As a former student journalist who has colleagues in the media, I find this statement incredibly appalling and insulting. The Philippines is one of the most dangerous places for journalists worldwide. When a senator tags media as "bayaran", he not only discredits the truth, he legitimizes the attack on the very people who can tell the story.
These journalists were the ones caught in the fire during the Senate shooting. And in this desperate attempt to gain sympathy, they attacked the media instead. Nakarinig na ba tayo ng paumanhin mula sa kanila?
Hindi rin kasalanan ng media na hindi kayo sumipot for 3 days so paano kayo tatanungin di ba? Hindi rin naman nagpapa-presscon si Cayetano.
Now, ask yourself, sinong may kasalanan bakit wala kayo sa coverage. Hindi pwedeng maging puppet niyo lang ang mga mamamahayag. Just because the news is not favorable to you doesn't mean na "bayaran" na sila. Maybe start by looking at what's wrong with you first.
The reality is simple eh: ayaw niyong maging subject to questions so you opt to FB lives and attacks on the media.
Tutal nasa usapang bayaran tayo. Kayo? Bakit hindi kayo pumasok ng tatlong araw sa Senado? Hindi ba at binabayaran kayo ng taumbayan para gawin ang tungkulin ninyo?
These journalists risked their lives to cover the Senate chaos last month tapos tatawagin lang sila ng isang Senador na “bayaran”?
Takot, trauma, nerbyos ang inabot nila tapos tatawagin lang na bayaran????????? TALAGA??????
Wow! Sana all may choices. 😒🙄
Yung ordinaryong Pilipino, walang option. Kinulong agad dahil napagkamalang nanlilimos.
Pero kapag makapangyarihang opisyal na may kasong plunder at graft, may pa-consultation muna?
Dapat patas ang proseso. Walang special treatment, walang VIP lane, walang batas na para lang sa mahihirap.
PHILIPPINES’ FIRST ATHLETICS GOLD! 🏆🤩
John Cabang Tolentino claims PH’s first track and field gold at SEA Games 2025 with a 13.66s 110m hurdles finish. 🤯
🏃♂️ | #SEAGames2025
BREAKING: A new UN report finds that Israel’s assault on Gaza - with the destruction of health care, education, infrastructure, even the banking system - has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.
This is not war: it is genocide.
“hindi po namin pwedeng pabayaan because the taxpayers who are funding the government and are actually paying the salaries of this administration, asking truth from the palace.”
THIS DIVAAAA 🤩
PHILIPPINES RECOVERED ₱6 BILLION PESOS
Mindblowing sakin ang impact netong pagka kulong and convict kay Alice Guo (Huaping)!
Because of her conviction, the government has secured the forfeiture of the ₱6 BILLION PESOS Baofu Compound of Guo Huaping.
Not only did we learn about the economic incentive for fake Chinese mainlanders to come in and conquer a small town with a POGO profiting through human trafficking, we also uncovered an actual attempt by Chinese forces to infiltrate the Philippine government with people who got fake Filipino citizenship through falsified birth certificates and capture elective positions such as a Mayor.
Thank you PAOCC Chiefs Benjamin Acorda and Gilbert Cruz, State Prosecutor Olivia Torrevillas, and of course Senator RISA HONTIVEROS for this huge win for the Filipino people on so many issues:
- national security
- peace and order
- labor welfare of trafficked Filipinos
- government finances
- corrupted local civil registries
Imagine kung walang Senate hearing nuon and police raids of the Baofu Compound. No one of us would be the wiser about the existence of Alice Guo (Huaping).
So thank you PNP, prosecutors, and Senator Risa.
Mabuhay ang good governance!
#AliceGuo
#RisaHontiveros