How do you solve a problem like Quirante?

If you go to Dumanjug and ask around about Engr. Alan Quirante, everyone will tell you he's a very good man. Why is he now in a problematic situation?

- Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez

Allan is humble, soft-spoken, helpful, and very easy to deal with. I never met him but my siblings told me we have the same baptismal godparents, and that he's distantly related to us, from the Quirante line in Dumanjug. Before this flood control imbroglio, I never heard anything derogatory about him and his business. The Dumanjuganons would tell you he never did anything wrong or harmful to anyone. He donated a lot to the Church and helped many people. So why is he in hot water now?

Well, perhaps, he went with the wrong people who might have "used" him in the flood-control fiasco. Allan started from rags and ended in riches, and people couldn't just comprehend how he transformed a single proprietorship with a very low capital into a multi-billion conglomerate. Envious people raised their eyebrows at how a small building supply store in Dumanjug grew by leaps and bounds in less than 10 years. People couldn't grasp how a barrio lad could buy a helicopter.