Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero and Akbayan party-list Rep. Chel Diokno highlighted the struggles of ordinary Filipinos in separate Facebook posts, following the Senate’s decision to archive the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte to adhere to the Supreme Court ruling.
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To put it simply, the VP mishandled public funds. Millions missing with no clear explanation. And the Senate is disinterested with the whole thing. They are not even blinking. Must be nice to be untouchable. Nakakagalit.
Today, let us commit to honor the real heroes of EDSA, the millions of Filipinos who bravely stood up against tyranny, oppression, and corruption.
Together, let us honor and thank all of those who rose up during Martial Law and EDSA for all the freedoms we enjoy today.
#EDSA38
Israeli ground forces are encircling and moving deeper into Gaza City, within 2 km of Gaza’s largest medical facility, al-Shifa Hospital, where staff are overwhelmed by the number of patients amid a month-long blockade & heavy bombardment.
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NEW: @UNHumanRights NY Office Director @CraigMokhiber resigns in protest over timidity of key parts of #UN system on issues pertaining to Palestinian Human Rights. In letter to @volker_turk he says: "This is a text-book case of genocide. The European, ethno-nationalist, settler colonial project in Palestine has entered its final phase, toward the expedited destruction of the last remnants of indigenous Palestinian life in #Palestine."
The Director of the UN's New York office just resigned after thirty years at the organisation over the UN's handling of the ongoing genocide of Palestinians.
The entirety of his resignation letter is a necessary read but this first page blew me away.
Directors' Guild of the Philippines lambasts the proposed banning of the film "Plane" that Sen. Robinhood Padilla alleged to have portrayed the country in a bad light.
Padilla earlier said the MTRCB has promised to ban the movie from showing in local cinemas.
For three days, our @ABSCBNNews team immersed with onion farmers and agricultural stakeholders in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija.
We tried to follow the onion trail from farm to market, and in the process, trace the problems of the onion industry.
Here's a quick summary of our story. 🧵