Yohan Baptist

@tokloud Finally!

Okay… so this just happened, and I’m still kind of processing it. Atty. Arthur Carandang, the same guy who got removed while investigating Rodrigo #DuDirty, just got something like vindication. The Supreme Court basically erased what was done to him. Declared it void, like it never should’ve happened. And honestly, I’ve been sitting on a piece about him for a while, going back and forth, because it always felt incomplete. This ruling… this is what was missing. Carandang wasn’t just anyone. He was the Overall Deputy Ombudsman at the Office of the Ombudsman, meaning he was right there at the top of the institution meant to investigate corruption. He didn’t even choose the #DuDirty case, it landed on him after Conchita Carpio-Morales had to step aside. Suddenly, he’s the one handling a complaint from Antonio Trillanes IV accusing #DuDirty of serious things like unexplained wealth and corruption. So he ends up being the guy holding the line on a case nobody else could touch. Then there’s that interview in 2017, not formal, just in a canteen, reporters asking questions. He talks, a bit loosely, throwing out numbers, saying “maybe” and “probably,” clearly thinking out loud. That moment gets used against him. But here’s what doesn’t get said enough: before everything escalated, before the charges, before the suspension, the investigation into #DuDirty had already been closed. Quietly. And Carandang didn’t announce it. Later, that silence gets spun as bias, but the Court didn’t buy that. By then, he was already under attack. Of course he went quiet. Things move fast after that. Salvador Medialdea files charges, orders a suspension. Complaints pile up, with names like Glenn Chong attached, which already tells you the political temperature around this. And Carandang’s response isn’t to defend himself on the facts, he basically says the President has no authority over him, pointing to an earlier Supreme Court ruling. From his perspective, the whole process was invalid from the start. Then July 2018, this part is hard to ignore. #DuDirty appoints Samuel Martires, and four days later Carandang is dismissed. Not just removed, stripped of everything. Then in 2019, it’s finalized, his position declared vacant. No drama, no spectacle , just documents, signatures, timing. And suddenly the institution that’s supposed to check power isn’t really doing that anymore. The Court, in this 2026 ruling, basically acknowledges what that looked like, an Ombudsman left almost “headless,” with fewer people willing or able to go after the President. And under Martires, the numbers drop, fewer cases, fewer convictions, less transparency. It’s not subtle when you line it all up. The Constitution tried to prevent exactly this, shaped by the memory of Martial Law in the Philippines, when oversight bodies became powerless. And yet, decades later, something very similar plays out. Now the Supreme Court steps in and says it clearly: everything done against Carandang was void. The dismissal, the suspension, the orders, all of it. He gets his retirement benefits back, his lost salaries, at least up to the end of his term. But the years lost? Those don’t come back. Eight years in limbo, just like that. And when you zoom out, with #DuDirty now in ICC custody and everything else unfolding, this case starts to feel like part of a bigger picture. One official tries to do his job, gets removed, and the institution weakens. The ruling doesn’t fix everything, but it puts something on record: this wasn’t legal, this wasn’t right. And sometimes that’s how it happens, not in one dramatic moment, but in quiet steps, signed papers, until later someone finally says, yeah… that shouldn’t have happened. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability #Philippines @OmbudsmanPh @opgovph @SCPh_PIO

@jclem3 Good question...Are they all that dumb?

Kung totoo man ito, ayusin niyo muna yung spelling. Blacklisted, hindi blocked listed. Pangalawa, blackmail ang dating ng ganyang balita kung, tulad ng sabi ko, totoo man ito. Wala bang malayang pag-iisip ang mga kaanib?

Walang lusot si lustay.😅

This makes sense.

If the DDS cult is obsessed what’s in PBBM’s hair follicle, it’s only fair we find out what’s inside Sara Duterte’s head. It is our right to demand Sara’s long-overdue psychiatric evaluation. Between the epic public meltdowns and the casual "unalive" threats against the nation's top leaders, it’s clear Sara is not just bastos at balahura — we are dealing with a textbook case of clinical instability and a dangerous propensity for violence that belongs in a ward, not a public office.

@smurfette017 Bubong tanong yarn. Saan kamo si veepee? nagpapacute sa Dahig!!!

Mula kay M/ocha U/son hanggang ngayon hindi pa din magets ng mga DDS na ang Naga wala sa Albay.

Mabuhay ang HOR Justice Committee🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭👏👏👏

"55 out of 55 Justice members physically present manifested their support to the approval of the committee report......." Nagdagdagan pa pala. 😆 Ano na mga Duterte Dugyot Supporters? Umasa kayo at umasa din si Reyna na matatakot sila....WALEY.

I can already hear the DDS defense: She threw a laptop, he just happened to walk into its path. 🤣🤣🤣 -ctto-

@jesusfalcis kala nya sure winner na sya, 808A!

Feelingera, delulu, and assumera. Presumptive lol 😂

Pssstt!!! Mga BOBONG DDS basa, may pinapasabi sa inyo si Ka Leo para sa BIPOLAR nyong VP na FAKE LAWYER..😁😅

Death is associated with everything the davao demon did. facebook.com/share/p/1CoSxv…

@sheergrace Enjoy si DigOng sa Dahig!!! Di nya kinailangang mag-apply ng visa o asylum

lifetime visa sa The Hague?

Siguro, ok lang mag-criticize? Huwag lang magkalat ng fake news dahil paninira na iyan. They say, “the truth hurts,” pero mas masakit kung ikinakalat ng iba yung hindi totoo about you; paninira na yan. At dapat kang makulong dahil hindi iyan “criticism,” kundi NEGOSYO mo dahil kumikita sa mga “engagement” mo. Sana nga ay mabigyan ka ng lesson.

@31milmovement deny pa more!

So Sara Duterte wants us to believe that the ones lying are the numbers? 😏 Kuwento niyo sa pagong! 📸 CTTO

❌ DDS Cathy Binag: “Ang balita ko dyan sa HoR at sa Senate eh kung sino man bobotong YES sa impeachment ay magiging blacklisted na sa INC.” ✅ Kung sino man bobotong NO sa impeachment eh blacklisted sa 70% na hindi DDS. 👊 Zero votes kayo samin! 😂 #ImpeachSaraDuterte