Lou

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[Lou @loufreyes]

@DrTonyLeachon Why is it that these people develop an immediate health crisis when a subpoena surfaces? Ordinary people like us just grin and bear pain because medical costs severely affect our monthly or yearly budgets.

[Tony Leachon MD @DrTonyLeachon]

An Open Letter to Former Speaker Martin Romualdez
By Dr. Tony Leachon

First of all, I sincerely wish you well and pray for your recovery. Health is a gift, and as someone who has lived with coronary artery disease and undergone PTCA, I understand the gravity of unstable angina. I trust your doctors are doing their utmost to provide the care you need so that fear and panic may be eased.

Yet illness, however serious, does not suspend accountability. Every patient eventually leaves the hospital to face life’s realities. And as a lawyer yourself, you know that justice cannot be indefinitely postponed.

The Ombudsman has opposed your motion for hospital detention following your arrest on a ₱7.4‑billion plunder charge. This decision resonates with the public because the scars of the 2025 General Appropriations Act remain fresh. That budget, riddled with diversions and “unprogrammed appropriations,” stripped PhilHealth of its subsidy and left millions vulnerable.

Every rainy season, floods devastate our communities. Families lose homes, livelihoods, and loved ones. Their grief is compounded by the knowledge that billions meant for public service were siphoned away. The anger of the people is not only justified — it is a cry for justice.

This is what we call compassion fatigue: the exhaustion of citizens who see powerful officials invoke illness as sanctuary from accountability. Compassion belongs to the poor who endure overcrowded wards, not to those who weaponize privilege.

Justice must remain impartial. It must not bend to influence, status, or wealth. Accountability is the antidote to cynicism, and it is the only path to restoring trust in our institutions.

We pray for your safety, but we also pray for justice — for the families who lost children in floods, for the workers who lost their livelihoods, and for the communities that continue to suffer.

Exact justice. Demand accountability. Refuse sanctuary for corruption.

#HealthWithHonor
#RelentlessForChange

[Lou @loufreyes]

@ECOWARRIORSS The country is slowly being destroyed with impunity ….where is the outrage?

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

An Indigenous tribe is suing the U.S. government to halt the removal of nearly all wild horses from a protected territory.

The Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe has filed a federal lawsuit to prevent the planned roundup of 624 wild horses from the Montgomery Pass Wild Horse Territory along the California Nevada border.

The operation scheduled to start on July 8 would remove about 90 percent of the existing herd.

The U.S. Forest Service maintains that the area can only support between 130 and 238 horses. Officials claim the current population is harming the habitat and posing risks to public safety.

The tribe rejects this assessment. It views the horses as an essential part of its cultural heritage. Tribal leaders accuse federal agencies of approving the removal without proper consultation or adequate review of effects on sacred sites and cultural resources.

The lawsuit also questions the accuracy of the population data. The tribe notes that the latest census took place in 2024 and fails to reflect horse deaths following a harsh winter in 2023.

The tribe is requesting a temporary restraining order from the court to pause the roundup until the legal case concludes.

Managing wild horse populations remains one of the most divisive issues on public lands across the western United States. Advocates for removals point out that herds can expand quickly and strain limited vegetation water supplies and other wildlife when numbers exceed the land capacity.

Opponents contend that mass roundups fracture social structures endanger culturally significant animals and depend on unreliable population counts.

The outcome of this court case will decide if the removal moves forward on schedule or faces further delays during the legal proceedings.

[GMA News @gmanews]

'TULOY ANG LABAN PARA SA KATOTOHANAN'

The August Twenty-One Movement (ATOM) released a statement following the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse the graft conviction of former First Lady Imelda Marcos over her alleged financial interests in seven Swiss foundations.

"We saw what you did today. The SC decision today is an example of why we never saw them spend a day in jail. They were so powerful during martial law and even through the years after martial law," the group said in a statement.

According to the Supreme Court decision, the prosecution failed to prove her guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

“All told, the prosecution failed to establish that the subject foundations are businesses as the term is ordinarily understood. Any financial or pecuniary interest in the subject foundations is not covered by Section 3(h) of Republic Act No. 3019 and Article IX, Section 7 (then Section 8 ) of the 1973 Constitution. Doubts on the coverage of the term 'business' should be resolved against the State and in favor of the accused-appellant," it said.

Courtesy: ATOM/Facebook

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[GO GREEN @ECOWARRIORSS]

Cruel Trump brings back Cyanide bombs on more than 245 million acres of public land once again

Cyanide bombs don’t just kill. They inflict suffocating cruelty.
Sodium cyanide works by starving vital organs of oxygen
The heart and lungs stop working altogether just one to five minutes after detonation
People injured and killed too

[Lou @loufreyes]

@TeddyBaguilatJr Keep busuanga pristine and clean!

[Lou @loufreyes]

@Protect_Wldlife Animals don’t leave non-biodegradable garbage that destroy the environment. Humans do.

[Tony Leachon MD @DrTonyLeachon]

🌊 Beyond the Deluge: A Nation’s Call for Foresight

By Dr. Tony Leachon

“The choice cannot remain rescue, relief, and repair. It must shift to prevention, resilience, and governance that refuses to wait for the next deluge.”

Even as floodwaters rise and leptospirosis spreads, the peso weakens, prices soar, and the economy falters — our leaders remain trapped in political bickering. The people wade through literal and economic floods while governance drowns in noise.

Accountability is vital, but compassion must lead. The measure of leadership is not in rhetoric or rivalry, but in the ability to protect lives before disaster strikes. Prevention is not a slogan; it is a moral duty.

We cannot keep rebuilding what we refuse to reform.
We cannot keep rescuing what we fail to prevent.
We cannot keep repairing what corruption keeps breaking.

The time for foresight is now — for governance that acts before the next storm, for integrity that heals before the next epidemic, and for unity that rises above division.

#endKLEPTOPIROSISnow #GovernanceIsHealth #PublicHealthJustice #ResilienceOverReaction #HealthWithHonor
#KleptopirosisIsReal
#RelentlessForChange

[Lou @loufreyes]

@TeddyBaguilatJr We can not eat the yield of mining. We can eat the fruits of harvest. Standing with farmers and sustainable agriculture

[Teddy B. Baguilat @TeddyBaguilatJr]

DENR, PNP, RTC, LGU - it’s easy to understand why these farmers are against mining. It will destroy their farms and their livelihood. Mayaman naman ang Kasibu because of the agriculture. They don’t need the mining. So I hope they cancel the exploration permit.

[Jojo Clemente @jclem3]

Prof. Contreras and I had some disagreements during the last presidential elections but I do agree with him on this point.

[Lou @loufreyes]

@ChristinePP27 Thank you for the humanity

[Lou @loufreyes]

@nvolpewild Please save the forests of Borneo! We need more trees for the survival of our planet and all who dwell within! We don’t need more billionaires whose greed can not be satisfied! This the home of our fellow creatures. We are all connected!

[Lou @loufreyes]

@DaniMayakovski Save the wolves!,,,

[Teddy B. Baguilat @TeddyBaguilatJr]

What I learned at the barricade in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya. The PNP arrested 11 farmers saying they responded to a 911 call! Pero what they did was actually escort the mining company’s fuel for their drilling operations. How can we gain people’s trust when we allow ourselves to be used by the oppressors.

[Lou @loufreyes]

@TrillanesSonny She needs a thorough psych evaluation. Eye movements indicate something going on

[Sonny Trillanes IV @TrillanesSonny]

Sa mga nakapanood ng mga video ng pagpiyansa ni Sara sa QC RTC, sana naman maliwanag sa inyo na wala talaga sya sa tamang pag-iisip. Hindi ito pwedeng maging presidente o manatili bilang bise presidente. Alang-alang sa ating bayan at sa ating mga kapwa Pilipino, pumili naman tayo ng maayos.

[Lou @loufreyes]

@kikopangilinan It’s about greed

[Kiko Pangilinan @kikopangilinan]

𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗣𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗜𝗧 𝗦𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

Patong-patong ang epekto sa baha ng patong-patong na mga permit sa reclamation, quarrying, at land conversion. Hindi lisensya ang environmental permits para baha ang pagdusahan ng kasalukuyan at susunod na henerasyon.

Walang kinikilalang political o project boundaries ang tubig. At di rin nito kinikilala ang environmental compliance certificates. Kaya dapat tingnan ng DENR ang buong watershed, mula sa bundok at ilog hanggang sa mga lungsod at Manila Bay, bago payagan ang mga proyektong permanenteng iniiba ang agos ng tubig.

We cannot keep engineering our way out of floods while approving developments that remove the very forests, wetlands, floodplains, and waterways that absorb and carry water. Development must work with nature, not force present and future generations to suffer and pay for destroying it.

Hindi natatapos sa pag-process ng mga permits ang tungkulin ng DENR. Ang mandato ng department ay protektahan at pangalagaan ang mga ecosystem na nagpoprotekta at bumubuhay sa atin.

Sa darating na budget deliberations, titingnan din natin kung tama ang paggastos ng DENR para sa mga anti-pollution laws tulad ng Clean Air, Clean Water, Solid Waste Management, at itong Extended Producer Responsibility, para pangalagaan ang ating likas-yaman.