HINDI sinuwerte ang kapatid sa hanapbuhay na si Erwin Tulfo, dating kalihim ng Department of Social Welfare and Development, na tuloy-tuloy na makapagserbisyo sa ating mga kababayan bagaman sobrang sipag nito sa trabaho.

Natuwa ang marami sa mga mamamahayag nang malagay bilang officer-in-charge si Undersecretary Edu Punay kapalit ni Tulfo. Subalit hindi nagtagal, balik puwesto si Punay.

Ito ay dahil iniupo naman ni Pangulong Bongbong Marcos bilang kalihim ng DSWD si Valenzuela Representative Rex Gatchalian.

Marami ang suportado ang aksyon ng Pangulo lalo na ang mga nakatrabaho ng bagong kalihim bilang local chief executive. Sa madaling salita, suportado rin si Gatchalian ng mga alkalde na nakasabay niya mula 2019 hanggang 2022 na kasagsagan naman ng pananalasa ng pandemya sa bansa.

Nagustuhan naman ng marami lalo na ng mga taga-Valenzuela ang kinahinatnan ng karera ng kanilang Congressman na ngayon nga ay isa ng kalihim.

Nasaksihan kasi nila ang outstanding leadership skills ng bagong DSWD secretary, lalo na pagdating sa kanyang mga progressive views, decisiveness, at hands-on style sa pamumuno.

Kaya naman noong nasabing panahon nang panunungkulan ni Gatchalian bilang alkalde at kabilang ang Valenzuela sa kinikilalang lungsod na mayroong pinakamagandang COVID-19 response program.

Noong panahong yaon, tumanggap ng pagkilala si Gatchalian katulad ng Galing Pook awards dahil sa commitment at dedikasyon nito sa paninilbihan sa kanyang mga nasasakupan.

Marami ang kumpiyansa na walang kahirap-hirap at hindi man lang pagpapawisan si Gatchalian sa kanyang magiging trabaho sapagkat sanay na sanay ito na magserbisyo at bigyan ng maganda at maayos na programa ang mga mamamayan.

Mapalad ang Pinas na magkaroon ng katulad ni Gatchalian. Secretary Rex Gatchalian, pakurot nga sa pisngi!!!

SENATOR Loren Legarda hosted a “Bayong-All-You-Can” event for senators and Senate personnel on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, as a post-birthday celebration. The 250 available slots were filled in a matter of minutes. Those of us who were slow and sluggish could only watch enviously as participants dashed for their preferred vegetable and fruits.

The lucky employees were given five minutes to fill their bayongs, choosing from 2.5 tons of vegetables and fruits, including carrots, broccoli, sayote, leeks, cabbage, corn, potatoes, eggplant, lettuce, chico, tomatoes, guyabano, celery, and bananas procured from farmers in Benguet, Guimaras, Batangas, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Viscaya, and Baguio.

Some of them had to devise a strategy in order to maximize the space in their bayongs.

The event was organized in collaboration with the non-profit organization Rural Rising Philippines, led by the Estrada couple Andy and Ace, which conducted “rescue buys” during the pandemic in areas such as Sta. Catalina in Ilocos Sur and provinces in Cordillera Region after receiving pre-orders from Facebook.

Inspired by the couple’s example, Legarda bought a ton (1,000 kilos) of cauliflower from Rural Rising during the pandemic and distributed it to informal settler families in Barangay Tatalon, Quezon City through a group of mothers who called themselves “Nanay Power.”

She likewise made an earlier effort in her own office by bringing her staff to the Rural Rising headquarters in U.P. Diliman for a box-all-you can, in lieu of a Christmas party.

“These are vegetables from farmers who had a bountiful harvest but could not sell their produce in their area and want to sell them to people elsewhere. We are talking about helping our farmers,” she said during her “Bayong-all-you-can” activity in the Senate on Wednesday.

“As an author of the MSME law, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises law, we support small enterprises. This is my treat for you. I hope we will all be happy, healthy and conscious of the needs of the farmers. Let’s grow our own food, help our farmers and help each other so those who are hungry would be given food,” she told the Senate employees.

SENATOR Loren Legarda hosted a “Bayong-All-You-Can” event for senators and Senate personnel on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, as a post-birthday celebration. The 250 available slots were filled in a matter of minutes. Those of us who were slow and sluggish could only watch enviously as participants dashed for their preferred vegetable and fruits.

The lucky employees were given five minutes to fill their bayongs, choosing from 2.5 tons of vegetables and fruits, including carrots, broccoli, sayote, leeks, cabbage, corn, potatoes, eggplant, lettuce, chico, tomatoes, guyabano, celery, and bananas procured from farmers in Benguet, Guimaras, Batangas, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Viscaya, and Baguio.

Some of them had to devise a strategy in order to maximize the space in their bayongs.

The event was organized in collaboration with the non-profit organization Rural Rising Philippines, led by the Estrada couple Andy and Ace, which conducted “rescue buys” during the pandemic in areas such as Sta. Catalina in Ilocos Sur and provinces in Cordillera Region after receiving pre-orders from Facebook.

Inspired by the couple’s example, Legarda bought a ton (1,000 kilos) of cauliflower from Rural Rising during the pandemic and distributed it to informal settler families in Barangay Tatalon, Quezon City through a group of mothers who called themselves “Nanay Power.”

She likewise made an earlier effort in her own office by bringing her staff to the Rural Rising headquarters in U.P. Diliman for a box-all-you can, in lieu of a Christmas party.

“These are vegetables from farmers who had a bountiful harvest but could not sell their produce in their area and want to sell them to people elsewhere. We are talking about helping our farmers,” she said during her “Bayong-all-you-can” activity in the Senate on Wednesday.

“As an author of the MSME law, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises law, we support small enterprises. This is my treat for you. I hope we will all be happy, healthy and conscious of the needs of the farmers. Let’s grow our own food, help our farmers and help each other so those who are hungry would be given food,” she told the Senate employees.

LUMALABAS sa mga balita na maaaring magkagiyera ang United States at China kaugnay sa agawan sa Taiwan sa loob ng dalawang taon o hanggang 2025.

Si United States Air Mobility Command, General Mike Minihan ang nagsasabi nito.

Maaaring simulan umano ng China na kunin nang sapilitan ang Taiwan na itinuturing nitong bahagi ng kanyang teritoryo at itataon ang giyera sa presidential elections sa US sa taong ito.

Kasabay ng pagsasalita ni Minihan, umiikot naman si North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Jens Stontelberg na kung gaano kahalaga ang Europa sa Asya, gayundin ang Asya sa Europa.

Pumunta naman dito sa Pinas si U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin na nagsabing nais nitong dagdagan ang mga pwesto ng militar sa Pilipinas ng US sa ilalim ng Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement.

Sa kasalukuyan, klarong isasailalim sa EDCA ang Cesar Basa Air Base sa Floridablanca, Pampanga; Fort Magsaysay Military Reservation sa Nueva Ecija; Lumbia Airfield sa Cagayan De Oro; Antonio Bautista Airbase sa Puerto Princesa, Palawan; at Benito Ebuen Air Base in Cebu.

Sinasabi naman ni Gregory Poling, ng Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank, kailangan ang mga dalampasigan sa hilaga o north Luzon na tatamnan ng shore-based missile bilang pamigil sa kilos ng China laban sa Taiwan.

At sa pagbisita ni Austin, sinasabing apat na base militar ang idaragdag sa nasabing base ngunit lahat itatayo sa Luzon dahil pinakamalapit ito sa Taiwan habang isa ang itatayo sa Palawan para naman sa problema sa Spratlys.

Biglang kong naalala ang nagaganap sa Ukraine na kalaban ang Russia.

Durog na durog na ang Ukraine sa mga bomba, missile, sumasabog na drone, 100,000 patay na sundalo, libo-libong patay na sibilyan, kasama ang mga namamatay na maysakit dahil sa kawalan ng kuryente dahil giba-giba ang suplay ng kuryente ngayon.

Handa ba tayong Pinoy na matulad sa Ukraine na giyera ng US at Russia?