Even before the scheduled DOH budget hearing at the Senate, we hear again the plight and outcry of the healthcare sector because of significant budget cuts that deprive them of the arsenal to defeat the vicious virus that this administration has failed to combat.
Napakasaklap na sa gitna ng pandemyang pangkalusugan, habang patuloy na dinadagdagan ang budget para sa paboritong ahensya at programa ng Pangulo, habang patuloy na lumolobo ang kanyang Intelligence Fund, health sector ang naisasantabi at magdurusa.
The proposed DOH budget, as correctly observed by the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW), is tantamount to nothing more than just alms.
Tila ba pinapagpalimos ang taumbayan para sa kalinga at malasakit na palaging ibinibida ng administrasyong ito.
A P3.16 health budget per Filipino per day amid a global health crisis. Anong kalokohan ‘yan?! Malinaw na sa ating lahat na ang 2021 Budget ni Ginoong Duterte ay hindi para tugunan ang COVID-19 kundi para sa gutom, pagnanakaw, at pagpatay!
Reports have even surfaced that despite the P4.210B increase in budget for DOH regional hospitals and other health facilities, many regional hospitals are set to suffer budget cuts.
Where will the said increase go when funding for doctors, nurses, midwives and other healthcare workers deployed in unserved and underserved areas is also set to be slashed by about two-thirds?
Huwag naman sanang sa kwestyonable at kontrobersyal muli na mga ospital na paborito ni Sec. Duque! Padaluyin nyo naman sa mga naghihikahos na ospital, lalo na doon sa malalayong nayon at probinsyang di sana inabot ng COVID-19 kung hindi naging palpak ang Balik-Probinsya Program.
Ang masaklap pa, sa kabila ng mapanlinlang na pagtataas kuno ng budget ng DOH, hindi man lamang pinondohan nang tama ang mga kailangan nating sandata sa pandemya. The proposed DOH budget shows no significant allocations for personal protective equipments (PPEs) and testing kits.
While Duterte nonchalantly awaits the vaccine for COVID-19 in the comfort of Malacañang, healthcare workers will be abandoned once again to fend for themselves, to beg for PPEs, to plead for the protection that heroes like them deserve.
Kung mag-isip at magpabaya ang gobyernong ito, parang walang pandemya. Mukhang lulong at lasing na nga ang administrasyong ito sa kasinungalingan at propagandang patuloy nilang sinasalaksak sa taumbayan, na pati sila ay naniniwala na rin dito.
Have they been living under a rock?
Ang daming namamatay. Ang daming pamilyang hirap at gutom. Ang daming nanginginig sa takot, na sa bawat labas nila ng tahanan upang kumita para lamanan ang kumakalam na sikmura ay nangangamba sila sa problemang pinansyal na maaari nilang pasanin kung pati sila ay mahawa sa sakit.
Tapos ito ang gobyernong mayroon sila - gobyernong takot sa Tsina, pero hindi takot sa pandemya?
Access the handwritten copy of Dispatch from Crame No. 927, Sen. Leila M. de Lima on DOH Budget Cuts, here: issuu.com/senatorleilam.…
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Roque's revelation that Duterte had a "gentleman's agreement" with Xi Jinping not to repair BRP Sierra Madre two years after leaving Malacañang only shows the duplicity of the past administration because of the fact that the agreement was kept secret from the public. (1/4)
Regardless, BBM is not bound by such a secret agreement. A president cannot be bound by agreements secretly entered into by a predecessor for the simple reason that he has no way of complying with an agreement the details of which are subject to the recollection of those (2/4)
who knew about it, and therefore are highly unreliable. Parang utang lang yan na nilista sa hangin.
In the end, a gentleman's agreement heavily relies on the integrity of the parties, as the name implies. (3/4)
The Liberal Party commends the Philippine Senate, particularly Senator Risa Hontiveros, for their assertion of their institutional mandate and pursuit of truth in the case of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy. (1/4)
The issuance of an arrest order underscores our commitment to a legal system that is blind to power and privilege.
Alongside the Senate's efforts, the Department of Justice's filing of criminal charges is a crucial step in ensuring justice and accountability. (2/4)
This reinforces the principle that everyone, regardless of background or faith, is subject to the rule of law.
We urge Filipinos to remain vigilant and participate in safeguarding the integrity of our justice system. (3/4)
The 2nd installment of Arturo Lascañas’ interview on Vera Files is as shocking as the first part. In part 2, Lascañas goes on to describe how Duterte planned the assassination of several prominent personalities: Fr. Pete Lamata of Davao City, Ozamis Mayor Aldong Parojinog, (1/8)
Clarin, Misamis Occidental Mayor David Navarro, and myself. Duterte’s attempt on my life during the 2009 CHR site investigation of the DDS dumping ground in Brgy. Maa was already revealed by Edgar Matobato during the Senate inquiry that I conducted in 2016. (2/8)
What is chilling is Lascañas’ added detail that Duterte casually cooked sausages for them while they planned my assassination. They agreed to assassinate me by using one of Duterte’s sniper rifles. Lascañas’ revelations also further reinforced his stories about Duterte’s (3/8)
China says refurbishing our post at Ayungin Shoal is a violation of their sovereignty and int'l law. We know China is lying when it claims sovereignty over Ayungin Shoal bec. Ayungin is neither an island susceptible of a terrestrial claim nor anywhere near China to be (1/10)
claimed as part of its EEZ. Ayungin is a marine feature below low tide elevation & well w/in our EEZ.
Besides, if Ayungin is truly a part of China, they won't waste time issuing public releases about their claim of sovereignty. They will just use outright force to oust us (2/10)
like they would w/ any real territory of China, say like Hainan.
The fact that China is not treating Ayungin as it would Hainan, i.e, with an outright expulsion of Philippine forces and the destruction of BRP Sierra Madre, only means that they know that they have no right (3/10)
Are they afraid of the Truth? Why are they blocking it? DOJ’s refusal to transfer 11 inmate-witnesses in my last remaining drug case from Sablayan to NBP only shows the agency’s continuing attempt to stand by its former secretaries’ (Aguirre & Guevarra) bogus charges vs me.(1/12)
Until the very last moment, this agency which I also led for five years opposed my application for bail, despite its willful and deliberate use of manufactured evidence and perjured witnesses just to sustain Duterte’s persecution cases against me.
Now, DOJ wants the (2/12)
truth-telling by these witnesses to be made more difficult, by keeping them isolated & almost inaccessible from the hills of Sablayan Penal Colony in Mindoro, if only to prevent them from divulging who among DOJ officials, past & present, connived & conspired to fabricate (3/12)
6 years that my persecutors hoped would be spent in futility, submission and silence.
Instead, it has been 6 years of fighting the good fight... perhaps the most important 6 years of my life.
When they thought I would buckle under the pressure of their oppression, I proved that my commitment to the Rule of Law, to Human Rights and, specifically, to speaking up for the victims,
mostly poor and defenseless, of the so-called "War on Drugs", is stronger than any wall they can put between me and the outside world.