PH media saved the country once again. When the gunshots were first heard, they knew what to do & still able to deliver raw footage in real time. The Duterte-aligned Senate majority tried to create the impression that they were under attack. The media coverage showed otherwise.
@News5PH Grabe kawawa nman si lolo :( Pero totoo to, hindi maganda implementation at the municipality/ brgy level. Me mga lolo at lola na pumipila ng ilang oras sa kainitan. Pakiayus @DSWDph !!
Happy Birthday, Mr. President. Under the present circumstances, your absence has become more pronounced.
ONE SOLITARY PUBLIC SERVAT
He was born into a dynasty,
but he never treated power as inheritance.
He studied, served, waited
and when history called,
he did not pretend to be extraordinary.
He held no dictatorship in his hands,
no cult of personality at his back.
He commanded no armies loyal to him,
owned no business empire,
and built no monuments to himself.
He governed with no theatrics.
He spoke plainly, often in Filipino,
often without flourish,
but always with a stubborn belief
that rules mattered
and institutions were worth defending.
He inherited a government accustomed to shortcuts
but he insisted on process.
He faced crises that demanded rage
and responded with restraint.
When decisions went against him,
he respected them
even when they constrained him.
He did not enrich himself in office.
He broke rice bowls that enriched the few.
He used resources of the state
to lift the poorest from poverty.
He did not weaponize government for personal vengeance.
He trusted that transparency, though slow,
would outlast noise.
He respected accountability,
even when charges were filed against him
and only later dismissed.
He faced a giant beyond our shores
and chose law over bravado.
Outmatched in arms,
he stood his ground with principle.
He brought a great power before the judgment of nations
and let the world decide.
When the ruling came,
it affirmed not might, but right
and proved that even the small,
when steadfast,
need not bow.
Under his stewardship, the economy grew.
The international financial community
granted the country investment-grade ratings
we had never known before.
We held our heads high abroad,
and nations around the world
respected and envied our standing.
He left office with no fortune,
no dynasty expanded,
no loyal machinery demanding his return.
He went back to private life
as quietly as he entered public service.
He died without calling himself a hero.
Nearly every reformist ideal we now invoke:
clean governance, independent institutions,
respect for the rule of law
passes, in some way,
through the choices he made
when he had the power to choose otherwise.
And though he governed for only six years
without spectacle or myth,
the question he left behind
continues to trouble the nation:
If leadership can be decent,
if power can be restrained,
if public office can be treated as a trust
THEN why do we keep settling for less?
I have always wondered why we Filipinos rally so passionately around our victories in beauty pageants and international sports—cheering as one nation, claiming every crown or medal as a shared triumph that fills us with collective pride.
Yet when it comes to the issue of the West Philippine Sea, a vital part of our maritime jurisdiction and livelihood, some of our own countrymen feel detached, insisting it’s distant from their lives or unrelated to what we are truly fighting for.
This contrast is striking: we unite effortlessly for moments of glory and celebration, but struggle to muster the same shared ownership when defending something foundational to our nation's rights, resources, and future. 🇵🇭
@httpnzm Not really about being corrupt (we dont know that) but a person who does not know anything but to be a polititian. I know someone na after matalo na mayor, jobless na.
@ABSCBNNews@_KarenDeGuzman@ABSCBNNews Palitan nyo soc media manager nyo. You are changing the narative, ano ba! Just write: Teves is back in the Phils to face charges. period
@RichHeydarian Kakampink supperted her, pero iba labanan sa probincya. Kelangan cya mismo nag effort na kukuha ng endorsements. Kelangan me machinery. So expected nman results
@rexinyeta_ And she’s so emotional to run for public office. Dapat medyo matibay kasi mas worst pa dyan haharapin nya. Mali na isa isahin nya yung mga “hindi daw” nagdala sa kanya. For fist timer like her na walang machinery, expected nman na results. Winner sa manila pero iba sa province