One thing is clear tonight: the Duterte-allied Senate bloc is willing to plunge the institution into chaos and to weaponise fear, all to shield one of their own from accountability.
Eleven of the 13 senators behind Monday's Senate coup are facing active or unresolved investigations.
Can a chamber hounded by accountability questions truly hold one of the country’s most powerful officials to account?
Read: https://t.co/NO4Lfnv1El
I wanted to joke about this but Karmina’s question solicited a one word admission from Dela Rosa that should convince you that he isn’t worthy of being a PH senator.
HE ADMITTED THAT HE IS RUNNING AWAY FROM JUSTICE.
Legitimate news outlets will always matter. News gathering and reporting is critical for citizens to stay informed and to know the truth. Maraming salamat sa inyong serbisyo.
THE GREAT SARA-SCAPE
While the AMLC was busy explaining how ₱6.7 Billion flowed through her and her husband’s accounts, Sara Duterte was busy getting her bags packed
Malacañang just issued her travel authority today, April 22.
Starting tomorrow, she’ll be on a "leave of absence" across Europe and South Korea.
Talk about perfect timing!
Why then fly to the UK and Germany for three weeks at "no cost to the government"?
Unless… she’s got a very deep and very hidden pocket. 🤔
Don’t be fooled by the ₱6.7 billion figure.
Banks only auto-report "Covered Transactions" that exceed ₱500,000 in a single day to AMLC.
This means the Sara Duterte’s billions we saw today are just the "Big Fish."
What about the ₱450k transfers? The ₱300k daily withdrawals? The ₱100k deposits?
If the flagged transactions are already ₱6.7 Billion, the actual money moving through these accounts is likely a number so large it would make your head spin.
Maybe Congress should look into this. It seems like our financial system is designed to keep the "small millions" invisible.
Para lang mas naiimagine natin kung ano ang 6 billion pesos.
That’s more than 7,500 classrooms for last-mile schools.
That’s 8,633,094 days — or 23,652 years — of daily work at Manila’s minimum wage.
Corruption is not abstract. It is livelihoods taken, families strained, communities forced to wait.
Every peso lost is a future taken.
'61 NA AKO 'YUN PA RIN ANG KINO-COVER KONG ISSUE'
Veteran broadcast journalist Jessica Soho revealed that her greatest fear is the country's recurring political and economic problems, pointing out that she's been a journalist for a long time but is still covering the same corruption from the 1980s.
Read: https://t.co/E9jhTsnusU
I express my closeness to the people of the Philippines who have been hit by a violent typhoon: I pray for the deceased and their families, as well as for the injured and displaced.
STOP POLITICIZING ILOILO'S JALAUR MEGA DAM PROJECT
I posted about the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project (JRMP) because while other places were devastated by Typhoon Tino, we, in Iloilo, got spared from massive flooding despite being along the typhoon’s path.
Perhaps one of the reasons the waters didn't cascade to the lowlands of our province was because of this mega dam.
Pero imbes na matuwa, pinupulitika na naman ng iba. Kesyo kay Noynoy daw nagsimula o kay Duterte daw.
So, upon checking, here’s the accurate timeline of this long-term national project:
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TIMELINE PER PRESIDENT
1. Carlos P. Garcia (1957–1961)
➤ Enacted RA 2651 (1960) authorizing the Jalaur Multi-Purpose Project — the project’s official birth.
2. Diosdado Macapagal (1961–1965)
➤ Continued feasibility and planning through the National Irrigation Administration (NIA).
3. Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. (1965–1986)
➤ Built and completed Phase 1 (JRMP I) — irrigation systems serving about 22,000 hectares in Iloilo.
4. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (2010–2016)
➤ Reactivated the project, approved JRMP II in 2012, secured ₱11.2 B loan from KEXIM, and led the 2015 groundbreaking.
5. Rodrigo Duterte (2016–2022)
➤ Oversaw major construction — high dam, afterbay dam, tunnels, and canals; resolved relocation issues.
6. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (2022–present)
➤ Completion and commissioning phase; structural dam substantially completed in Nov 2023; full operation by mid-2025.
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It took 64 years to complete this project. It crossed multiple administrations.
It’s not just “Noynoy's project” or “Duterte’s project” or "Marcos project".
It’s a FILIPINO PROJECT that those administrations mentioned above helped move forward.
Today, we see how it protected Iloilo from massive floods.
I think we can all agree that continuity of governance should look like this, with the end goal of serving and saving the people.
12 years after Haiyan (Yolanda), the storm that displayed these EXTREME satellite images below and devastated Leyte, the Philippines are once again facing a major Typhoon landfall.
Of course, Fung-wong (UwanPH) is thankfully NOWHERE near as strong as Haiyan was, and her damage will be far less severe. However, it really goes to show how prevalent the threat of powerful Typhoons is for the Philippines in early-mid November. Even now, they are still reeling from the floods in Cebu from Typhoon Kalmaegi (TinoPH) only a few days ago. And just last year at this same time, the archipelago was struck by FOUR consecutive Typhoons in an 11-day timeframe.