“Where are the tanods?”

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The political rally of the former mayor and his candidates for different positions in our city was finally done last night. The drizzles did not continue as rain, and the evening was filled with humidity. The rally commenced at 8PM while we were watching our favorite television series, and because the basketball court where the rally was held is just several hundred meters from our house, we heard their speeches. According to our laundrywoman (she is here), there were many people who went and listened but they were just observers. Jane our laundry woman, said there was one drunk man who stole the “show” by saying “Mayor DT, talping” (Mayor DT, crazy man). He was not apprehended though because he was drunk. Jane also observed there were no barangay tanods (local patrol officers) around. She heard from her husband (who is a tanod) that the barangay chairman purposefully told the tanods to sleep the night away at the barangay hall. That is unbecoming of a chairman. He showed bias and partiality. He should have allowed even just 2 or 3 tanods to patrol the area. Yes, he is for the incumbent mayor, and he replaced the chairman who was the former mayor’s bodyguard in the previous local election. So, where are your tanods?