Comelec can easily look into Marcoleta’s caper, examine the tapes of Net 25 and determine forthwith that the greenhorn senator tried to pull the wool over the eyes of poll commissioners. That is a cardinal sin and Marcoleta is not exempt from sanctions and the appropriate penalty, which is ouster from the Senate.
Sa malapit na hinaharap, magpapatuloy ang kilusan kontra korapsyon na mapanagot ang mga kurakot hanggang sa tuktok, ugatin sa bulok na sistema ang sanhi ng korapsyon, at mapanagot ang pinakamatataas na opisyal ng bansa.
“How can a country with a chronic rice and agriculture crisis afford to give away millions of hectares of productive land to corporations in the name of ‘clean energy’?” KMP argued.
The unadulterated arrogance is mirrored in the conduct of Sara Zimmerman Duterte Carpio, Rep. Apollo Duterte and Davao City Vice Mayor Sebastian Duterte. Add Kitty Duterte to the mix and you get some sticky political porridge.
It had been a lonely fight for former Senator Aquilino Pimentel III in the Senate and the Makabayan coalition of progressive partylists in the House of Representatives (HOR) to keep PhilHealth funds off the hands of the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration.
Religious leaders are not supposed to be wet behind the ears, or susceptible to being swayed by the belief that protest actions should not disrupt the political order.
As his constituents have rightly posited, the big fight should start at home. They wondered how many houses the Barzagas have accumulated in the plush residential subdivisions in Cavite that also host world-class golf courses that consume precious water.
Bahain natin sila ng ating galit/Bahain natin sila ng ating pagtutol—/Mga p*tang-*na n’yo, kami ang tunay na baha!
By banking on humanitarian grounds to win Duterte’s interim release, the defense counsel failed to see that the accused faces charges of crimes against humanity and in the history of the ICC, there has never been an instance when anyone similarly charged was granted interim release.
“Habang pinababaluktot [tayo] para magkasya sa kumot, nagtatampisaw sa nakaw na buwis ng taumbayan ang mga kurakot – si Bongbong Marcos, Sara Duterte, mga senador, kongresista, matataas na opisyal sa gubyerno, at kanilang mga kasabwat na private contractors.”
