Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Being nice to people you hate is not being PLASTIC.
It's called RESPECT and making yourself EDUCATED.

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Today is the 76th birth anniversary of the Iron Lady of Asia, Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago! ❤️🇵🇭

Miriam Palma Defensor Santiago was born on June 15, 1945. She has brought honor to the Philippines in several ways.
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Now it is our turn to continue for what she fought for until she breathed her last. Flag of PhilippinesRaised fist
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#MiriamTunayNaBayani
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©️:Senator Miriam: The Immortal Memes

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ANG MAMATAY NG DAHIL SA'YO
"Kaya susubukan at susubukan ko pa rin ang lahat ng magagawa ko, [kahit na] tumatanda na ako." -Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago on her last presidential run
She ate serious death threats for breaksfast. S

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Her right hand laid firmly on her chest as she utter with GREAT PRIDE that "... there is no better than the Filipino."

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Just like a mother to her children she openly risked her own life for their welfare.
IF THIS IS NOT LOVE, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
For her country and her people, she braved the strongest storms. Miriam remained standing tall.

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he cheated and survived an imminent death, an assasination attempt, and laughed at countless of death threats. She did not let cancer stop her from becoming the most productive senator and running for highest position of the land.

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“I would choose the leader who inspires and motivates the Filipino people with a sense of shared values, and a sense of shared destiny.”
- Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago
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“Magtulungan tayo. Let's have a sense of shared destiny, not shared destruction. 'Yan ang problema sa Pilipinas eh.” - Miriam Defensor Santiago
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Quote source: https://t.co/iWqJhglVWd

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'Epal' comes from 'mapapel,' a Filipino term for attention-grabbers, scene-stealers, or people who crave a role in affairs that are not necessarily theirs to handle or decide.
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democratic principle of equality of opportunity under the equal protection clause of the constitution.
Ang pangit niyo.
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How are they going to recuperate the money they have spent for their epalism? Remember that not all that is legal is moral! Premature campaigning smack of intellectual dishonesty and disregard for the

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Some of these trapos come up with the most ridiculous excuses such as the defense that they’re using their own money in projects where they plaster their names and faces. We have two questions for them: Is that behavior ethical and moral?

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Politicians use and abuse publicity and the media to associate him or herself with government projects for political leverage and personal aggrandizement. Since public funds are involved, government propaganda is an easy target for graft and corruption.

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Kapag epal at maaga mangampanya, malamang korap!
Huwag niyo na iboto itong mga politikong ito na hindi naiintindihan ang konsepto ng Community Pantries at ginagamit pa ang pandemya para sa ambisyon nila sa politika!
I-basura natin sila sa mga susunod na halalan!

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Demanding accountability from our politicians isn't unchristian.
It is fueled by righteous indignation!
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This is what @senmiriam Santiago meant when she said that we should have a sense of shared destiny, not sense of destruction.

Kudos to all who built and contributed to their respective community pantries.

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“Corrupt na nga, unqualified pa. We should bring back meritocracy to the bureaucracy!” –@senmiriam
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Imagine her addressing the nation as president.
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The study then made this conclusion, kapag tumataas ang posisyon mo sa gobyerno, lumiliit ang balls mo."
—@senmiriam, in her speech at the National Student Conference on Hotel and Restaurant Management | September 09, 2013

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"There was a study on the connection between government employees and the sport they play. Ang paborito raw sport ng entry-level government employees ay basketball.
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Kapag lower management position na, ang paborito raw nila ay bowling. Kapag upper management naman, paborito raw nila ay tennis. Ang paborito raw na sport ng high-level government officials is golf.