08/11/2025
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๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, a country where the powerful are cushioned, while the ordinary Filipino is left to struggle.
Every calamity that strikes, bagyo, baha, lindol, becomes yet another mirror reflecting our long-standing wounds. ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป.
Meanwhile, billions disappear like smoke, funds meant for disaster response, relocation, healthcare, and infrastructure. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐? ๐๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐๐บ๐๐น๐๐๐ผ. ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ. The very people who rise every morning just to keep life going.
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐, ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐, ๐๐๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐, ๐๐๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ป ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ. When the lives of the poor become bargaining chips for those in power, calamities become deadlier than they should be.
๐ฌ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ถ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐. ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐ถ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป. ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐ถ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป. But padayon does not mean accepting exploitation.Bangon does not mean remaining silent. To truly rebuild, we must demand ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.
We must remember that government exists because of the people, not the other way around. โ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐.โ