Former COA-ICFAO state auditor Roderick Wamil states that, despite its name, confidential funds are public funds and must be audited. #VPonTrial
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PASSENGERS WALK ALONG MRT-3 TRACKS
WATCH: MRT-3 passengers were forced to walk along the tracks between Buendia and Guadalupe stations early Wednesday morning after a technical issue disrupted operations.
The Department of Transportation said it limited trips between North Avenue and Shaw Boulevard stations at around 5:50 a.m. due to a technical problem between Buendia and Guadalupe.
Operations along the entire line have resumed after the provisional service was lifted at 6:57 a.m. | @eimorpsantos
๐ฅ: Kin Randall Hipolan, Mark Oliver Repolles
**JOINT STATEMENT ON THE SENATE MINORITY WALKOUT**
May 26, 2026
We strongly condemn what appears to be an attempt to rush a major change in the Senate Rules, especially when several members of the minority still wanted to speak and raise serious questions on the floor.
Bakit kailangang madaliin? Bakit kailangang pigilan ang mga gustong magsalita? Bakit kailangang i-divide ang house kung marami pang senador ang nagtatanong tungkol sa proseso?
Minamadali ba ang rule change na ito dahil gusto nilang maka boto si Senator Bato? At ngayong may mga ulat na may mga majority senators na maaaring arestuhin?
We walked out because what happened on the floor looked less like orderly deliberation. The proposed rule change affects how senators may attend sessions, participate in proceedings and exercise their mandate through remote means, and such a measure should be opened to healthy public debate instead of being rushed by the tyranny of the majority.
We have always welcomed healthy discussions on the floor, but this should mean allowing all members to be heard, not forcing the chamber to move at the speed preferred by the majority.
At the time the motion was taken up, there was no duly constituted Committee on Rules and there was not even an elected Majority Leader who could properly guide a rules amendment through the regular process.
How could there have been any action or discussion before the Committee on Rules when no Committee on Rules has been organized to date?
With due respect, the answer that no Senate rule had been violated does not settle the matter, because the rules cannot be treated as a matter of convenience when the very process for amending them is under serious question.
The timing raises a question that the public deserves to hear debated openly. Kaya pinili naming tumayo at iwan ang majority sa plenary. Kaya kami nagdesisyon to question the quorum and call for adjournment.
If the proposal is truly defensible, then let it pass through the proper route.
We owe it to the people who voted for us to do our mandate. This is why we want more time to discuss this further.
#SB11
#SolidBloc
Binatikos ng student organizations ng UP College of Media and Communication at Assumption College ang kanilang alumna na si Sen. Loren Legarda matapos siyang sumapi sa grupo ng bagong Senate majority na pinamumunuan ni Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano.
READ: The Integrated Bar of the Philippines calls on the Senate to address the ICC warrant issue.... and to stand above factional interests.
(Courtesy: IBP/Facebook)
READ: The Integrated Bar of the Philippines calls on the Senate to address the ICC warrant issue.... and to stand above factional interests.
(Courtesy: IBP/Facebook)
Atty. Gilbert Andres, ICC-lawyer and counsel to the families of the EJK victims said, in an interview with Karen Davila: โContext is very important here. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐.โ
And I agree.
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.
BREAKING: The Anti-Money Laundering Council confirms over 630 covered transaction reports (CTRs) and 33 suspicious transaction reports (STRs) linked to Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, amounting to over P6 billion.
We can all convince her.
We should still try if we really believe in Leniโs qualifications and good governance.
I know many supporters who wanted to launch movements like Bulacan for Leni or Quezon City for Leni.
All of that is good.
But the clincher and decisive influence will be if the people of Naga call for her to run.
Albus Dumbledore once said:
โPerhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.โ
#LetLeniLead
Nobody talks about the stage of grief where you can't even talk about it to anyone anymore because everyone expects you to be getting over it but it still runs through your mind everyday.