Rodzon Enriquez’s skeletal remains are pulled out of a coffin-sized tomb in Manila and placed in a body bag. Five years after the 21-year-old was killed in the Philippines’ drug war, the lease on his grave is expiring. Activists estimate tens of thousands of people have died since President Rodrigo Duterte ordered police to go after drug addicts and dealers in a widely-condemned campaign that has largely targeted poor men.
Many of the dead were put in “apartment” tombs stacked meters high in jam-packed cemeteries across the sprawling capital, where a five-year lease on a rectangular concrete box costs about P5,000 ($100).
As leases run out, a Catholic charity is helping families unable to afford the renewal fee to retrieve the bones of their loved ones with the aim of having them cremated and put in a permanent burial site.
“I don’t want his remains thrown away,” Corazon Enriquez, 63, told AFP, after her son’s bones were carried away on a stretcher by two men wearing masks, gloves and protective coats. The mother of seven had welcomed Duterte’s promise to rid the country of drugs.
In other news – Skeem Saam’s (Motshabi Tyelele)Mary Matloga is in the same league as Shauwn Mkhize here is her net worth
Motshabi Tyelele who plays the role of Mary Matloga on Skeem Saam is actually rich and many don’t notice that because she is old enough for living it out on social media. She has been in the industry for a long time and throughout the years she has accumulated great wealth for herself. She is richer than you would think.
Motshabi’s net worth is calculated to be US$20 million, which is over R292 million. She is almost as rich as businesswoman Shawn Mkhize whose net worth is about R300 million. Learn more
Source: IOL
