Jesselle Santos

Back to back environmental wins today: - Tree cutting along Quirino suspended. - Boracay bridge project cancelled. Complaint can slow down the obsession with profit. Let's not dismiss the power of civic action and bodies on the street in protest.

Me in my 20s

“i hate when the fans sing along, i just want to hear the artist” but listen…

Grabe! Lahat may kaso?

‘‘YUNG AMO NAMIN NAGTATRABAHO, PAPANO NAMAN KAMING MGA UTUSAN, NAKAUPO LANG AT PASARAP-SARAP, MAG-IINTERNET LANG?’ Sen. Erwin Tulfo opposed the proposed Senate amendment allowing videoconferencing for plenary sessions, saying lawmakers should be physically present in work sessions given the daily hardships faced by ordinary Filipinos. In an interview with ANC’s “Dateline Philippines” on Wednesday, May 27, Tulfo was asked by host Karmina Constantino how the proposal could be justified amid thousands of commuters struggling with a broken transport system and students traveling long distances to attend school in remote areas. Tulfo said public officials should be grounded on the idea that their authority comes from the people, whom he described as the “amo” or employer of government workers. He pointed to everyday workers enduring traffic, heat and difficult conditions, stressing that lawmakers should not be working under more comfortable setups such as teleconferencing from home. He added that it runs against this principle for lawmakers to simply sit comfortably, spend their time online, and work from home, while ordinary Filipinos continue to struggle to report for wor “Our powers emanate from the public, so we have to respect that,” Tulfo said, noting that workers such as construction laborers endure extreme heat and hardship while earning their living. “These are the people paying our salaries,” he said, adding that holding Senate sessions remotely from air-conditioned homes is inappropriate. “We don’t need to go to the Senate for session kasi pwede ang teleconferencing, videoconferencing? Kaya nga we objected, nakakahiya!”

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