Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez couldn’t hide his anger and disappointment after he saw the low-quality materials being used by National Housing Authority (NHA) developers in their projects for the earthquake victims on September 24.

Mayor Gomez went to the actual site of the project at Barangay Gaas and started to reprimand the NHA developers after he saw that the hollow blocks and other materials being used in building houses can easily be damaged.

Gomez was worried that the houses being built by NHA using cheap materials could put its settlers in danger.

To prove that the materials are low quality, Gomez tried to crush one of the hollow blocks pieces using his feet.

Gomez also checked the remaining materials that still not being used in the housing project, saying that the color of the blocks indicates that its cheap quality and can be easily crushed.

“Sa color palang makikita mo na,” Gomez said.

Gomez told the contractors that they’re doing bad practice by using cheap materials in housing made for the people of Ormoc City.

“Masama yung ginagawa niyo, wag kayong magagalit talagang trabaho namin to. Dapat namin pansinin kung ano ang dapat pansinin.” Gomez said.

Gomez also questioned the NHA why they allowed the supplier of the said low-quality construction materials to become the partner of their housing project.

“Tapos yung mga ganoong supplier, dapat hindi niyo na pinapayagan, tama naman siguro yung binabayad niyo para sa project diba?” Gomez told the NHA officials.

“Kung tama bakit ganito? Unless kayo gusto niyo yung binibigyan niyo kaya kailangan ganito kamura yung ginagamit niyong (materials),” Gomez added.

The Mayor also suspected that the contractors are trying to save money to corrupt the government funds.

“Sinasabi ko lang, alam naman namin ang mga paraan niyo diyan eh, imposible namang hindi tumatanggap itong mga ito (ng suhol) wag na tayong maglokohan,” Gomez stated.

According to Gomez, he’s only prioritizing the people who would live in the said housing project.

“Basta ang pakialam ko, is to give the people yung tamang gamit na para sa kanila at hindi sila magrereklamo kapag dito na sila nakatira,” he said.

Meanwhile, netizens praised Gomez for doing his job and for not tolerating corrupt practices in his City.

“Good job Mayor Richard Gomez.. STOP CORRUPTION. Give what belongs to the beneficiary of that housing project. They all deserve it.” Julius Penserga said.

“Yan ang Spirit.. Sige mayor.. Pati narin sana yung pabaya sa road namin,” Jessica Baclig remarked.

One of the videos, which uploaded by Gomez’ staff Kimmy Alvarez Urboda also already reached millions of views on Facebook.

Former Davao City Vice Mayor Pulong Duterte teaches Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on how he could correctly prove his accusations against his enemies.

On September 19, Duterte filed another libel case against the fiercest critic of his father, saying that the Senator accused him of being a smuggler of illegal drugs in the country.

After he filed the case, Duterte posted a Facebook message addressed to Trillanes, saying that he should bring his accusations in the court and not to the media.

Duterte also said that Trillanes’ accusations are nonsense and only trying to destroy the reputations of others using the power of publicity.

“Ito ang tamang proseso at venue, file ka ng kaso hindi ung pupunta ka sa media magpapa presscon, magdadadakdak, kahit ano pinagsasabi mo na wala namang batayan, walang kwenta at saysay. Puro salita para manira ng kapwa. ” Pulong said.

“SHABU SMUGGLING SA IMONG KIGOL! (Shabu smuggling your a**!)” he added.

In the post, it also showed Pulong filing the libel case together with his lawyer, Atty. Rainier Madrid

Based on the complaint, Trillanes was quoted as saying in the DZMM program that Paolo and his friends were responsible in smuggling of drugs in the country including the P6.4-B crystal meth slipped through the Bureau of Customs (BOC) this year.

The senator alleged that the principal actors in the shipment were connected to Paolo, even accusing the latter of being the “handler” of the drug shipment.

Trillanes repeated the same accusation on Pinky Webb’s CNN program.

The camp of Pulong asked the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) to look into both incidents.

“Worse, respondent had also defamed and labeled me and my father as “principal actors” in the illegal drug trade in Davao City,” Duterte said in his affidavit

“Evidently, it was and is intended to malign, destroy and kill my good name and reputation, locally, nationally and internationally. This is especially so as I am the eldest son of our sitting President,” he added.

Yesterday, Davao City Prosecutor’s office issued a subpoena against Senator Trillanes. They give him 10 days to file a counter-affidavit against the Libel case filed by Duterte and his brother-in-law Atty. Manases Carpio.

Trillanes labeled the cases filed against him as “harassment” and the authorities might arrest him if he goes out of the Senate building travels to Davao City, the hometown of the President.

The Senator is known for accusing his political enemies publicly.

Former Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte mocked Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and labeled him as no guts for not facing the case filed against him.

Yesterday, the Davao City Prosecutor’s Office issued a subpoena against Trillanes ordering him to submit his counter-affidavit to the libel case filed by Duterte and his brother-in-law Atty. Manases Carpio within 10 days.

Trillanes quickly held a press conference inside the Senate Building and labeled the order of the Prosecutor’s Office as a trap, saying that he can be arrested once he went out due to the revocation of his amnesty.

“I’ll cross the bridge when we get there, kung kinakailangang pumunta run (Davao), pupunta ako,” Trillanes told the Senate media.

“Ang mga legal aspect hindi ko masagot kasi ang abogado ko ang nakakaalam nyan, but sa akin kung kailangang puntahan para maayos yan, pupuntahan ko,” he added.

The fiercest critic of President Rodrigo Duterte also said that the libel case filed against him is a form of “harassment”.

“It’s very, very obvious na talagang naghahanap ng paraan to shake me down, to harass me,” he said

Trillanes also accused the judges of Davao City of receiving bribes from Pulong.

“Alam niyo yong mga judges dyan sa Davao Cty ay nakakareceive ng special allowances from the city government. Iyong kapatid ang mayor, so maliwanag na medyo makaka-impluwensya na ‘yon,” Trillanes told reporters.

However, the presidential son believes that Trillanes’ is just making another alibi to avoid facing the case that they filed.

In his Facebook post, Duterte said that Trillanes should face the case like what they did when the latter invited them in the Senate and accused them of being a member of an illegal drug triad.

Pulong also said that the Senator cannot invoke his parliamentary immunity anymore.

“Puro dakdak duwag nman pala. Ayaw at takot harapin ang kaso skanya. Walang B*yag! Atleast kmi hinarap namin sya s senado. Di na nya pwed gamitin ang parliamentary immunity nya ngayon.” Pulong said in his post.

Most of the supporters of Duterte also believed that Trillanes’ is just trying to use the victim card to gather sympathy from the public.

The rift between Sen. Trillanes and Vice Mayor Duterte started when the former accused the presidential son of being a drug lord.

They also challenged each other to take a drug test after Duterte accused Trillanes of using illegal drugs.

However, the libel case filed by Duterte against Trillanes is not about the drug triad accusation, but because the Senator claimed in a radio interview that the presidential son and his brother-in-law were asking money from Uber and other companies.

Trillanes also claimed that Paolo and Carpio were involved in extortion activities.