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Okay, sa mga basher, allow me to understand you better— 𝐌𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐨 ‘𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐤𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥, 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬, 𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐮-𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐲? ‘𝐘𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐭-𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲, 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐣𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐨 𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐩 𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐤𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐛𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨? 𝐌𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚, 𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐧?

Mas pinanigan niyo pa siya kesa sa 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐞𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐤 𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐰, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐛𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨? 𝐊𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐚-𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐞 𝐬𝐚 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧, 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐚𝐧, 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐞? 𝐊𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐞𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐠-𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐈 𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲, 𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐄? 

Did you even know that Sec Amenah F. Pangandaman strengthened the country’s digital backbone through the full adoption of an Integrated Financial Management Information System, anchored on the Budget and Treasury Management System. She is also the one who pioneered the use of blockchain technology in the Philippine budget process—through the DBM Blockchain Initiative—which ensured that SARO and NCA documents are tamper-proof, traceable, and verifiable. This remains the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.

𝐒𝐞𝐜 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐭 (𝐍𝐆𝐏𝐀), 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 

The NGPA brought about major shifts in the way government spends public funds. It introduced beneficial ownership disclosure so that bidders can no longer hide behind shell companies or shadow partnerships. It institutionalized open contracting so procurement data—from planning to bidding to contract implementation—are publicly accessible. It established perpetual disqualification or lifetime blacklisting for erring contractors behind substandard or ghost projects. It also reoriented government procurement by moving away from the narrow concept of the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid and adopting the Most Economically Advantageous and Responsive Bid, a framework that prioritizes quality, sustainability, and long-term value. Ibig sabihin, hindi porke’t ikw ang lowest bidder, automatic winner ka na. Through the eMarketplace, government agencies can now procure with standardized pricing and full transparency, making the entire process faster, smarter, and more accountable.

𝐒𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐜 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠-𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐌 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲?

𝐒𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐞𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐎𝐅𝐖 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐬; 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐛𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐩𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐲𝐨 𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎.

𝐒𝐞𝐜 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥; 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬.

Kung sino pa ang reformer at performer sa administrasyon, ‘yun pa ang pinag-initan ninyo.

𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧, 𝐭@𝐧𝐠𝐚, 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐩, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐨𝐫, 𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐚, 𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐝𝐢𝐛 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐢, 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚 — 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐰 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐨, 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 

𝐈𝐭𝐨. ‘𝐰𝐚𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨’𝐭 𝐢𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚. 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐩𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐃𝐁𝐌, 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐨 𝐛𝐚 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐄𝐏, 𝐆𝐀𝐀, 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐎 𝐨 𝐍𝐂𝐀? 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐄𝐏 𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐀𝐀 𝐞𝐡. 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐢, 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐠 “𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭” 𝐤𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐬 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐀𝐀.

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐤 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐤𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 — 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐨, 𝐛𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲, 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐭.

Noong unang pasok ko sa DBM, ang marching order niya sa akin ay simple pero makapangyarihan: “𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙨, 𝙙𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙣 𝙠𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙩. 𝘿𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙞𝙡𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙮𝙖 𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖 𝙗𝙪𝙝𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙞𝙡𝙖. 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙙.”

Ay may pangalawa pa pala. Sabi ni Sec Mina “𝙊, 𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙨, 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚. ‘𝙒𝙖𝙜 𝙠𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙠𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙜-𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙖 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖. ‘𝙒𝙖𝙜 𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙠𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙜-𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮. 𝘼𝙮𝙖𝙬 𝙠𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙣.” Imagine that? Ang hirap kaya sa akin non, but I obliged. Because I trust and respect Sec Mina. 😅

𝐊𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐤𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐠-𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚-𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬 𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐁𝐌. 𝐒𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚-𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐤𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐁𝐌 𝐬𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐢 𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 — 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐩𝐲𝐨 𝐤𝐨. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐨𝐧 — 𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐨 𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐤𝐨 𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧. 𝐋𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐤𝐨, 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐤𝐨.

𝐄𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐚 𝐬𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐚?

𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐬. 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚. 𝐏𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲𝐚 𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚. 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚.

Lingid sa kaalaman ninyong lahat, noong panahong halos wala na akong malapitan at nagkakandasira-sira ang mundo ko dahil sa pagpapagamot kay Tatay na may cancer, siya ang nag-iisang tumulong. Siya ang naghanap ng ospital, ng mga doktor, ng paraan. Siya ang umintindi sa mga araw na kailangan kong sumama sa chemo sessions at sa iba pang treatments. Sa bawat sandaling kailangan ako ng pamilya ko, lagi niyang sinasabi: “𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙨, 𝙜𝙤. 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩. 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.”

Hindi ko ‘yan malilimutan hanggang huling hininga ko.

Kaya masakit makita na siya pa ang binabato ng putik ngayon.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐃𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭, 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐩𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐚𝐧 — 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐞𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧, 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐝, 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐠 𝐬𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐲𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐨.

Kaya hindi nakapagtataka kung bakit halos lahat ng matinong tao at political experts ay nagsabing “𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐡’𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐬.”

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝.