Mark Lester del Mundo Chico

TV/stage/events director. Devcom educator. UPLB Media & Communication Director. PACE President. Media Studies Scholar. Son. Father. Husband.

[Mark Lester del Mundo Chico @IamCHKO]

My fault, forgot that @enjoyGLOBE rewards expire every 31st of March. Sana matic na lang nilang i-donate sa @angatbuhay_ph or @gmanetwork Kapuso Foundation or @SagipKapamilya. Anlaki rin non!

[Mark Lester del Mundo Chico @IamCHKO]

Lumindol?

[Atom Araullo @atomaraullo]

If the honorable congressman thinks those remarks belong in the halls of Congress, one can only imagine what passes for normal conversation in private, especially when women aren’t in the room.

What followed was even worse: intellectual dishonesty and refusal to engage with criticism. The familiar playbook of strongman politics that seems to be spreading everywhere these days.

[Mark Lester del Mundo Chico @IamCHKO]

Mas stressful pa maghintay ng hospital bill kaysa isang linggong trabaho sa opisina!

[Mark Lester del Mundo Chico @IamCHKO]

@enjoyGLOBE Sent you a dm re a persistent concern

[Leila de Lima @manayleila]

𝗜 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗢 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹!

𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗪𝗮𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗼, 𝗸𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶 𝗡𝗼, 𝗡𝗼!

Sa kabila ng matagumpay nating mga ipinaglaban sa proposed 2026 National Budget, mas mabigat pa rin ang mga nakita nating item na hindi katanggap-tanggap.

Humihingi ang Judiciary ng ₱28.31 billion reconsideration — pero ang ibinigay lang ay ₱1.46 billion. 5.15% lang po ito. Isang co-equal branch na may napakalaking papel ang Hudikatura, pero kulang-kulang ang suporta. The Judiciary deserves not just respect in words — but support in resources.

We are also dismayed by the cut in the additional budget for the Commission on Human Rights. Taon-taon na lang, underfunded ang CHR. Hindi dapat kinukuripot ang pangangalaga sa ating dignidad at karapatang pantao.

Pagdating naman sa Unprogrammed Appropriations, I firmly believe that it’s time to stop having this in the national budget.

Unang rason: Unprogrammed Appropriations have no definite source of financing. Walang tiyak na pagkukunan na koleksyon ng buwis o utang para dito. Kung wala palang pera ay bakit magbabalak na gumasta?

Pangalawang rason: The practice of having Unprogrammed Appropriations is tantamount to undue delegation of legislative power to the Executive. Only the legislature has the power to appropriate. In the past, billions have been authorized to be released without adequate congressional scrutiny and sufficient safeguards. Naging pugad tuloy ito ng mga ghost, sub-standard and overpriced projects. Also, some UA items came in lump-sums, with no specificity or itemization, with no prior determination of, say, real projects and actual recipients. Only the Executive knows how unprogrammed funds are being used, and we in Congress and the public find out only after the fact. This abdication of the congressional power of the purse must be discontinued.

Pangatlong rason: Nagiging kumbenyenteng parkingan ang Unprogrammed Appropriations ng mga dapat naman ay programado at obligado nang mga gastusin. This practice has created persistent false hopes and mass deception among the affected sectors and agencies, who have been made to budgetary support when no real funding actually exists. Kung wala nang UA, mapipilitan ang Ehekutibo at Kongreso na talagang pondohan ang mga ito, sapagkat may mandato at prayoridad sa ilalim ng mga batas o kontrata. Prime examples of these are the “revised AFP modernization program”, “prior years’ LGU shares”, “support to foreign-assisted projects” and “budgetary support to GOCCs.”

I also expressed disappointment on the rejection of the proposed amendments to the Special Provisions on Unprogrammed Funds, as proposed by Representative Tinio, that would have provided additional safeguards against abuses of unprogrammed funds. Kung ipinipilit pa rin ang unprogrammed appropriations, bakit nireject pati ang additional safeguards at accountability mechanisms para dito?

Therefore, my stand against the Unprogrammed Appropriations is a constitutional imperative and a moral obligation on my part.

This Representation votes NO vote to House Bill No. 4058.

[SB19 Official @SB19Official]

Ang tao, ang bayan, ang tunay na kapangyarihan.

[Mark Lester del Mundo Chico @IamCHKO]

@stanleygajete Ang yaman!

[Mark Lester del Mundo Chico @IamCHKO]

Very informational, Mamshie!

[Jeff Crisostomo @jeffcrisostomo]

#CongressMamshie | Bakit happy ang pagiging Deputy Minority Leaders nina Reps. Kaka Bag-ao, Perci Cendaña, Leila de Lima, at Krisel Lagman? Read this THREAD!

[Mark Lester del Mundo Chico @IamCHKO]

Reflect. Reframe. Restore.

https://t.co/NdoFUgvj0B

[Mark Lester del Mundo Chico @IamCHKO]

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[Mark Lester del Mundo Chico @IamCHKO]

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[Mark Lester del Mundo Chico @IamCHKO]

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[Mark Lester del Mundo Chico @IamCHKO]

Kuya, editor mo, pagod na. Violation 'yan! #PBBCollab3rdDuoEviction @PBBabscbn #PBBCollabViolations

[Mark Lester del Mundo Chico @IamCHKO]

@Joseph_Morong Pagbati sa iyong pagkakamit ng @GandinganAwards!

[Mark Lester del Mundo Chico @IamCHKO]

@alvinelchico Congratulations on your @GandinganAwards!

[Mark Lester del Mundo Chico @IamCHKO]

@TalktoBPI Until when/what time is your maintenance? We need to access our funds via online banking.

[#GandinganAwards2026 @GandinganAwards]

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