Accountability is easy to demand when it's someone else in the hot seat. The real measure of character is whether you're willing to face the same scrutiny when it's your turn.
Some of the same โDuterteโSenators who used to say, โIf you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear,โ now seem unable to practice what they preached. Instead of facing the issues directly, it's been a parade of excuses, distractions, and claims of persecution.
Contrast that with what we've seen before.
De Lima faced every allegation against her and was even arrested inside the Senate. Trillanes did the same, facing his cases head-on and being arrested within Senate grounds as well. PNoy attended hearings on DAP and Dengvaxia despite already being ill. All of this happened under a Duterte supermajority in both the House and the Senate.
And where was the drama back then? Where were the calls for unrest? Where were the endless claims that the system was out to get them?
They showed up. They answered the accusations. They went through the process.
What makes the double standard even more glaring is that Cayetano was quick to defend Bato and Estrada, yet many of these same voices had little to say when De Lima and Trillanes were being arrested inside the Senate itself.
If you truly believe in accountability, then that principle shouldn't change depending on whose name is involved.
๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ป๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐น๐๐๐๐ผ๐ป.
Noong 1986, nanaig ang tapang kaysa takot, ang puso kaysa galit, at ang pagkakaisa kaysa pagkakahati-hati. Ipinakita ng mga Pilipino na ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐โat sa mga sandaling iyon, maraming bansa ang humanga sa lakas at pagkakaisa ng sambayanang Pilipino. Tayo ang patunay na posible ang mapayapang pagbabago.
May mga tangke sa kalsada at mga sundalong may hawak na baril. Pero may mga rosaryong nakataas, mga bulaklak na iniabot, at mga tinapay na pinagsasaluhan ng mga hindi man magkakilala pero nagdamayan. May mga awit at panalangin sa gitna ng nakaambang panganib. At ๐๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ ๐ป๐ด ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ผ๐, ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐น๐ถ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐๐ฎโ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ฎ. Sa mga sandaling iyon, dama natin kung gaano kasarap maging Pilipinoโkapag ang bayan ay nagkakaisa para sa kalayaan at demokrasya.
Ngayong ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ-๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ผ ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, muli nating balikan ang mga aral na minsang nagbuklod sa buong bayan. ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ถ๐๐ผ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ด๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎโ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐๐น๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป. Kayaโt isa itong panawagan at hamon na magkaisa, makilahok, at manindigan para sa tama.
๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐บ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐๐บ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ป๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด-๐ฎ๐๐ฎ. ๐ฆ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ธ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ธ๐ผ ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฆ๐. Dahil kung kaya nating magsama-sama noon, kaya pa rin natin ngayon. Nasa taumbayan pa rin ang tunay na kapangyarihanโ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. โค๏ธ๐ฅ๐ต๐ญ
Walang kukurap habang nagpapatuloy ang 2026 budget deliberations sa BiCam! Some lawmakers are still shamelessly defending a system where Filipinos must go through politicians to access healthcare. The fix is simple: stop parking health funds with congressmen. Channel them directly to PhilHealth and hospitals. Walang padrino, walang epal, walang utang na loobโ healthcare is a right and itโs paid for by the Filipino people!
The Archdiocese of Manila released the Prayer for Deliverance from a Typhoon. Let us pray together for the safety of everyone. May it remain in our hearts that with our faith and trust in the Almighty God, He is the one who will save and protect each one of us.
CONGRATULATIONS, ALEX ๐ต๐ญโค๏ธ
Filipina tennis star Alex Eala wins the Guadalajara 125 Open in a three-set thriller.
This is her first WTA 125 title. ๐ช| via @DYANCASTILLEJO
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Just caught up and.....GOOSEBUMPS. Legends through and through. What a show! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ Something about seeing them on a Western stage just hits different. Maybe not all 4 this time, & maybe not yet beyond LA, but this moment lit a spark. And Iโll take that hope! #2NE1atHITC#2NE1