‘Nakakaloka ang kahirapan’

sa ang direktor at aktor ng pelikula, telebisyon at entablado na si Direk Joel Lamangan na nagsalita hinggil sa kahirapang dinaranas ng mamamayang Pilipino. Ang talumpati ay binigkas sa “Protesta laban sa kahirapan, korapsyon at kawalang pananagutan!” sa Liwasang Bonifacio ng Enero 31.

Bakit nga ba dapat ituloy ang Impeachment?

“Kasi ang mga impeachable official, Diyos yan sila eh. Namimihasa sila na magnakaw ng pondo ng bayan dahil mahihirap silang kasuhan. Kaya dapat ituloy ang Impeachment ni VP Sara Duterte. Oposisyon ka man o adminstrasyon, kung nagnakaw ka, dapat may kaso ka! Sabi nga namin sa Bayan Muna, dapat ang pondo diretso sa tao, huwag nang sumabit pa sa bulsa ng mga pulitiko.”

Kung Nagrally ang Galit sa Rally

Kung nagrally ang galit sa rally/ay lilibakin ka/
tayo/kung bakit hindi makita/ang kanilang nakikita./ang maramdaman/ang kanilang nararamdaman/na para bang tayo ang manhid sa maraming panahon/at bulag sa katotohanang nangungusap mula pa noon.

Unlimited Imee, Villar campaign funds

One of the biggest scandals in Philippine politics is the inability of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to enforce the law about premature campaigning and its tragic failure to tighten the screws on the use of personal funds to support the electoral drives of political dynasties.

Marcos is biggest stumbling block to impeachment

The House of Representatives should not shirk from its duty to act on the impeachment. The Senate should not abdicate its role of conducting a trial should the articles of impeachment reach it. All this talk of “lack of time” is meant to preserve the bankrupt status quo of corruption and impunity.

Are candidates funding their own campaigns? Camille Villar, Imee Marcos ads breach P1B

The amount is staggering, Jean Encinas Franco, associate professor at the University of the Philippines’ Department of Political Science, told PCIJ. “It gives me a sense they are already using their own money,” she said. “Candidates cannot use their own money. When you have a stake in election spending, all the more you will be corrupt.”

What peace does INC mean?

The INC talking about peace and nothing about justice for taxpayers, and zilch about holding Sara’s feet to the fire. In other words, the INC is giving Sara a pass while riding on the willy-nilly declaration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that the country would not benefit from Sara’s impeachment.