For 5thtime, Phl gets Dirty Ashtray’ award

For the fifth time, the Philippines has received the “Dirty Ashtray” award for “blocking” global tobacco control efforts.

- MAYEN JAYMALIN

The Dirty Ashtray award was given to the Philippine delegation on Saturday for “its brazen use of tobacco industry tactics to dispute and delay throughout COP10.”

“As a Filipino, I am ashamed that the Philippines was given its fifth Dirty Ashtray. I expect government officials Katrina and granddaughter Kara beside him.

He is eloquent and uses a hearing aid. He has a fairly good crop of hair, good mestizo skin, and walks carefully but straight, making one believe in the stem cell treatment which he reportedly had many years ago.

Enrile survived COVID-19 twice, and pneumonia three times during the pandemic. The only health issue he has now is the macular degeneration of his eyes. Still this has not prevented him from doing a lot of reading, both of books and stuff he favors on his trusty computer.

“I learned myself how to use the computer, I am self-taught,” he says with pride.

Does he Google? “Why Google when I have been 100 years on this planet.” He also does social media. Does he know the meaning of LOL?

“Yes,” and he laughs out loud. How will he celebrate his birthday

which is also Valentine’s Day? “I will be 100 years old, my dear, so let others enjoy it.”