Nakakadismaya na hindi dumalo sa opisyal nating patawag ang 18 ex-bodyguards. Kung katotohanan ang hawak mo, kahit saan ka humarap, wala kang dapat ikatakot.
Our @angatbuhay_ph DRR Team has just arrived in Davao and is now en route to General Santos City to support our volunteers and coordinate with local partners on the ground.
We have also been in touch with Sec. @rex_gatchalian since yesterday as we work alongside various stakeholders to help ensure that assistance reaches affected communities as quickly as possible.
NEW SENATE MAJORITY TO DONATE ONE MONTH'S SALARY TO MINDANAO QUAKE VICTIMS
Following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake off Sarangani on Monday, the new Senate majority has pledged to donate one month of their salaries to aid relief efforts in Mindanao, Senator Risa Hontiveros announced Tuesday.
In a Facebook post, Hontiveros also urged members of the Senate minority to join their initiative, adding that this is the time to unite for affected communities.
"While this is a small contribution, we hope our colleagues in the Minority will join us in this effort. After all, we are senators of all Filipino people.
This is a moment when the Senate, whatever its internal divisions, can still speak through one act of shared compassion," the post read.
⚠️ Senator Risa Hontiveros said she and the Gatchalian Bloc will donate their one month salary for relief efforts in Mindanao.
Inspired by #WinRi, I will also donate one month of my salary as a Barangay Kagawad to relief efforts in General Santos.
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JUST IN: Inanunsyo ni Senador Risa Hontiveros na magbibigay ang Gatchalian bloc ng isang-buwang halaga ng sahod para sa mga biktima ng magnitude 7.8 na lindol.
"This is a moment when the Senate, whatever its internal divisions, can still speak through one act of shared compassion."
May mga panahon na ang pinakamahirap gawin ay hindi ang manalo, kundi ang tumindig kahit ginagawa kang target ng kapangyarihan.
Bilang isang taong matagal nang lumalaban para sa pananagutan sa pamahalaan, alam ko na ang tapang ay hindi nasusukat kapag tahimik ang paligid. Nasusukat ito kapag malakas ang atake, mabigat ang pressure, at mas madali sanang manahimik na lang.
Senator Risa Hontiveros has shown that courage time and again. Hindi siya tumitindig para sa ingay. Tumitindig siya para sa katotohanan. Sa mga imbestigasyon tungkol sa POGOs, Alice Guo, human trafficking, abuse, corruption, and failures of public institutions, she has shown what it means to follow the trail even when the trail leads to powerful people. She has pushed for accountability where others would rather look away, and has consistently used her platform to protect those harmed by abuse, exploitation, and institutional neglect.
She asks the questions that many are afraid to ask. She gives voice to people who are often ignored. And even when the attacks become personal, she does not retreat from the work.
That kind of leadership is exactly what our democracy needs: principled, steady, prepared, and unafraid.
Hindi ko ito kayang tapatan ng pananahimik.
Naranasan ko na kung paano tumindig nang walang kasiguraduhan kung may yayakap ba, may sasabay ba, o may mananatili hanggang dulo. Naranasan ko na ring maiwang nakatayo mag-isa, sumasalo ng puna, batikos, at paninira, habang ang iba ay umatras na dahil mahirap ang laban.
Kaya alam ko: hindi madali ang lumaban para sa transparency, justice, and good governance. Pero posible ito kapag may mga lingkod-bayan na inuuna ang prinsipyo kaysa pulitika, at ang kapakanan ng taumbayan kaysa sariling ginhawa.
Naranasan ko nang masabihan: “Hindi ka naman mananalo. Masasayang lang ang boto.”
Pero kung ang laging pipiliin ay ang mukhang mananalo, kailan natin ipapanalo ang tunay na nararapat?
Gawin nating hamon ang panghihina nila.
Kayanin natin ang mahirap,
Ipanalo natin ang karapat-dapat.
Hindi ito para kay Risa!
Ito ay para sa ating lahat!
'THEY ARE UNWORTHY OF OUR RESPECT''
Dumistansya ang Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) sa 18 nagpakilalang umano’y ex-marines na dumalo sa pagdinig ng Senado kaugnay ng maanomalyang flood control projects.
Ikinadidismaya rin daw ng PMC na tatlong retired marines ang sangkot dito.
"We understand that their involvement was entirely of their own choosing and that they did his on their own personal volition... We should always look with disdain against opportunistic groups and individuals trying to link to their actions as being true Marine,” pahayag nila.
Una nang nilinaw ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) na wala na sa serbisyo o kaya'y hindi lahat sa kanila ay dating miyembro ng PMC.
📸: Philippine Marine Corps
Imee Marcos sharing fake news, again.
Left is the "malita" photo of Tito and Ping. Right is the campaign photo from Daet, CamSur to Sorsogon. @sotto_tito@iampinglacson
Hindi naging madali ang mga nakaraang linggo, kaya higit pa nating paiigtingin ang bukas na ugnayan at pakikiisa sa mga empleyado ng Senado.
Nakipagpulong po tayo sa Pangulo ng S.E.N.A.D.O., Rosel Eugenio, at iba pang mga kinatawan upang marinig ang kanilang mga hinaing at pangangailangan.
Results of the nationwide survey, conducted from June 5 to 6, showed that 67 percent of respondents favored Gatchalian’s appointment, while 25 percent opposed it and 8 percent remained undecided.
Read more: https://t.co/tbkwjEIFwk
Another MALITA video shared online
Left: Video daw ng delivery ng malita [FAKE]
Right: Video of PH Consul General in UAE Enciso with his personnel helping loading luggages of Filipinos for their repatriation back to the Philippines [FACT]
#Malita
‘MAG-FACEBOOK LIVE KA NA LANG’
Sen. Ping Lacson on Sunday referenced a quote as he took a swipe at those he described as “weak on both law and facts.”
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Daming kwento tungkol sa future Senator na nag name-drop sa isang rally nung estudyante pa siya para huwag ma-aresto. Here's the original article in the Philippine Collegian about it. Sorry kung mahirap basahin, zoom in na lang. 🙂
OPINION: In the end, leadership in the Senate is not established in Facebook livestreams or destabilization plots. It is exercised through institutional recognition and integrity, and public trust. https://t.co/ZhVVedQv83