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“DU13 MAJORITY”: Sino Next MAKASUHAN!??

My column's on how last week's Senate shenanigans began not yesterday, but last year, and even a quarter century ago.

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The Nation That Keeps Drowning Every rainy season, we live the same nightmare. Streets turn into rivers, families flee their homes and entire cities grind to a halt. And yet, year after year, the government insists: we are doing something about it. Yes, they do something but not the right thing. Based on testimonies, flood control projects have become the biggest cash cows of corruption. Canals are left half-dug, drainage systems collapse within months and ghost projects miraculously appear as “completed.” The funds are gone but the floods stay. Every peso stolen from flood control is a life placed in danger. Every ghost project is a real family forced onto an evacuation centers. These are not natural disasters, they are political crimes. Flood control should have been our shield. Instead, it became the scheme. While the people wade through filthy water, the powerful wade through kickbacks. No amount of cement can hold back the water if the foundation of governance is rotten. You cannot build resilience on corruption. You cannot expect progress when public service has become private business. We have built dikes, pumping stations and drainage systems but never accountability. And until we do, no amount of infrastructure can save us. We keep rebuilding walls and roads but what this country truly needs to rebuild is conscience. And so, let the line be drawn here. The Filipino people have endured too many floods, too many lies, too many billions lost to greed. Let there be no mistaking the truth and no more excuses: For the Philippines to live, corruption must die!

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Ang mga Senador, Kongresista at LAHAT ng OPISYAL mula sa Itaas hanggang sa pinaka mababa ay PINOPONDOHAN ng MILYUN MILYON o BILYON BILYON sa kabuuan, at Sinusweldohan mula sa pera ng bayan galing sa BUWIS ng mamamayan at mga INUTANG ng pamahalaan. Interes ba ng Bayan ang pinaglalaban nila? Madami sa aming mga GEN X ang NAGKAMALI sa mga pinili namin na deka-dekada nang NAKAUPO (ang iba ay nandaya pa at hindi kami umi-imik) pati pamilya nila naka-pwesto at yumaman na. UMUNLAD NA BA ANG BAYAN NATIN? HINDI PORKE MATATAAS NA ANG BUILDING AT MADAMING PINANATATAYONG INFRASTRUCTURE AY MAUNLAD NA ANG BAYAN. Sino ba ang kumikita diyan? Negosyante at Pulitiko? LIBRENG MATAAS NA KALIDAD NG HOSPITAL para sa LAHAT. LIBRENG PAG AARAL NA MAAYOS ANG MGA PASIBILIDAD PARA sa LAHAT. MABABANG PRESYO NG PAMASAHE AT MGA BILIHIN. TRABAHO PARA sa LAHAT at MATAAS NA SWELDO. MERON NA BA? TUNGKULING RESOLBAHAN YAN NG LAHAT NG NAKAUPO. Umunlad na ba or UMAYOS MAN LANG ang BUHAY ng PAMILYA natin? Ilang dekada na ba silang naka upo, at ilang BATAS NA BA ANG NAGAWA? NA SOLVE BA ANG KAHIRAPAN ng BANSA? LALONG LUMULUBOG SA UTANG ANG PILIPINAS PERO SAAN NAPUPUNTA ANG PERA? Hindi na natin kailangan ng REBOLUSYON, civil war o KUDETA (pinagdaanan na natin ang mga ganyan may nabago ba?) REBOLUSYON ng PANSARILING INTERES ng ISIP, PUSO at KALULUWA ang kailangan natin. PANAHON nyo na MGA GEN-Z at MILLENIALS. Sa BAWAT darating na BOTOHAN, I’m sure malinaw na sa inyo ang SOLUSYON. PALITAN NYO NA ANG LAHAT NG isang dekada ng naka upo, PALITAN NYO NA ANG MGA MAGKAKAMAG ANAK NA NAKAUPO. Yun ang layunin ng BOTOHAN diba? PALITAN NG MGA BAGO AT MAS MAHUSAY ang mga UNANG UMUPO. HINDI PARA PANATILIHIN SILA SA PWESTO. Iakyat sa pwesto ang MAHUSAY at EPEKTIBO, tanggalin ang HINDI. Mag-research ng mga BAGO at TAMANG TAO. I’m sure alam ninyo na KAYO, PAMILYA ninyo at ang buong Bansa ANG MAKIKINABANG SA GAGAWIN NINYO. Good luck!

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"One small step for Filipinos" joeam.com/2025/05/01/one… via @societyofhonor

Sa aking opinyon, napaka-unfortunate na kung paano natin sinesetup ang ating mga bahay at kuwarto "para hindi makalabas ang aircon" ang siya ring nagiging dahilan kung bakit lalong hindi makalabas ang init. Mainit? Patagusin ang hangin. Figure mula kina Toroxel at Silva (2024).

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