Was it purely an act of nature, or did human activity worsen it? Years of heavy drilling, mining, and dam tunneling along fragile border slopes can’t be ignored. The world need a transparent investigation into whether upstream activity played a role. 🔍🇳🇵 #NepalFloods
What goes through your mind when a wall of debris is behind you? Does your life flash before your eyes in milliseconds, or does shock just black you out instantly? Heartbreaking to watch the terror people faced. Praying for the souls of everyone affected. 💔🙏 #NepalFloods
Ever see a lone, giant boulder in the middle of nowhere and wonder how it got there? Watching these Nepal flash floods carry massive rocks miles downstream explains it all. The sheer force of surging water and debris flows reshaping entire landscapes in minutes. 🏔️🌊 #NepalFlood
With the recent flash flood and debris flow disaster, I wonder: does everyone die instantly? Can air pockets, sheltered walls, and void spaces protect victims long enough for search and rescue to reach them? Praying for miracles. 🙏🇳🇵 #NepalFloods
🚨🇳🇵 Nearly 400 foreign tourists are missing in Nepal, and the ice slab that did it hit like a 5.2 earthquake
-The tourism board has identified 134 Indians, 47 Americans, 34 Australians, 33 Britons, 24 Canadians and 19 Malaysians, with the rest still unnamed
-157 dead in Nepal and three reported in Tibet, with Xinhua citing significant casualties at the Gyirong border crossing
-A chunk of ice possibly half a mile wide broke off a glacier at 17,000 feet and fell thousands of feet into the valley
-The Nepali Army has airlifted 114 people using 12 helicopters, with a field hospital in the flood zone
-Bridges, schools and hydropower projects were swept away
Source: The New York Times / Writer: Daniel
You can’t ignore the role of climate change here. Decades of slow glacial melting and shifting rock layers silently set the stage for this disaster. What looks like a sudden flash flood is the devastating reality of a warming planet. 🌍⚠️ #NepalFloods#ClimateChange
What Actually Triggered the Nepal–Tibet Border Flash Flood?
A massive ice and rock avalanche from a glacier triggered a chain reaction near the Nepal–China border. The avalanche and debris blocked the river, forming a temporary barrier lake. When the blockage gave way, a powerful surge of water, mud and debris rushed downstream, causing devastating flash floods across Gyirong in Tibet and Nepal’s Rasuwa district.
GLACIAL COLLAPSE → DEBRIS BLOCKAGE → TEMPORARY BARRIER LAKE → BREACH → DEVASTATING FLASH FLOOD 🌊🏔️
Earthquakes don't choose the time or the people they affect. We can only stay vigilant, act quickly to protect ourselves using safety spaces like the triangle of life or moving to open areas, and pray. Lord, have mercy on us and keep everyone safe from these disasters. 🙏🏽
Dios te salve, María,
llena eres de gracia,
el Señor es contigo.
Bendita tú eres entre todas las mujeres,
y bendito es el fruto de tu vientre, Jesús.
Santa María, Madre de Dios,
ruega por nosotros, pecadores,
ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte.
Amén.
Sitting at #6 globally in 2026 yElo! 📈 This metric measures real-time performance quality, and seeing Alex Eala perform at an elite level alongside the absolute best in tennis is incredible.. Proof of how hard she's working on court. 🇵🇭🎾
How does the VP have the nerve to use cheap Tagalog puns like "Andy Lim" alongside snack names like "Mary Grace Piattos" to justify confidential funds? Treating public money like a playground joke is an absolute insult to Filipinos. 🤮📉 @interaksyon
ANDY LIM? FEONNA BIONG?
The latest revelations in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial have sparked a fresh wave of online reactions after more aliases tied to the Office of the Vice President’s confidential funds surfaced during the proceedings. #SaraOnTrial
Read: https://t.co/EDbmhcvyHD
You can see massive Filipino support in the stands wherever Alex steps on the court. Moments of pure national pride like this are rare, and when one of our own shines on the global stage, We needed this joy so badly. 🇵🇭❤️
TULOY-TULOY ANG PAG-ANGAT 🎾🇵🇭
Umakyat sa No. 20 si Filipina tennis sensation Alex Eala matapos magwagi sa final ng Mubadala DC Open laban kay World No. 3 Jessica Pegula. Ito ang unang WTA 500 title ni Alex, pero hindi dito nagtatapos ang kanyang kampanya.
Biyaheng Toronto, Canada ngayon si Alex para sumabak sa National Bank Open, isang WTA 1000 tournament, para pataasin pa ang kanyang WTA ranking at maghanda sa US Open, ang huling grand slam event ng taon na magsisimula sa August 31.
Mapapanuod ang National Bank Open sa Cignal Play.
The VP really submitted "Malou Wang" and "Chino Pacia" for confidential funds! Every Filipino recognizes these as cheap, sexist street jokes. The audacity to mock taxpayers with vulgar puns is mind-boggling. We deserve real accountability, not a comedy show. 🛑📉
ANDY LIM? FEONNA BIONG?
The latest revelations in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial have sparked a fresh wave of online reactions after more aliases tied to the Office of the Vice President’s confidential funds surfaced during the proceedings. #SaraOnTrial
Read: https://t.co/EDbmhcvyHD
Genuine question for #URC@JGSummit: How high have Piattos sales spiked since it became the go-to made-up alias for DepEd confidential funds? 😭 Hard to believe a snack brand became a key "informant" for an agency that shouldn't even be doing intelligence work! 🥔💸 @gmanews
PIATTOS? HARINA?
Prosecution counsel Lorna Kapunan presented several acknowledgement receipts bearing the names and signatures of the supposed recipients of cash advances from the Office of the Vice President’s confidential funds, with amounts ranging from ₱50,000 to as much as ₱295,000. #VPonTrial
WATCH: https://t.co/j58yo9gakl
I was genuinely taken aback by this young man’s response when he was told, “You look extremely confident.”
His answer was heartfelt, thoughtful, and full of wisdom beyond his years. It wasn’t rehearsed or forced it was completely genuine, well I thought so anyways.
Watching him, you can’t help but think what a wonderful human being he is, and what a credit he is to his parents. He has a real warmth, energy and glow about him that’s hard to describe.
In a world full of noise, this is the kind of video everyone should watch. It restores a little faith in people. ❤️🙏
Justice Miranda cited strong evidence of conspiracy, but at the end of the day, it's a numbers game. With the judiciary still heavily shaped by Duterte-era appointees and key allies, dissenting voices get outvoted. The system is working exactly as built for them. 💔
No less than the sitting chairperson of the Sandiganbayan’s Third Division, Associate Justice Karl B. Miranda, has opposed the grant of bail to former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. in connection with the pending malversation case linked to the alleged anomalous P92.8-million flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan.
READ: https://t.co/XEI0zkbpTY
If Estrada & Marcoleta get bail, the political ripple effect is huge. The 16-vote threshold to convict VP Sara Duterte in her impeachment trial gets way harder for the prosecution. Adding 2 released senator-judges back into the mix fundamentally shifts the entire Senate balance.
If any1 thinks Jinggoy Estrada & Rodante Marcoleta won't get the exact same bail treatment, you haven't been paying attention to PH politics. Non-bailable plunder charges have become a complete joke. The script is always the same: arrest, petition, bail, repeat. @newswatchplusph
Matapos ang anim na buwan sa kulungan, pinayagan ng Sandiganbayan Third Division na makapagpiyansa si dating Senador Bong Revilla sa kasong malversation kaugnay ng ma-anomalyang flood control project sa Pandi, Bulacan.
Kasabay niyan, inanunsyo ng ombudsman na naghain sila ng reklamong plunder at graft para sa preliminary investigation laban kina Senador Loren Legarda at anak niyang si Batangas 1st district Representative Leandro Leviste.
Ang detalye sa report ng aming correspondent na si @bylancemejico.
@bongbongmarcos Mr. President, how does a non-bailable case get bail? Just when we start believing in our justice system again, it’s one step forward and two steps back. As an OFW, it’s deeply frustrating to watch this unfold from afar and lose hope all over again. 🇵🇭💔
LAYA NA SI REVILLA
Former senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. shared a family photo on Friday after posting a P1 million cash bond.
The Sandiganbayan granted his bail petition following malversation charges linked to controversial government flood control projects.
"God is good! ❤️🙏 Salamat po Panginoon🙏❤️," the caption read. (Facebook/Ramon Bong Revilla Jr.)