"The mother, as I'm telling you now, the mother is seriously in pain. Seriously in pain. She has been crying since that Monday until today. Until this, now I'm speaking with you, she is crying.
I still find looking for answers for the reason why there was no life jacket, the reason why they could not ask the players, the team if they know how to swim or not. Because I believe they are supposed to read the weather before they can move to the sea.
So, those things are the things troubling my heart and the feeling of my family. We are highly devastated. So, now that he's gone, I don't know where I will start again."
โ Elias Adili, father of Divine Adili
From: https://t.co/hRXNGa0YVM
@ECOlogistxx sana di sila naging kampante. ang yaman ng school pero parang di man lang nila ginastusan na lagyan ng mga ng bangka na may kasamang mga rescuer ung pinka-boundary ng pinagttrainingan nila para at least kahit papaano may nka-antabay na agad na rescue.
Iba talaga pag privileged, hindi alam kung nasaan ang ICC Headquarters when this was a top news and talked about matter in our country. Vice was so sure pa naman na Bianca will answer it right because of the clue na binigay nya kasi nga itโs a common knowledge in our country.
Award kayong dalawa!
Walang lugar sa Philippine pageantry ang mga arogante at ungrateful na kagaya niyo.
The Philippines sash is what made you a strong contender. Learn to represent with pride and respect.
#BrandonEspiritu#JetherPalomo
Hi, everyone. If youโre planning to extend help to Mindanao after the 7.8 earthquake, please also pay attention to other severely affected areas.
GenSan already has enough media coverage. Please donโt forget Glan and other parts of Sarangani, which urgently need help as well.
Every few years, Ateneo produces a think piece about inequality in the Philippines. About the gap between the elite and the masa. About how institutions must serve the marginalized.
Rene Baterbonia was from Agusan del Sur. He was recruited because he was 6'4", won the Palaro MVP, and could help Ateneo win a UAAP title. He was the masa. He was the kind of kid those think pieces are supposedly written for.
He is now dead after drowning during an Ateneo-organized activity.
And the institution's response has been to ask for "privacy and space."
The gap between what Ateneo preaches and what Ateneo practices has never been more visible. Or more damning.
โNAKAKAKILIGโ
PANOORIN: Malaking karangalan para kay Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian ang makatambal si Sen. Risa Hontiveros sa trending ngayong political love team nila na #WinRi. | via Charmaine Abong
NETIZENS are keenly following what they consider as a new โlove teamโ between two senators belonging to the new majority bloc.
Read more: https://t.co/rpMlDP78tt
MANILA, Philippines โ Two senators in the so-called 'new majority' are trending on social media not for their legislative work but because netizens have decided to ship them.
Full story in the comments.
โat least pareho kami ni Risa single.โ
eto na ba โyung game mo nun, Sen. @stgatchalian
tapos parang disappointed na inulit ang โsa sariliโ ๐ฅฒ
#WinRi
WINRI SA LEGIT BLUE RIBBON
Wdym Ateneo released the statement first BEFORE informing the family of the deceased in private? Napakasahol. The victims and their families deserve better.
โCoach hindi muna ako babalik nang mga 5 years sa Davao kasi gusto ko muna yumaman at iahon ang aking pamilya sa kahirapan.โ
Reneโs last message to his coach before going to Manila. ๐
The message of Reneโs mother to Tab Baldwin and Ateneo:
โIsa lang ang masasabi ko: BAKIT? Kung isinama ninyo kami sa pag-uusap at ipinaalam ninyo sa amin na may ganoon palang uri ng training, kahit mahirap lang kami, hindi ko papayagang sumali roon ang anak ko. Hindi biro ang lahat ng pagsisikap at sakripisyo ng anak ko, tapos ganito na lang ba ang mangyayari sa kanya?
Hanggang ngayon, wala pa ring malinaw at tamang sagot kung bakit nangyari ito. Sana ay masagot ninyo ang lahat ng aming mga tanong at mabigyan kami ng katotohanan at paliwanag na matagal na naming hinihintay.
Hindi ko pa nakita ang katawan ng anak ko hanggang ngayon. Wala pa silang ibinigay na larawan o video sa akin. Kung totoo na talagang wala na ang anak ko at hindi ko rin alam kung nasaan siya.
Napakahirap kapag mahirap ka dahil hindi ka basta-basta makakapunta kung saan-saan para maghanap ng mga sagot. Sino ba ang lalapitan ko? Saan ba ako pupunta upang mabigyan ng malinaw na sagot at malaman ang totoong nangyari sa anak ko?โ
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