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[Kai @imnotkaiii]

reminds me of this.

[The Philippine Star @PhilippineStar]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ORDER FILED BY STUDENTS, ADVOCATES VS SAN MIGUEL CORP.

Students and environmental advocates attended a hearing before the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 41 on Monday regarding their petition for a temporary environmental protection order against San Miguel Corp. (SMC) over the massive tree cutting along Quirino Avenue in Manila.

“We are prompted to file this action in representation of the youth and those yet unborn because we also want to send a message to these corporations that are actively destroying our environment,” petitioner Joaquin Bautista said.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said there are 523 trees subject to tree-cutting and another 94 trees for earth-balling, totaling 617 trees affected to yield construction for the Southern Access Link Expressway (SALEX).

Bautista said the citizen action suit aims to pursue ecological justice and accountability, stressing that SMC should rehabilitate the trees cut in Manila.

The irreparable damage from this ecological violence will be inherited by succeeding generations, sustainability and environment student Elisha Zantua said.

“It can cause catastrophic effects such as eliminating the structure of preventing soil erosion, lessening the capabilities to absorb the floodwater, and affecting the air quality around the space,” she said.

“What we really need right now is more green spaces. We shouldn’t just prioritize urban development over what the people actually need,” Zantua added.

University student and petitioner Paul Benedict Callorina lamented how decades-old trees, which have stood long before he was born, were brazenly cut for an expressway project.

“Our policies and laws should be pro-people and pro-nature,” Callorina said.

The DENR said last week that SMC has voluntarily suspended further tree-cutting activities along Quirino Avenue following the public outrage. | @andronquillo

[Heidi Mendoza @HeidiMendoza45]

Nitong mga huling pag-ikot ko sa iba’t ibang paaralan, maraming lumalapit sa akin mula noong nakaraang halalan, nagsasabing binoto nila ako kahit akala raw nila ayaw ko sa mga bakla.

Hindi po iyon totoo.

Ang totoo, galing ako sa konserbatibong pinagmulan at sa henerasyong hindi laging naturuan na pakinggan nang buo ang karanasan ng LGBTQIA+ community.

Inaamin ko, tulad ng maraming Pilipino, may mga bagay akong mas matagal dapat pinakinggan, mas malalim dapat inunawa, at mas maaga dapat ipinaglaban.

Mas nauunawaan ko ito dahil minsan ko na ring naranasan ang pakiramdam na tila mag-isa ako sa laban. Noong panahong tumetestigo ako sa Sandiganbayan kahit resigned na ako sa COA, alam ko ang bigat ng paninindigang hindi palaging komportable, pero kailangang gawin.

Sa mahabang panahon ko sa COA at sa United Nations, napalibutan ako ng mahuhusay, matatalino, masisipag, at mapagkakatiwalaang LGBTQIA+ colleagues and friends. Marami sa kanila ang naging katuwang ko sa trabaho, sa paglilingkod, at sa mahihirap na panahong kailangan ko ng tapang at malasakit. Marami rin sa kanila ang nakasama ko sa kampanya.

At dahil ligtas ako sa piling nila, may mga panahong inakala kong ligtas na rin sila sa mundo.

Doon lumalim ang aking pag-unawa.

Hindi sapat na mahalin natin ang LGBTQIA+ sa opisina, sa pamilya, sa simbahan, sa kampanya, o sa barkada kung sa labas ng mga espasyong iyon ay may mga Pilipino pa ring maaaring mawalan ng trabaho, mapahiya sa paaralan, maitaboy sa ospital, tanggihan ng serbisyo, o husgahan dahil lamang sa kanilang pagkakakilanlan.

Lilinawin ko lamang: hindi ako tumalikod sa aking mga prinsipyo. Mas naging malinaw lamang sa akin na ang prinsipyo, kapag tunay, dapat marunong makinig, matuto, at magprotekta sa taong mas madaling masaktan ng lipunan.

Alam kong may mga relihiyosong Pilipino na nag-aalala. Naiintindihan ko po iyon. Mahalaga ang pananampalataya sa ating mga pamilya, komunidad, at konsensya.

Ngunit hindi kailangang magbanggaan ang pananampalataya at proteksyon laban sa diskriminasyon. Sa pananampalatayang buhay, may puwang ang katotohanan, katarungan, awa, at pagpapakumbaba.

Nalulungkot nga ako kapag naririnig kong may mga LGBTQIA+ na hindi na nagsisimba dahil hindi nila maramdamang may puwang sila sa Simbahan.
Mas gaganda siguro ang usapan kung magsisimula tayo sa pakikinig, hindi sa takot; sa paggalang, hindi sa paghuhusga; at sa malinaw na layuning walang Pilipinong dapat apihin dahil sa kanyang pagkatao. Sa ganitong konteksto, gusto kong taos-pusong bumati ng Happy Pride!

Maraming salamat sa paghintay sa mga katulad kong mas mabagal na nakarating sa mas malinaw na pag-unawa. Pero dapat hindi naghihintay ang karapatan habang kami ay natututo.

Kailangang seryosohin ang proteksyon laban sa diskriminasyon. At kailangang matuto rin ang mga tulad ko na ang mabuting intensyon ay hindi sapat kung hindi ito nauuwi sa mas makatarungan at mas makataong paninindigan.

#HappyPride
#PrideMonth2026
#PridePH

[Kiko Pangilinan @kikopangilinan]

SOLID BLOC 11: THIS IS NOT SENATE INDEPENDENCE BUT A BOYCOTT OF DUTY

The Solid Bloc 11 minority senators were present today for the 5 p.m. resumption of session, ready to work, ready to vote on pending bills and ready to keep the Senate running, but the majority led by SP Cayetano chose not to show up.

They did not even have the courtesy to inform us when they ignored the rules, and could not extend the basic decency of telling the minority that they had no intention of convening.

Let us focus on the work, because the Senate has serious business before it, and if the majority wants to protest, deliver privilege speeches or defend its position, the proper place to do that is on the floor, not by making the chamber stand still.

Ang Senado ay hindi pag-aari ng iisang may hawak ng gavel. Institusyon ito ng taumbayan at napakadaming mahalagang panukala ang nabibinbin dahil sa drama ng mayorya.

Important measures were left hanging because of the majority’s boycott, including the Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers, the Anti-Hospital Detention Bill, the confirmation of generals before the Commission on Appointments and the bills granting Philippine citizenship to Bennie Boatwright III and Matthew James Ramos.

Let us call this for what it is: the claim that this is about Senate independence is false, because what happened today was about the rule of law, public accountability and a lawful process before the Ombudsman and the Sandiganbayan that no senator, no bloc and no presiding officer controls.

This is a boycott because of the arrest of Senator Jinggoy Estrada, and the public should not be asked to believe another convenient line from a leadership that has repeatedly twisted the truth.

Today was a step toward accountability in a controversy that the public has long demanded action on, and after years of people asking why nothing was happening in flood control investigations, it is unacceptable to suddenly call the rule of law an attack on the Senate.

Is Senate President Alan Cayetano now questioning the rule of law?

Sa totoo lang, ang gusto nila ay kampihan, hindi prinsipyo. Gusto nila sumama kami sa boycott, patahimikin ang Senado at gamitin ang minority para manatili ang Senate President sa puwesto habang iniiwasan ang tunay na test of numbers sa floor.

This may be the first time in decades that Senate work stopped because the presiding officer himself refused to work, because even during typhoons and the height of the pandemic, work was suspended only because of necessity or because systems still had to be set up, not because the leadership chose a boycott of duty.

The public has every right to ask whether SP Cayetano is repeating what he did in the House of Representatives, when questions were raised about a leader refusing to step aside, refusing to convene and holding up proceedings when the numbers were no longer certain.

The question now is just as serious: will they do this again for the next two session days, and will they keep the Senate idle simply to avoid facing the numbers on the floor?

The Senate should open its doors, call the session to order and return to work, because no Facebook post, no appeal to institutional pride and no political drama can erase the basic duty of senators to show up, follow the law and serve the people.

And lastly, we call on the Filipino people to watch the Senate closely, because when an institution refuses to work, public vigilance becomes the people’s first line of defense.

[GMA News @gmanews]

ML Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima has filed a bill seeking to impose an annual ultra-wealth tax on the country’s billionaires, particularly those whose net taxable assets exceed P1 billion.

De Lima’s House Bill No. 9274, or the “Ultra-Wealth Tax Act,” proposes to amend some provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997. She noted that several consumption taxes heavily burden the poor and the middle class.

Read more:
https://t.co/V7DQxEE39P

[Jap @japtobias]

Philippine mass transit so fucked up that this was the line for the EDSA Carousel at around 11 p.m.

MRT was already closed. Angkas wasn’t viable because of the rain + Grab/ID was either impossible to book or too expensive. So walang choice kundi pumila sa kakaunti/punuang bus.

[Chel Diokno @ChelDiokno]

Hindi impressive ang legal background kung ginagamit lang sa pangmamaliit. Mas nakakabahala ang may alam sa batas pero pinipiling baluktutin ito.

[Louise Jensen Duffy (also Ernest Jensen) @LouiseWeebe]

It has been brought to my attention that the phrase ‘was it a cat I saw’, reads the same backwards and forwards.

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

One of my college professors used to say "anything worth doing is worth doing poorly." I didn't understand that for years because I didn't do anything poorly, I couldn't do anything poorly, I had to Do Everything Perfectly.

But brushing your teeth for 30 seconds is better than not brushing them at all when that 2 minutes seems exhausting. Doing ten minutes of yoga is better than 10 minutes of sitting when 30 minutes of cardio sounds impossible.

Changing my clothes is good when a whole shower is impossible. Standing on the porch for a few minutes is worth it after being in the house for three straight days because I don't have the energy to go anywhere.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly... because doing it poorly is better than not doing it.

[Uncle Ruckus @Emarged]

“Until death, all defeat is psychological."

[xian•NEI 💫 @kyuudere13]

kailan kaya nila maiisip na minsan hindi puro highway ang solution

seoul went from that to this

[Leila de Lima @manayleila]

𝗡𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🚫
𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗮𝘄! 🎫

Filipinos deserve fair access to entertainment events, not overpriced tickets and abusive resellers.

To combat this abusive practice, we filed House Bill No. 9171 or the "Anti-Ticket Scalping Law", which seeks to protect consumers by prohibiting ticket scalping, particularly the unauthorized resale of tickets at prices exceeding 10% above face value.

Hindi pwedeng i-normalize ang pananamantala ng mga scalpers. Kapag hindi ito naaksyunan at napatawan ng mahigpit na parusa, mas marami pang fans at consumers ang mabibiktima.

Hindi ito simpleng "diskarte" o "hustle" sa pagnenegosyo. Isa itong garapalang pagkatuso, panloloko at panggagantso sa kapwa.

Kaisa po tayo ni Sen. Kiko Pangilinan at mga kasamahan natin sa Kongreso sa layuning sugpuin at panagutin ang mga nasa likod ng modus na ito.

[Amber 🦋 @geeyanii]

Metro Manila does not need anymore expressways. Metro Manila BADLY needs more train lines, a subway, and a unified bus/jeep system. Hindi kulang ang kalsada sa Maynila, connectivity at integration ang kulang kaya mas pipiliin pa rin ng mas nakakarami na magkotse.

[Dear Self. @Dearme2_]

Amen.

[jctams @jctams17]

@adobomochi VIIS
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[The Dalbo Dog @Dalbodog]

:(((

[Mabintou @mabintou]

It will probably take longer than you think to build your dream life so don’t get caught up watching everybody else live theirs. Focus on building your own & don’t give up too early.