The Boracaynon

 By Gil delos Santos Contained inside the house in most times of the community quarantine to follow the rules can only give you the impression that 2020 has been a dark episode. You'd never like the chapter especially after coming from the last days of 2019 empty handed as Typhoon Ursula wrecked the island and the livelihood that lies underneath. Not until a little gleam of light gives you another opportunity to look at the deeper meaning of the situation. Not in the mind of questioning "why" anymore but in the intention "how" to carry on with a brand new outlook. Life has been greatly generous before everything ran out. The life convenience run out, the opportunity to quickly bounce back run out, the people whom you depend on at some point run out. Thanks heavens that the creative mind, the flexible mind did run out. Flipping the dark chapter to sneak into a small streak of light is a skill, an acquired knowledge, if not a natural strength.  It'...

By Gil delos Santos Opinion: The number of consumers lining up at the manager's office everyday since last week after they massively sent disconnection notices seem to become a power booster to its decision makers making the consumers feel compelled to be thankful to Akelco's consideration to stagger payments. Heck!  Akelco either needs to revamp its payment policy or kick the policy binded managers with no balls to protect the struggling public. We cannot boast "We heal as one" reasoning if the company only aims to heal themselves. What about the Boracay consumers who are even struggling to feed themselves at this point of the pandemic? Akelco operates in the whole Aklan. Boracay island is one area that is generally dependent on tourism. The island's tourism recovery has not even reached up to 2% at this point in time. How can they demand payment update this December or get disconnected? Dun sa mainland ok lang kasi somehow they're slowly back to ...