Miguel Ivan Atienza

[Tony Leachon MD @DrTonyLeachon]

🇵🇭 A Citizen’s Cry for Dignity in Healthcare

By Dr. Tony Leachon

Today, a concerned citizen shared with me a heartbreaking video from East Avenue Medical Center. Under the scorching heat, she waited over four hours just to access free medicine through the Yakap program. The lines were long, the process slow, and the suffering visible—especially among our seniors and persons with disabilities.

This is not an isolated case. This is the daily reality in many government hospitals.

We must speak truth to power:

• The Department of Health under Secretary Herbosa has failed to deliver dignified, efficient, and compassionate care.
• PhilHealth is being defunded while case rates for top killer diseases remain dangerously low.
• Ghost hospitals and alleged corruption continue to plague our system.
• The poor are left to endure misery while officials remain silent or dismissive.

This is not just incompetence—it is a betrayal of public trust.

We call on the President, lawmakers, and health advocates to act now:

• Streamline access to essential services in OPDs nationwide.
• Increase funding for PhilHealth and raise case rates for heart disease, cancer, stroke, pneumonia, and diabetes.
• Remove VAT on essential medications.
• Investigate and prosecute corruption in the health sector.
• Restore dignity to every Filipino seeking care.

Healthcare is not a privilege. It is a right. And when that right is denied, we must raise our voices—not just as doctors, but as citizens.

Let this message be heard. Let this video be seen. Let this injustice be corrected.

[Cleve V. Arguelles @CleveArguelles]

Walang kukurap habang nagpapatuloy ang 2026 budget deliberations sa BiCam! Some lawmakers are still shamelessly defending a system where Filipinos must go through politicians to access healthcare. The fix is simple: stop parking health funds with congressmen. Channel them directly to PhilHealth and hospitals. Walang padrino, walang epal, walang utang na loob— healthcare is a right and it’s paid for by the Filipino people!

[Kapitan Tambay @KapitanTambay]

Kaming mga hindi makakapunta, we are still with you in spirit.
#TrillionPesoMarch #BahaSaLuneta

[Chel Diokno @ChelDiokno]

Ang sigaw ng bayan: PANANAGUTAN!

Kitakits dito sa EDSA PEOPLE POWER MONUMENT ngayong araw.

[lex salle @f4ggotism]

protesting about FLOOD CONTROL in the middle of visible FLOODWATERS! tangina sobrang lala

[Inquirer @inquirerdotnet]

'NUN VS. CORRUPTION'

WATCH: The Benedictine community of religious sisters, educators and students are joining today's protests in Luneta and Edsa Shrine to demand an end to theft of public funds, according to its former president Sr. Mary John Mananzan. | 🎥: Tonette T. Orejas via Allan Macatuno, Philippine Daily Inquirer

· Watch our special coverage here: https://t.co/o0iy2wcHSb

· Follow our live updates at https://t.co/YTFLfj52Wx

[Angat Buhay @angatbuhay_ph]

Manindigan. Makialam. Lumaban.

September 21, 2025
2:00 PM
People Power Monument

[Philippine Red Cross @philredcross]

Handang-handa ang Philippine Red Cross para sa “Trillion Peso March” ngayong Sept 21.

130+ volunteers, ambulances & medical teams naka-deploy sa EDSA, Luneta & Mendiola. Para sa tulong, tawag sa 143.

#TrillionPesoMarch #RedCross

[The Philippine Star @PhilippineStar]

“Lalakas pa ang tinig ng paghihimagsik, iigting pa ang tapang ng masang Pilipino… hanggang sa makamit ng sambayanan ang tunay at ganap na Kalayaan.”
― Lualhati Bautista, Dekada '70

[Inquirer @inquirerdotnet]

“SERBISYO SA TAO, HUWAG GAWING NEGOSYO!”

WATCH: Groups are now marching towards Luneta Park in Manila to protest against government corruption.

The march is taking place along Taft Avenue—one of Manila’s main roads, which is notorious for quickly flooding during the rainy season. | @NAMercadoINQ

· Watch our special coverage here: https://t.co/o0iy2wdfHJ

· Follow our live updates at https://t.co/ZyDt0ug50H

[Bam Aquino @bamaquino]

Ngayon ay ika-53 anibersaryo ng pagdeklara ng Martial Law.

Hindi kailanman dapat malimutan ang dilim ng Martial Law. Noon, malawakang pang-aabuso at karahasan; ngayon, malawakang korapsyon at kawalan ng pananagutan.

Muli, sinusubok ang ating bayan. At tulad ng nakaraan, ang pinakamahalaga nating sandata ay pagkakaisa at paninindigan para sa tama.

Alalahanin natin ang aral ng nakaraan, at gamitin itong lakas sa mga hamon ng kasalukuyan. Sapagkat ang katotohanan at katarungan ay laging dapat ipaglaban. ❤️🔥🇵🇭

#NeverAgain #NeverForget

[twenty one pilots @twentyonepilots]

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.tyler
https://t.co/ccy1luNeIx

[Karen Davila @iamkarendavila]

This is where our taxes go. Billions in kickbacks to politicians and members of the DPWH.

This post is from Pasig City Mayor @VicoSotto’s IG stories.

Isipin n’yo - hundreds of millions in cash, nasa opisina at ipinambabayad na kickback? SOP daw sa senador - 30% kada infra project?!

Philippines, what a tragedy. People have to be made accountable.

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

TINGNAN: Isiniwalat ni dating DPWH assistant engineer Brice Hernandez ang mga larawan ng limpak-limpak na salapi na 'for delivery' sa mga umano'y flood control project proponents ni dating district engineer Henry Alcantara.

LIVE: https://t.co/obPqavmwrE

[Edson C. Guido @EdsonCGuido]

BILYON BILYON na ang pinag-uusapan sa mga hearing na nawawala sa corruption.

Barya na lang ang bilyon basta galing sa kaban ng bayan.

Kailan kaya darating ang panahon na masaya tayong magbayad ng tax, dahil nakikita natin kung saan napupunta at ramdam ang serbisyo ng gobyerno?

[Jim,RN @JimGumboc]

It all started w/ a single statement from Mayor Vico calling out journalists involved in media corruption & it opened the floodgates of criticism against corrupt DPWH contractors & public officials.The entire network is unraveling.Protect him at all costs.

[Ariel Rojas @arielrojasPH]

“Hindi lang sila basta naglalaglagan, gusto nila magulo ang kwento. Gusto nila lituhin tayo. Gusto nila na di na natin malalaman ang totoo.” — Mayor Vico Sotto

Watch the livestream of the Lower House’s tricomm hearing on flood control projects: https://t.co/5ZEQfgN9fR

[Chel Diokno @ChelDiokno]

Sa mga lahat ng sangkot sa kurapsyon: ilabas niyo na ang katotohanan!