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[Rohan 🕊️ @meanderingXP]

If we can't handle disagreements amongst ourselves, at kung hindi natin pwedeng icriticize ang mga kakampi, are we any better?

[HEYOgrapinas @HEYOgrapinas]

The lapses I see on the INC EDSA blockade:

1. Boundless and enabled entitlement of the INC members

2. Selective force of the PNP, MMDA

3. Lack of accountability from Sen. Marcoleta

4. Boundless yapping of Ombudsman Remulla that even confidential cases were said before done.

[Fr. Myke, MSC @popmonkph]

Kultong nagpapakalat lagi ng fake news na may diyus-diyosan ang iba pero sila naman talaga ang sumasamba ng mga totoong nagdidiyus-diyosan. Maliiiiii.

[Rachelyn @RachelynMontero]

Good morning sa mga tao lalo sa mga nag EDSA 😌

[Jo March @jomsksk]

Jonvic should play this in EDSA

[Ⓒⓗⓞⓨ🇵🇭🇦🇪🇶🇦🇰🇼🇭🇷🇪🇺 @KaTindig2029]

A million dollar question.

[Cleve V. Arguelles @CleveArguelles]

Today, on another season of "kapag kapanalig ang sangkot, hahamakin ang buong bayan para lang protektahan ang iilan". Sa paulit-ulit na kwento na 'to, malinaw na hindi pagtindig sa pananagutan at pag-iral ng batas 'yan kundi ang pagkapit sa poder.

Season 1: Gagawin ang lahat, baluktutin man ang kahulugan ng forthwith, huwag lang maituloy ang impeachment trial ni VP Sara.

Season 2: Gagawin ang lahat, kahit magka-barilan sa Senado kuno, maitakas lang si Senator Bato.

Season 3: Gagawin ang lahat, kahit maparalisa ang buong Senado, huwag lang mapalitan bilang Senate President si Senator Cayetano.

Season 4: Gagawin ang lahat, mapasama man ang simbahan ninyo at ma-perwisyo man ang buong Kamaynilaan, huwag lang maituloy ang pagsampa ng kaso kay Senator Marcoleta.

Bayan naman muna, bago ang mga ka-alyado sa pulitika.

[Guy With A (Hibernating) Blog @GuyWithABlog]

Kaweirdohan yung may protesta kayo tapos pag tinanong ng press, ang sasabihin ay "walang sasagot!"

That's how we know this is not some "para sa bayan" protest. This is a selfish act, meant to shield certain people from accountability.

Their response says it all: walang sasagot!

[Rohan 🕊️ @meanderingXP]

Lip service

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

UPDATE: Palace Press Officer Claire Castro says authorities will look into supposed violations by organizers of the EDSA-People Power Monument rally, attended by members of Iglesia Ni Cristo.

The Quezon City government and the PNP earlier confirmed that the demonstration had no permit.

Related story: https://t.co/UrbtUztITx

[Rohan 🕊️ @meanderingXP]

Ang rally ng kulto para sa isang tao. (Pero in truth para sa isang pamilyang gahaman sa pera at kapangyarihan).

Yan ang BIG difference.

[Nico Quejano @nicoquejano]

Hirap balansehin, at least for me.

I'm pro freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and the right to make a grievance... but to use it to this end? Panget

I see people asking arrest and what not, but EDSA 1 and EDSA 2 were also mass movements with no permits. Paano?

[radar PH @radarph_media]

When the Department of Environment and Natural Resources–National Capital Region (DENR-NCR) posted another update on the relocation of trees affected by San Miguel Corporation’s South Access Link Expressway (SALEX) project, it likely hoped to reassure the public that the environment remained a priority.

Instead, it raised even more questions.

The agency announced that another Tabebuia tree had been successfully earthballed and transplanted to Plaza Azul, bringing the number of relocated trees there to 12. It also reported that 63 of the 94 trees affected by the project have already undergone earthballing and transplantation and are now under continuous monitoring as part of a post-transplant care program.

But the photos accompanying the update told a story many Filipinos found difficult to believe.

The trees now standing in Plaza Azul appear noticeably smaller, thinner, and barer than the towering, decades-old trees that once shaded Quirino Avenue before they were uprooted to make way for the SALEX project. Whether this difference is the result of transplant shock, heavy pruning, photographic perspective, or something else cannot be determined from Facebook posts alone.

What the public does know is this: the visual difference is striking enough to raise legitimate questions.

And those questions deserve answers—not assurances.

If these are indeed the same mature trees that were earthballed from Quirino Avenue, then DENR-NCR should have no difficulty proving it. Release the complete inventory. Publish the tree identification numbers, species, trunk diameters, original locations, transplantation records, survival reports, and updated photographs documenting each tree from removal to relocation.

Transparency is the easiest way to end speculation.

Instead, many netizens noticed that comments on DENR-NCR’s Facebook posts had been restricted. Whether intentional or not, it creates the impression that the agency is trying to manage public perception rather than engage with legitimate concerns.

The biggest question remains unanswered.

What happened to the actual decades-old trees of Quirino Avenue?

Not the numbers in a progress report.

The actual trees.

Were all 94 successfully earthballed? Which ones survived? Which ones did not? Where exactly is each transplanted tree today? If any failed to survive after relocation, will the public be told?

These are not ordinary roadside plants. They are mature urban trees that took decades to grow. They cooled surrounding neighborhoods, filtered pollution, absorbed rainwater, reduced flooding, stored carbon, and provided habitat for birds and other wildlife. Their ecological value cannot simply be replicated by planting much smaller trees elsewhere.

This is why expectations are much higher for DENR-NCR.

It is not just another government office.

It is the government’s environmental guardian.

When the agency entrusted to protect the country’s natural resources appears less than transparent on one of Metro Manila’s biggest environmental controversies, it risks undermining the very public trust it depends on to carry out its mission.

Infrastructure and environmental protection do not have to be opposing goals. Roads can be built. Cities can grow. But these projects must be accompanied by honesty, scientific evidence, and complete transparency.

Filipinos are willing to understand difficult decisions.

What they are unwilling to accept is the feeling that they are being asked to ignore what they can plainly see.

Because protecting the environment begins with protecting the truth.

✍️ radarPH Lifestyle

#radarPHLifestyle #radarPH

[Akbayan Partylist @AkbayanParty]

Bago magkalimutan.

[Rohan 🕊️ @meanderingXP]

Si Sara madami ebidensya, including yung unhinged livestream nya. Si Marcoleta, on live Tv, nagyabang na tumanggap sya ng ₱75m as a Congressman at di nya dineclare.

Ngayon gusto mong panagutin si Bongbong et al. Nagsampa ka ba ng kaso? May ebidensya ka ba?

Umayos ka nga!

[Teddy Casiño @teddycasino]

Mulat sapul, ang problema talaga ng gobyerno ay ang pagiging selective at transactional sa pagpapanagot sa mga korap. In this sense, INC rallyists are raising a very legitimate issue. Kung papanagutin nga naman ng gobyerno si Marcoleta at Sara, panagutin din ninyo si BBM, Martin, Bonoan at iba pang sangkot sa korapsyon.

Sana ma-realize natin na ang problema ay ang sistema at ang mga elitistang pwersa na may kontrol sa pulitika at ekonomiya natin. Kung walang pagbabago sa sistema, paulit ulit lang ang problema.

[MaderPerci @PerciCen]

Q&A for the day

[Rohan 🕊️ @meanderingXP]

O tapos, ano consequences para sa kanila? I-tolerate?

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

The MMDA said members of the INC, who staged a protest at the People Power Monument in Quezon City this Tuesday, committed multiple traffic violations that resulted in heavy congestion along EDSA and other roads. | via @_izzylee

Related story: https://t.co/KRPmo5hP0F

[BRP Sierra Madre @BRPSierraMadre]

When facts exposed the operation, China didn’t answer the evidence.

Instead, it attacked the people who uncovered it.
That says everything.

If the truth threatens Beijing this much, then the Philippines is hitting exactly where it matters.

No smear campaign, no sanctions, no intimidation can rewrite reality.

This is Philippine Country. Not yours. 🇵🇭

#BRPSierraMadre #WestPhilippineSea #WPS #FactsMatter #TruthOverSpin #Philippines

[Decoy @22three7eleven]

Perhaps now is the time for Pres. Marcos Jr. to revoke the appointment of INC Exec. Min. Eduardo Manalo as Special Envoy of the President for Overseas Filipino Concerns.

Imagine, a political appointee, working against government itself?

[Jesus Falcis 🇵🇭 @jesusfalcis]

⚠️ Nung una, gusto nila harangin ang buong EDSA pati yung bus lane. Napigil ng pulis kaya at least may one lane pa.

Tapos ngayon yung flyover mismo mula Robinsons Galleria eh ginawang parking space yung isang lane.

Obstruction yan. Asan na si idol Gabriel Go ng MMDA?

😂

[Rohan 🕊️ @meanderingXP]

I-baby pa ninyo ang kultong sumisira sa demokrasya ng Pilipinas.

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

UPDATE: President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. orders authorities to employ maximum tolerance in dealing with rallyists along EDSA-White Plains, as members of Iglesia Ni Cristo continue to occupy portions of the busy highway to show support for Senator Rodante Marcoleta.

Related story: https://t.co/UrbtUztITx

[Rohan 🕊️ @meanderingXP]

Yung excuse, er, "loophole" na ginamit ng COMELEC para palusutin siya, ganon na lang? Walang push, panawagan i-tama through amendment or new laws?

[Jesus Falcis 🇵🇭 @jesusfalcis]

⚠️ INC says selective justice. But no one forced Marcoleta to write zero donors in his SOCE.

He was called out. He defended himself.

But no one forced him to admit he had secret donors on TV.

To escape an election offense, he opened the door to plunder.

Sya may kasalanan! 😂