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15/11/2025

CBCP Urges Truth, Due Process Amid Zaldy Co Allegations

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has released an official statement calling for truth, justice, and due process following the serious allegations recently made public by former Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co.

In the document dated November 15, 2025, and signed by CBCP President Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, the bishops urged Co to return to the country and formally present his accusations “before the proper authorities, under oath, and supported by verifiable evidence.” The CBCP stressed that while public declarations on social media may be alarming, they cannot replace sworn testimony in the appropriate legal venues.

“For the good of the nation, such claims must be examined transparently, impartially, and in accordance with the rule of law,” the statement said.

The CBCP also warned against the political exploitation of Co’s allegations, noting that releasing such claims at sensitive moments could inflame public sentiment or influence political outcomes. The bishops emphasized the need for clarity, not conjecture, and for accountability, not manipulation.

“We appeal to all parties involved to act with honesty, courage, and responsibility,” the CBCP said, adding that each step in the process should strengthen—rather than erode—public trust in institutions safeguarding democracy.

The CBCP statement comes as national attention continues to focus on the controversy sparked by Co’s claims involving major figures in government and alleged irregularities in the national budget.

15/11/2025

𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖 𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗬 🚦

Manila authorities have announced a series of road closures and designated alternative routes as the Iglesia Ni Cristo holds its Peaceful Rally from 12:00 a.m. on November 16 to November 18, 2025.

In a joint advisory, the Manila District Traffic Enforcement Unit (MDTEU) and the Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau (MTPB) said the traffic scheme aims to manage congestion and ensure public safety throughout the three-day event.

Motorists are urged to steer clear of the affected areas and use the identified alternate routes to avoid heavy delays.

𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦: 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸

1. Both lanes of Bonifacio Drive from Anda Circle to P. Burgos Ave.
2. Roxas Blvd. (southbound lane) from Katigbak Drive to P. Quirino Ave.
3. Roxas Blvd. (northbound lane) from Quirino Ave. to P. Burgos Ave.
4. Katigbak Drive and South Drive
5. Independence Road
6. East- and westbound lanes of Kalaw Ave. from Taft Ave. to Roxas Blvd.
7. East- and westbound lanes of P. Burgos Ave. from Taft Ave. to Roxas Blvd.
8. Maria Orosa St. from U.N. Ave. to P. Burgos Ave.
9. Stretch of Finance Road from Taft Ave. to P. Burgos Ave.
10. Roundtable (Palacio St. and Gen. Luna St.)
11. Mabini St. from Kalaw Ave. to U.N. Ave.

𝗥𝗘-𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚:

1. Vehicles coming from the three bridges (Jones, McArthur, Quezon) shall use Taft Avenue to point of destination
2. Vehicles coming from Ayala Blvd. intending to use Finance Road shall turn right to P. Burgos Ave. to point of destination
3. Vehicles coming from U.N. Ave. (westbound lane) shall turn left to M.H. del Pilar St. or Roxas Blvd. Service Road to point of destination
4. Vehicles coming from Mabini St. shall turn right or left to U.N. Ave. to point of destination
5. Vehicles coming from Ma. Orosa St. shall turn right or left to U.N. Ave. to point of destination
6. Vehicles coming from Roxas Blvd. Service Road (northbound lane) shall turn right to U.N. Ave. to point of destination
7. Light vehicles coming from Mel Lopez Blvd. intending to use Roxas Blvd. shall take Anda Circle, then turn right to A. Soriano Ave. to point of destination
8. All vehicles coming from Muralla St. inside Intramuros intending to use Roundtable shall go straight going to Magallanes Drive or Soriano Ave. to point of destination
9. All trailer trucks/heavy vehicles coming from Pasay using Roxas Blvd. (northbound lane) shall turn right to Pres. Quirino Ave. to point of destination while light vehicles may use Roxas Blvd. Service Road (northbound lane)
10. All trailer trucks/heavy vehicles coming from Mel Lopez Blvd. (R-10) going to Roxas Blvd. shall turn left to Capulong St., straight to Yuseco St. to Lacson Ave. to point of destination (old truck route)

𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦: 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 (𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗮)

1. Stretch of C.M. Recto Ave. from N. Reyes St. to Mendiola St.
2. Stretch of Legarda St. from Figueras St. to San Rafael St.

𝗥𝗘-𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚:

1. All vehicles coming from Quezon Blvd. and C.M. Recto Ave. intending to use Mendiola St. shall turn left to N. Reyes St. to point of destination
2. All vehicles coming from Sta. Mesa via Legarda St. intending to use C.M. Recto Ave. shall turn right to Figueras St., straight to Earnshaw St., then turn left to S.H. Loyola St. to point of destination
3. All vehicles coming from P. Casal St. intending to use Mendiola St., shall turn left to San Rafael St., straight to Bilibid Viejo St., then turn right to S.H Loyola St. or N. Reyes St. to point of destination

𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗘: 𝗟𝗶𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼

1. Stretch of Magallanes Drive from Jones Bridge to McArthur Bridge

𝗥𝗘-𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚:

1. All vehicles coming from P. Burgos Ave. (northbound lane) intending to use Magallanes Drive shall go straight to Jones Bridge to point of destination
2. All vehicles coming from C. Muñoz St. may use P. Burgos Ave. to point of destination
3. All vehicles coming from McArthur Bridge intending to use Magallanes Drive shall go straight to P. Burgos Ave. (southbound lane) or turn right to Victoria St. to point of destination

𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦: 𝗔𝘆𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲

1. Ayala Bridge
2. Eastbound lane of Ayala Blvd. from San Marcelino St. to Romualdez St.

𝗥𝗘-𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚:

1. Vehicles coming from Romualdez St. intending to use Ayala Bridge shall turn left to Ayala Blvd., then turn right to Taft Ave. to point of destination or shall go straight to N. Lopez St., then turn right to A. Villegas St., then left to C. Muñoz St. to point of destination
2. Vehicles coming from San Marcelino St. intending to use Ayala Bridge shall turn right to Ayala Blvd., then turn right to Taft Ave. to point of destination or shall go straight along San Marcelino St., then turn left to U.N. Avenue to point of destination
3. Vehicles coming from Ayala Blvd. intending to use Ayala Bridge shall turn right San Marcelino St. or turn left to N. Lopez St. to point of destination
4. Vehicles coming from C. Palanca St. intending to use Ayala Bridge shall turn left to P. Casal St. to point of destination
5. Vehicles coming from Gen. Solano St. intending to use Ayala Bridge shall turn right to P. Casal St. or go straight to C. Palanca St. to point of destination
6. Vehicles coming from P. Casal intending to use Ayala Bridge shall turn right to C. Palanca St. to point of destination

(Source: Manila District Traffic Enforcement Unit & Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau)

14/11/2025

𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍

The Zaldy Co Bombshell: Why the Marcos–Romualdez Budget Scandal Demands a Full, Relentless Inquiry

By any measure, the allegations hurled by former Ako Bicol Representative Zaldy Co against President Ferdinand “B**gbong” Marcos Jr. and House powerbroker Martin Romualdez are nothing short of political dynamite. You don’t casually accuse a sitting president and the leader of the House of ordering the insertion of ₱100 billion into the national budget — not unless you’re desperate, reckless, telling the truth, or some combustible mix of all three.

Co’s exposé is easy to dismiss as the flailing of a man cornered by scandal, but doing so would be intellectually lazy and democratically dangerous. Allegations of presidential and legislative collusion in budget manipulation — especially at the scale of a hundred billion pesos — strike at the structural soft belly of Philippine governance: the chronic opacity of the Bicam, the murky world of “insertions,” and a political culture where whispered instructions often carry more weight than written documents.

Malacañang’s response was swift: everything Co said is “invented.” Of course it was swift; how else could the Palace respond? But speed is not clarity. Denial is not evidence. And what the nation needs now is not a war of adjectives but a cold, meticulous accounting.

Let’s be blunt: Zaldy Co is not a saint. He is an interested party with his own legal storms gathering overhead. But compromised individuals can still tell inconvenient truths. In Philippine politics, whistleblowers are almost always tainted — because only those inside the machinery can expose how the machine actually works. The question is not whether Co is pure; the question is whether his claims can be corroborated.

If Co is lying, then let the evidence shred him. If he is telling even a fraction of the truth, then the country is staring at yet another massive corruption scandal — one that implicates the most powerful figures in the administration.

This is precisely why institutions must now rise above political choreography. The DBM must release the paper trail of all Bicam amendments to the 2025 budget. The House and Senate must open their conference committee records to independent scrutiny. The Commission on Audit should conduct a tracing audit of every peso added, deleted, or mysteriously relocated. Subpoenas must fly; witnesses must be compelled; documents must be forced out of drawers long kept shut.

None of this should be seen as an attack on the administration. It is an affirmation of the public’s right to know how its money is spent — and who is pulling the strings. If Marcos and Romualdez are innocent, transparency will vindicate them far more effectively than press releases ever can. If they are not, then the country deserves the truth, however uncomfortable.

A democracy collapses not only because of corruption but because of the refusal to investigate it. Zaldy Co’s allegation may be explosive, self-serving, exaggerated, or entirely accurate — but only a rigorous, independent, and fully transparent inquiry will tell us which. And until that happens, Filipinos have every right to demand answers, not excuses.

Accountability is not optional. Not at ₱100 billion. Not ever.

14/11/2025

‘THERE WAS A REAL ALLOCATION’

The Department of Budget and Management under Secretary Amenah Pangandaman is now being dragged into allegations that reek of déjà vu—because apparently, in this administration, history doesn’t just repeat itself, it copies answers from the same pork-barrel playbook.

And at the center of it all? Pangandaman herself, increasingly portrayed as the Puppet Master-in-Chief, expertly yanking on the strings of lump-sum diversions while pretending everything is just “technical adjustments.” If this is fiscal policy, then theater must be the national budget’s real profession.

For someone insisting “there was a real allocation,” Pangandaman’s denials are starting to feel like the budget itself—bloated, opaque, and crafted for an audience expected not to ask too many questions.

14/11/2025

Malacañang on Friday, November 14, 2025, brushed off — with visible exasperation — the claim of embattled former Ako Bicol Party-list representative Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. supposedly ordered the insertion of ₱100 billion worth of projects into the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA).

“Lahat ng sinasabi ni Zaldy Co ay purong imbento — walang basehan, walang ebidensiya, puro drama. Kung talagang matapang siya, umuwi muna siya sa Pilipinas, sumpaan ang kanyang mga kuwento, at harapin ang napakarami na niyang kaso,” Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said, adding that Co’s accusations “don’t even deserve the benefit of imagination.”

14/11/2025

Zaldy Co speaks

Former Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co drops another social media post, releasing what he says is the full list of budget insertions allegedly ordered for 2025.

“Narito po ang listahan ng mga proyekto na inutos sa akin na i-insert sa 2025 Budget ni Pang. Marcos na nagkakahalaga ng 100Billion,” Co wrote.

Source: Rep. Zaldy Co/Facebook

14/11/2025

FORMER DPWH USEC: SIX BOXES OF CASH FOR B**G REVILLA — BECAUSE OLD HABITS DIE HARD

Former DPWH undersecretary Emil Sadain Bernardo has accused Senator B**g Revilla of receiving ₱125 million in kickbacks in 2024 — a claim so on-brand it practically writes itself.

Bernardo said he personally delivered the cash:
six boxes stuffed with ₱20 million each, plus a small bag with ₱5 million.
Apparently, for some politicians, money doesn’t just talk — it travels first class in bulk packaging.

“Some time in the third quarter of 2024, Senator Revilla and I met where he asked me for a list of projects for funding ostensibly to help him in his national campaign,” Bernardo said before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.
Because nothing says “public service” like turning flood control projects into campaign fuel.

Then came the kicker — the “percentage” cut. Bernardo said he offered 20% to 25%.
Revilla allegedly didn’t even blink: “25%.”
Straight to the maximum. Efficiency, at least, is consistent.

For someone who once walked away from plunder charges claiming he was the innocent victim of a conspiracy, this new allegation feels less like a revelation and more like a sequel — and we all know sequels are usually worse than the original.

13/11/2025

Before ICC Warrant Is Even Public, Bato Runs to Supreme Court for Protection

The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant for Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa has not even been released to the public — yet the senator is already rushing to the Supreme Court (SC) in a bid to keep it from ever touching Philippine soil.

Dela Rosa — joined by ICC-detained former president Rodrigo Duterte — has filed a petition for certiorari and prohibition, urging the High Court to immediately issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) that would shield him from any attempt to enforce the rumored warrant.

In their pleading submitted Thursday, November 13, the former Philippine National Police chief, who was the earliest and most aggressive executor of Duterte’s deadly anti-drug campaign, is asking the Marcos administration to:

Refuse to implement any ICC arrest warrant, red notice, or surrender request targeting him;

Deny any form of assistance to potential ICC witnesses;

And block the transmission of all ICC-related communications until the case is fully resolved.

Dela Rosa — long branded as the “architect” of the drug war — oversaw its bloodiest early phase. From July 2016 to October 2018, during his command of the PNP, at least 4,999 individuals were killed in anti-drug operations based on official data from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. Human rights groups place the real tally far higher, estimating close to 30,000 dead.

Now, with an international arrest looming, the man who once brazenly defended the crackdown appears determined to build legal barricades for himself — even before the public sees what the ICC has actually ordered.

13/11/2025

𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗡:

In a World Obsessed With Events, Real Art Is Being Left Behind

Honestly, I’ve been thinking a lot about how the arts scene has shifted, and the more I watch it happen, the more it feels like we’re losing something essential. When everything is built around events — the next show, the next opening, the next performance — art slowly stops being a practice and becomes a commodity. It’s something to be displayed, consumed, photographed, and forgotten. And in that cycle, artists themselves end up being treated the same way: useful only when they can fill a slot, draw a crowd, or “add value” to someone else’s agenda.

But what makes it even more complicated is that exploitation doesn’t just come from outside. Some artists take advantage of the very communities that nurtured them. They show up when the cameras are rolling, when the crowd is thick, when the connections are within reach — but disappear when it’s time to build, collaborate, or support others. They extract, not contribute. They treat the community like a ladder, and once they climb a few steps, they pretend they never touched the bottom rungs.

And let’s not pretend it doesn’t hurt the ones who are genuinely dedicated. The people who stay, who work quietly, who care about their craft more than their visibility — they’re the ones who end up sidelined. Some even leave the scene entirely because the noise grows louder than the art itself. It’s sad that in so many spaces, real skill, sincerity, and hard work are overshadowed by proximity, popularity, and personality politics. Too often, it’s not what you bring to the table — it’s who sits next to you.

For me, the value of art has always lived in the everyday practice — the discipline, the curiosity, the quiet breakthroughs no one else sees. Events can amplify the work, but they can never replace the depth of actually doing it. The real richness of the arts community comes from people who show up even without applause, who build relationships without expecting favors, and who keep creating simply because the work matters to them.

If we forget that, we risk turning art into nothing more than another spectacle — loud, exciting, and ultimately empty. The real treasure lies in the consistency, the honesty, and the commitment to keep making something meaningful, whether or not the world is paying attention.

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13/11/2025

IS ZALDY CO THE ‘VIP WITNESS’?

Senator Imee Marcos revealed that former Ako Bicol Party-list Representative Zaldy Co is reportedly the “VIP witness” set to appear at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the flood control scandal tomorrow, November 14.

According to Marcos, Co is expected to attend the hearing via Zoom or through an online teleconference.

13/11/2025

The Inner Frame: A Modern Contemporary Exhibit 🖼️

Step inside The Inner Frame, where classical inspiration meets modern expression.
Featuring the works of:
Ana Koks, Andrei Solmirano, Charlie Val, Crisanto Antonio, Joyce Britanico, Monina Santiago, Romeo Gutierrez, and Ron Lagalag.

Explore stunning creations in oil, acrylic, watercolor, and drawings—each piece revealing the artist’s unique interpretation of what lies within.

November 15 and 16, 2025 at The Portico Ortigas Center Pasig City

✨ Discover art that transcends boundaries and redefines the frame itself.

13/11/2025

Juan Ponce Enrile Dies at 101

Veteran statesman Juan Ponce Enrile, one of the most influential and controversial figures in Philippine politics, has passed away at the age of 101.

Enrile, who served as Chief Presidential Legal Counsel under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., died peacefully at around 4 p.m., surrounded by his family at their home, his daughter Katrina Ponce Enrile confirmed on Thursday.

> “It was his heartfelt wish to take his final rest at home, with his family by his side. We were blessed to honor that wish and to be with him in those sacred final moments,” she said.

She added that the family is asking for privacy as they mourn the passing of their patriarch.

> “He dedicated much of his life to the service of the Filipino people. At this time, we humbly ask for the public’s understanding as our family takes a brief moment to grieve privately and honor his memory together in quiet and in peace,” she said.

Known as the architect of Martial Law under the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., Enrile’s long and colorful political career spanned more than half a century—marked by loyalty, defection, and multiple reinventions.

He served as Defense Minister, Senate President, and later as a key legal adviser to the younger Marcos, remaining active in politics well into his 90s.

Funeral arrangements have yet to be announced by the Enrile family.

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