Some OFWs in Hong Kong were fired from their jobs after getting infected by COVID-19.
@ChelDiokno: The situation is concerning. I hope gov't agencies step up to protect our countrymen. The embassy should help them. bit.ly/3p8hdKd
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: Blacklisting Hong Kong employers that fire infected OFWs is a step that should be taken, but it's not enough
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: Comelec doesn't have the right to remove campaign posters in private properties. Hindi naman kandidato ang naglalagay nun.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: I can't believe volunteers would agree to just surrender campaign posters to Comelec. Consent should be voluntarily and intelligently made, at dapat patunayan ng Comelec 'yan.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: That's true, freedom of speech isn't absolute. But any kind of restriction must be based on the law, reasonably applied, and they must not discriminate against any group on person.
@ChelDiokno Malacañang insists the arrest of human rights advocate and doctor Natividad Castro is not a case of red-tagging.
@ChelDiokno: Why wasn't the body cam law implemented in this case? Dr. Castro was also denied access to her medication. bit.ly/3samNxm
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: The name 'Castro’ does not appear in the arrest warrant. What's the basis of arresting her? It's a prime example of the heavy hand of the law against an ordinary person. The PNP should explain this.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: Surveys are just a snapshot of respondents' opinion at the time it was made. Masyado pang maaga to say a candidate's chances are good or bad. In fact, these surveys provide incentives to candidates like me to work extra hard.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: I thank all my supporters, volunteers, at ang ating mga 'cheldren' kasi napakasipag nila. They know we're working this campaign not for any candidate but for the country.
@ChelDiokno If elected senator, @ChelDiokno says he will push for free legal services in all barrios
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: In April last year, I created a free legal desk on my Facebook page and I was so surprised that we received 20,000 questions. I realized ordinary Filipinos don't have access to answers to the questions they have.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno on his free legal desk: Most of the questions didn't really require the services of a lawyer. We got inquiries about how to correct birth certificate, quarantine rules and violations, labor, OFWs, inheritance and succession.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: We should maximize our law graduates to educate people... With only 5 law graduates, we were able to answer more than 20,000 questions from our free legal desk.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: Parang abogado lang ang nakakaintindi ng batas samantalang dapat naiintindihan ito ng lahat. Laws, decisions should be written in simple english.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno says we have to address pandemic impact on economy: We should have a national unemployment insurance program. While the unemployed look for jobs, they can be given ayuda in the meantime.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno says he wants to create a pandemic management law that will replace the IATF: It requires the management of any pandemic must be science-based, evidence-driven. It should also listen to the voice of the private sector.
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@TristanNodalo@kristellimpot PH Consul General Raly Tejada: I wish to inform everyone that the PH Consulate General has extended emergency assistance to all Filipinos affected by the pandemic here in Hong Kong.
Tejada adds all COVID-infected OFWs are safe and staying in an isolation facility.
@TristanNodalo@kristellimpot Tejada: The seemingly panic mode which gripped the Hong Kong healthcare system last week has since subsided...
WATCH: Manila mayor @IskoMoreno arrives for a town hall event in Dasmariñas City, Cavite. Earlier, he held a motorcade in General Mariano Alvarez town. His running mate @DocWillieOng could not attend because of a scheduled interview. #TheFilipinoVotes | @pnbarcelonlive
During an interview with reporters, Moreno said he is open to giving VP @lenirobredo a cabinet position if he wins, saying, “Kung ano ang, kung saan siya magaling. Kung ano yung kagalingan niya, baka magamit natin siya if she is willing.” #TheFilipinoVotes | @pnbarcelonlive
Moreno on the importance of attending debates: “Ako nag-aapply ako sayo ng trabaho. Just imagine yourself as a voter. You are the HR. Paano mo naman ako tatanggapin kung di mo naman ako na-interview?”
@TristanNodalo United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres: President Putin, in the name of humanity, bring your troops back to Russia. This conflict must stop now | @TristanNodalo
Presidential candidate Leody de Guzman: Pinag-aaralan na natin ang paghahain ng kaso laban sa mga may pakana ng domain grabbing. May ebidensya na tayo ng pag-redirect mula sa kaleody(dot)com tungo sa bongbongmarcos(dot)com.
Leody de Guzman: Para sa kaalaman ng lahat, ang aking campaign website ay kaleody(dot)org
Leody de Guzman: Malinaw na ang intensyon ng ganitong "dirty tricks" ay lumikha ng kalituhan sa mga botante at manabotahe ng kampanya ng iba
BREAKING: Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos has not confirmed his attendance to the Comelec-sponsored debate despite the information released by the poll body, his spokesperson Vic Rodriguez says. #TheFilipinoVotes | @laratyan
@laratyan Marcos' spokesperson: "Partido Federal ng Pilipinas standard-bearer Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr. has not yet confirmed his participation in the Comelec-sponsored debate which was scheduled from 7pm to 9:30pm on March 19, 2022." #TheFilipinoVotes
LOOK: Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos chanced upon Senator Franklin Drilon in a hotel in Iloilo City.
Marcos is wooing voters in the province today while Drilon will join Vice President Leni Robredo tomorrow for a grand campaign rally. #TheFilipinoVotes | @anjocalimario