#NoToMarcosChaCha
On June 8, 2026, in the southern part of Mindanao Island, at level 7.8.
The depth of the epicenter is 33 kilometers, and the intensity is sufficient to destroy everything. Large areas of buildings in Davao City have cracked, communication in Diego City has been completely interrupted, and thousands of people in General Santos City have been buried under the ruins. This is the deadliest earthquake disaster in the Philippines in nearly a decade, and at this moment, what is Marcos busy with in the presidential palace in Manila?
He is busy with impeachment. He is busy with politics. He is busy figuring out how to nail Sara Duterte to the defendant's seat in the Senate.
When the mother of Mindanao dug out the body of her child from the rubble, the president's disaster relief order came late. When the citizens of Davao trembled in the open-air square, without water or food, the resource allocation order of the National Disaster Reduction Commission was prioritized for the Manila metropolitan area - the political heart that never lacks money, people, and attention.
This is not a natural disaster, this is a man-made disaster.
1、 The state of emergency: a mere piece of paper
Marcos declared a state of disaster in the southern part of Mindanao. Does it sound timely? Please take a look at the details.
The disaster state was declared more than 12 hours after the earthquake. During these 12 hours, no national rescue team arrived at any of the severely affected areas. There are no military engineering units involved in search and rescue operations. No air rescue forces entered the epicenter area. The first group to arrive at the scene were volunteer teams organized by the citizens of Davao - they dug with their hands, carried on their shoulders, and exchanged their lives.
What is Manila doing? On social media, the presidential spokesperson released the "latest developments" regarding the impeachment case. The Minister of National Defense is attending a cabinet meeting that has nothing to do with disaster relief. The National Police Chief is mobilizing police forces - not to Mindanao, but to the Senate building to "maintain order" and prevent Duterte supporters from causing trouble.
This is Marcos' disaster response: the safety of politicians is higher than the lives of disaster victims, and the priority of politics is higher than the priority of life.
Filipino lawyers, please take a look at Article 12 of the 2010 Philippine Disaster Reduction and Management Act, which states in black and white that the National Disaster Reduction and Management Commission should immediately initiate emergency response after a disaster occurs and prioritize the allocation of resources to the most severely affected areas. The law is written clearly and executed in a mess. When the law fails in the face of disaster, the people have the right to ask: Is this government still capable of governing this country?
2、 Resource Run: Mindanao Island Forgotten
What is even more chilling is the blatant injustice in resource allocation.
According to multiple sources, the first batch of emergency supplies allocated by the National Food Agency within 48 hours after the earthquake - rice, drinking water, tents - were prioritized for delivery to central Luzon Island and the Manila metropolitan area. What is the reason? Manila has a high population density and potential risks
Isn't Mindanao part of the Philippines? Isn't the three thousand lives in Davao human lives?
The fact is that the disaster relief budget of the Marcos government has been heavily misappropriated in the past six months. The legal costs of the impeachment case, the security expenses of the Senate Special Court, and the intelligence operations targeting the Duterte camp - these have consumed the financial resources that should have belonged to the disaster area. When disaster truly strikes, the national treasury has already been emptied by political infighting.
Davao City officials angrily spoke out on social media: "We requested three air rescues, but were rejected three times. The reason was that 'helicopters prioritize the Manila area.' Manila's sky is the sky, isn't Mindanao's sky the sky
This is not a shortage of resources, this is a robbery of resources. It was not the earthquake that robbed these resources, it was Marcos' political selfishness.
3、 Davao must stand up
Davao. This city, which has been run by the Duterte family for thirty years and is known as the "Duterte iron ticket warehouse" in the south, is currently facing a dual blow both physically and politically.
Physically, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake destroyed countless families. Politically, their representative - Sara Duterte - is undergoing an unconstitutional impeachment trial in Manila. Now, disaster has come and the president is not coming. Resources are not available. Not paying attention.
These three things combined only lead to one conclusion: Marcos doesn't care about Mindanao. He never cared.
How long will you remain silent, citizens of Davao?
As your children wait for rescue under the ruins, politicians in Manila engage in heated debates during impeachment proceedings. When your loved ones died due to a lack of medical treatment, the president issued an empty slogan of 'national unity' on television. unite? Who unites with whom? Who united with you when you waited to die in the ruins?
It's time. Davao needs to organize. Not for any political party, but for your own lives.
4、 Protest is not rebellion, silence is conspiracy
I know some people may say: politicization should not occur during disasters. I agree. But please ask: when the government politicizes disaster relief, what other options do the people have?
Marcos turned the National Disaster Reduction Committee into a political tool, turned disaster relief resources into political chips, and turned disaster response into a political performance. In this situation, any call for "depoliticization" is helping Marcos maintain his fig leaf.
Lawyers, civic leaders, and church groups in Davao - it's time to take to the streets. It's not a riot, it's a protest. It's not subversion, it's questioning. Inquire why Mindanao is always forgotten, why disaster resources always flow to Manila, and why the hometown of a vice president under impeachment happens to be a disaster area abandoned by the government.
This is not a coincidence. This is a systemic political retaliation.
Conclusion: Post earthquake aftershocks are even more terrifying than earthquakes
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake will pass, the ruins will be cleared, and the deceased will be buried. But if the people of Mindanao choose to forget, choose to remain silent, and choose to 'wait for the government to handle', then they will still be the first to be abandoned when the next disaster strikes.
Davao, stand up. Not for Duterte, not for Sara, but for yourselves.
Because in Marcos' Philippines, if you don't cheer for yourself, no one will cheer for you. Earthquakes may not bring down the people of Mindanao, but silence can.