag na potentials for 2016,

          “Despite speculations that he would take another crack at the presidency, the NP’s party leader, former Sen. Manny Villar, has not disclosed his political plans to his party mates, according to Marcos.

          But two party members, Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Antonio Trillanes IV, have expressed their readiness to run for president and vice president, respectively.”

          Manny Villar has lotsa of money! He just might go for it again. It will be a very merry-go-round indeed on May 2016.

        • Villar will be a welcome addition that the voters in 2016 could choose from.

          Aside from his vast resources, which he could proudly claim to have come from his sweat and blood – unlike binay and bongbong, he can also pledge to continue the “daang matuwid” and no porks in his administration.

          He can persuade either vilma or grace to ensure full-packed audience

        • Vilma… artista na naman! Wala na bang ibang qualified? Puro artista na lang ba talaga ang taste ng mga Pinoy?

        • @ AngLagay, vilma at present is the only winnable opponent of vp binay who can give him a run for his money.

          Vilma’s popularity as an actress and 16 years in the local governance (3 consecutive terms as mayor of Lipa City and presently on her 3rd term as governor of Batangas) give her the necessary experience to govern the country efficiently and well and a proven vote-getter among the masa and intellectuals as well.

          She has never been tainted with corruption and vp binay is eyeing her as his vp candidate in 2016.

          The main issue in 2016 is corruption and binay has plenty of questions to answer.

  5. Does Senator President Juan Ponce Enrile seems deathly ill to warrant a hospital or house arrest, in lieu of jail detention?

    Read this transcript of his interview on February 14, 2014, and decide for yourself how deathly ill he is, or not:
    .

    Q: Turuan niyo nalang kasi ng Bejeweled para yun nalang ang kanyang pagkaabalahan.

    SJPE: Eh, ito na lang ang libangan ko eh.

    Q: Dapat si Sen. Miriam turuan na rin niyan para dyan na siya mag-focus hindi kayo ang
    napapagtripan. Sir, hindi na naming kayo nai-interview sa Radyo, sa mga program naming.

    SJPE: Kadalasan wala ako dito, nagpupunta ako doon sa Port Irene para kolektahin ko lahat. Mangongolekta ako ng parte ko. (laughs)

    Q: May signal naman ng telepono doon, pwedeng tawagan.

    SJPE: Ang kinokolekta ko lang doon ay yung aking kape at lugaw.

    Q: So, lagi kayong pumupunta doon?

    SJPE: Tumitira ako sa kama.Natutulog ako sa Cot. Hindi ako nagtutungo sa mga resort.

    Q: Bakit sir hindi kayo pumupunta sa resort? Magaganda ang resort doon eh.

    SJPE: Baka sabihin nila sa akin yun eh. Alam mo, noong araw pa, binintang sa akin na ako raw ang may-ari ng Shoemart, yung nasa tabi ng Intercon. Sabi nila, Enrile. si Henry Sy pala yun, pero sila binansagan nila Enrile, pagkatapos, di ba sinabi din nila na ako ang may-ari ng Jollibee. Eh, baka sabihin nila ako ang may-ari ng Solaire, ako ang may-ari ng mga lahat ng Global City. Ay, ok lang yun. Pati yung CEZA sinasabi sa niya sa akin yun eh, korporasyon ko daw yun.

    Q: Baka sa inyo rin yung hotel di ba palagi kayo dyan sa hotel sa Makati, sa Intercon.

    SJPE: Oo.

    Q: Kung saan kayo makita, inyo na.

    SJPE: Siyempre, kailangan maganda siguro ang pangalan ko para mabili ang peryodiko. Ano n anaman ang nagawang kasalan ni Enrile ngayong araw na to? Babasahin.

    Q: Pero sir, hindi na kayo tinatantanan ng Inquirer noh?

    SJPE: Ok lang.

    Q: Dahil doon sa libro niyo.

    SJPE: Sinabi niyo yun ha. Meron ka atang alam na hindi ko alam.

    Q: Nabasa ko sir eh. Pero sir, pag-available kayo pa-interview kayo sa radio ha, sa mga programa.

    SJPE: Kung magtatanong kayo ng mga issue, wag lang yung aking mga personal na love affair, baka iba naman ang maasiman sa akin.

    Q: Yun nga sir ang maganda eh.

    SJPE: Kung istoryahin ko sa inyo ang buhay ni Don Juan,

    Q: Sir, birthday niyo na next week.

    SJPE: Ay, yun ang hindi ko natatandaan. Alam mo ba yung sa mga tumatanda, between 50 to 60, alam mo na tumatanda na kung palaging pumupunta sa kubeta para umihi. From 60 to 70, kung minsan daw nakakalimutan na isara yung zipper niya. Kapag lapas na, naiihian na yung pantalon.

    Q: Sir, wala pa kayo doon?

    SJPE: Awa ng Diyos naman, conscious pa ako eh.

  6. He is truly sick. To add on his list is Cancer. He has a cancer. Cancer siya ng bayan. Just asking? can we make a survey of 90 year old people still in prison? Isama na Lang siya doon para patas ang Laban. In respect for his age. His prison has a nurse station and other medical needs on his side. Sana Meron din yung mga matatandang preso natin doon sa bilangguan. If he has right to be given amnesty or liniency to be in prison because of his age. Pagkulong Muna siya then appeal for amnesty. Di ba dapat ganon.

    • Agree, John. Enrile must first taste, even for a day or two, the fruit of his traitorous labor towards the people.

      Let his cohorts rot in rat-infested jail – which they rightfully deserve.

      • the story of the rats and roaches in “jail” was probably fake in order to elicit sympathy and create dramatic effect for the audience.

        • and/or to give the impression that those “jails” stinks when it does not in order to take the focus away from criticisms of special treatment.

  7. After arraignment, will there be an order of ‘suspension’ from office?

    SEC. 5 of Plunder Law says – any public officer against whom
    any criminal prosecution under a valid information under this Act whatever stage of
    execution and mode of participation, is pending in court, shall be suspended from office.

    Abangan.

  8. I don’t know how TRUE is this that there is a LAW that old criminals are not to be jailed said one engineer on my company….If this is TRUE, plunder case should still proceed until proven guilty, get the MONEY BACK at least, to be used for people of the Philippine.

    The MAIN thing about proving guilty or not, is the possibility of getting the PORK MONEY back where it belongs. Jailing is required of course however if there is an AGE LIMIT for PUNISHMENT, the government should provide an ALTERNATE HUMANE PUNISHMENT such as PAYING INTEREST FOR THE ROBBED MONEY….

      • ay, old criminals are not to be jailed. they’ll only take space. better to pulvurize them and made into pet food. nanay used to tell me kwento about unwanted old people in sweden. long ago, they’re put inside big jars, covered and then left in the basement, to die frozen in winter. in japan daw, old people are taken to mountain peaks and left to die. in the philippines, old people work in the senate and steal money, and hoped to get away with it.

  9. What a list of sickness to add to his fantastic credentials! If he has all these ailments, I wonder if his kidneys are still functioning properly, aside from wearing DEPENDS and being incontinent at times I don’t believe he is at the throes of death. Where once medical issues were considered private/sensitive and confidential esp. by politicians now it is the trend and fashionable to tweet and exposed all the information to avoid punishment. After all dealing with the legal issues, anxiety alone can trigger all his listed lucky 13 maladies which authorities are supposed to use as excuse to give this man a reprieved from detention. Shame!

    I am sharing a link for a lady MAYOR I admire for going strong in her ripe age of 93 and still doing a very good job as a public official , she is almost a legend.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_McCallion

    I am concerned that the dynamics of these cases are now changing to weakening, oh dear, hope not. What’s the agenda? I am not liking it…

    • @Netty

      Believe it or not, 90years is on the last bend or home stretch for horse racing, just a few stride, it will be FINISH LINE…For Enrile, if he dies tomorrow or next day or sometime down the line, it does not matter to him anymore, can government be able to retrieve back the lost PDAF if the accused is DEAD?

      Just a few years ago, a general, I forgot his name,accused of corruption, KILLED HIMSELF, story ended just like that, did the government got back the money?

      Putting accused persons in Jail specially this case PDAF SCAM should be 2nd priority, GET THE MONEY BACK should be prioritized…before they DIE….

      • …yes, gov’t can recover –

        “Section 6. Prescription of Crimes. — The crime punishable under this Act shall
        prescribe in twenty (20) years. However, the right of the State to recover properties
        unlawfully acquired by public officers from them or from their nominees or transferees
        shall not be barred by prescription, laches, or estoppel.” Plunder Law.

        No prescriptive period or time limit. it can go on rollin’ along [email protected]!

    • [email protected]…the batters batting for leniency is rising!

      …from president down to both Houses

      the ladder that has been placed is coming down. No more one walking under it.

  11. If I were another person with such a long list of illnesses and facing plunder charges at age 90, I will probably do something to hasten my death. Yung sakit, given na yan sa mga tumatanda, pero yung tumatanda na nagnanakaw ng pera ng bayan, sobrang nakakahiya sa Diyos at sa kapwa-tao.

  12. My comment on moderation of “plundered” title attached to my name
    He he he

    • johnny, as regards your comment at 17, and at 17.1.1, it’s possible that enrile has inherited alpha thalassemina. and dr ramos ought to specify whether it was the sickle cell type. the one passed on from parent to child. jack enrile could have alpha thalassemia trait too, if he is truly the biological son of juan ponce enrile. if not, well, I dont blame cristina for duping enrile, foisting an illegitimate one on him, ha, ha.

      seriously, I think, dr ramos made the report when he was still intern, an internist. a doctor at entry level, new on the job and dont know which direction to go. under the guidance of a mentor, a senior doctor with vast medical experience. some interns keep old records as throphy, a reminder of the time when they 1st entered the medical profession.

      • 2nd line above at 18.2 starting with possible should read: . . . ” has inherited alpha thalassemia,” . . .

        • @moonie

          Sorry, sickle cell is entirely different inherited disorder from alpha thalassemia. Former is almost unheard trait among Filipinos unless they have a black parent while latter is commonly found among Mediterraneans, north Africans and Asians.

          Maybe your ipad or android got confused with “subtype” of Thalassemia.

  13. All the diagnoses listed could be related or expected complications of one illness, that is diabetis mellitus which is listed as number one in the list. The rest in the list are inconsequential If it’s type 2 diabetis, adult onset and blood sugar is well controlled by his oral medications; then Enrile is in good health at his age.

    He plundered when he was in his eighties probably suffering from diabetis already, so he has to suffer the consequences of being punished for the crime he committed at a very old age.

    Enrile must reveal his medical records for scrutiny by independent physicians to prove that he only contacted diabetis recently. If he had diabetis before he plundered, he should not claim illness for merciful treatment. Those clamoring, including PNoy, to be easy on him are wrong. They send the wrong message to elderly criminals.

    Claver Ramos is a contemporary of Enrique Ona, the DOH secretary. Former used to send patients to the latter for renal surgery while in private practice. Ona must recluse himself from deciding or participating in the decision on the health condition of Enrile because it is unethical and inappropriate to make judgment on the medical certificate of a close associate/referring physician.

      • Always said I’m an analyst with specialization. #18, “plundered” title.

        I can say though with accuracy that Claver’s wrote diagnosis #10 without specific knowledge of what subtype of Thalassemia Enrile is suffering from. It was his waste basket diagnosis he copied from the notes of another physician, probably a hematologist who was consulted because Enrile had anemia or an infectious disease specialist because Enrile had malaria.

        Great Chance Enrile has Alpha Thalassemia for the past 90 years, meaning most probably inherited, so putting it as one of the diagnoses to cause his serious deterioration while incarcerated is unnecessary “intentional medical padding of sickness”. This in itself is unethical. That alone speaks of the credibility and competency of Claver Ramos, a nephrologist, providing Enrile a certified medical certificate without any listed renal disease of the patient.

        If he were a competent Internist he would have specified the subtype of Alpha Thalassemia Enrile is suffering from.

        • MD, new title affixed by Filipino billionaires after their names. Did you not hear PNoy speak at Megaworld party, he called the owner, Dr. Andrew Tan

          MD- May Datong

          He he he

      • …the longer one is living the more one is grieving.

        …defying aging is inviting hot-steaming and broiling.

        …flesh that is refreshing is better tasting in cooking.

        ‘Tis better staying while aging and let dying soon coming.

  14. If and when Enrile dies (it happens to all of us, unless he’s made special arrangements) — who wants to bet that Senate will vote to let his body lie in state in their robber’s cave, este, august chamber? And some will argue that he be given a state funeral and be buried at Libingan ng Mga Bayani?

    • I’ll lose my bet surely but win at Libingan.

      …but buried at LMB needs Commander-in-Chief approval…MacCoy’s was denied.

      …’how’dy Sec! Lying next to me? Still lying?’ Somewhere up North.

      • I’d like to see enrile preserved like in taxidermy. then hang in the museum as modernist chandelier, glowing and emitting lights in all his orifices. but at his wake, be it in the middle of the jungle, or in his coconut plantation now infested with cocolisap, may I suggest dancing girls? with them dancing the dance of the 7veils first popularized by princess salome when she asked king herod for the head of john the baptist? that should keep people awake.

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