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| Taken at La Paz, San Narciso Town, Zambales, Philippines |
In my 47 years, this year so far is for me the most humid and hottest summer season the Philippines has ever had.
Perhaps, we owe the humidity to the worsening climate change due to increased emission of carbon due to global warming, rising sea level and pollution that continue to destroy the earth's surface.
This worsening condition of the environment is also being exacerbated by the continued deforestation not only in the metropolis but also in the provinces and far-flung places in the country. Worse, the government is not taking concrete actions to replace those trees that were either cut legally and illegally logged.
This was amongst the reasons why some of our people living at the tail of the mountains have been experiencing landslides and erosion. If these practices could not be prevented, in 10 years or so years the coastal towns and regions will eventually lose their land base.
I hope that the Filipinos and the future leaders of this once great nation will not lose sight and truly protect the interest and safety of its people, environment and constitution amidst the political chaos due to the national and local elections.
Thus, I call on our presidential aspirants @bongbongmarcos, @iskomoreno, @MannyPacquiao, @Ka Leody De Guzman, @PingLacson2022 and @lenirobredo, whoever will win in this coming May 9, 2022 electoral exercise, I pray that please include in your priority programs the protection of our ecology and ecosystem while we still have time. I am among the more than 112 million Filipinos whose existence and living is largely dependent on this archipelagic country called Philippines.