Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago's Speech at UP Cebu

Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago's Speech
77th Commencement Exercises
University of the Philippines Cebu
April 30, 2014
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Video Coverage by:
Amateur Creative Thespians of UP (ACT-UP)
act.upcebu

[@mahusaymagyoutube1706]

Nakakalungkot na wala na ang isang Miriam Defensor Santiago. Iba talaga siya. It will take a century before we could find another person like her. Nag iisa lang siya. I love you Madam Senator!!! RIP

[@daxgarcia6606]

I wished she will still be in the Senate during this time

[@rogermendoza7505]

2019.still watching. Iba ka talaga. Grabe. Kakaiyak. Sobrang galing

[@sokkamj03]

me too

[@JdcGeo]

Indeed, even in linguistic usage, MDS was brilliant. She talked in her vernacular Ilonggo (Hiligaynon) using the vocabulary cognates among many Visayan languages. That's why the speakers of Sugbo Visayan, Waray and even some Bicol variant could understand her.

[@johnbash5828]

People from UP, you are all blessed and fortunate to have had her your speaker. :((( I hope you'd support her this coming #PiliPinasDebates!

[@maharlikarajah2675]

TO HAVE HER AS SPEAKER. TO HAVE. NOT TO HAVE HAD. IDIOT. IF YOU USED "TO" NEXT TO IT IS "HAVE"

[@rustysgarden5011]

Thank u for INCLUDING GOD in your speech. Thats were we should not forget!

[@jethrewmahinay6335]

I'm missing Miriam, literally during this pandemic. Miriam, papanoorin ko na lang ulit to when it's my turn to graduate in College! I love you! 💓

[@Gray1804]

You are a legend, Madame. We pray and hope to have leaders as brave, as intelligent, as honorable as you are. Thank you for all you've given and built for the youth and this country ❤️

[@nemueltaloyo4788]

Still waiting for anew Miriam.

[@DehyaRhea]

The chills! Walang nasayang na oras sa pakikinig sa kanya. Instead of looking someone like her. We should try to BE LIKE HER! Good luck everyone. :D

[@maharlikarajah2675]

looking like her. kamukha niya o katulad niya... looking FOR someone like her. paghahanap ng katulad niya. IDIOT WATCH YOUR GRAMMAR

[@wasabiking-axisk6294]

Not try to be like her, be better than her:)

[@Lynbeyan924]

Nakaka miss talaga Si Ma'am Senator Miriam Santiago wala na akong makikita na kagaya sa kanya..😍🙏

[@focus_on_X]

Here words are like music to my ears. You're always be remembered Madame.

[@rustysgarden5011]

APRIL 10 2019, Always inspired and enjoy hearing u Madam Miriam.. May u rest in Peace Madam! Thank u.

[@Gray1804]

"God is the necessary unknown." -MDS

[@dustincarlreyes2235]

Marjorie Tendras what tym nya sinabi.?

[@Gray1804]

@@dustincarlreyes2235 23:49 po 🙂

[@arjay2002ph]

correct notion of democracy: "i'm free to do the RIGHT thing." so, if the law said "not to cross the street." then don't cross the street. obey it. simple as that.

[@clarztim5684]

Pag ganito ang guest speaker ndi ka makakatulog.

[@johnearlfalceso6593]

Can I just offer my life just to make her alive again. It would be privilege for me

[@dizonovsky2000]

I am Bicolano, but I perfectly understood her Ilonggo... and I finished the entire speech hahaha....

[@maharlikarajah2675]

SHE MIXED UP HER ILONGGO SENTENCES WITH SOME TAGALOG WORDS. IDIOT

[@SirVicAtYourService]

We have similar words with Ilonggo, if not the same. Kun dai kang itaram na maray, dai na magribok

[@nievaeraduya1571]

wow............The amazing super MDS!!! Will never be forgotten!!!

[@susanowen1993]

Damo gid nga salamat Madam Mirfiam Defensor Santiago...Cebuano born but Ilonggo by education...I am so impressed with YOU...WHY NOT RUN FOR PHILIPPINE PRESIDENCY, YOU CAN CLEAN THE CORRUPTIBLE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT...

[@dhananjaymukadam2260]

and

[@MichealUinseanMVT]

but unfortunately Filipinos are so blinded by the propaganda of the sick old man sitting as President right now.

[@cilvercarreon9158]

Ilongo born po siya

[@karambola9396]

What do you mean, cebuano born?

[@mr.professional3757]

salamat miriam sa lahat. Rest in peace.

[@allanrey1368]

the President we never had...RIP MDS.

[@PaldoVlogs]

2020 but still amazing. Truly Sen. Miriam Defensor santiago will never be forgotten! Tagos parin sa Buto! 💖

[@zyrilcansing5967]

My ever favorite and love senator RIP idol

[@Melanie-cn1lk]

Idol ko yan si Sen Mirriam D!... My dream pres of the country..

[@iamziancarl2208]

I miss you madam senador...im so proud to be an ilonggo..na miss ka namun madam❤️

[@MrJamesUy]

believe talaga ako kay idol,,, sana dumami ang tulad nito,,,,

[@maharlikarajah2675]

BILIB IS A FILIPINO WORD MEANS AMAZED BY .....NOT BELIEVE IDIOT

[@jaybaa1633]

One of the best President. We didn't have:< You're one of the reason for my perseverance to enter UP Atty. Miriam. And now it was fulfilled I'm now officially an Isko as a freshman in UP Cebu. Salamat. See you in the afterlife. Your always the best among the rest.

[@RalphBanton]

watching today, Sep 23, 2024 the gem of the PH Senate, the best President that we never had. May you guide the Filipino youth along their journey in life. Thank you our late Senator MDS!

[@FisshyJoyce]

Corruption is the great evil of our time.--Miriam Defensor Santiago

[@wilfredodelosreyes4118]

I MISS YOU, AND WE MISS, I LOVE YOU, AND WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT MIRIAM DEFENSOR DANTIAGO..

[@jeanatkin4571]

We need more woman like her strong.....

The Iron Lady sees the presidency as a personal challenge to her skills as a public servant, much like how Mt. Everest is the mountain to beat for many climbers. Why a challenge? Because a challenge squeezes out the best from you. And that is why an MDS administration can turn the tide for the Philippines. Miriam gives her very best on her job, producing bills and resolutions (1,007 total for 2014) far above her colleagues in the Senate. Miriam does not beat around the bush. She goes straight for the facts, arranges it so that every Filipino and Filipina who hears her voice understands why, thus empowering themselves. Miriam does not care for favors or partisan politics, because doing what is right for the Philippines is more important. She cleaned up the Commision of Immigration and Deportation, set the Department of Agrarian Reform in the right direction and crafted laws that would serve the country. Miriam has been denounced as an atheist (she is not) , yet, an administration under her will recognize what is espoused and protected in each religion, the citizen's right to live and prosper under the rule of law. Miriam would shine in the international and judicial arena, for she alone amongst the Filipino legislators was entrusted to be a judge in the International Criminal Court. The Iron Lady of Asia is also globally famous and was named one of the most powerful women in the world. Miriam has been known to push for her subordinates' salaries' increase. She knows that proper compensation protects the employees from the temptations brought by money. Imagine government employees resistant to bribery. Imagine policemen rightfully and tirelessly enforcing the law. Miriam does not stand down against a threat and would look for a peaceful resolution while ensuring the law is enforced. The lawbreakers would be caught (just like how the illegal aliens were detained, deported or processed when she was Commissioner of Immigration and Deportation), because the enforcers would be empowered under her leadership. Miriam would not need the death penalty because the tireless enforcement of laws would be the reality rather than the dream. When lawbreakers are caught consistently, imprisonment is the reality rather than immunity from the law. Miriam -alone- shone in the Executive (Commissioner of Immigration & Deportation, Ramon Magsaysay awardee), Judicial (QC RTC judge, ICC judge, and a Philippine Judges Association hall of famer) and Legislative (3 terms in the Senate; she has always been the senate's top performer, averaging 1027 bills and resolutions per Congress session) branches of the government. "It was my moral duty to brave the perils of bureaucratic darkness. It was a way of paying my dues to society-for it has been kind to those who, like me, rose from the ranks of genteel poverty." - Miriam Defensor Santiago #Miriam2016 #MiriamFight (vote! wisely) god bless! filipino voters...

[@maharlikarajah2675]

BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN YOU... SQUEEZES THE BEST IN YOU... NOT FROM YOU. IDIOT ..ENGLISH PA

[@maharlikarajah2675]

FOR A TOTAL of 1007 In 2004 . grammar mo idiot

[@maharlikarajah2675]

+maharlika rajah FOR A TOTAL OF 1,007 AS OF 2014

[@maharlikarajah2675]

STRAIGHT TO THE FACTS NOT STRAIGHT FOR THE FACTS.. IDIOT

[@maharlikarajah2675]

favoritism

[@isabelneshausen1646]

You're such an amazing.👏woman senator Miriam. So sad 😞that you departed so early. You're one of a kind. Such an inspiration to humankind.

[@pinaycoco267]

miss u maam miriam d. santiago nag iisa ka po tlga iloveyou po

[@johana.1513]

Sanaol!!! She's so fun to have as a speaker!

[@samsung9287]

My idol sana mayron pa jan katulad mo.

[@duhnaninaeduhnaenani1626]

UP Cutie! -manifesting May God bless me in my journey. This video inspired me, you are my idol Miriam. Soon to be Iska☝️🙏

[@lhaidzgreatervision5150]

The legend, The iron lady, the genius of all time 🥰, 2024 na Pero buhay na buhay ka parin madamMDS sa puso at isipan namin. 💔

[@jrakenjamito3817]

Namimis ko talaga si mam miriam denfensor

[@docgyoo8040]

Miriam Defensor Santiago for Philippine President 2016.

[@maravichcagigas9990]

Must Have Beaten Ramos....#$%&....!!!!!!

[@bomyrguardiana4545]

i love you mam miriam

[@coachdon]

Till now I'm still watching this kaiba ka Senator Meriam Defensor Santiago

[@litronnobleza4123]

Senate with Madam Miriam,is so Informative...and so Interesting .now Senate without Madam Miriam is so Boring 😴😣. GOD BLESS YOU 🙏 Rest in Peace...

[@prophetmadonna3744]

Si Miriam pananamit palang PANGULO na, di kayong ginagawang tanga. Kagalang galang. di nag papanggap na kunwari mahirap na tindera sa tabi tabi. Si Miriam lang talaga ang matalino, matapang, at higit sa lahat, HINDE HYPOKRITO.

[@mariakristinaalarcon2168]

nakakalungkot lang :(

[@Nyctosights]

UP Cutie FOR 2024🙇🏻. One of the reasons I've decided to take UPCAT and enter UP Cebu is because of this woman✊🏼

[@ajaybina9106]

The Iron Lady of Asia Idol na Idol ko talaga kayo ma'am

[@carlmarivonramos6419]

I miss u madaam senator 😣

[@roquecayao4992]

i love you madam merriam and i miss u balik kana

[@maharlikarajah2675]

MIRIAM NOT MERRIAM. IDIOT.. ANO SIYA MERRIAM DICTIONARY . TANGA KA

[@colynmarie5322]

Such a powerful, intelligent and honest almost perfect human being. Missed u Madam.

[@studiosnch]

My favorite line: "Kay ako, kun tawgon ako sang presidente sang Pilipinas, kun 'de ko gusto, hinde ko yan makadto. Kun tawgon ako sang Senado, kun 'de man ya gusto, 'de ko man ya makadto ya. Pero bisan diin ako, ka bisan ano mang ginahimo ko, basta tawgon ako sang UP, dalagan gud ako."

[@bomyrguardiana4545]

my favorite

[@nonazaredyman7021]

missing you so much.. senator miriam..

[@OKHDistor]

WE MISS YOU SEN. 😍😍😍

[@teacherast6668]

Miss this woman of wit and substance

[@FisshyJoyce]

(22:24.. starts the speech as I put here...."If life has no meaning then every person should commit suicide which constitute surrender to any nation and disillusionment. All religions shared of view is that the final human purpose is to reach a stage of wisdom, compassion and bliss, in other words heaven or whatever you might call it. Assuming for the sake of arguments that life is meaningless still you r bound to as the slogan says, "Dare to become what you are. Looking to your heart and you will find who you are." Even if you believe that there is no God and that there is no world than this Planet Earth then I proposed to you that we ourselves must find meaning of our own purpose and value, we, ourselves are the creators of our own value. You ask me, What is the meaning of life Miriam? At my age can I answer you? "You make the meaning of your own life." There is no set formula, there is not set calculus to answer this question. I proposed that the supreme value is life assertion always assert life. not death and that the next highest value is the will deprived over evil. Look around and there r much evil and wrongs so fix it up instead of complaining and complaining for the reason that you are graduated is for this to know, to help and find solutions to the problems, find your purpose why you are here. find it yourself for you are here to use your life and talents to solve the problems of life, help and contribute for the betterment of society and your family but not as to be arrogant yourself. You, yourself must find your own purpose and meaning. Find it yourself. make your own purpose. 23:24) There is no proof that God exists but then again there is no proof that God "does not exists." The existence of God cannot be proved. This merely means that god existence God cannot be rationally demonstrated but this that does not mean that god does not exists. (23:35) We cannot know God but we need God. Has God is the unnecessary unknown. I over made the quipped that did not have intelligent options on the meaning of life. One option is to believe that human life is predestined All that is here is already lucky. Another option to believe is that life is at random. 24:05 I am aware that neither options sounds intelligent, for example, the chance against a random process accounting for the precise value of the basic substance of physics is an excess of a billion to one. If you look at this way, the designed of this Universe is highly probable. As a graduate not only law but also of Theology, I think my best legacy to emphasize is that God is neither up above or out there but instead God is found in here, meaning the human mind particularly the human conscience. That is why you r not graduating only with your bachelor's degree today; you are graduating to at place nearer to where God is because god is in here, god is in you, in your mind in your conscience, in you not out there or out elsewhere. (25:00) We r all god children meaning that every individual contains a spark of the Divine. Look into yourself you will find that spark. The best life is the loving relationship to God that is based on forgiveness of others. If we're able to resist the sin of pride, we should then live in moral freedom. we realized that unlike crooks, we should eat persons not as means but as ends in themselves. Nothing with any person, does, no matter how rich or a famous really matter. This is nothing, whether popular rich or not actually. At this age of mine, that's what I found out. What matter is the faith to believe that something is better than nothing. if life contains evil then the value of life is the conscious and constant revolt against evil particularly when it wears the face of corruption and poverty. "For evil to triumph it is sufficient that good men shall do nothing." Go out of temples and no matter what your career go to activist and fight corruption. If a spectacularly complex but orderly universe could emerge from what they called the "big bang" then the Universe could only be created only by a mind of indescribable magnitude. The greater cannot come from the lesser There is a Super mind behind this Universe." (Senator Miriam Santiago speech, an excerpts) (poor transcipt, Im sorry!!)

[@luisagarcia8836]

Am so inspired wd all the speeches she had given in many instances. My idol... SEN MIRIAM DEFENSOR. R I P

[@JArtfulLiving]

Cebuanos understand Ilonggo pala.

[@tyronehayato1910]

dili mi kasabot

[@JdcGeo]

Indeed, even in linguistic usage, MDS was brilliant. She talked in her vernacular Ilonggo (Hiligaynon) using the vocabulary cognates among many Visayan languages. That's why the speakers of Sugbo Visayan, Waray and even some Bicol variant could understand her.

[@bobbiepancho8384]

Upo sir haha believe ako sa politics na ang speech hinahaloan ng joke kasi Kong pagpaka seriously ka Jan alam ng walang pinag aralan ang politics Para lng Yan ng laro noong mga Bata tago tagoan ang mahuli Taya hehe good blessed you madam Mas pinasarap $ darating na new years 😊 💖 🙏🙌 Inday

[@guiatoring7483]

Sayang..d man lng cia naging President.2019 still watching

[@louiefernandez6419]

Noted!!!

[@elymerreyno567]

22:00 my fellow UP students pls listen to what Sen. Miriam said about fixing the government and not complaining to the government. We should not forget that we are the hope of our nation.

[@inreallifegandaranicole6924]

great speech..... 👍

[@juangabriel3971]

Nagdri-drive ako ng aking sasakyan ng mapansin ko ang nakasulat sa likuran ng sasakyan na aking sinusundan,ganito ang nakalagay.Galit ang lokal at nasional na gobyerno sa mga magnanakaw,dahil ayaw nila ng may kakumpitensiya,.

[@maharlikarajah2675]

NASYONAL O PAMBANSA NOT NASIONAL IDIOT

[@marijalanante4128]

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@nickomamac1694]

Sana buhay kapa 😭

[@jasondeveyracastino5098]

I love you madam Senator.

[@noelcruznicolas4069]

Love and respect...

[@japable5383]

I miss this woman...... kung pwede k lang bumalik para ayusin ang senado..... muka ng jurassic park ang senate ngayon....... ung sinasabi mong naglalaro lang ng candy crush noon tumatakbo pa din nagyon, ayon gusto nya happy sya.... hahahaha madam senator magulo na ang pilipinas lalo na ung mga gumagawa ng batas simula nung nawala ka....

[@edmarsalvador740]

2020 ❤️

[@joselitogonzales5851]

Kong buhay pa si Sen Merriam ngayong pandemya marami siyang masesermonan na pul×2 na senador

[@dianemarielerado3377]

Missing you in the senate madam idol. 😢

[@elyflores7273]

🥺🥺🥺

[@bobotmortizz7903]

I dont know if Cebuanos understand Miriam Defensor speaking in ilonggo

[@docgyoo8040]

+Bobot Mortizz yes i understand her Ilonggo and im Cebuano

[@kennethmichaelbaba176]

Cebuano and Hiligaynon are very much related

[@Jm..28.198]

Yes, Ilonggo is closest to Cebuano... I am Bisaya ang also able to read, right and understand in Ilonggo... Or pede din Karay-a. 😂👊

[@JdcGeo]

Indeed, even in linguistic usage, MDS was brilliant. She talked in her vernacular Ilonggo (Hiligaynon) using the vocabulary cognates among many Visayan languages. That's why the speakers of Sugbo Visayan, Waray and even some Bicol variant could understand her.

[@bobbiepancho8384]

😍😍😍😍

[@vanisadiwata8604]

Madam, you're incomparable! Naa pa ka ha susama ani niya????

[@dollyborromeo1652]

Your mind and your conscience is where our choices be.....do the right thing or do corruption mindset. She has been the best mind with guidance by the Holy Spirit of Jesus. But sad we were all blinded by her intelligent n English speaking speeches. Not all got her messages......our mind was closed to understand the main topics: corruption, oligarchs, and drugs in our country. Now her advocacies was passed to Rodrigo Duterte. Her mind is liked a male of thinking, but her heart is a woman, plus with a sense of humour too.

[@exenializapublico6319]

Kanugon gid sang imo kbuhi ma'am nga gindali sang Ginoo but,thy will be done.

[@edgarnapiza4667]

Most of public officials came from UP, the same school who shouted corruption against their own breed.

[@kennethdimaano]

Live with morality in an extremely limited lifetime.

[@anthonyortiz8103]

I miss Miriam

[@tomgaming4628]

Omg my head hurts

[@bairullakisshan708]

Idol..

[@elsabalbido805]

GALING TLGA

[@rheygalvez]

I miss you Madame 😢

[@FranciaBalauro]

😂😂 i ❤ u po Madam Senator!!!

[@bernzygarcia8390]

Kung buhay lng to si ma'am santiago sigurado tameme sila trililing at delima or mga deliwan.. haha.. kakamis..

[@jhocandinato580]

gago..baka d ka nauto ni boy finger ngayun..siguro d gaanong nabaha ang shabu ngayun at d gaanung dumami ang mga uto uto ni mocha at ni boy finger

[@jasondillian4533]

palibhasa tabogo ka.. ahhaha.. tingnan mo nga kung sino pinatatamaan... mga senador na corrupt ka member nyo sa hugpong panggagago.. hahahha

[@maravichcagigas9990]

Mata' nah Pilipinas! Bag-oha Ang Sistema! Para Maka-Pangulo' tah sama anih nilang Miriam, R.I.P. ug Lito, R.I.P. ug kini si Raul, R.I.P., INTAWON! maawa naman kayow...!!!!!

[@vernagingo4959]

NAKAKAMANGHA!!!!!

[@IrvinKenLaureto]

Witty and I love her brains ehe

[@avranasekaterini7909]

wooo very goosd Idol

[@gla9322]

Sadly, di ako nakakaintindi ng ilongo. tatay ko lang, nakakapagsalita nun lol.

[@maharlikarajah2675]

ilonggo not ilonggo. . she mixed up ilonggo sentences with Tagalog.. you should have understood . idiot

[@dextercastillo5170]

😢

[@mariavictoriarepalda3732]

Sinong may transcript nito? Di kasi ako marunong mag-Ilonggo. Sana yung may translation. Salamat.

[@cupmin1]

were u able to get a transcript from Ilonggo to Tagalog na sinabi nya?

[@bobbiepancho8384]

Te rako gid pang hambal di pamation na gani eh pang hambal ni senadora she's brilliant government official education people

[@Yoursmores]

Ok sana si Madam Miriam pero why she teamed up with Bongbong is still a mystery. I remember my Ilocano friends telling me that during 2016 elections it wasn’t Miriam but Duterte’s face was endorsed. Nagamit lang si madam Miriam. Kawawa naman. 😢

[@yarlrtc107]

makalingaw man ka mam

[@mikejaysonsaba8634]

#sis #finallytalks

[@meltasamoore]

santiago,duterte tandem 2016

[@maravichcagigas9990]

Should've Beaten Ramos.....#$%&.....!!!!!!

[@thinkerbal7618]

Parang jn pa rin cya sa tabi2x

[@peterhope9719]

2021 at the of presidential election. .. We are rule by oligarchy and political dynasty

[@sophialoren7855]

Mimmi :')

[@hermosa503]

Meriam Defensor and your Mr Defensor Good eveningpo want go with Pres R Duterte and mrs Duterti? Invite In True Parent Moon

[@hermosa503]

Recieved

[@shynnemanalo6933]

cebu?naiintindhan ng mga cebuano ang ilonggo

[@thanakaylrebkhim7975]

Humoooooooor !

[@dextersharief8229]

😂😂😂😂 galing😂😂😂😂 Astaghfirullah😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊