AndyAlegre

Christian| EarthSaver | Peacebuilder| Trainer| Reflections on #Faith, #Health #PoliticalScience & #PeaceStudies|👨‍🎓 @UPEACE @ateneodemanilau |🇵🇭

[AndyAlegre @AndyAlegre]

@gmanews This is so sad. May they rest in peace!.🙏🏼

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@gmanews May they rest in peace. 🙏🏼

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Congratulations, Alex! 👏🎉

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Congratulations, Alex Eala! 👏🎉#Wimbledon

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Hinga muna, Alex. 🙏🏼

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Down and I checked my X if trending. ☺️ #instagramdown

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Meta and ig are down.

[AndyAlegre @AndyAlegre]

My heart goes out to those affected in Mindanao from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake. 🥹😭 I pray for recovery of those affected and the whole region. 🙏🏼 #lindolph #mindanao

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness. #MagnificaHumanitas
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[Edwin Lacierda @dawende]

A CHEAP SHOT

Sen. Marcoleta’s attack on Sen. Risa Hontiveros that she did not know the rules because she is not a lawyer is a cheap shot, an argument from arrogance and credentialism at its worst.

One need not be a lawyer to recognize a legal issue. One need not be a doctor to recognize when a person has fever. And one need not be an engineer to recognize a bridge collapsing.

Sen. Risa Hontiveros may not be a lawyer but dismissing her argument on that basis is an attack on her credentials, not a defense of substance.

In public debate, the question is not who speaks. The question is whether what is being said is true.

If Senator Marcoleta disagreed with Senator Hontiveros, then he should answer her arguments, not her profession.

In the end, the irony was impossible to miss. Sen. Marcoleta was defeated by Sen. Sotto, a non-lawyer but knew the rules better.

That is the problem with credentialism. It confuses titles for wisdom and professions for truth.

[Cleve V. Arguelles @CleveArguelles]

When it comes to the new Senate majority aka the coalition of the charged, the jokes write themselves. What do you call a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, tasked to investigate corruption and public wrongdoing, whose majority of the members themselves carry corruption controversies, accountability questions, or long-running issues of conflict of interest? A protection ring! Accountability, not protecting themselves, should be the goal of the committee. Pero kung nagawa nila kay Bato, magagawa nila ulit para sa ibang senador. Sino nanaman ang akusado na proprotektahan nila at papatakasin din?

[Kiko Pangilinan @kikopangilinan]

𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬, 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗡𝗢 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥.

The sowing of intrigues has no place in this plenary hall. Fake news has no place in this plenary hall.

𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮.

[AndyAlegre @AndyAlegre]

Our Senate is a comedy! A place of disinformation and fake news that started when Sen. Imee started to show that video! 😡

[Cleve V. Arguelles @CleveArguelles]

Join our petition urging Senate to choose a new Senate President: We call for the resignation of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano as Senate President and urge our Senators to choose new leadership worthy of the institution they serve. The Senate presidency is not an ordinary political office. The position demands not only competence, but trustworthiness, truthfulness, and integrity. Today, many Filipinos across political lines no longer believe that these standards are being upheld by Senate President Cayetano. Filipinos deserve a Senate led by someone whose integrity is beyond question, whose words command belief, and whose leadership strengthens rather than diminishes the institution entrusted to him. For the good of the Senate and the nation, Senate President Cayetano must resign. https://t.co/GjzOf3KY1L

[Tito Sotto @sotto_tito]

"Prudence dictates that I refrain from adding to the noise that has come out of the Senate from its new majority. I wish all parties investigating to focus on the ball. Unfortunately, the ball has left the Court."