04/06/2026
Thinking what the Senators do today?
"With a heavy heart and empty pockets, a young student steps onto a jeepney bound for La Forteza.
In her hands aren't notebooks, but a bundle of rags she hoped to sell.
As the driver calls for fares, a suffocating silence fills the vehicle.
Pale with nervousness but driven by a desperate desire to learn, she weakly asks, 'Kuya, can I just pay you with a rag?'
She was willing to give up the very merchandise meant to feed her, just to buy her way into a classroom.
Touched by her unstoppable resolve, a kind driver accepted the rag, and passengers wept silently at her bravery.
Proof that a child's courage to fight for her future is heavier than any weight poverty can throw at her.
