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a bittersweet blessing in disguise | 07-15

[Cholo ‎ @leanlikeachowlo]

ENGINEER NAKO! 😭

[alu @vigilantesht]

wildest dreams radio edit we still talk about you

[Joseph Morong 🇵🇭 @Joseph_Morong]

BREAKING: Sandiganbayan 2nd Division preventively suspends Sen. Jinggoy Estrada @gmanews @24orasgma

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Taylor Swift has become the youngest woman in history to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

[Cholo ‎ @leanlikeachowlo]

this is just sad, ateneo.

[Ateneo de Manila University @ateneodemanilau]

University Statement on Coach Tab Baldwin

https://t.co/pnvmxc0Mbs

[DZBB Super Radyo @dzbb]

'𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐨, 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐩 𝐬𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚 '𝐰𝐚𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧'

Resort owner, nagbigay nang paalala sa team ng Ateneo bago isagawa ang aktibidad sa dagat; Pero team ng Ateneo, nakiusap umano na wag silang pakialaman. | via @glenjuego

[Cholo ‎ @leanlikeachowlo]

Oh boy, Ateneo will surely use all their resources to cover up this issue since money ain’t a problem.

[Cholo ‎ @leanlikeachowlo]

Nagpaka-kupal nanaman ang varsitarian.

[Varsitarian Sports @VSportsUST]

As of writing, UST’s next game is scheduled for June 16 against the Ateneo Blue Eagles, more than a week after the deaths of foreign student-athlete Divine Adili and incoming recruit Rene Baterbonia, who drowned during a “team-building” activity.

READ: https://t.co/IjzRsP0NNT

[Cholo ‎ @leanlikeachowlo]

her songs hit differently in piano 🥺

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Taylor Swift performs ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ for the first time at the ‘Toy Story 5’ premiere.

(🎥: @TheWrap)

[Karen Davila @iamkarendavila]

CAN THE BLOC OF 12 VOTE FOR A SENATE PRESIDENT?

“YES”, says Retired Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, “under the present circumstances - because Jinggoy Estrada cannot be considered a member (who can vote) at this point”

Here’s one legislators missed. Carpio says the Anti-Plunder Law (RA 7080) strictly prevents a public officer from holding office, applying both during an active trial and upon final conviction.

Carpio says Jinggoy is now SUSPENDED from holding office:

Preventive Suspension: Under Section 5 of the law, any public officer against whom a valid criminal prosecution for plunder is pending in court must be suspended from office. This ensures the accused cannot use their position or the prerogatives of their office to influence witnesses or tamper with evidence.

So with this Carpio said “the constitution refers to a majority of senate members (who can vote for an SP or Senate Pro Tempore)

With Jinggoy’s case & Bato missing plus Escudero transfering, the Gatchalian bloc has “majority of ALL members”

LINK: https://t.co/pSGvOFdjL1 @ANCALERTS

[Abante Radyo DWAR 1494 @DWAR1494]

BASAHIN: Sumulat si Senate President Alan Cayetano kay Atty. Levito Baligod upang ipaalam na ang '18 Maleta Boys' ay hindi niya awtorisado, gayundin nina Sens. Pia Cayetano at Rodante Marcoleta, kaugnay ng June 8, 2026 hearing ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. | via Dexter Ganibe

Courtesy: Atty Levito Baligod

[The Philippine Star @PhilippineStar]

If the two warring camps in the Senate issue separate notices regarding the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, the House prosecution panel will appear before acting Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian, lead prosecutor Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro said. https://t.co/6X7iPsLTmo

[… @johnat143]

On Cayetano insisting that the Senate election done by the new Majority isn’t legal, Usec Claire clearly explains why it is constitutional and follows jurisprudence.

The way she explains is so simple, so clear, so logical. Ang galing ni baklaaa

[Cholo ‎ @leanlikeachowlo]

Yung mga nagmamagaling diyan, amanacayo.

[Inquirer @inquirerdotnet]

‘THE SENATE SESSION OF JUNE 3, 2026 WAS LAWFUL AND VALID'

READ: The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) issues a statement on what constitutes a legitimate quorum for the Senate to conduct official business following the June 3 Senate session, saying the 1949 Avelino v. Cuenco ruling is applicable.

“One senator cannot be compelled to attend the session because he is detained in relation to a non-bailable offense. While another senator cannot be found, as in fact, his whereabouts appear to be unknown since May 11, 2026,” it reads.

“As such, they were excluded from the count of the members used to determine quorum.” | 📷: IBP

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

The Integrated Bar of the Philippines says the Senate session last June 3, 2026, when a quorum of 12 was constituted, is lawful and valid.

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

UPDATE: Nanindigan ang Palasyong si Senador Sherwin Gatchalian ang kinikilalang acting Senate president, ayon kay Palace Press Officer Claire Castro.

[Tito Sotto @sotto_tito]

When does 13 become 12? It’s when 24 becomes 22!

[Torey Canino-Celis @tj_canino]

THE PALACE ALSO RECOGNIZES THE NEW MAJORITY SENATORS! 💚💖

ALAN CAYETANO, IYAK! 😂

[Pensieve @_pensieve_]

DDS and supporters of majority bloc are pushing the narrative that they are simply doing a walk iut no diferent from what the minority din last week. Don’t be fooled. Minority walked out for the rule of law. Majority staged a boycott to protect a recidivist plunderer.

[Win Gatchalian @WinGatchalian74]

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.

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.

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.

[Kiko Pangilinan @kikopangilinan]

JOINT STATEMENT ON THE SENATE MINORITY WALKOUT

We strongly condemn what appears to be an attempt to rush a major change in the Senate Rules, especially when several members of the minority still wanted to speak and raise serious questions on the floor.

Bakit kailangang madaliin? Bakit kailangang pigilan ang mga gustong magsalita? Bakit kailangang i-divide ang house kung marami pang senador ang nagtatanong tungkol sa proseso?

Minamadali ba ang rule change na ito dahil gusto nilang maka boto si Senator Bato? At ngayong may mga ulat na may mga majority senators na maaaring arestuhin?

We walked out because what happened on the floor looked less like orderly deliberation. The proposed rule change affects how senators may attend sessions, participate in proceedings and exercise their mandate through remote means, and such a measure should be opened to healthy public debate instead of being rushed by the tyranny of the majority.

We have always welcomed healthy discussions on the floor, but this should mean allowing all members to be heard, not forcing the chamber to move at the speed preferred by the majority.

At the time the motion was taken up, there was no duly constituted Committee on Rules and there was not even an elected Majority Leader who could properly guide a rules amendment through the regular process.

How could there have been any action or discussion before the Committee on Rules when no Committee on Rules has been organized to date?

With due respect, the answer that no Senate rule had been violated does not settle the matter, because the rules cannot be treated as a matter of convenience when the very process for amending them is under serious question.

The timing raises a question that the public deserves to hear debated openly. Kaya pinili naming tumayo at iwan ang majority sa plenary. Kaya kami nagdesisyon to question the quorum and call for adjournment.

If the proposal is truly defensible, then let it pass through the proper route.

We owe it to the people who voted for us to do our mandate. This is why we want more time to discuss this further.