Category: impeachment

SONA. Systems Loss. Sara.

May all of PBBM‘s promises come true, except Pax Silica and nuclear power. Pax Silica dahil napaka-major-major move pero hindi malinaw kung makikinabang talaga tayo o pinagsasamantalahan at pagkakakitaan lang tayo as usual. Nuclear power dahil lumang tugtugin na, may Bataan Nuclear Power Plant na noong 1984, 1985 na pinagkagastusan natin nang katakut-takot, pero kahit si Marcos Sr. ay nag-atubiling i-switch on ito, balikan natin kung bakit nga ba!

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Winner! ang pangakong hindi niya poprotektahan ang mga kamag-anak at kaibigan na may kaso sa Ombdusman. Winner! din ang pro-Pinoy rhetoric re sovereignty and the West Philippine Sea without naming da mang-aagaw. Pinaka-Winner! ang utos, demand, ng Presidente na itigil ang pagsingil ng Systems Loss (at VAT nito) sa mga consumer ng koryente.

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Systems Loss. Komplikadong usapin dahil sinong magbabayad, tanong ng mga kapitalista. Hindi pala obvious na sila mismo ang dapat mag-absorb, lalo na yung mga kumikita ng bilyonbilyon taontaon. Ano ba naman yung mabawasan ng kaunti ang tubò nila, moderate the greed, ika nga ni Jun Lozada, lalo na’t electricity is an essential necessity. At huwag sabihing business isn’t good with the oil crisis and Middle East war auguring a global recession atbp. Kung hindi good for you guys, can you please try and imagine how bad, how much worse, it is for the masses who have made you rich? Maybe think of it as pay-back time? Good for the soul. Good for the karma.

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Sara. Senado. Hindi naman totoo ang say ni Amy Pamintuan ng PhilStar at Storycon na “people are bored out of their skulls and tuning out of the impeachment trial.” We do mute the sound haha, pag paulit-ulit o paikot-ikot ang balitaktakan o di namin type ang senator-judge na nagdradramang defense attorney ng VP, but it’s only to take a break, and bumabalik-balik pag umuusad na uli. Otherwise there’s no tuning out of this impeachment trial, no way.

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Selective justice nga ba ang nagpakulong kina Marcoleta at Defensor, Estrada at Revilla? Parang hindi naman. Yung mga kaso nina Estrada at Revilla, Napoles scam pa, PNoy admin pa, and it’s about time. Mas bago yung kina Marcoleta at Defensor, pero napabilis ang gulong dahil umamin na si Marcoleta (which he now denies, though I’m not sure what exactly he’s denying).

Coincidence ba, nagkataon lang ba, na puro sila DDS? Teka, DDS ba si Revilla? Hindi ko sure, ika nga, pero kahit pa sabihing hindi coincidence — sinadya silang unahing patulan ng Ombudsman kung kailan merong impeachment trial vs the VP — it doesn’t make them innocent of the crimes alleged against them. And it wouldn’t mean that they deserve to serve as senator-judges.

Besides, what difference would it make kung papayagan sina Marcoleta at Estrada na mag-attend ng impeachment trial bilang senator-judges. Sigurado naman that they would vote to acquit anyway, so what would be the point? Pahahabain lang nila ang proceedings, dadagdag pa sa mga atungal ng DDS bloc. Spare us, please.

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From Senate to SONA #tryingtimes

It’s a welcome six-day break from the Impeachment Trial that’s proving to be such a trial, too, for us who just want to see and hear the evidence so we can make up our own minds. It’s also quite trying, being confronted with Senator-Judges shamelessly inappropriately defending, practically trolling for, the respondent instead of trying, or pretending man lamang, to keep an open mind. Why can’t they wait ’til the end when they get to explain their votes? Patience is a virtue, ika nga.

Meanwhile puwede munang pag-ukulan ng pansin ang pre-SONA noise vs. PBBM coming from the Left and the DDS and INC.

The Left has long demanded that both BBM and VP Sara resign and give way to a broad-coalition “transition council” representative of the masses and marginalized. The DDS and INC have long demanded only the ouster | resignation of BBM a la EDSA ’86, with the help of the military and people power, so that VP Sara can take over.

But neither the Left’s “transition council” nor  a Sara Duterte presidency  will bring about the CHANGE we so badly need. Everything they’re throwing against Bongbong — the corruption in government, the economic crisis, the flood-control scandal — started long before his term. There are no quick fixes. There are too many critical issues and policies over which we are divided, nay, fractured into factions. If we really want CHANGE that the masses, and not just the few, will benefit from, kailangan nating magkaisa, magkaintindihan, mag-usap nang walang pinoprotektahan at isinasaalang-alang except the common good. And we’re a long long way from that.

And so for now, because BBM is the duly-elected President, thanks or no-thanks to the Dutertes, I wish him a good SONA. May all his promises come true — but NO to Pax Silica! #exhaustednotdemented

Edsa @ Malacañang ?!?

UPDATE: Vice President Sara Duterte on June 12 rejected calls by some retired military officers and other groups for her to lead a People Power movement against the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. “Wala sa aking mga kamay ang pagsasagawa ng extra constitutional means to overthrow the current administration. At hindi ko din gusto ‘yun. Hindi ko gusto agawin ‘yung posisyon ni Bongbong Marcos,” she said. https://www.facebook.com/ONENewsPH/

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JUNE 10 post

In case you’re not seeing the DDS algorithm on your social media platforms, FYI lang, nagtatawag na naman ng people power ang Duterte diehard supporters para daw patumbahin si BBM.

May Tiktok video na umiikot: flashback kuno to EDSA 1986 that opens with a clip of Juan Ponce Enrile kunyari when he defected Feb 22, obviously AI, saying daw:

Lumabas kayo sa bahay ninyo, sapagkat ang bayan na ito ay bayan ng malalaya na mamamayang Pilipino.

Thing is, Enrile said nothing of the sort, ever. It wasn’t he, but Butz Aquino and Cardinal Sin, who called on the Coryistas to come shield Enrile, FVR, and RAM from Marcos, hopefully to prevent bloodshed. Enrile himself was busy preparing to defend Camp Aguinaldo, and to shoot back and die fighting in case General Ver fired the first shot.

Also, quick clips of the EDSA 1986 yellow-clad crowds, the nuns, the praying, Cory asking Marcos to to step down “so we can have a peaceful transition of government,” while the fixed onscreen graphic reads:

History repeat itself!
From Marcos vs Aquino
to Marcos vs Duterte
June 12, 2026 Independence Day see y’all.

Duterte Supporters https://www.tiktok.com/@dannellecario/video/

See y’all where? Sa Palasyo daw, ayon dito, na umiikot din sa Tiktok:

Pakikalat ang mensahe! June 12,
Tambay na tayo sa Malakanyang sa Loob ng isang Linggo
ANO NA?
Tigil muna tayo sa pagtrabaho!
Gulatin natin si BBM sa Malacanang!
MILLIONS
OF FILIPINO
RISE AS ONE!
Tambayan natin ng isang linggo!
Wa muna natin siya pasahorin!
Tigil muna tayo sa pagbubuhis!
Tigil muna tayo sa trabaho!
DOON TAYO MAGPA HINGA SA PALASYO
June 12 Araw Ng kalayaan
BBM RESIGN! https://www.tiktok.com/@zutel_46/video/

Ikonek natin sa balita ni RaMon Tulfo sa Facebook noong June 5 tungkol sa isang topsecret military conference sa Camp Crame over security concerns re a plan to storm the palace on June 12.

My tweety bird who attended the meeting in Camp Crame says the agenda was the plan to storm Malacanang by pro-Sara groups on June 12, to coincide with the Independence Day.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has received intelligence reports of a planned attack on the Palace to be led by a religious sect. According to my tweety bird , the conferees tackled the defense of Malacanang. https://www.facebook.com/isumbongmo.kaytulfo.5/

Na kinonfirm ni vlogger Pebbles Talakera 5NA:

Naloka ako pinost ni Sir Mon Tulfo….may pa surprise sana ang mga sundalo sa mga mangugulo. Ready si PBBM… ang kulto ng KOJC at INC ay kasama sa plano. https://www.facebook.com/

Saan kaya sila tatambay for one week? The streets beyond the palace barricades, I guess? We shall see soon enough who and what crowds they can muster this time. Matagal na silang nagtatawag ng people power, simula pa noong lumabas ang vangag video, pero mabibilang ang sumisipot, ke sa EDSA o sa Liwasang Bonifacio.

Mas katanong-tanong if it’s merely a distraction from the real action that seems to be looming over at the Senate, inside and outside, principally over the VP’s Impeachment Trial that the Dutertes and their allies are trying to stop at all costs.

Kailan lang may nakita akong video sa FB feed ko ng mga rallyista na nagbabatuhan ng kung ano-ano at naglalaban sa Senate grounds — mga grupong DDS-cum-INC vs. grupong BBM daw. Walang ganyan noong EDSA 1986. Walang sakitan, walang bastusan, walang batuhan. At walang AI.

Kumustahan blues

Hurt na hurt daw sina SP Alan Peter at Sen Pia Cayetano na walang nangumusta sa kanila matapos ang putukan sa Senado. With matching crocodile tears pa si Ate Pia. Ayun pala, kinumusta sila ng ilang minority senators sa group chat. Anong drama yon?

Kitang kita pati sa news reports at mga FB live at selfie nila mismo na the guys and gals of the new majority were unharmed. Even, that they were all quite pleased with themselves, having successfully established the Duterte Bloc as the majority — thanks to the four balimbings and the ICC fugitive who made a surprise appearance, and disappearance  — which means hawak ngayon ng DDS ang impeachment trial, ligtas na si VP Sara.

Yun naman talaga ang point, di ba? To take control of the trial, find devious lawyerly ways to archive the case again or, barring that, to disallow the body of evidence that show probable cause? Kaya hindi kapanipaniwala ang chismis ni Sen Imee na ayaw din ni  PBBM na matuloy ang trial dahil maa-acquit lang si VP at mananalo sa 2028 — mas gusto daw ni PBBM na mabawi ang majority at pagkatapos ay mag-ConAss para no-elections na lang sa 2028, or something wild like that.

Bottom line, ang mantra ng DDS ay: huwag nang ituloy ang trial dahil maa-acquit naman, sayang lang ang gastos at oras at pagod.

Sey ko naman, kahit pa mangyari na maa-acquit lang ang VP, importante pa rin na masaksihan at masubaybayan ng bayan ang paglilitis, marinig ang mga ebidensiya, gayon din ang mga depensa ni VP Sara, sapagkat iyan mismo ang hinihingi ng bayan, na ipinapahiwatig ng overwhelming YES to impeachment ng 214 (of 254) congressional district reps and 42 (of 64) partylist reps. Sigaw ng SuperMajority across the archipelago ang Impeachment Trial, no ifs or buts.

Kaya ang masasabi ko lang sa Cayetano sibs na nagtatampo dahil di sila kinumusta after the putukan na wala namang nasaktan: Wala ring nangumusta sa aming mga madlang pipol matapos kaming bulagain at buwisitin at galitin ng panibagong kudeta sa senado para protektahan na naman si VP Sara. Akala ba ninyo ay puro kami closet DDS na pumapalakpak at nagdiriwang? Nakakapanlumo, sa totoo lang. Hurt na hurt din kami. Kumustahin niyo naman kami.

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