LOOK: Various organizations gather outside the Senate of the Philippines in Pasay City on June 2, calling for Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano to step down amid growing concerns over Senate leadership and the continued no-show of majority bloc senators during plenary proceedings. | 📸: Niño Jesus Orbeta, Philippine Daily Inquirer
The majority bloc not showing up to do their job is a mockery of one of the mandates of the senate - to serve the people. Just because they want to protect a colleague accused of graft and plunder.
INDEED, SAYANG ANG SWELDO. KAWAWA ANG MGA PILIPINO.
SOLID BLOC 11: ALAN PETER CAYETANO RESIGN!
What happened today was a clear abandonment of responsibility, a dereliction of duty, and a blatant disregard of the rules that govern this institution, because the Senate cannot be made to stop working simply because its presiding officer refuses to lead.
Under Rule XIV, Sec. 41 of the Rules of the Senate, the Senate President may postpone the holding of the session AFTER consultation with the Majority Leader AND the Minority Leader. That rule was violated. This is not merely a procedural lapse—it is a direct violation of the Rules of the Senate and a serious disrespect for the institution and the Filipino people.
Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano SHOULD RESIGN as he has shown that he cannot function as the leader of the Senate.
'SENATE PRESIDENT ALAN PETER CAYETANO SHOULD RESIGN'
BREAKING: 11 minority senators call on Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano to resign. | @MAgerINQ
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Zubiri: Sa lahat ng nasa Hospital ngayon na hinohostage ng Hospital dahil di makabayad, KASALANAN NI ALAN CAYETANO YAN! Ipapasa na sana namin ngayon. Grabe Alan Peter Cayetano! Halang talaga kaluluwa mo kasama ang gReAt tertin GRABE ALAN PETER CAYETANO
Camille, sana iniyakan niyo rin kaming mga homeowners niyo sa Camella at Lumina. Yung Lumina sa La Union, since 2018 nganga pa rin.
I-withdraw namin yung full payment, makakaltasan pa? Nauna pang natapos yung bahay ng kapatid ko na 2024 nya na fully paid sa ibang developer.
Sorry,
Hindi ko kayang pasalamatan ka kung personal mong desisyon na huwag kang kumuha ng sweldo.
Ano ka, hilo?
Sobrang entitled lang na parang utang na loob pa ng bayan na “nagsakripisyo” ka dahil hindi ka raw susweldo.
Hindi kaya na-advance mo na, kasama na ang retirement, at may sobra pa?
Hiniya mo naman lahat ng auditor ng PDAF at imbestigador ng Ombudsman sa sinasabi mong prinsipyo na handa mong panindigan.
Nakikiusap lang ako: matagal ka nang wala sa pinilakang tabing. Hindi bagay ang acting!
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ORDER FILED BY STUDENTS, ADVOCATES VS SAN MIGUEL CORP.
Students and environmental advocates attended a hearing before the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 41 on Monday regarding their petition for a temporary environmental protection order against San Miguel Corp. (SMC) over the massive tree cutting along Quirino Avenue in Manila.
“We are prompted to file this action in representation of the youth and those yet unborn because we also want to send a message to these corporations that are actively destroying our environment,” petitioner Joaquin Bautista said.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said there are 523 trees subject to tree-cutting and another 94 trees for earth-balling, totaling 617 trees affected to yield construction for the Southern Access Link Expressway (SALEX).
Bautista said the citizen action suit aims to pursue ecological justice and accountability, stressing that SMC should rehabilitate the trees cut in Manila.
The irreparable damage from this ecological violence will be inherited by succeeding generations, sustainability and environment student Elisha Zantua said.
“It can cause catastrophic effects such as eliminating the structure of preventing soil erosion, lessening the capabilities to absorb the floodwater, and affecting the air quality around the space,” she said.
“What we really need right now is more green spaces. We shouldn’t just prioritize urban development over what the people actually need,” Zantua added.
University student and petitioner Paul Benedict Callorina lamented how decades-old trees, which have stood long before he was born, were brazenly cut for an expressway project.
“Our policies and laws should be pro-people and pro-nature,” Callorina said.
The DENR said last week that SMC has voluntarily suspended further tree-cutting activities along Quirino Avenue following the public outrage. | @andronquillo
actually si sen bam din galing sa graduation namin nung araw na yan. umalis din agad after niya ideliver yung speech niya dahil papasok pa nga sa senado, tapos bubullshit-in lang sila ng mga nasa mayorya 💀
Bakit bibigyan ni SILG Jonvic Remulla ng OPTIONS si Jinggoy Estrada? Bakit kinausap pa, Bakit di na lang damputin gaya ng pagdampot sa lolong namamalimos lang?!?! 🤬
Ladies and gentlemen, this is INJUSTICE in the Philippines!
26,617 trees to be cut. That’s a forest. Anyway this is what red mountain of Surigao del Sur looks like. Palawan’s future, I’m telling you. In other countries, the rehab monitoring agency is separate from the bureau of mines. Food for thought.
PROTEST FOR THE WIDESPREAD TREE-CUTTING
LOOK: Environmentalists from Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment and other civil society organizations gather along Quirino Avenue, Malate, Manila, on May 26, to protest the widespread tree-cutting underway for the 40.62-kilometer Southern Access Link Expressway (SALEX) project. | 📸: Niño Jesus Orbeta, Philippine Daily Inquirer