JOSELLE

tomorrow is another suffering.

[JOSELLE @joselledc31]

I love being alone in my own space. Comfortable. Not surrounded by people.

[keems chriswanholt @keems_keems]

WHAT A SAVE. WHAT A POINT!!!

[raffy magno @raffymagno]

There is something deeply troubling about a society that is quick to demand the harshest punishment for children, while celebrating convicted plunderers, tolerating corruption, and rewarding leaders who normalize violence.

Young people do not grow up in a vacuum. They learn from the values we model, the behavior we reward, and the systems we build around them. Violence rarely begins at the moment it becomes visible. It is often preceded by bullying, social isolation, neglect, untreated trauma, and countless missed opportunities for intervention.

If we want children to reject violence, then we must also be willing to examine the ways our society excuses, glorifies, and profits from it. We cannot celebrate violence among adults and expect young people to learn a different lesson.

[Belle Enriquez @iamsouperwoman]

As someone who has spent three decades advocating for children, I find it deeply troubling that his first instinct is to make younger children criminally liable rather than address the failures that allowed this tragedy to happen in the first place.

Three children are dead.

The question is not why a 10-year-old should be punished.

The question is why minors have access to firearms.

The question is why violence continues to find its way into our schools.

The question is why our education, mental health, social welfare, and law enforcement systems repeatedly fail children before a crime is ever committed.

Real leadership requires more than reacting to headlines.

It requires understanding the problem.

Lowering the age of criminal responsibility may generate applause. It may generate media attention. But there is little evidence that it addresses the root causes of youth violence.

Children who commit serious crimes must be held accountable. But accountability should not become a substitute for prevention.

A senator’s responsibility is not merely to propose the harshest response. It is to propose the most effective one.

I have worked with vulnerable children for most of my adult life. Many have been abused, neglected, abandoned, exploited, or exposed to violence long before they ever entered conflict with the law.

It is easy to appear tough on children.

It is much harder to confront the adult failures that create these tragedies.

Before Senator Padilla asks Congress to treat younger children as criminals, perhaps he should explain why government has failed to protect them as children in the first place.

[Justin Dizon @iamjustindizon]

Imagine a Sara Duterte presidency with the Senate under her control.

Partida hindi pa siya Presidente ngayon pero para bang kontrolado niya ang Senado.

Imagine an insane, corrupt, abusive, and a violent person in the most powerful seat in the Philippines — WITHOUT GUARDRAILS.

[Fr. Myke, MSC @popmonkph]

Tandaan: ang mga nagtaas ng kamay sila ang lagi nasasangkot sa mga alegasyon ng korapsyon. Hindi ito tungkol sa tamang prinsipyo. Tungko ito sa patuloy na panggagago sa mga Pilipino!

[Deo Enalpe 𝕩 @deeoenalpe]

If Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III is removed as Senate President today, then let us stop pretending this is about “leadership change.” This is political surrender.

Senator Alan Cayetano’s bloc is making one thing clear — they would rather protect the Dutertes than defend the Constitution and the independence of the Senate.

History will remember the senators who chose loyalty to power over loyalty to the Filipino people.

Shame on them.

[a meek thug @gib_smoke]

a poor country with so many rich politicians and religious leaders is an extremely corrupt country.

[Deep Thoughts 💭 @quotetoponder]

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[DABI @juicydabi]

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[ayu @ayujmkk]

NO BAD DAYS IN 2026 🧿

[kamo @kamogelx]

I hope we live up to the things we want to do, achieve the goals we set, visit the places we dream of and experience the life we want in the new year and it be the foundation for the years to come.

[AlterMidya @altermidya]

WATCH: Baguio City Public Market vendors hold noise barrage on Christmas Day 2025, as protest against ‘mallification’ of the space continues.

Opposition against the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the local Baguio City government and SM Prime Holdings, Inc. remains. Tongtongan ti Umili, a network of progressive civil society groups in Baguio, says SM will be granted 50-year corporate control over the market if the plan pushes through, which they forecast will negatively impact small-businesses and consumers alike. The group has garnered 35,000 signatures in its petition to stop the PPP and heed the people’s demand for people-centered development plan.

The city council is expected to decide on the fate of Baguio City Public Market in early January. Protests at the market will continue everyday at 3 pm. | via Neil Eco/Altermidya

[SITREP PH MEDIA @SITREPph]

🇵🇭 Forced Convoys: The New Normal for Filipino Fishermen? 🌊

These are Filipino fishermen's boats, but increasingly, their journey to our traditional fishing grounds in the West Philippine Sea, looks less like a simple fishing trip and more like a high stakes mission.

The location is Sabina Shoal, also known as Escoda Shoal, a mere 75 nautical miles from Palawan Island. This places it squarely and unequivocally well within our Exclusive Economic Zone. This area has always been a traditional fishing ground of the Philippines, as shown on ancient maps, with our rights further confirmed by UNCLOS.

The image of our fishermen needing to band together, often with the assistance and escort of the Philippine Coast Guard, raises a troubling question: Will this be the normal scenario for fishermen in the Philippines?

It is a damning indictment of the continuous harassment and aggression that our citizens who are simply trying to make an honest living, must rely on government patrol boats for protection in their own fishing grounds. Recent reports of Chinese vessels using water cannons, cutting anchor lines, and injuring our fishers only underscore this danger.

Where is the Freedom of Navigation?
The constant interference by foreign vessels directly violates the fundamental principle of freedom of navigation, a right enshrined in international law, particularly for fishing activities within a state's own EEZ.

The incident is described as "one of the most severe incidents to occur near Sabina Shoal since last year’s months-long standoff" and is the first since September to involve the injury of Philippine nationals due to Chinese actions. This validates the premise that harassment is severe and escalating.

Our fishermen deserve to fish freely, safely, and without fear in the waters that are legally and historically ours. Their livelihood should not depend on a coast guard or navy escort.
https://t.co/EX9peAX7RL

#WestPhilippineSea #FilipinoFishermen #Sovereignty #FreedomOfNavigation #ProtectOurWaters #PCG

[Lynda Jumilla-Abalos @lyndajumilla]

STOP 👏🏼 PUTTING 👏🏼 PEOPLE’S 👏🏼 BENEFITS 👏🏼 IN POLITICIANS’ 👏🏼 HANDS (OR POCKETS) 👏🏼

[• @WordsCocoon]

manifesting!