We still have a long way to go in our fight for acceptance. Even if Pride Month ends in June, here’s how you can continue to be an ally for the LGBTQ+ community all year long. #Pride#Pride2022
As Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will take his oath in two days, @beacupin talks to University of the Philippines historian @Xiao_Chua in this episode of #36Years. Watch the full discussion and follow this thread for highlights.
@Xiao_Chua: Inaugurations are celebrations of democracy…You celebrate the fact that you’ve elected a new leader and the terms and limits of the presidency are respected. #36Years
Vice President-elect Sara Duterte arrives at the venue of the oath-taking of local party One Cebu’s winning bets. She’s accompanied by incoming tourism secretary, Christina Garcia-Frasco, and Frasco's husband, Cebu 5th District Congressman Duke Frasco. | via @ryanmacasero
@ryanmacasero CONTEXT: One Cebu formed an alliance with the UniTeam tandem mid-April 2022. Cebu delivered the highest number of votes for the tandem, with 1.5 million for President-elect Marcos Jr. and 1.7 million for Duterte. | via @ryanmacaserorappler.com/nation/electio…
@ryanmacasero One Cebu leader and incumbent Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia arrives to meet with Duterte. | via @ryanmacasero
@lianbuan@newsdwight .@lianbuan: The justices held their en banc session kaninang umaga. They decided, by a vote of 13-0, to junk the petitions for DQ and COC cancellation vs president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Two of the justices did not vote. #RapplerRecap
Side note: There is still one DQ case vs Marcos Jr. pending in the Comelec en banc (the one filed by Ilocano Martial Law survivors whose lawyer is constitutionalist Christian Monsod). But all signs indicate that petition would be dismissed as well. | via @newsdwight
@newsdwight The DQ case was already junked at the division level on April 20, but is currently the subject of an en banc review after petitioners filed a motion for reconsideration on April 25. It's been 63 days since they filed the appeal. | via @newsdwight
Once the Comelec releases its ruling on the Ilocano petition, the poll body will finally clear its desks of anti-Marcos cases, eight months since it first received a petition seeking to block his presidential bid.
Losing party can make one final appeal to the Supreme Court.
BREAKING: Supreme Court junks both petitions to cancel the COC and disqualify President-elect Bongbong Marcos, voting 13-0. Two justices took no part. | via @lianbuansc.judiciary.gov.ph/28242/
We have no copy of the ruling yet, and the press briefer has not much details except to say "The Court held that in the exercise of its power to decide the present controversy led them to no other conclusion but that respondent Marcos Jr. is qualified to run." | via @lianbuan
JUST IN: The Department of Health reports 50 new cases of Omicron subvariant BA.5, 11 new cases of BA 2.12.1, and 2 additional BA.4 cases. | via @michelleabad_
@michelleabad_ Health authorities also report a 20%-22% decline in the level of compliance with minimum public health standards. | via @michelleabad_
Almost 70.5 million Filipinos are now fully vaccinated. 9.5 million adolescents (aged 12-17) and 3.4 million children (aged 5-11) have been vaccinated as well. | via @michelleabad_