des

[des @leribay]

@Obi_Prodigalson Hinihintay po namin ang inyong mga resignation, kayong mga gumawa ng Drama sa Senado, kayong labintatlong senador! @piacayetano

[des @leribay]

@News5PH Gen. Torre is the most loved PNP Chief!♥️♥️♥️🇵🇭

[des @leribay]

@News5PH Dapat yang dating Kongresista na yan ay pakantahin araw-araw ng Lupang Hinirang nang tumagos sa puso niya ang mga linyang "ANG MAMATAY NANG DAHIL SA 'YO"!🇵🇭

[des @leribay]

@jesusfalcis ICC

[RDavid @NaldDavid]

It is very disheartening to hear this from a senator.

At its core, the Philippine Senate isn't a senators' lounge or a private network for political maneuvering—it's a public trust, enshrined in the 1987 Constitution!

When Ejercito talks about "neglecting colleagues," it flips this upside down—colleagues are temporary allies; the people are the permanent stakeholders whose taxes fund it all.

In the flood scandal, for instance, the Senate should be the people's bulldog, grilling officials and passing laws to claw back stolen funds. But when internal rifts lead to leadership musical chairs instead of unified action, it becomes a self-serving echo chamber.

Every peso for Senate operations, investigations, or even leaders' perks comes from the national budget, drawn from our sweat—VAT, income taxes, sin taxes.

Ejercito himself won re-election in 2022 as the 10th placer, but scandals like this could tank that in 2028 if voters feel betrayed. History's littered with examples: The plunder cases against his own family (father Joseph Estrada, half-brother Jinggoy) in the 2000s showed how public outrage can topple even dynasties.

Governments derive "just powers from the consent of the governed." In the Philippines, that consent is renewed at the polls. Senators aren't bosses; they're employees. When Ejercito laments "forgetting who the real culprits are," the real question is: Are you forgetting who the real employers are?

[des @leribay]

@Pontifex Happy birthday, our dear Holy Father! God bless you always!

[Idris @7signxx]

Protect your children...

[des @leribay]

@jesusfalcis Genius po yata yung marami kang hawak na komite. Tiyakin lang ng Senado na mayroon silang REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT na mararamdaman ng bawat Pilipino!

[des @leribay]

@gmanews So undiplomatic ang ganyang behavior from a senator. You were elected. Bayan muna bago ang sarili, Ginoong Senador!

[VERA Files @verafiles]

COMMENTARY: It is quite disgusting to see and hear the vice president either ranting against the government or trying to be cute with her remarks and body language to endear herself to her audience, speaking spontaneously, oftentimes blabbering, with empty rhetoric without offering doable solutions to problems. https://t.co/64xelaqpLt

[Richard Heydarian @RichHeydarian]

"PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE & FOOD SECURITY": SEC Francisco "Kiko" Tiu Laurel Jr #Pilipinas360 🎙️🇵🇭

[Department of National Defense - Philippines @dndphl]

#DNDPHL Sec. Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr. 🇵🇭 directly responds to questions raised by Chinese delegates concerning maritime tensions in the South China Sea at the 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue. #SLD25

[des @leribay]

@PhilippineStar @onenewsph Masyado namang ginagawang tanga ang mga Pilipino! Gusto na ngang ma-impeach ng majority of the Filipino people ang VP na 'yan, ganyan pa ang ipapakita ninyong survey result kuno? Masyado naman kayong nagpapatawa!

[des @leribay]

@jvejercito Senator, hindi na dapat manatili sa puwesto si VP Sara!

[des @leribay]

@brotherAndy1017 Itong si Panelo parang hindi lawyer. Alam na alam mong Robin cannot govern, ie-endorse mo pa for Presidency? Grabe naman. Hindi mo ba mahal ang Pilipinas?

[des @leribay]

@duderiver1 @justinmaniluh O, eh, di, the more Sara need to tell the people why there was Notice of Disallowance.

[des @leribay]

@justinmaniluh Wala talaga sa ayos itong VP na ito. Karapatan ng mga mamamayan na malaman kung paano nagastos ang pondo ng bayan, kung saan ba napunta. Hindi mo kayang ipaliwanag. Wala kang respeto sa mga Pilipino at sa isang co-equal branch ng gobyerno.

[des @leribay]

@AttyLeiladeLima Dapat lang po na mawala sa mundo ang mga HALIMAW sa LIPUNAN! IBALIK ANG PARUSANG KAMATAYAN!

[Just @justinmaniluh]

Do not approve the Php 2.037 billion budget proposal of the Office of the Vice President

Despite being an avid supporter of the Marcos administration, I have been transparent that I do not agree with the tradition of the House of Representatives and the Senate —- the parliamentary courtesy for the two highest officials of the land (maybe including the judiciary as a co-equal branch). You can check my posts over the years.

I welcome the fact that more and more people are noticing OVP’s issues with expenditures, things I have been writing for a long time now. Her social programs are simply “very expensive redundancies”, things her predecessors lived without.

With the things we found out about how the Vice President led the Department of Education, now with billions worth audit disallowances, suspensions and charges. Low utilization of budget, low completion rate of class rooms and questionable bidding results which cost us billions in savings. Indeed, there’s a need for the Vice President questions!

Rep. Rodante Marcolate in defense of the Vice President questioned the committee for not honoring the tradition of the congress. Parliamentary courtesy is something that should go both ways, the committee cannot extend the said courtesy when the Vice President disregarded this by her absence.

This is not the first time that the President and the Vice President do not belong to the same side of politics but this is the first time that the head of the agency did not attend the budget briefing in congress. It is a disrespect to the institution the constitution granted the power of the purse.

I also agree with what Rep. Stella Quimbo said “The highest tradition of the house is to follow the will of the majority”, the majority of the members of the committee voted against the termination of the budget hearing. Hence, the continuation of the OVP budget hearing.

The Vice President said in her letter that the “We defer entirely to the discretion and judgment of the Committee regarding our budget proposal for the upcoming year”.

Since she is not interested in defending her programs and expenditures, we cannot trust her with Php 2.037 billion. I call upon our congressmen and senators to not approve the budget proposal of the Office of the Vice President.

Please discontinue the satellite offices and reallocate the budget to the offices of government agencies concerned with the program. Give her just enough to maintain the function of her office.

Shukran!

[des @leribay]

@SenImeeMarcos Sen. Imee, hindi po paghahanap ng gulo ang Impeachment. Ito po ay hakbang upang walang pang-aabuso sa kapangyarihan ang sinumang nahalal na maging isang lingkod-bayan. When trust is broken, dapat lang na matanggal sa puwesto!