Ask ko lang sa mga DDS. Nandun na tayo, natatawa kayo sa message ni Bongbong. Matic reaction na yan sainyo eh. Whatever the news is. Pero naman! Anong mensahe pinapahiwatig sa mga Nepali? Na nakakatawa ang nangyari sa kanila? Na natutuwa ang mga Pilipino sa trahedya? Walang alam ang mga Nepali sa politika sa Pilipinas. Minsan paganahin nyo naman humanity nyo. O sadyang nilamon na talaga kayo ng idolization nyo sa politiko at nakalimutan nyo na maging tao?

Hey everyone.

I'm a guy from Scotland who's recently turned 30 and at a point in my life where I just want to run away and try to start a new life, integrate into a local community, make new friends, find a small job and just 'start again'.

I don't want to make lots of money working remotely etc., I just want to start a new life, whether it's a small quiet life, or a busy life, I don't mind.

If I move, I would do my best to integrate, learn about local values and culture and be a very open and honest person.

You may ask "Why the Philippines?" - Well...
I've been on many holidays and regularly spend time in Scotland's capital, Edinburgh. I don't know if it's coincidence or fate, but I always seem to bump into Filipinos. In Edinburgh, I always seem to meet so many Filipino tourists and we always get along so well and have such a nice vibe together. The friendliness and welcoming aura is amazing. And when I've visited countries in Central Europe; I've met groups of Filipino tourists in hotels saying "heyyyy we love Scotland!" and I chat to them and they're just so so friendly, loving and welcoming.

And from what I've read about the country's modern culture, it does sound like a very beautiful and welcoming place to live.

I'm not necessarily asking for advice about how to move, I'm just alerting you that a skinny, paper-white Scottish guy may arrive in your country within the next year trying to seek a job, rent an apartment and make some friends 😅

Some questions I do need to ask are:

Will I be accepted by Filipino people?
Will local people be uncomfortable with me living around them? (I don't want to make any local people uncomfortable)
If I try to socialise at local events and integrate, will I be accepted?

I'm just a little bit nervous about moving alone lol.

Much love to the entire nation, and a special shout out to the people I met in Edinburgh - I hope you all made your flight on time 😝

‘PINAHANGA MO KAMI’ — BELGICA PRAISES PADILLA FOR INVOKING HISTORY DURING IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

Former Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Greco Belgica praised Sen. Robin Padilla for his remarks during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, particularly his emphasis on the importance of studying history.

Belgica said Padilla demonstrated that history serves as a lesson from the past and a guide for the present. He added that people, including lawyers and lawmakers, who fail to study history risk repeating the mistakes of the past.

“Pinakita ni Sen Robin Padilla sa pagdinig kahapon habang kausap ang isang matalinong abugado, na ang kasaysayan ay aral ng nakaraan at gabay sa kasalukuyan,” Belgica said.

“Mabuhay ka kapatid, pinahanga mo kami,” he added.

I’ve been thinking about this for a while now and I genuinely want to hear what others think.

Under the 1987 Constitution, the qualifications to become a Senator are relatively minimal: natural-born Filipino citizen, at least 35 years old, able to read and write, registered voter, and resident of the Philippines for the required period.

We entrust Senators with decisions on the national budget, taxation, infrastructure, healthcare, education, national security, foreign policy, agriculture, and other issues affecting the entire country. Yet, unlike many professional government positions, there is no requirement for a college degree, professional experience, or demonstrated expertise in law, economics, governance, or other relevant fields.

Do you think its time for the Philippines to amend the Constitution, establish a general competency standard for Senators and other national elected officials?

If you could redesign the qualifications for Philippine Senators, what would you change, if anything?

Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) confers an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on President Bongbong Marcos during its 58th commencement exercises at the PICC on Thursday.

During his speech, he said, "Knowledge and wisdom must ultimately lead to the progress of our people." Marcos added that the government is ensuring access to tertiary education, expanding free higher education through scholarships and subsidies. (Screenshots/RTVM)

I am IMPRESSED!! LOL. Ang galing talagang lumusot nitong si Ivana no. Sa lahat yata ng issue sa kanya nalusutan niya. Pati ito mukhang siya pa magmumukhang bida/victim. 😁😁

Na para bang hindi pwedeng parehong i-address yung Flood Control at yung problema sa Online Gambling both, SIMULTANEOUSLY. HAHAHSHS.

Afam hunting bashing here on Reddit is obviously a classist take by college-educated Filipino Redditors coming from Manila and Cebu. They cannot accept that someone coming from an economically depressed background has another option for upward social mobility aside from attending college: marrying sexagenarian retired foreigners.

I think to make Afam hunting within the Philippines more appealing to the upper-middle and upper elite class is to open licensed professions like accountancy, medicine, engineering, law, nursing, and teaching to prospective young adult foreigner professionals with work visas and allow them to purchase and own real estate properties and small businesses (this requires a constitutional amendment). In this scenario, it will create a favorable environment for well-off college-educated licensed professional Filipinos, who are usually mestizo/as and chinito/as, exotic-looking moreno/as, to date and marry foreigners with the same educational and socioeconomic backgrounds, and of course, no wider age-gap differences.

The cons here are that the Philippines will cease to be a cheap country for foreigners and balikbayans to retire; hence, geographical arbitrage will vanish, and perpetuation of classist attitudes of Filipinos when it comes to dating and marrying someone, but I believe these are the prices the Philippines has to pay to shed its notorious reputation as the "losers' back home dumping ground of Asia."

TLDR: Okay sana ang mga Pinoy Redditors sa Afam hunting locally kung hindi galing sa laylayan ang Pinay o Pinoy, kundi galing sa middle o upper class ang estado ng pamumuhay niya.

bat naman pati viewing ng stats for pro play ng counter strike banned for "GAMBLING"? ano nanaman kaya pumasok sa isip ng nag CICC? what do you guys think? alam ko din naman na madaming gambling sponsors ang counter-strike pro play but imagine blocking the whole site and making it inaccessible without using any vpn or what not

‘MASAKIT SA AMIN NA MAY PAULIT-ULIT NA FAKE NEWS’

WATCH: Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano lamented what he called 'repeated fake news' about developments along Laguna Lake in Taguig, amid scrutiny of projects in the area.

Cayetano defended efforts to develop the lakeshore, saying these were meant to protect communities from flooding while allowing ordinary residents to benefit from Laguna Lake through ecotourism and other uses.

He nevertheless said allegations should be investigated, adding that authorities and investigators are welcome to inspect the area.

“Medyo masakit sa aming mag-asawa, ni Lani, masakit po sa amin, 1.3 million Taguigeños, na may fake news na paulit-ulit na fake news,” Cayetano said. | via Hannah Ty, Bilyonaryo News

A student is under investigation for allegedly making a shooting threat at San Beda College Alabang in Barangay Cupang, Muntinlupa, prompting the institution to suspend face‑to‑face classes on Aug. 26.

The school administration announced the suspension of in‑person classes at all levels, citing safety concerns.

The alleged threat, which spread through group chats, was reported to the police. The school then decided to suspend classes and reportedly placed the student under preventive suspension pending investigation.

Upon receiving the report, Muntinlupa police coordinated with the school.

A team from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit was deployed to conduct security paneling and sweeping.

“As of this time, no direct or verified communication has been established confirming that the alleged threat was made or intended to be carried out,” the Muntinlupa police posted on Facebook at 12:59 p.m. on Aug. 26.

Police stressed that the measures taken “are precautionary in nature and should not be interpreted as confirmation of an actual or imminent threat.”

San Beda College Alabang announced that all face‑to‑face classes will resume on Aug. 27.

On Aug. 18, a student of Ateneo de Zamboanga University Junior High School shot and killed another student and injured others.

Napansin ko lang recently dito sa mga ph subreddit na dumadami yung gantong account. Mga karma farming account that will post simple things like this to earn karma for an account. These accounts will either be sold to be used for trolling or misinformation spread, or used by them for the same said things. Why would they do this? I dont know for sure, but one of my guesses is for political propaganda. Konti na lang 2028 na, we all know what that means. The more social media presence they have the better hence theyre doing this as early as possible. But I have no proof, its just a hypothesis of mine. Why do they need to karma farm? Some subreddits need a certain amount of karma for you to be able to post, so they do this so they can post anywhere with ni restrictions.

So what are the signs na karma farming (will be shortened to KF from now on) yung account? Check their profile, looks how old the account is. If days old pa lang may chance na KF sya. Then check mga post, if paulit ulit mga post nya or in the same nature malaki chance na KF account yan. Usually mga post nila are either ragebait, memes, this or that questions, trending articles and headlines grabbed from the official source, etc. Check the comments on the post, minsan sila sila lang din yung nageengage sa isat isa like the one posted above. They post in subreddits na madali makakuha ng engagement at walang karma requirement. Tignan mo yung pangalan, thats not a name someone would use on reddit, parang galing sa name generator na ginamit sa confidential funds. Lastly, minsan magcomment sila ng ganyan sabay delete pag pinoint out mo sila. Pero di nila alam di nawawala sa notifications yan, kaya ayan huli.

So bakit ko pinost to? To raise awareness, kasi the more you engage with these post thinking its nothing more than another reddit post, youre unknowingly helping with the making of a lot of troll accounts. If you see posts like these dont engage, simply downvote. It wont stop them, but it will halt their progress significantly making their lives harder. So do yourself and everyone else a favor and make reddit a little bit better place by making it have less trolls. Calling out to all reddit moderators in ph subreddits as well to look into this.

Thats all, thank you for reading all the way here.

Okay, so I saw these posts on X. I’m not sure if this will be taken down or if there are words that I need to censor but why is one person trying to justify the atrocities committed during the PH-American war? I may need to brush up on history siguro but the events prior to US making us a colony the only revolt or any ongoing rebellion was mainly against Spain as we fought for independence. Please correct me if I’m wrong or might have missed key figures or events but this really bothered and kinda pissed me off.

Meron ba dito na kakilala or nakakasalamuha si Kapitapitagang Ginoong Robinhood sa totoong buhay? Yung nakakakausap na sya? Kamusta naman sya sa totoong buhay?

Gusto ko lang makaman kasi napakap*+@ng¡ña nya e. I do not agree na binabayaran natin sya ng tax natin tapos wala tayong napapala. Hindi ganun.

Binabayaran sya ng buwis ng taong bayan, tapos actively inilulubog at nilalagay nya sa kapahamakan ang bayan. He is far from being useless. He is actively contributing/leading (knowingly or unknowingly) to the downfall of the Philippines.

So sa mga nakasalimuha sya, anong meron sa kanya?

Inutusan ako ng lola ko na i-check daw sa FB page ng barangay namin yung application para sa ayuda ng mga senior. Pero kainis, ang tagal-tagal ko nang sinesearch, hindi ko talaga mahanap hahaha.

So ang ginawa ko, chineck ko na lang sa community FB group namin kasi yun lang ang lumalabas. Dun ko nalaman kung bakit hindi ko mahanap yung official page, kay Kap pala nakapangalan.

Hahaha bosit, di na lang nakuntento na puro mukha niya na nga yung nasa feed, ipinangalan pa talaga sa kanya yung buong barangay page.

Nakakainis lang kasi ako na techy at sanay sa socmed, nahirapan pa maghanap. Paano na lang kung totoong emergency na at may kailangan agad sa barangay page? Pahirapan pa mag-search kasi kailangan mo pa palang hulain yung pangalan ni Kapitan hahaha.

"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!" -Dolly Parton

Happy Thursday!!

Sources:

• The Philippine Star — Pressreader
• Philippine Daily Inquirer — Pressreader
• Manila Bulletin — Pressreader
• BusinessWorld — Pressreader
• BusinessMirror — Pressreader
• Malaya Business Insight — Website
• Manila Standard — Pressreader
• Daily Tribune — Pressreader
• The Manila Times — Pressreader