Excited na tayo sa mga kakandidato, pero dapat ay bantayan din natin ang mga isyu at hamunin sila na tugunan ang mga ito. Ano ang sagot nila sa malalaking problema ng bayan?
Karapatang pantao, ekonomiya, soberanya, ilan lang ito sa mga isyung dapat pinag-uusapan ngayong panahon ng halalan.
Paano di ang kalikasan, ang kinabukasan ng mga kabataan, ang kabuhayan ng mamamayan?
Pwede bang pagkakitaan ang pamamahagi ng ayuda sa panahon ng pandemya? Apparently pwede. Tignan natin ang kaso ng Starpay, isang e-wallet ba ginamit ng DSWD para mamahagi ng ayuda. Bago ang pandemya, di siguro natin kilala ang app na ito. Pero ito ang nakakuha ng bulto ng ayuda.
Maliit lang ang paid-up capital nito, P62,000 noong 2018. Nagtala ito ng P26 milyon ligu noong 2019. Pero noong 2020, naging electronic money issuer ito. Nakuha nito ang bulto ng ayuda distribution, talo pa ang Gcash at Paymaya na mas maraming users. Sounds Pharmally?
Sabi ng DSWD, mahigit P50 BILYON ang dapat ipamahagi ng Starpay sa aabot sa 6-7 milyong beneficiaries ng SAP. Pero ayon kay Sen. Pacquiao ay 800k lang ang nagdownload ng app. So paano naipamahagi ang ayuda? Umasa sa cash remittance centers para makuha ang ayuda. Pero may kaltas.
Pandemic Corruption: A Pharmally Primer 1. Pharmally Pharma was incorporated only in 2019 with P625k paid-up capital and 7 employees, no track record in gov’t procurement, but bagged P11.7 billion in contracts from 2020-2021, biggest under Bayanihan 1 & 2.
2. Since it is not a manufacturer, and has little capital, Pharmally acted as a middleman between government and PPE suppliers, including from China. Pharmally would sell items to government with a very high mark-up hence the overpricing allegations. Laway lang ang puhunan.
3. Pharmally the sold government face masks at P27 per unit when the original price for these face masks was at only P18 per unit. Government justifies this as an emergency procurement but disregards the fact that other suppliers were selling at a much lower price than Pharmally.
Bakit nga ba may UP-DND Accord? Noong June 16, 1989 ay naganap ang isang military operation sa UP Diliman Campus na nagresulta sa pagdukot at pag-aresto kay Donato Continente sa Vinzons Hall. Si Donat ay staff the Philippine Collegian. #DefendUP (cont)
Ayon kay Donat, sya ay nakaranas ng interogasyon at tortyur at pilit na pinaamin sa kasalanan na hind naman nya ginawa - ang pagpatay kay US Col. James Rowe ng JUSMAG. Si Donat ay nakulong nang 14 na taon at napalaya lamang matapos paikliin ng Korte Suprema ang kanyang sentensya.
Ang marahas na pagdukot at pag-aresto kay Donat sa campus ng UP ay nagbunsod ng diskusyon kaugnay ng kondukta ng police at military operations. Ang ganitong mga operayson at paglabag ay mga banta sa academic freedom ng UP.
Crucial in the context of the UP-DND accord is the case of Donato Continente, a staffer at the @phkule who was arrested on June 19, 1988 by the military and police at Vinzons Hall. This triggered discussions on the conduct of military ops on campus. #DefendUP
The UP-DND Accord laid down guidelines in the conduct of police and military operations so what happened to Donat in UP would not be repeated. You can read about his case and eventual release here philstar.com/headlines/2005…
Among the important provisions, AFP and PNP must notify the UP admin of military and police operations including the serving of search and arrest warrants. The military cannot just enter campus grounds at any time, unless there is an emergency or there is hot pursuit of suspects.