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will rise again from the ashes

[🐦‍🔥 @thommygroot]

Baguio at night is just ❤

[miguel @migs88]

diptyque selling katol

[เทย์ทาวาฬ @Tawan_V]

Sa ating mga kaibigang Pilipino, nabalitaan ko ang tungkol sa lindol at nais ko pong ipaabot ang aking taos-pusong suporta at panalangin para sa inyong kaligtasan. Ingat po kayong lahat.💙

[Dear Self. @Dearme2_]

I affirm.

[Jeferson Nasa @Jefersonnasa_]

Bro creó una obra maestra

[ඞ @lifeinchaos_]

these erasers ain’t do shit but make the spot darker

[Romnick Sarmenta @Relampago1972]

When you are a government figure with a high position with responsibilities to the Constitution and the nation, and you choose not to come in for work, and instead rant on social media...

You are undeserving of any post. A moron. And a joke.
#senateflix

[Nico B. Valderrama @nbvneverquits]

Aminin na natin: APC was outsmarted by the three Senate Presidents who preceded him.

And if a leader—especially a lawyer—can be outmaneuvered that way, then he or she is not fit to serve as Senate President.

As for the public, let us stay vigilant.

Hindi natutulog ang Diyos; pero hindi rin napapagod ang may masamang plano.

[Billy @akobaloy]

Pa-notaryo niyo na yan

[Lynda Jumilla-Abalos @lyndajumilla]

ate: hindi niyo kami kinumusta
kuya: hindi niyo ako binigyan ng chance

Whiny na, needy pa. Parang kulang sa aruga.

[Nico B. Valderrama @nbvneverquits]

Ganito na lang.

I-assume natin na pumasok kahapon ang lahat ng 22 Senators na maaaring pumasok, dahil bayad naman sila ng taumbayan para pumasok.

May quorum? Yes.

Ilan ang kailangang bumoto para makagalaw ang Senado sa isang ordinary motion? 12, dahil iyon ang majority ng 22 Senators present. Ngayon, kung may motion si Senator Sotto na i-declare na bakante ang lahat ng posisyon sa Senado, at 12 Senators ang bumoto pabor, ano ang resulta?

Mababakante ang mga posisyon, kasama ang Senate Presidency. Ganito rin nabakante ang mga posisyon nung huling namuno si Senator Sotto at nag-motion si Senator Villanueva nung May 11, 2026 to declare all Senate leadership positions vacant.

Makakahalal ba sila agad ng Senate President? Hindi, kung walang makakuha ng 13 votes. The Constitution requires the Senate President to be elected by majority vote of all the Members of the Senate.

Pero makakahalal ba sila ng Senate President Pro Tempore? Yes.

Bakit? Dahil ang Constitution mismo ang nagsasabi na each House shall choose such other officers as it may deem necessary. Ang Senate President Pro Tempore ay hindi Senate President. Isa siyang ibang officer na kinikilala ng Rules of the Senate na dapat ihalal ng majority of all members of the Senate.

So ano ang dapat gawin? I-harmonize ang Constitution at ang Rules of the Senate.
Dapat ba ang interpretation ay hahayaang walang mahalal at maparalisa ang Senado? Hindi. A reading that leaves the Senate unable to organize or transact business should be avoided, because the Constitution contemplates a functioning Senate, not a paralyzed chamber.

Hindi hinalal si Senator Gatchalian bilang Senate President Pro Tempore para pumalit kay Senator Legarda personally. Hinalal siya para punan ang posisyong nabakante dahil sa lehitimong motion ni Senator Sotto.
Hindi rin siya nahalal na Senate President by 12 votes.

Ang nangyari ay ito: nabakante ang Senate Presidency; walang nahalal na Senate President dahil walang 13 votes; ngunit may valid election ng Senate President Pro Tempore under the Constitution and the Rules of the Senate. By operation of the Rules of the Senate, the Senate President Pro Tempore acts as Senate President while the office is vacant.
Hindi lamang sinabi ng Avelino v. Cuenco na hindi kasama sa pag-determine ng quorum ang mga Senador na hindi maaaring i-compel na umattend. Sinabi rin ng kaso na makatwiran na bigyang-bisa ang nais ng nakararami, lalo na sa pagpili ng mamumuno sa Senado, dahil ang pagpili ng Senate leadership ay nakadepende sa will of its members.

Higit sa lahat, hindi pinapayagan ng Constitution na paralisado ang kahit isang Kapulungan ng Kongreso. Kailangan pa ba talagang isulat iyon? Kahit ang taumbayan, hindi papayag na hindi magtrabaho ang mga pinapasweldo nila sa gobyerno.

Kahit grade 1 student, pumapasok nang walang bayad dahil alam niyang tungkulin niyang mag-aral. Ang mga senador pa kaya? Sila itong may malaking budget para kumuha ng magagaling na abogado na magpapaliwanag kung ano ang maaari at hindi maaaring gawin sa Senado.

[Torey Canino-Celis @tj_canino]

🚨JUST IN: RETURNING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIPS:

• Sen. Risa Hontiveros — Health
• Sen. Kiko Pangilinan — Agriculture
• Sen. Bam Aquino — Basic Education

THANK YOU, LORD! 💚💖

[Leila de Lima @manayleila]

I refuse to support a law that effectively institutionalizes political dynasties!

I vote NO to House Bill No. 8389 or the “Anti-Political Dynasty Act.”

HB 8389 is not a true or genuine anti-dynasty law, but rather a dynasty legitimization act.

First: The bill has no succession ban. A governor can be succeeded by a spouse, who can be succeeded by a child, who can be succeeded by a sibling – indefinitely, legally, under this bill. 

Second: The bill permits a governor, a mayor, and a Representative from the same family governing the same province simultaneously, as it only prohibits relatives from holding office within the same level of government, not within the same territory. 

Third: The bill permits multiple congressional districts controlled by one family within the same province. Three adjacent districts, three relatives, all voting for the same party line: legal. Exactly as it operates today. Nothing changes.

Fourth: The bill neither covers party-list representatives as protected positions nor references incumbents. Therefore, a senator's son or daughter can be nominated and serve as a party-list representative – perfectly legal under this bill

Fifth: The bill limits the prohibition to relatives within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, covering spouses, parents, children, and siblings. However, this second-degree prohibition excludes broader kinship networks, such as grandparents, first cousins, uncles, aunts, nieces, and nephews, through which dynastic power is often exercised. Limiting the prohibition to only the second degree narrows the reach of the law and allows extended family networks, which remain close-knit in Philippine culture, to continue operating within the same political sphere.

Sixth: The bill does not address, hence, permits substitution, caretaker designation, and every indirect route to office. The prohibition under this bill covers only direct candidacy, not the back doors.

The Filipino people have been waiting for this law since 1987. Tatlumpu't siyam na taon. 

We can do better than this. We can pass a law worthy of the wait. A law the framers of the 1987 Constitution would recognize as the fulfillment of their mandate, not a betrayal of it.

I vote NO to HB 8389, not because I oppose anti-dynasty legislation. I vote NO precisely because I support it. I refuse to support a law that effectively institutionalizes political dynasties.

The Filipino people deserve better. The Constitution demands better. We can do better.

[Jerry B. Grácio @JerryGracio]

O, hindi porke't umatend si Chiz kaya nagkaroon ng quorum ang Senate, ligtas na siya sa flood control scam ha. Kung may warrant, ikulong din 'yan. Ganun dapat.

[Chel Diokno @ChelDiokno]

Ngayong araw, bumoto tayo ng NO sa House Bill No. 8389.

Sa ilalim ng panukalang ito, maaari pa ring mamuno ang isang pamilya sa iba’t ibang antas ng pamahalaan.

Pero kung sila ang nakaupo sa taas, at sila pa rin ang nakaupo sa baba, hindi ba nananatili pa rin ang konsentrasyon ng kapangyarihan?

Pwede pa ring magbaba ng kontrata at proyekto ang isang senador o kongresista para sa kapatid niyang gobernador. Pwede pa ring gamitin ng isang gobernador ang kapitolyo para ipitin ang kalaban ng anak niyang tumatakbong mayor. At pwede pa ring gamitin ng isang pangulo ang buong puwersa ng gobyerno para pagtakpan ang korapsyon ng pinsan niyang kongresista.

At isa pa: hindi pa saklaw ng panukala ang party-list. Kaya pwede pa ring maging district representative si mister, habang si misis naman ay nakaupo bilang party-list representative.

Taliwas ito sa diwa ng Konstitusyon. Hindi nito winawakasan ang paghahari ng mga dinastiya, kundi ginawa pa itong legal at bahagi ng sistema.

[Nico B. Valderrama @nbvneverquits]

You cannot invoke the Constitution only when it is convenient.

When you prevent the Senate from functioning as mandated by the Constitution, you violate the Constitution.

When you refuse to convene the Senate for three consecutive days, you violate the Constitution.

Do not dare ask to be rescued by the very Constitution you violated.

[Jasper Tagle @JasperTagle]

CONGRATULATIONS, REALIZED CPAs! Welcome to the profession! 🥳

[Jai Cabajar @jaicabajar]

Kaya mo yan kasi bakla ka tapos pride month pa so may extra powers ka this month

[🐦‍🔥 @thommygroot]

Congrats CPAs!!!

[Nico Quejano @nicoquejano]

Pinatunayan lang talaga ni Jinggoy na mas matapang mga bakla kesa sa lalaki.

Si Jinggoy hinarap ang kaso. Si Bato nagtago. 😅

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! 🏳️‍🌈