Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno expressed his disappointment over the garbage left by vendors along Ylaya Street, Binondo.

Moreno was surprised to see a bunch of waste left by the vendors who were allowed to do their businesses every night.

The Mayor seems speechless while walking around the area and couldn’t do anything other than scratching his head.

“Mawawalan na kayo ng hanapbuhay, binababoy niyo ang Maynila,” Moreno told the vendors.

“Kayo ba’y hindi nahihiya diyan? O talagang baboy din kayo sa bahay, kailangan ko pa kayong supresahin? Pinaghahanap buhay ko na nga kayo eh,” he added.

One vendor even recorded Moreno while speaking to them.

“Ano yang vini-video mo? Hindi naman ako nahihiya sa ginagawa ko, kayo ang mahiya sa ginagawa ninyo…” he said.

Moreno stated that even if he already gave a chance to the vendors, they didn’t appreciate it and kept their unsanitary practices.

After inspecting the area, Moreno told the Manila Police to guard the area 24/7 because he’s not going to allowed night vendors anymore to do their businesses along Ylaya Street.

“Diba pinapayagan natin sila sa gabi para makapagtinda sila? Kung ganyan din naman ang iiwan nila sa atin araw araw, edi tigil na sila lahat,” Moreno said.

Moreno already told the vendors several times that they should clean their own garbage before leaving their area.

Senator Ping Lacson called Salvador Panelo a “lizard” after the latter interpreted the advice of the former to Vice President Leni Robredo related to her job as the co-chair of ICAD.

Lacson reacted to Panelo’s statement via tweet, saying that: “Normally, lizards aren’t known for pulling people down,” 

Normally, lizards aren’t known for pulling people down…

— PING LACSON (@iampinglacson) November 10, 2019

According to Panelo, the advice of Lacson is obviously needed for a politician like Robredo, especially that she’s rumored to be the standard-bearer of the liberal party in the 2022 presidential elections.

“Ang ibig niyang sabihin ng ‘watch your back’, maraming gustong sumakay. Eh alam mo naman kung sino ang gustong sumakay. Maraming gustong manira. Sino ba yun? Eh di siyempre yun ang mga kalaban niya kung tatakbo siyang Presidente. Yan ang ibig sabihin ni Senator Lacson,” Panelo said in a radio interview with Radyo Inquirer.

“Lahat ng politiko ay they should be watching their backs at marami silang mga lihim na kaaway,” he added.

Panelo is reacting on Lacson’s advice to Robredo urging the Vice President to be careful and always “watch her back” especially that she’s now a part of ICAD.

“Ang pulis sari-saring character. She should really watch her back all the time. She should develop her own people who could be trusted… Mag-develop siya ng sarili niya within the law enforcement na pwede mag-provide ng intel info sa kanya o mag-observe ano kamalian sa naliligaw na landas na pulis,” said Lacson.

Lacson also gave his contact of advisers and experts to Robredo, saying that the VP can ask for advice to them for free.

Albay Representative Edcel Lagman suggested that some of the intelligence funds from the Office of the President should be transferred to the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) which co-headed by Vice President Leni Robredo.

In a statement released on Friday, Lagman said that the money intended to sustain the controversial Oplan Tokhang of the government should be transferred to ICAD to fund the “peaceful” campaign of Robredo.

“Even the President’s huge intelligence and confidential funds amounting to P4.5 billion, which purportedly include covert operations on the drug war, should also be reduced to augment the funds of the ICAD,” Lagman said.

Lagman revealed that he already warned Robredo from accepting the position in ICAD because it’s different from President Duterte’s previous offer that will make her a “drug czar”.

“A co-chair of ICAD is vastly different from an anti-drug czar previously ‘offered’ by President Duterte to Vice President Leni Robredo. The diluted position validates the fear that the Vice President is being set up to fail,” he said.

According to Lagman, the P15-M budget of ICAD is included in the miscellaneous and other operating expenses of PDEA.

Meanwhile, Vice President Leni Robredo admitted that the 15-M budget of ICAD is not enough for them to fund their strategies.

“Ang pondo na nakasalang ay ₱15 million, tingin ko kulang ‘yun dahil sa lawak ng responsibilities, humihingi rin ng pondo para ma-implement rin itong anti-drug strategy,” Robredo during her radio program “Biserbisyong Leni”

According to her, the additional funding will be used to build rehabilitation centers and conducting of drug prevention education.

House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said that they’re still not sure if the franchise renewal of the networking giant ABS-CBN is going to be passed in the Congress.

Cayetano, in an interview, said that he cannot yet answer about the status of the franchise of the said network because they’re still prioritizing revenue bills.

“iyong priority at focus natin ay iyong revenue bills para mabayaran ang magagandang programa ng gobyerno at iyong budget. That’s the reality there but we will get to it,” Cayetano said.

The Speaker also mentioned some of his disappointment with ABS-CBN, especially during the 2016 presidential campaign.

However, he said that they’re still going to protect the freedom of the press and not going to oppose any attempts to renew the franchise of the networking giant.

“People like me, ako may angal din ako. I’ll tell you, this is my personal [opinion] ha?” said Cayetano.

“On one hand, I feel that we have to protect the freedom of press and freedom of expression. On the other hand, I feel that [there are] certain instances in history and in the 2016 election na nakialam unjustly some sectors or some leaders of ABS. So how do you sort it out?” he added.

ABS-CBN’s franchise is set to expire by March 2020 and some lawmakers are pushing for a 25-year extension of the said network.

If Congress fails to pass the franchise renewal, ABS-CBN is required to close down its operation on both television and radio.

Radio host and blogger Mark Lopez criticized Vice President Leni Robredo after the latter asked the Inter-agency Committee on Anti-illegal Drugs for the data related to the results of Oplan Tokhang.

On a Facebook post, Lopez questioned Vice President Robredo for asking data from the government while she already stated statistics during her controversial video message to the United Nations in 2017.

According to Lopez, Robredo’s recent statement is an admission that the Vice President didn’t mention factual statistics on her video.

“Eh ano yung mga “datos’ na pinagkakalat mo noon? Ano yung pigura na ipinagsigawan mo sa video mo addressing the UN?!!!” Lopez said.

“Ang dami mo satsat sa war on drugs tapos ngayon lumalabas wala ka pala talaga alam?!” he added.

Robredo claimed on the said video message that there are already 7,000 lives lost during the Oplan Tokhang.

However, on November 8, Robredo said that she set a meeting with ICAD because she wanted to know where to start and ask for statistics.

“The reason why I requested for this meeting with you is gusto kong malaman kung saan ako magsisimula at datos,” Robredo told the members of ICAD at the reception hall of the Office of the Vice President in Quezon City.

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Senator Panfilo Lacson suggested to the newly appointed co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (IAC) Vice President Leni Robredo work with the people she trusted.

In an interview, Lacson offered some of his contacts to Robredo consisting of retired and active law enforcers who are already knowledgable about operations against illegal drugs.

“Marami ako ire-refer na tao na both sa active service at newly retired na maalam sa operation ng dangerous drugs, kakausapin ko sila para makatulong sa inyo; para magbigay ng information. Hindi adviser. Ito mga volunteers kakausapin ko magboluntaryong tulungan siya, magbigay ng advice,” Lacson said said.

Lacson said that Robredo should only get his sources from trusted people as she would face different kinds of cops.

“Sabi ko ang especially ang pulis sari-saring character. She should really watch her back all the time,” he said.

“She should develop her own people who could be trusted. It entails a lot of study in the performance of her duties. Makikita niya sino credible and trustworthy sa tao, mag-develop siya ng sarili niya within the law enforcement na pwede mag-provide ng intel info sa kanya o mag-observe ano kamalian sa naliligaw na landas na pulis,” Lacson added.

The Senator who’s also a former head of Philippine National Police also pointed out the importance of intelligence in enforcing the law.

“Ang intelligence napakaimportante noon, that’s the prime mover of all operations especially sa law enforcement. Kung bulag ka and di mo alam target mo, anong gagawin mo?” he said.

The Majority leader of the City Government of Manila admitted that it’s his first time during his decade of political career to see a Mayor like Isko Moreno who made a very balanced budget.

Manila Councilor Atty. Joel Chua said that the Manila budget proposed by Moreno for 2020 is not only about infrastructure,

“Sa akin pong ika apat na termino na bilang konsehal, ngayon lang ako nakakita ng napakabalanseng budget, nasabi ko na napakabalanse dahil hindi lang puro imprastraktura ang budget kung ikukumpara mo sa mga nakaraan,” he said.

According to him, this is his first time to see a very huge social amelioration budget that almost reached P2-B.

He then stated that because of the said budget, the hospitals are now going to be taken care well in the future.

“Yung mga kakulangan sa pasilidad, kakulangan sa gamot, sira na mga medical equipment maaayos na,” he said.

On Thursday, Moreno signed the Ordinance No. 8585 creating the 2020 executive budget amounting to P17,857,086,146.

Compared to the 2019 budget with the only P14,862,263,289, the 2020 executive budget represented an increase of P2,994,822,857.

The highest allocation would be the Social Services of the city government amounting to P8,529,942,113, almost half of the total budget of Manila.

A total of P1,818,785,300 would be allocated for the city government’s social amelioration program which has 301,092 beneficiaries.

Moreno signed the said ordinance together with Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna and members of the City council.

The City Council said that the ordinance has the biggest budget and fastest to be passed in the history of Manila.