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[Inquirer @inquirerdotnet]

‘ANG TUNAY NA UNITY, HINDI NABUBUWAG’

LOOK: 2022 senatorial slate of former Vice President and now Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo, including Sen. Risa Hontiveros, Mamamayang Liberal Rep. Leila de Lima, Akbayan Rep. Chel Diokno, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, Sonny Matula, Erin Tañada, Teddy Baguilat, Alex Lacson, and Fhilip Sawali, reunite.

“It was fun catching up and talking about what lies ahead of us and our country,” lawyer Dino de Leon captions. “Patuloy po tayong lalaban sa korap at abusado.” | 📷: De Leon/Facebook

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[Nuel @directfromncn]

@twistenweyes Nakakamis!

[rae @jojinice]

this is comedy gold, yung lasingan na nakakatawa 😭

ganda lang how they personified the usual characters sa inuman — bangka, the guidance counselor, hopeless romantic, pulutan sa kwento, mother figure at di consentidor, nakakairitang kainuman

also, ganda ng bigayan ng actors 🙌

[Nuel @directfromncn]

@jojinice Thank you.🩵

[Jesus Falcis 🇵🇭 @jesusfalcis]

Filipino taxpayers, meet your DDS Congressman Kiko Barzaga. 👊

Move over, Claudine Co. 👊

There's a new nepo baby in town. 👊

#NepoBaby

[Nuel @directfromncn]

@RichHeydarian The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.

[Nuel @directfromncn]

@elio_verse 🔥

[TonyToni @djtonytoni]

■ The Mayor Who Makes All Corrupt Leaders Look Bad

Some politicians spend years perfecting the art of saying nothing.

Vico Sotto isn’t one of them.

This week, while others might have dodged questions or hidden behind press releases, the Pasig mayor went straight for the jugular.

After President Marcos Jr. revealed ₱100 billion worth of irregularities in flood control contracts, Vico named names—two of the top 15 contractors, both owned by the Discaya family, his former political rivals.

And he didn’t just drop a bomb and walk away.

He laid out what he calls the Six Stages of Corruption in government projects—starting from rigged bidding, to ghost projects, to SOPs that eat half the budget, all the way to turning stolen public funds into political capital.

It’s the kind of transparency that makes a lot of powerful people very uncomfortable.

This isn’t new for him.

The U.S. State Department once called him an International Anti-Corruption Champion.

The Senate honored him for removing kickbacks in Pasig’s contracts, setting up hotlines for complaints, and slashing contract prices to cut bribery.

Even as a councilor, he wrote Pasig’s own transparency ordinance—Metro Manila’s first localized FOI law.

And here’s the part that makes him different: he’s not just exposing corruption, he’s taking action.

He’s pushing legal cases to collect millions in unpaid taxes from these companies.

He’s promising to send every red flag directly to the President.

And his administration’s track record—billions saved, salaries raised, workers regularized—proves it’s not just talk.

When Malacañang itself tells all mayors to follow Vico Sotto’s example, that’s not flattery. That’s an admission: this one guy is making the rest look bad.

Leaders like him know the danger of speaking up. But they also know silence is the oxygen corruption breathes. And Vico refuses to give it air.

To every leader, from barangay captain to senator:

Stop making excuses. Stop pretending you don’t know what’s going on.

Start doing what’s right, even when it costs you.

Because in a country where corruption has been normalized, Vico Sotto is proof that integrity is still possible.

The only question left is—do you have the guts to follow his lead?

Credits #morningcoffeethoughts

[DeusXMachina @DeusXMachina14]

Vico Sotto does a Muhammad Ali move. Sting like a bee, float like a butterfly. He essentially exposed the unholy alliance of media doing PR stuff and unscrupulous politicians. At the same time cementing his brand as a voice of reason in a political world of hypocrisy and greed for power. The media can make alibis saying these were just peddling rags to riches stories of the Discayas but it's a clear propaganda to elevate their names into relevance especially they were up against Vico who's immortal in Pasig politics. Reality bites. The media indeed needs a soul searching.

[Rappler @rapplerdotcom]

Chiz Escudero slams the media for reporting that Lawrence Lubiano, his top campaign donor, bagged P5.16 billion in flood control projects, which he says is only about 1% of the national budget of P545.64 billion for such projects.

But Rappler desk editor Herbie Gomez reminds the Senate President that P5 billion, whether it’s 1% or a tenth of a percent, is still P5 billion of taxpayers’ money.

[Nuel @directfromncn]

@Obi_Prodigalson Ang meron lang sila kiti-kiting wake & bake

[Nuel @directfromncn]

@arcelo_ian 🩷🩷🩷

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@migzzubiri Ang luma! 🤮

[Nuel @directfromncn]

Bukas na! Pakisama sa balota🙏🏼

[Nuel @directfromncn]

@Papa_suBodin Hahaha thank you, Dad

[Nuel @directfromncn]

@twistenweyes Thank you, Tristan! Miss you

[Leila de Lima @manayleila]

If public clamor is still needed for the Senate to immediately hold an impeachment trial after the House files the Articles of Impeachment, then the Constitution would have mandated a plebiscite. But the Constitution did not. It said that trial by the Senate shall FORTHWITH follow, meaning immediately. The Constitution did not leave the time period for holding the impeachment trial upon the whim of the Senate President. FORTWITH means a mandate, an order to the Senate to hold the trial immediately.

At anu namang kalokohan na ikukumpara pa si VP Sara kay Kristo para lamang ipagtanggol ang pagdedelay ng Senado sa impeachment trial? It simply shows the Senate President's bankruptcy of arguments.

[Aika Robredo @aikarobredo]

.@lenirobredo’s account has been hacked. The tweet below is not hers. Her team is currently working on regaining access. Please be warned, and thank you.