Ernie’s story
Ernie de Villa has a moniker, Bahi. Bahi is a kind of wood descriptive of its solidity approximating marble. Even a coconut tree when it is 100 years old can turn into a bahi. We in Quezon call it Kamagong. The proud Mabolo tree is a good source of Kamagong. Furniture made from Kamagong can last centuries. Bahi can therefore mean a durable guy. The word durable was once used by Heherson Alvarez when he described a local politician who has been around in Quezon politics for decades.
Ernie Bahi is a retired Makati policeman. He is a certified Batangueno, counting his provenance in San Juan, Batangas.
