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#LeniKiko2022

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Lea Salonga reacts to her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The Disney legend becomes the first Filipina to achieve this milestone.

[Variety @Variety]

Lea Salonga, the singing voice of Mulan and Princess Jasmine, makes history as the first Filipina to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ❤️

https://t.co/3HfAB8CmH3

[Mega Kapamilya @MegaKapamilya]

GRABE 'YUNG MESSAGE NI KARA DAVID... 🥺🥹🥺🥹🥺🥹

Sana balang araw matagpuan ni ELSA at ni LANDO ‘yung KAPAYAPAAN.

Sana matagpuan ni MAGDA ‘yung TUNAY na KALAYAAN.

Sana TANGGAPIN ‘yung mga SIRENA sa ating lipunan.

Ang wish ko, sana MAKAUWI na ‘yung mga MAGULANG ni ANGELO at ‘yung iba pang nagtatrabaho sa abroad, kasama na ‘yung asawa ko.

At sana MAKALAYA na sa hirap ‘yung mga SIMPLENG TAO.

At sana bumaba na sa UPUANG TRONO ‘yung mga NAGBUBULAG-BULAGAN sa Bayang ito.

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@karadavid

[Rafa Nadal @RafaelNadal]

Congratulations, @AlexEala05!

What an incredible week in Washington! A well-deserved 🏆 for all the hard work. 👏🏻

Congratulations to 🇵🇭 and to the entire @rnadalacademy team!

[NewsWatch Plus PH @newswatchplusph]

HISTORY SERVED: ALEX EALA BECOMES FIRST FILIPINO TO WIN WTA 500 TITLE 🇵🇭🎾

BREAKING: Alex Eala defeated world No. 3 Jessica Pegula, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, to win the 2026 Mubadala DC Open title and become the first Filipino to capture a WTA 500 singles championship.

The victory avenged Eala’s semifinal loss to Pegula at the 2025 Miami Open and marked the biggest title of her career.

Congratulations, Alex!🏆

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Eala d. Iga Swiatek 7-6(9) 6-2

ALEX BECOMES THE FIRST FILIPINO PLAYER, MAN OR WOMAN, TO REACH THE 2ND WEEK OF A GRAND SLAM IN THE OPEN ERA.

Utterly fearless performance against the defending champion.

She now leads the head to head 2-1 against Iga.

✅1st Wimbledon R16
✅5th top 10 win of 2026

She just gave the Philippines another reason to dream without limits.

🇵🇭❤️🇵🇭

[Wimbledon @Wimbledon]

The first Filipino to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam 🇵🇭

Alex Eala. 👏

[Wimbledon @Wimbledon]

A grand statement. 🇵🇭

Alex Eala defeats defending champion Iga Swiatek 7-6(9), 6-2 with a stunning display on Centre Court

#Wimbledon

[marvièn @mvn_dn]

A FILIPINA FINALIST at Birmingham 🥹🇵🇭

[Tessy | You're My Favorite Song | Reality TV @CollabS12PBB]

EXPLANATION
Why Avelino vs Cuenco 1949 is enough for a quorum of 12

Normally, the Senate has 24 senators, so quorum is 13.

Senate PH Rule II says that for Senate officers: they are elected by “majority vote of all its members.”

So if all 24 are counted, 12 is not enough.

But the anti-Cayetano camp’s argument comes from Avelino v. Cuenco, 1949.

In that case, the Supreme Court accepted the idea that because one senator was outside the country and could not participate, the Senate could be treated as having only 23 participating members. That made 12 a majority.

The Supreme Court said that “an absolute majority (12)” of the Senate “less one (23)” could be quorum, and Justice Feria explained that the count may be based on “actual members or incumbents” who are not incapacitated or outside the Senate’s jurisdiction.

Applied today: if Jinggoy Estrada is unable to participate because he is arrested, they can argue the working Senate is 23, not 24.

So 12 becomes quorum under Avelino logic.

Now add the Cayetano issue.

A Senate President is not the owner of the Senate.

The Senate Rules say the Senate normally meets at 3 PM on weekdays, unless the Senate decides otherwise.

If a session is postponed, the Senate President must consult the Majority and Minority Leaders. And the Senate President cannot just suspend or adjourn a session by himself without a motion or resolution approved by senators present, except in the specific postponement situation.

So if Cayetano refuses to preside or tries to stop the chamber from functioning, the anti-Cayetano camp can say - the chair cannot kill the chamber.

That is also consistent with Avelino v. Cuenco, 1949.

In that case, the Senate President abandoned the chair and did not attend.

Worse, Cayetano not only was absent, he did not designate a Presiding Officer either - the Senate is not functioning.

The anti-Cayetano senators continued, and the case records say the deliberate abandonment made it necessary for the remaining members to continue “in order NOT TO PARALYZE the functions of the Senate.”

So the anti-Cayetano camp’s legal theory is basically this:

(1) The Senate is bigger than Former SP Cayetano.

(2) If he refuses to preside, and enough senators are present, the Senate can still function.

(3) If Jinggoy cannot participate, Avelino gives them an argument that 12 is quorum.

(4) Once quorum exists, the Senate can act on its internal organization, including committees per the Senate Rules.

They are on stronger ground when reorganizing committees, because committees are part of Senate internal organization.

Rule X says permanent committees are formed by the Senate after organization, including the Committee on Rules (take notice, yan ang unang call to motion ni Sotto).

So what did Cayetano did wrong?
Essentially by refusing to attend the Senate or any of the presiding officers (ie: Former Pro Tempore Legarda, and Former Majority Leaders), the situation became more and more similar to Avelino v. Cuenco, 1949.

The former Majority could even argue that Avelino v. Cuenco, 1949 is a "special circumstance" . However, the similarities between then and now became more apparent with the former Majority leaders absence and made the arguments of the anti-Cayetano camp stronger.

With this, the new Majority got their quorum and they rearranged leadership.

So why only the leaderships and not the actual Senate Presidency?

So the pro-Cayetano camp can ask: "If you truly have quorum, and the majority of all members, why not also elect a Senate President?"

Short answer: Because of the Constitution.

The Constitution makes electing a new Senate President more sensitive because it specifically requires a “majority vote of all its respective Members” for that office.

The Constitution then separately says each House may choose “such other officers as it may deem necessary.”

For Senate President:
The Constitution itself sets the rule. The Senate President must be elected by “a majority vote of all its respective Members.”

For President Pro Tempore and other officers:
The Constitution does not give a specific voting threshold. It only says each House may choose “such other officers as it may deem necessary.” (Sec. 16)

It also says each House may determine its own rules.

That is where Senate Rule II comes in:
the Senate used its rule-making power to say its officers, including the President Pro Tempore, Secretary, and Sergeant-at-Arms, are elected by majority vote of all members.

LOGICAL DIFFERENCE:
So the Constitution does not dictate the definition of "all members" for other Senate officers - only for the Senate President.

Thus, the dictation and definition of "all members" lies on Senate Rules per the Constitution Sec. 16, "...as they deem necessary..."

But with Avelino v. Cuenco 1949 coming in...

The Senate PH has already defined "majority of all members" to be "active members of the Senate - that could participate"

In the ruling,
Justice Feria said the count may be based on the Senate’s “actual members or incumbents,” excluding those unable to discharge their duties because of death, incapacity, absence from jurisdiction, or other causes making attendance impossible (ie: arrest).

Feria treated the Senate as having 23 actual members, so 12 became a quorum and majority.

[JP Andrew Pusa @dumidyeypee]

takot na takot daw?

[Crazy Moments @Crazymoments01]

He adopted a terrified dog locked in a cage for 4 years 😱

[Richard Heydarian @RichHeydarian]

Our latest map is out!!! Yes, big electoral shift as LENI-TULFO tandem now BEAT SARA-led coalition!! #DeepDive

Via @IanIslander3 drawing on @OctaResearch data

[Jesus Falcis 🇵🇭 @jesusfalcis]

🚨 Bato Dela Rosa’s mistahs or batchmates in PMA Class 1986 who are pro-Bato are pressuring their fellow batchmates to sign a statement in support of Bato.

One mistah, Allan Cusi of PMA ‘86, writes an eloquent letter rejecting the pressure. 💯👏🫡

#ArrestBatoNOW

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[@pauloinmanila and 99 others @pauloMDtweets]

This is very me.

[MajorCrush @CrushMajor]

A day after Loren Legarda's alma mater Assumption College removes her portrait from the Wall of Empowered Women, the Universidad de Sta Isabel, the alma mater of Mayor Leni Robredo, awarded Mayor Leni the Gawad Vincentiano Award 💕

📸 Leni Gerona Robredo

[Io✨ @wildcatmorana]

: so every single one of the three & a half thousand ppl who was killed was a drug dealer?
: yes!
: how do we know that? u didnt trial them. u didnt prosecute them. u didnt charge them. u shot them on sight. thats not a democratic way of solving crime

SUPALPAL SI ALAN CAYETANO