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Ps. 51:17

[Chel Diokno @ChelDiokno]

Maligayang West Philippine Sea Victory Day! 🇵🇭

Ngayong Hulyo 12, ginugunita natin ang ika-10 anibersaryo ng arbitral victory na nagpatibay sa karapatan ng Pilipinas sa West Philippine Sea.

Panahon nang ipasa ang House Bill No. 1626 upang opisyal na kilalanin ang araw na ito bilang National West Philippine Sea Victory Day. Mahalaga itong paalala sa bawat henerasyon na ang ating teritoryo, karapatan, at soberanya ay hindi kailanman dapat isuko.

Ipaglaban ang tagumpay ng Pilipinas. Atin ang West Philippine Sea!

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘FORGOTTEN ISLAND’ received a 5-minute standing ovation after the film was screened at #AnnecyFestival

“The best DreamWorks film of the decade.”

[marvièn @mvn_dn]

I checked out Naga City’s budget website and got a serious case of FOMO 😭

What do you mean every Peso is accounted for??

Citizens can see the clearly defined goals and projects???

AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS???

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[The Philippine Star @PhilippineStar]

“It should be equal – whether you are an ordinary employee or a high-ranking official, it should be ‘no work, no pay’ for everyone,” Sen. Erwin Tulfo said. https://t.co/n3W7bYnWms | via @onenewsph

[Heidi Mendoza @HeidiMendoza45]

Grabe. Ang pinakasukdulan talaga ay yung tangang mayabang.

Maipasok lang ang sariling katwiran, gagamitin na ang batas na parang goma — iuunat, pipilipitin, babaluktutin — para lang mapaboto ang katotong pinaghahanap ng hustisya.

Sorry, patola ako ngayon, kasi hindi ko talaga kayang unawain kung bakit tayo nagbabayad ng buwis para paswelduhin ang mga ganito.

Hindi na nga sumusunod sa batas, ipinagyayabang pa ang kamangmangan. Excuse po ba sila sa Constitution? May special lane ba ang katangahan sa Senado?

Indeed, the punishment of wise men is to be ruled by unwise men. Pero marami sila, kaya “men” na rin. Collective noun na yata ang kabobohan.

At kung maiinis kayo dahil kesyo nagmamarunong ako, i-block n’yo na ako. Walang pilitan dito. Hindi ko obligasyong gawing daycare ang wall ko para sa mga allergic sa common sense.

Hindi tayo uunlad sa ganitong klaseng pag-iisip: yung mali na nga, ipinipilit pa; yung batas na nga, ginagawang suggestion; yung accountability na nga, ginagawang favor sa tropa.

Kaya please, trolls at DDS, huwag muna kayong magtambay sa wall ko. Bad trip ako today. 😡

[Philstar.com @PhilstarNews]

‘HOW DID WE REACH THIS LOW LEVEL OF PUBLIC SERVICE?’

Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas decried the recent political developments, including the Senate leadership change on Monday, in a pastoral letter released Thursday.

“It is confusing. It is unbelievable. It is pathetic. It is disgusting. It is shameless. How did we reach this low level of public service?” Villegas wrote.

He also urged the faithful to pray and actively seek political change, and to vote more wisely in the next elections.

Live updates: https://t.co/7cRO3ZxG1V

[Barry Gutierrez @barrygutierrez3]

Bihira ako humirit ng Latin maxim, pero eto parang bagay sa panahon:

Fatetur facinus qui judicium fugit.

He who escapes judgment confesses his guilt.

Ibig sabihin, kung pumuslit ka nang alas-dos ng madaling araw, hindi siguro dahil inosente ka. ⚖️

[GMA News @gmanews]

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) identified eight individuals as co-perpetrators of former President Rodrigo Duterte in the case involving the alleged abuses in his war on drugs.

Read from the archives: https://t.co/kHmnDVpSgL

[mayka 🍉 @maykamaykaba]

One week na kinulong ang isang matanda dahil lang nagtatrabaho siya para sa kanyang apo.

Samantalang si Bato, na may kaso sa ICC, prinotektahan pa sa Senado.

Ngayon nyo sabihin na patas ang batas sa Pilipinas.

[The Philippine Star @PhilippineStar]

PRAY FOR ALBAY 🙏

Farmers in Camalig, Albay face significant loss of their crops and vegetable produce due to heavy ashfall from Mayon Volcano.

In a Facebook post on Sunday, Camalig Mayor Caloy Baldo shared photos of the aftermath of the ashfall in their municipality.

“The LGU is also appealing for additional support from the national government to provide relief and aid to affected farmers as recovery efforts begin,” said Baldo. (Facebook/Caloy G Baldo)

[GMA News @gmanews]

Naghihimutok ang ilang netizens kasabay ng pagsipa sa singil sa kuryente ngayong April 2026.

Mahal na nga ang kuryente, pasan pa raw ng maraming consumers ang pagpopondo sa subsidiya ng gobyerno para sa senior citizens at low-income households.

Saan nga ba napupunta ang dagdag na charges sa electric bill mo?

Alamin sa video: https://t.co/1yzGva0ceg

[Informed PH @informedph2]

Saw this post from Antonette Aquino on Facebook - sharing it here. This is what she said:

No, I did not leave the aircon running 24/7.
My Meralco bill came in at ₱9,791.78. So let me break it down because nobody else will.

Generation charge alone is ₱5,266.66. That’s 54% of my entire bill. Meralco’s actual cut? ₱1,730.98. And that number hasn’t moved since 2022. What keeps going up is everything sitting on top of it.

Here’s what’s actually eating your money:

System Loss — ₱486.83
You are paying for stolen electricity. Illegal connections, meter tampering, jumpers. Republic Act 7832 lets Meralco pass the cost of electricity theft straight to paying customers.

Universal Charges — ₱201.96
Part of this goes toward paying off the National Power Corporation’s debts. Old debts. From decisions made before most of us were even working.

Government Taxes — ₱989.81
The 12% VAT is not just on what you consumed. It’s stacked on top of every other charge, including the subsidies you’re already paying for. So yes, you are paying tax on stolen electricity. Tax on an old government debt. Tax on a subsidy you do not even benefit from.

FiT-All and GEA-All — ₱149.59 combined
Two separate renewable energy levies running at the same time. The second one was quietly added to bills in February 2026. Both government-mandated. Neither one is optional.

FYI..none of this is illegal. It’s all backed by law. But legal and fair are not the same thing.

The middle class does not steal electricity. We do not qualify for lifeline rates. We do not get 4Ps. We just pay full VAT, fund everyone else’s discounts, and absorb costs that should never have been ours to begin with. Every month. Without relief.

What actually needs to change:
1. Reform the generation charge. One line item cannot be more than half your bill and go unchallenged.
2. Stop passing system loss to consumers. Other countries make the utility absorb it. We should demand the same.
3. Move faster on renewables. Lower generation costs long-term. That transition is already overdue.

📸 CTTO

[Chel Diokno @ChelDiokno]

ISANG MALAKING KAPALPAKAN 🤦‍♂️😡

The government must explain what happened. They must also assure the Filipino people that they are doing everything possible to find Zaldy Co and bring him back to face accountability.

[Inquirer @inquirerdotnet]

‘KUNIN SA NATIONAL BUDGET, HINDI SA CONSUMER’

Sen. Bam Aquino proposed that electricity subsidies be funded through the national budget to ease the burden on low- and middle-income consumers.

Filing Senate Resolution No. 375, Aquino also called for the Committee on Energy to investigate the design and system of the said subsidies, including the lifeline rate, amid growing consumer complaints.

“Mahalagang malaman natin ang sistema ng pangongolekta at hindi ito napapasan ng mga kapwa naghihirap na kababayan natin sa middle class,” he said. | via Hiroshi Suto, https://t.co/E0yNJSWpUY trainee

READ MORE: https://t.co/jRHmfEM8Ip

[Chel Diokno @ChelDiokno]

Legal man na ipasa sa consumers ang ilang electricity subsidies, hindi ibig sabihin na makatarungan ito. We call on electric companies to shoulder the subsidies as part of their social obligation. 1/2

[Jun Robles Lana @junrobleslana]

They think that by erasing the person, they erase the protest.

We shot this in 2013. In 2026, the script remains the same--only the names of the disappeared have changed. They kill the messengers to bury the message. But the truth is not so easily erased

[Tarantadong Kalbo @KevinKalbo]

✊🏼
Hustisya para kina Errol, Mau, Alyssa, Rj, Lyle at Kai.
Hustisya para sa Negros 19.
Militar sa kanayunan, palayasin!

[mayka 🍉 @maykamaykaba]

Namumundok din kami.

Dahil sa mga bundok matatagpuan ang mga katutubo. Kami ay mga boluntaryong guro, hindi terorista.

Bago mo tanungin kung bakit may mga kabataang pinipiling tumungo sa mga kabundukan, tanungin mo muna kung bakit hindi inaabot ng gobyerno ang mga lugar na ito.

[cowlet (oa) @smolmidoring]

never forget how BINI literally gave out flyers with qr codes of their official accounts sa kalye to promote themselves. OH MY GOD 😭

maloi: it's your lucky day dahil makikilala ko na kami. kami ang BINI!