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[Marianne Enriquez @mariannenriquez]

DIOKNO REJECTS BID TO BAR PRE-2022 EVIDENCE, CITES SERENO CASE

House Prosecutor Chel Diokno pushed back against defense counsel Michael Poa's argument that allegations and evidence predating 2022 should be excluded from Vice President Sara Duterte's #impeachment trial because she was not yet an impeachable official at the time.

Diokno argued that questions of integrity and fitness for office may require examining acts that occurred before an official assumed an impeachable position. He pointed to the case of former Chief Justice Maria Sereno, where allegations from before her appointment as Chief Justice were raised in the quo warranto proceedings that led to her removal.

"The crux of a quo warranto case is the same as impeachment—removal from office and fitness for office," Diokno said, maintaining that pre-2022 acts and records may be relevant in determining whether a public official remains fit to serve.

Among the witnesses listed by the prosecution is former Ombudsman Melchor Carandang, who is expected to testify on allegations involving the Vice President's purported unexplained wealth and bank transactions involving her and former President Rodrigo Duterte.

@News5PH #VPSaraOnTrial

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

It is important to resist the commodification of basic human needs. Food, water and healthcare cannot be subordinated to market considerations or geopolitical interests. Access to adequate food is a fundamental human right grounded in the dignity of every person. Meeting this need not only alleviates suffering but also addresses underlying causes of geopolitical instability. Indeed, food security is an essential component of global and integral security. https://t.co/DgkM9RegJ7

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[Überkierkegaard @UberKierk]

“The feeling of religious rapture and sexual arousal: —two profound feelings coordinated quite precisely to an all but astonishing degree.”

— Nietzsche

[Poppa Left @_the6thman]

JUST NOW: OG Anunoby says what was going through his mind while he was flying through the air during the wild finish of Game 4

@GMA

[GMA News @gmanews]

Nakayapak na tumakbong papalapit sa kaniyang mga anak ang isang ama mula sa General Santos City nang salubungin niya ang mga ito matapos ang naramdamang magnitude 7.8 na lindol kahapon, June 8.

Sa video na kuha ni YouScooper Lindy, makikita ang isang lalaking nagmamadaling tumakbo habang umuuga pa ang ilang poste sa paligid.

Ayon kay Lindy, kapansin-pansin ding naka-shorts lamang ang lalaki at iisang tsinelas ang suot habang nagmamadaling niyakap at sinalubong ang kaniyang mga anak.

Kwento ni Lindy, nasa sasakyan siya kasama ang kaniyang anak nang makuhanan niya ng video ang paggalaw ng mga poste dahil sa lindol ngunit nahagip ng kaniyang camera ang tatay na tumatakbo papalapit sa mga bata. Komento pa ng isang netizen, “How lucky these kids are for a father who will run barefoot to check on them..🥹”. #YouScoop

Courtesy: YouScooper Lindy Lee

[… @johnat143]

Taena. Talagang kinakanti ni Tulfo si Alan. ANG SAYAAAAAAAAA

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

Thank you so much for bringing up SP Cayetano's clarification on what the Dividing The House mean

But, it actually weakens the Majority's case

Let's study what happened:

1. “May 11 pa na-present” said by Sen. Marcoleta. But that's not the full story

Yes, Marcoleta raised the motion on May 11.

But Lacson rebutted the May 11 records showed the matter was referred to the Committee on Rules, and Cayetano confirmed that during interpellation.

That matters because once referred, the committee process should apply (Senate PH Rule XI, Section 24)

2. Lacson’s point: Rule 136 does not erase the committee referral.

Cayetano relied on Senate PH Rule LI, Section 136 to combat Rule XI, Section 24, which allows amendment of Senate Rules by motion if presented one day before consideration.

But Lacson’s answer was - that applies if there was no referral.

Since the motion was already presented AND was already referred to Rules Committee, Rule XI and Section 24 should supercede Rule LI Section 136

quoting:
"(that was referred)... committees must meet, discuss, decide, and submit a report."

3. The Committee on Rules was not properly functioning - because of the removal of Senate President Sotto.

Lacson said all posts had been declared vacant after the May 11 leadership change.

So there was no chairman or members of the Committee on Rules. But the matter was already referred

(ie: Napunta na yung motion sa Committee on Rules, pero dahil wala pang chairmanship or hindi pa na-constitute ang bagong committee, hindi pa siya naasikaso)

Lacson's question was simple: how can the Committee On Rules act if it had not even been constituted?

4. Sotto backed the process argument.

Sotto reportedly said the Committee on Rules should first be constituted before the motion is discussed.

He also objected as an ex officio member, asking in Taglish: “Tumawag ba? Ano ’to binabraso?”

In other words, even the Minority Leader was saying the process looked like strong-arming or bulldozing the process by skipping the Committee on Rules.

5. The Motion to divide the house curtails Rule XI, Section 24

Tama ka! Hindi automatically mali ang “motion to divide the House.”

Ang mali ay ginamit ito to force plenary action on a controversial Senate Rules amendment while the proposal had already been referred to the Committee on Rules

Wala pang malinaw na committee action or report from the very Committee. That's why the process seemed suspiciously being railroaded.

6. So why was it railroading for Cayetano to start to Divide The House and debate.

Because if that motion passed, the Senate would effectively move straight to plenary action while skipping the Committee on Rules step.

And that step matters.

Doon dapat dini-discuss ang pros, cons, safeguards, loopholes, quorum, voting, and consequences of changing the Senate Rules.

Pero hindi pa iyon nagagawa.
No proper committee meeting.
No decision.
No report.

So hindi ito simpleng “procedural vote lang.”

Once the Senate agrees to take it up in plenary, the Majority can move quickly - sponsorship, interpellation, amendments, then adoption and within the session.

Simple majority votes lang ang kailangan.

So basically, if the division of the House passed, the Senate would be acting as if: “Tapos na ang Committee on Rules. Decision time na.”

But that was exactly the deliberation.
Hindi pa tapos ang proseso - yan ang ungol ng Minority

7. If the Dividing The House motion passed, the Majority is basically saying, "tapos na ang Committee on Rules", decision time na.

“Tapos na ang Committee on Rules. Decision time na.”

But that was exactly the problem.

The Committee on Rules was not properly constituted. No proper committee deliberation had happened. No report had been submitted.

So when Cayetano says he only wanted to bring it back to plenary “to deliberate,” that sounds reasonable but it misses the point or even hiding an uglier motive.

Plenary deliberation will replace Committee on Rules deliberation.

So bringing it straight to plenary was not just “for deliberation.” It was a shortcut hidden as a "discuss na natin dito"

They wanted to skip the Committee on Rules process because they had the numbers.

So the Minority walked out because they refused to legitimize a shortcut.

"For Deliberation" sabi ni Cayetano shall not be used as an excuse to avoid deliberation on Committee on Rules, yan ang reply ng Minority

WHICH IS SUMMARIZED IN:
You cannot ask to change the Rules of the Senate while ignoring the Rules of the Senate.

That is not procedure.
That is railroading dressed up as procedure.

Cayetano is saying "procedure 'to" BUT intentionally skipping ACTUAL PROCEDURE

[Daniel B. Bautista @bautistadanielb]

Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on the
old Condonation Doctrine!!! 👏🏻

Buti talaga wala na ‘to nung 2016!!! 👏🏻

Landmark Ruling Indeed!!! 👏🏻

[Dr. Pamela Cajilig @anthropam]

PH Media challenge: Promote a beautiful place in the Philippines without referencing a foreign country.

[⚡︎ @_sorrengailll]

I came across this theory that AI is getting worse because the internet is drowning in AI-generated slop. The thought of AI cannibalising itself into irrelevance is honestly one of my favourite concepts. I really hope it’s true and impossible to fix.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In the era of #ArtificialIntelligence, when human dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization, ours is the pressing duty to remain profoundly human. We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us and revealed in its fullness in Christ, the splendor of which no machine can ever replace. #MagnificaHumanitas
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[iSabongera 🇵🇭 @iSabongera]

BREAKING! May Malaking Desisyon ang Korte Suprema Sa Lunes. May 25 2026

Credits to Atty. Yanna TikTok account for the video

[Tristan Louis Sicat @imtristansicat]

It has been apparent na hirap na hirap ang Duterte alliance and their trolls this time. MAY PANGIL NA KASI ULIT ANG MEDIA. This demonstrates the vitality of press freedom na nawala noong panahon ni Duterte.

FREE PRESS IS OFFICIALLY BACK, AND IT IS MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN EVER.

[Diane Montagna @dianemontagna]

JUST IN: Vatican announces that Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI — will be presented at 11:30am on Monday, May 25, in the Vaticanʼs Synod Hall, in the presence of the Holy Father.

Speakers at the presentation will include:

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith;

Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development;

Professor Anna Rowlands, Political Theology, including Catholic Social Teaching, and theological ethics of human migration, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, United Kingdom;

Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic (USA) and head of interpretability research for artificial intelligence;

Dr. Leocadie Lushombo, Political Theology and Catholic Social Thought, Jesuit School of Theology / Santa Clara University, California.

Concluding remarks will be delivered by thel Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

The presentation will also include an address by Pope Leo XIV.

Magnifica Humanitas was signed and dated on May 15, the 135th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum.

[JR Santiago @oslecjunior]

We have the great misfortune of being led by Senators who are cowards and who have fragile egos.

And who are also very proud of their ignorance.

Where have all the statesmen gone?

[Krixia Subingsubing @subingsquared_]

Senate media beat proving that in the hardest of times it would always be the journalists to show up on the frontlines. Not vloggers, not influencers, not online commentators. Nothing but the highest respect to our hardworking colleagues.