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activist, musician
Oct 14, 2021 4 tweets 4 min read
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.
Oct 14, 2021 4 tweets 3 min read
Sounds Pharmally? Paano pinagkakitaan ang your pamamahagi ng ayuda sa panahon ng pandemya. Aabot sa P8.2 billion ang ayudang hindi naipamahagi ng Starpay. Katumbas ito ng ayuda para sa mahigit isang milyong nangangailangan.
Oct 12, 2021 9 tweets 2 min read
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?
Sep 28, 2021 11 tweets 2 min read
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.
Jan 19, 2021 10 tweets 2 min read
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.
Jan 18, 2021 7 tweets 2 min read
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…