Aileen

To fight and not to heed the wounds.

I tweet about anything and everything.

[Aileen @midnightrainbow]

Day 2 of leadership and the Upper House is in chaos. 🤨

[Aileen @midnightrainbow]

"Anak ng Diyos" = "Nepo Baby" 😲

[Aileen @midnightrainbow]

@PLDT_Cares The repair ticket was generated through your Messenger account. Unfortunately, no updates as advised.

[Aileen @midnightrainbow]

@PLDT_Cares Hi, may I follow-up on Repair Ticket No. 00002427166? It seems that you don't respond to DMs anymore.

[Aileen @midnightrainbow]

WFH = Work From the Hague?

[Int'l Criminal Court @IntlCrimCourt]

📺 Rodrigo Roa #Duterte, suspected of murder as a crime against humanity allegedly committed in the #Philippines, appears for the first time before the #ICC. Watch (with 30-minute delay):
➡️Website:https://t.co/tp5vvr3NAa
➡️FB:https://t.co/OOdpXKM6qf
➡️YT:https://t.co/YneO8U1Tea

[Aileen @midnightrainbow]

So yan talaga ang ibig sabihin ng "forthwith", Senator.

[Aileen @midnightrainbow]

Yehey to..... ☺️☺️
✓ Centralized lunch distribution without requiring stubs. Hopefully everyone gets to eat lunch today.
✓ Morning GA
✓ Financial reports simple enough for everyone to understand
✓ Reminding everyone about shared dreams and aspirations 😍

[Aileen @midnightrainbow]

Online attendance and feedback requires good mobile data. So what happens when practically all attendees are logged in to their 4Gs and 5Gs? Zero G. 🤪

[Aileen @midnightrainbow]

For the first time, I feel that the General Assembly is being listened to.

[Aileen @midnightrainbow]

"Food and snacks are not guaranteed." = makes me wonder (1) how funds are being managed in planning conventions and how meals cannot be factored in the cost and (2) why we are not given the option to just pay for the lectures and have add-on meals (budget airline ang peg.)

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

There is an aggressor: Russia.

There is a victim: Ukraine.

We were right to help Ukraine and sanction Russia three years ago—and to keep doing so.

By “we,” I mean the Americans, the Europeans, the Canadians, the Japanese, and many others.

Thank you to all who have helped and continue to do so. And respect to those who have been fighting since the beginning—because they are fighting for their dignity, their independence, their children, and the security of Europe.

[Philippine Supreme Court Public Information Office @SCPh_PIO]

The Supreme Court has ruled that in cases of rape committed by force, threat, or intimidation, it is not required to prove that the victim resisted.

It is enough that such force, threat, or intimidation existed and was strong enough to prevent the victims from asserting their will, determined from the victims’ perspective.

The Court clarified that previous Decisions stating that a woman cannot claim to be a rape victim unless she resisted are contrary to current doctrine. These pronouncements also tend to reinforce misguided stereotypes that perpetuate gender bias and insensitivity.  The right of women to autonomy and bodily integrity should be recognized and respected.

The belief that if a woman does not resist, then she consents to the rape is unacceptable in any civilized society. It presumes that men are entitled to free access to a woman’s body at any given time and place.

“Rape is perhaps the only crime where the trial often focuses on the conduct of the victim instead of that of the accused. The need to prove lack of consent often becomes a question of the victim's behavior, her history, and her conduct before, during, and after the rape as implying that some women can be ‘bad enough’ to be raped while others, because of their background, choices, and conduct, are simply lying when they claim that they were raped. It is time to strike down such uninformed and ignorant views,” the Court stressed.

Read the full press release: https://t.co/RWoiNpldy4

Read the full text of the Decision: https://t.co/gemqwPeujV

#SupremeCourtPH

[The Olympic Games™ @Olympics]

Three years ago, the Philippines 🇵🇭 had never won an Olympic gold medal...

Fast forward to #Paris2024, and now they have three!

🥇🥇🥇

[Philippine Sports Commission @psc_gov]

𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍: Carlos Yulo performed his best in one of his specialty apparatus - the vault in the finals at the #Paris2024 Olympics!

Yulo garnered a score of 15.116. He currently ranks first in the first half of the finals.

[Philippine Sports Commission @psc_gov]

𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍: Nesthy Petecio enters the semifinal round after a dominant win against her Chinese opponent in the Women's Boxing 57kg Quarterfinals of #Paris2024.

Her entry to the final four assures the country a medal. Nesthy can now call herself a two-time Olympic medalist.

[Aileen @midnightrainbow]

Hearing the Philippine National Anthem at #Paris2024 = PRICELESS !!!😭😭😭

[The Olympic Games™ @Olympics]

Carlos Yulo secures Philippines first GOLD medal at #Paris2024! 🇵🇭🥇

[Aileen @midnightrainbow]

Wish. *sigh*

[Aileen @midnightrainbow]

So while watching the athletes of Azerbaijan and Bahamas wave their flags, you suddenly recognize Reality being played in the background. I'm such an 80s freak. #Paris2024