After an interesting visit with the attorney, we have resumed construction on our roof, with no further trouble from those corrupt local officials so far. Last week, one Barangay 'policeman' even had the nerve to try to tell us that we needed a special permit to repair our roof - a lie which our attorney quickly put straight. The work is almost finished now, thankfully, as the weather has taken a turn for the worse.
Out of interest, tonight is a "blue moon", which occurs relatively rarely when there are two full moons in one month. I was hoping it would happen during summer when we were still having our full moon parties as it's quite a novelty. We have a long wait till the next one!

Blue Moon - Still Visible at 5am!