MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – When the Department of Social Welfare and Development distributes relief good to Filipinos affected by calamities, the normal procedure is to do it through Local Government Units (LGUs). It is part of DSWD’s policy to not allow national politicians to interfere much less, take credit for the department’s relief distribution.
Well, Senator Risa Hontiveros has crossed the line.
She took it upon herself to personally distribute DSWD relief boxes to those affected by the recent super typhoon Egay.
DSWD said it is investigating how Hontiveros has laid her hands on the relief boxes and promised the Filipino people that heads will roll once it is determined who in the department authorized the unauthorized relief goods distribution by Hontiveros.
Meanwhile, DSWD issued a “cease and desist” order to Hontiveros so she would not repeat her illegal activity obviously aimed at rebuilding her sagging trust and popularity among the Filipinos.
MACABEBE, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Macabebe Bureau) – Philippine Senators are known to benefit from pork barrel projects intended for their constituencies, but Senator Risa Hontiveros chose to go with just a little assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
Hontiveros posed as an indigent private citizen and lined up together with those affected by the recent typhoon Egay to get a box of relief goods.
Those in line who recognized her were appalled that she’d even think of depriving other more deserving indigents for some grocery items which she could very well afford.
We caught up with Hontiveros as she was loading the relief box into her Mercedes Benz and asked her why she did what she did.
“Oh, it’s all a misunderstanding,” she said. “This relief box is for my kasambahay (house help), not for me!”
Even, then does this mean she cannot even provide basic necessities for her house help?
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Nobel Laureate and convicted CEO of Rappler Maria Ressa who once described the Philippines as the worst war zone she’s ever been in, is having a change of heart!
Asked if things are better in the Philippines under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos, her response was a resounding “Yes.”
Ressa’s road to international recognition and eventually the Nobel Peace Prize was premised on her accusations of the curtailment of her free speech, the death of Democracy and the Philippines being a war zone. She even wrote a book on how to stand up to a dictator (Rodrigo Duterte).
Is Ressa’s warming up to the Marcos administration a first step to seeking presidential pardon in the event the Supreme Court affirms her cyber libel conviction?
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