carmela antonia

Be the BEST of Whatever You Are!

[carmela antonia @areigorn]

@isabellacrdb @ellamimasamayor @stgatchalian Parang "come" ata sinabi nya. 😊

[Rachelyn @RachelynMontero]

Noong gabi raw na inaresto si Digong, kasama raw si Leila de Lima sa meeting doon sa Townhouse.

E sino ung kasama ko sa Bilyonaryo News? Na inienterview live 😭

Shet pati ako nagkaka crisis kung boss ko ba talaga ung kasama ko that night 😭😭😭

[Karen Davila @iamkarendavila]

Senators were seen crying yesterday as a colleague was being arrested for plunder.

This is in no way an indictment of the accused senator but I would like to remind our lawmakers…

Iyakan n’yo ang ninanakawang Pilipino.
Iyakan n’yo ang binabaha dahil sa nakawan sa flood control.
Iyakan n’yo ang gutom nating mga kababayan.

Get out of your bubble. Please.

[Kiko Pangilinan @kikopangilinan]

SOLID BLOC 11: THIS IS NOT SENATE INDEPENDENCE BUT A BOYCOTT OF DUTY

The Solid Bloc 11 minority senators were present today for the 5 p.m. resumption of session, ready to work, ready to vote on pending bills and ready to keep the Senate running, but the majority led by SP Cayetano chose not to show up.

They did not even have the courtesy to inform us when they ignored the rules, and could not extend the basic decency of telling the minority that they had no intention of convening.

Let us focus on the work, because the Senate has serious business before it, and if the majority wants to protest, deliver privilege speeches or defend its position, the proper place to do that is on the floor, not by making the chamber stand still.

Ang Senado ay hindi pag-aari ng iisang may hawak ng gavel. Institusyon ito ng taumbayan at napakadaming mahalagang panukala ang nabibinbin dahil sa drama ng mayorya.

Important measures were left hanging because of the majority’s boycott, including the Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers, the Anti-Hospital Detention Bill, the confirmation of generals before the Commission on Appointments and the bills granting Philippine citizenship to Bennie Boatwright III and Matthew James Ramos.

Let us call this for what it is: the claim that this is about Senate independence is false, because what happened today was about the rule of law, public accountability and a lawful process before the Ombudsman and the Sandiganbayan that no senator, no bloc and no presiding officer controls.

This is a boycott because of the arrest of Senator Jinggoy Estrada, and the public should not be asked to believe another convenient line from a leadership that has repeatedly twisted the truth.

Today was a step toward accountability in a controversy that the public has long demanded action on, and after years of people asking why nothing was happening in flood control investigations, it is unacceptable to suddenly call the rule of law an attack on the Senate.

Is Senate President Alan Cayetano now questioning the rule of law?

Sa totoo lang, ang gusto nila ay kampihan, hindi prinsipyo. Gusto nila sumama kami sa boycott, patahimikin ang Senado at gamitin ang minority para manatili ang Senate President sa puwesto habang iniiwasan ang tunay na test of numbers sa floor.

This may be the first time in decades that Senate work stopped because the presiding officer himself refused to work, because even during typhoons and the height of the pandemic, work was suspended only because of necessity or because systems still had to be set up, not because the leadership chose a boycott of duty.

The public has every right to ask whether SP Cayetano is repeating what he did in the House of Representatives, when questions were raised about a leader refusing to step aside, refusing to convene and holding up proceedings when the numbers were no longer certain.

The question now is just as serious: will they do this again for the next two session days, and will they keep the Senate idle simply to avoid facing the numbers on the floor?

The Senate should open its doors, call the session to order and return to work, because no Facebook post, no appeal to institutional pride and no political drama can erase the basic duty of senators to show up, follow the law and serve the people.

And lastly, we call on the Filipino people to watch the Senate closely, because when an institution refuses to work, public vigilance becomes the people’s first line of defense.

[Garen Aguinaldo @garenaguinaldox]

Shouldn’t it be required that before someone becomes a senator or runs for government, they should also have an NBI clearance and have finished college?

The standards should be raised.

[Torey Canino-Celis 🏔️ @tj_canino]

THE CASES OF MAGIC 13 🪄

Escudero - plunder, graft
Villanueva - plunder
Estrada - plunder, malversation
Marcoleta - plunder
Villar siblings - market manipulation/insider trading
Go - co-perpetrator/ICC
Dela Rosa - ICC
Padilla - obstruction of justice

GOD SAVE THE PHILIPPINES!

[aika dionisio 🖤❤️ @DionisioAika]

Watching this edit right now got me more emotional HAHAHAHA. Di pala ako delulu all this time. #DonBelle

https://t.co/9WPX9mJB1Q

[Leila de Lima @manayleila]

How convenient it is for some people to use me or what I went through as an example whenever it serves their purpose or agenda. Kahit fake news, kahit ibang-iba ang totoong nangyari at naging sitwasyon ko noon, ipipilit pa rin para lang umakma sa naratibo nila.

Nung una, ang sinabi, hindi raw ako nagpa-aresto sa Senate premises. Maliwanag na kasinungalingan yan dahil sa Senado ako mapayapang humarap at nagpa-aresto sa mga awtoridad. Hindi ako nagpakanlong sa Senado, hindi ako nagdulot ng gulo, hindi ako tumakas, at lalong hindi ko inilagay sa peligro ang buhay ng maraming tao.

Now, they cite the resolutions filed by my fellow Senators during my unjust incarceration to allow me to participate in committee hearings and plenary deliberations via teleconferencing. Those were never approved. Kahit nga may COVID-19 pandemic noon kung kailan na-amend na ang rules to allow teleconferencing, di pa rin ako pinayagan. More importantly, no railroading or shortcuts to amend the Senate rules were resorted to in order to accommodate that request which, I repeat, was never granted. Malinaw yan kaya tigil-tigilan nila ang pagkukumpara.

Mahiya at kilabutan naman ang mga nagsasabing magkapareho lang ang pinagdaanan ko sa sinuman na gusto nilang pagbigyan ngayon.

[🇺‌ 🇳‌ 🇴‌ 🤓 @_MIGZ29]

ᴋᴀʀᴇɴ ᴅᴀᴠɪʟᴀ ᴛᴏ ᴇx sᴘ ᴅʀɪʟᴏɴ: "ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴏᴜᴛ ɴᴇᴄᴇssᴀʀʏ?"

ᴇx sᴘ ᴅʀɪʟᴏɴ: "ʏᴇs, ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴡᴀs ɴᴇᴄᴇssᴀʀʏ. ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴇᴠᴇɴᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʏʀᴀɴɴʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴊᴏʀɪᴛʏ".

[Kiko Pangilinan @kikopangilinan]

Simple lang ito.

Yung kay Leila panahon ng Covid at siya ay nakakulong dahil nag surrender siya sa mga autoridad at nirespeto ang arresting officers. Law abiding.

Si Bato. Walang Covid ngayon, nagtatago at tinakasan ang mga autoridad. Law breaker.

Hindi dapat kinokonsinti ang law breaker.

Huwag magpaloko sa mga nagkukumpara ng langka sa durian.

Tigilan na ninyo ang mga paninira at mga kasinungalingan ninyong mga trolls na mga bayaran ng mga kurakot na pulitikong nasa likod ninyo.

Hindi nyo na kaya lokohin ang taumbayan.

[Kapamilya Online World @kowalerts]

NAGKA-AMINAN PA NGA!! #DonnyPangilinan inaming niligawan si #BelleMariano at saksi ang Mariano Family sa panliligaw niya!!

Vice: “Matagal mong niligawan si Belle?”

Donny: *napangiti*

Belle: “Hala? (to Donny)”

Vice: “Na enjoy mo ‘yung panliligaw mo kay Belle?”

Donny: *napangiti ulit*

Vice: “Ang haba ng mga chika mo kanina ha.”

Donny: “Huy pero ha grabe ‘yung effort ko nun, diba?”

Belle: “Oo”

—————

Vice: “Pag in love ka, hindi masyadong effort (‘yung panliligaw) kasi sincere, natural.”

Donny: “Tsaka nae-enjoy mong gawin kasi alam mong mapapangiti ‘yung tao.”

Vice: “Ikaw naman (Belle) ano ‘yung pinaa effort na na-appreciate mo na nasabi mong ay eto na ‘to, kanpirm!”

Belle: “Ang layo niya kasi diba? Laguna, ako Antipolo. He drives all the way from Laguna to Antipolo. So ang layo ng dina-drive niya tapos pagdating pa dun susunduin niya ako, magda drive pa kami somewhere. Sabi ko grabe this guy, spends more than 5 hours in the road just to see me. Wow!”

[raffy magno @raffymagno]

Anim na buwan na hindi nagtrabaho habang sumisweldo. Tapos ngayon naman gustong mag-fulltime na work from home?

Hiyang-hiya naman ang mga minimum wage earners sa Pilipinas sa’yo, Sen!

Taumbayan ang nagpapa-sweldo sainyo. Kahit konting kahihiyan man lang sana.

[Mang Inasar  @Mang_INASAR]

MAGING MATALINO!
HUWAG IBOTO ANG MGA ITO EVER!!

JOEL VILLANUEVA
JINGGOY ESTRADA
CHIZ ESCUDERO
MARCOLETA
CAMILLE VILLAR
MARK VILLAR
IMEE MARCOS
ROBIN PADILLA
ALLAN PETER CAYETANO
PIA CAYETANO
LOREN LEGARDA
BATO DELA ROSA
BONG GO

[Pat Rigodon @ptrshrgdn]

Bubbly 🎶 @donnypangilinan @bellemariano02

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

Do you agree with Bianca Gonzalez’s sentiment that the Philippines is not poor but plundered? #Newsapan

[Kiko Pangilinan @kikopangilinan]

𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬, 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗡𝗢 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥.

The sowing of intrigues has no place in this plenary hall. Fake news has no place in this plenary hall.

𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮.

[Donny @donnypangilinan]

Tagsen 🌙

[marvièn @mvn_dn]

This is the speech. I think every Filipino would agree she was our voice of reason here (unless tinamaan ka 😉)

[Richard Heydarian @RichHeydarian]

Wait, so SENATE MAJORITY is 13 ONLY eh baka TATLO or Lima KASUHAN ng OMBUDSMAN for FLOOD COMTROL & DALAWA ma ICC ARREST 🙃🙃🙃