WORKING ON A WEEKEND: today, a Saturday, we haven’t slowed down in following up the leads to maintain the momentum gained since we started investigating the anomalous slope protection and drainage projects in Taguig.
Our goal is to reach its logical conclusion.
Some senator-judges asked if the witness knew Teacher Ronnel Mas, once arrested without a warrant for offering a 50M bounty to anyone who would kill the president. Atty. @ChelDiokno could have boasted that he (w/ FLAG) secured the teacher's release... #coolhumbleChelDiokno
‘SANA HINDI ONE-SIDED ANG ATING PROSEKUSYON’
Ito ang hiling ni Senator-judge Robin Padilla sa kalagitnaan ng pagtatanong niya kay lead prosecutor Gerville Luistro sa ika-9 na araw ng impeachment trial ni Vice President Sara Duterte.
Sa isang press conference matapos ang trial, sinagot ito ni Luistro at sinabing mas nakapagtataka raw kung ipagtatanggol nila ang respondent. #VPonTrial
Hadlang ba ang confidentiality sa kapangyarihan ng impeachment court?
Sa trial kahapon, ating binigyang-diin: “The Constitution vests the impeachment court with extraordinary powers… No person, law, or administrative rule can limit or supersede it. Nothing and no one can handcuff this court's power to try and decide this impeachment case.”
Ang Bank Secrecy Law ay tumatalima sa impeachment court. Ayon mismo sa batas, “All deposits are hereby considered as of an absolutely confidential nature, except in cases of impeachment."
Ganoon din ang Data Privacy Act. Malinaw na sinasabi ng batas na hindi pwedeng idahilan ang privacy "should the personal information be needed pursuant to a subpoena."
Walang duda na may karapatan at kapangyarihan ang impeachment court na ipa-subpoena ang mga bank records, tax records, at Anti-Money Laundering Council reports kaugnay ni VP Sara.
Sa ganitong paraan, madedesisyunan nito ang kaso base sa buong katotohanan.
Thankful that the trial is showing the public real good examples of public servants - tinatapos ang trabaho ng walang ingay. Handang harapin ang kaso na binabato dahil ginagawa nila ang kanilang tungkulin. Salamat Mr. Calilung at Atty Lotoc
⚠️ Kung hindi ka biased or hindi ka DDS, it’s crystal clear:
Panalo ang Prosecution and talo ang Defense sa oral arguments.
And therefore: the Senate should subpoena the bank records, AMLC docs, and tax returns of BP Inday Sara Duterte.
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#SubpoenaTheTruth
It goes without saying that a Duterte leadership is alarming. If they can dismiss a threat to kill, directed no less at the President, as mere freedom of expression, what protections can ordinary Filipinos expect, especially if that way of thinking shapes public policy?
"Bagong Alyansang Makabayan demands that the power oligopoly - Aboitiz Power, San Miguel Global Power, First Gen, ACEN, Meralco/MGen, and NGCP - be made to absorb the current rate hike and the rising cost of power. It is time that they bear the burden of their greed." - BAYAN
‘THE EXISTENCE OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS DOES NOT ALTER THE FACT THAT THE VIDEO EXISTS’
NBI Regional Director Jeremy Lotoc says typographical errors in the subpoena do not change the existence of the video where Vice President Sara Duterte made the alleged threats or the NBI’s findings that she allegedly committed crimes of grave threats and inciting to sedition. #VPonTrial
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‘IBA BA ANG STANDARD SA ORDINARYONG TAO SA MATAAS NA OPISYAL?’
Atty Lorna Kapunan says if the VP backtracks, or says she lied or says the threats were a joke, “Can she still be trusted? It is still considered grave threats”
REMINDER:
In 2020, 4 people were arrested after posting online what were considered death threats against then President Duterte.
1. Public school teacher Ronnel Mas of Zambales was charged with incitement to sedition after posting he would give P50 million to anyone who could kill Duterte.
2. Joemarc Ebcay of Ozamiz was charged with sedition after he posted a Facebook comment offering P150 million to anyone who could kill Duterte.
3. Ronald Quiboyen, a construction worker, was arrested for allegedly writing on Facebook that he would give P100 million.
4. Maria Catherine Ceron of Cebu was also arrested for allegedly offering P75 million to kill Duterte.
“Even if ordinary citizens did not have the capacity, did not have a private army or did not hire an assassin, even if they did not have the capability to offer several millions, it was still considered grave threats” @ANCALERTS #ANCHeadstart
Isang Maligayang Ika-10 Taon ng Tagumpay sa West Philippine Sea!
Ang makasaysayang desisyon ng arbitral ruling noong July 12, 2016 ay patunay na buhay ang diwa ng ating pagiging makabayan. Pinatunayan natin na ang ating karagatan ay hindi pag-aari ng kahit sino mang banyaga, kundi sa ating mga Pilipino lamang, lalo na sa ating mga mangingisda.
Ngayong ipinagdiriwang natin ang unang dekada ng tagumpay na ito, muling nagpapasiklab ang Akbayan Partylist sa ating panawagan: Patuloy nating ipaglaban ang ating teritoryo.
Para sa ating mga mangingisda, para sa ating likas-yaman, at para sa kinabukasan ng ating mga anak—manindigan tayo!
'Pag Mahal Mo, Akbayan Mo!
An example of CONVICTION POLITICS. Despite having a dad like Vic Sotto (known for womanizin), i think his mom Connie Reyes, provided the inspiration that kept him grounded on his values and convictions.
PAANO KA HINDI KAKAININ NG SISTEMA?
In his commencement speech to the graduates of UP Law 2026, Mayor Vico Sotto shared that he is always asked by people how he keeps his integrity. They ask for his advice on the age old question of:
“Paano kami hindi kakainin ng sistema?”
As a result, he shared ten things he does or thinks about regularly to avoid being eaten by the system.
Here are the TEN THINGS that Mayor Vico Sotto does or follows to keep his integrity:
1. Preparation is more important than courage.
2. Make a list of non-negotiables and review them regularly.
3. When in doubt, choose faith conscience and integrity over money power and ambition.
4. Study cognitive dissonance and continuously identify how and where it affects you. Your decision-making and opinion-forming.
5. Get out of your echo chamber from time to time.
6. Check your ego every single day.
7. Have people in your life who share the same or similar principles, values, and beliefs.
8. Allow said people in #7 to keep you grounded.
9. Give these people the license to hold you accountable.
10. Have a healthy level of respect but also be willing to go against the status quo.
Then the crowd cheered in applause. 👏
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I support doing all ten but I would like to personally highlight Numbers 3, 6, and 7! 💯
#VicoSotto
#GraduationSpeech
We are not after your blood.
We are after your explanation on how you spent public funds.
We have no interest in bludgeoning you.
What we want is to hold you accountable.
We do not want you to bow to us.
We want you to bow to justice.