Lack of clarity

ROSES & THORNS

- PIA ROCES MORATO

Let's not sugarcoat it. We are taking the rains very seriously and, if you were the parent who takes your child to school hoping you wouldn't have to brace yourself for floodwaters ahead or worry that the next bout of rain will completely destroy your home, then yes, especially in the Philippines, the rains are certainly no joking matter.

But that was not the case just the other day when the DILG decided to bring back the not so savory style of announcing class and work suspensions that bothered many netizens. Needless to say, the Vice President scored a point when she called out this rather indelicate act by saying that institutions do not have freedom of expression and must act professionally. Touché.

Then we have the case of four-star General Nicolas Torre III who was, for me, strangely relieved from his duties with a rather unfamiliar ceremony for the change in command. As far as I know, outgoing Chiefs are present in such occasions but that was not the case for the former Chief Torre and now officer-in-charge PNP Chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr.

Again, it is strange but perhaps I just do not know any better.