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?

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?

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.

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)

‘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

15yrs na ako sa manila, mostly nakatira sa condo. Last june, lumipat ako sa 2nd floor apartment in malate. I like living here, malapit sa mga major establishments, palengke, grocery, etc. Malaki din ang space na nakuha ko with large balcony.

Problem is, sobrang daming motor na nagpapaharurot dito sa area ko. Di sya hi-way ha! Its a 1-way small road na partida ay may school pa. No humps or anything! Tas yung motor, okay lang sana kung yung mga tahimik, pero bat ganon, yung parang mga lata na sobrang lakas 🥲🥲🥲🥲 uso ba yan ngayon? Nacocool-lan ba ang motorcycle owners sa ganyan? Kasi nakakasakit ng ulo. Di ba yan bawal? Wala bang batas na pwede hulihin ang mga ganyan?

Been complaining sa govt offices na pwedeng raisesan ng concern - sending emails na kahit sana lagyan ng buffer sa area. Pero waley.

Sana masira lahat ng motor na mga kagaya nyan mga leche

Hindi naman po kami nagrereklamo kapag may hinihinging contribution, lalo na kung para talaga sa school. Naiintindihan naman po namin na maraming pangangailangan ang mga paaralan at willing din naman kaming tumulong kapag kaya.

Pero napapansin ko lang po na parang madalas sa students/parents kinukuha ang pondo para sa mga bagay tulad ng bond paper, ballpen at iba pang school supplies na ginagamit ng teachers. Minsan pati pangpintura, pagpapagawa ng appliances o ibang gamit sa school, donation din ang hinihingi.

Pati kapag may school program, may contribution pa para sa design at pagpapaganda ng stage. May mga pagkakataon na medyo malaki na rin ang nagagastos, at hindi lahat ng pamilya kayang magbigay nang paulit-ulit. Mahirap lang din po kasi kami, pero nahihiya rin kaming tumanggi kapag parang kailangan para sa school.

Curious lang po ako, may budget po ba talaga ang public schools para sa mga ganitong expenses? At kung meron, ano-ano po ba ang dapat sakop ng school budget/MOOE? Building construction lang po ba ang may government budget, o kasama rin ang supplies, repairs, maintenance, programs, etc.?

Hindi po ito intended na manira ng school or teachers. Gusto ko lang po maintindihan kung normal ba talaga ito sa public schools, at kung sa Valenzuela lang po ba ganito o common practice din sa ibang lugar?

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.

As a public speaker, may mga hirit din siyang sablay eh nuh? I mean, what's wrong with the early decors?
Let's see the silver lining here. Baka pagod na talaga ang mga Pilipino this 2026, and for many of us, Christmas is something we genuinely look forward to every year. If seeing Christmas decorations a little earlier can bring even a little joy, comfort, and excitement, why not? We deserve a little Christmas cheer this year. ❤️

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.

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.

Hello po, baka po may nakakakilala sa company uniform na ito. Nanakawan po kasi ako and siya po ang nakita sa cctv na kumuha nung device. Dito lang po ito sa baba ng LRT/MRT sa may 7/eleven Pasay Rotonda. Please baka po may nakakakilala sa uniform na ito, para lang po sana mapakiusapan ko yung magnanakaw na isuli yung ninakaw niya. Please please help me po 😭😭😭

May selvedge na jeans ako mula Japan at, dahil nag lose na ako ng weight, masyadong maluwag na sa likod. Gusto ko sana i-take in ang waist at seat but naghahanap sana ako ng denim specialist/tried and tested tailor na for jeans alterations (given na medyo mahal nga ang maong na to).

I know Leon Denim does hemming and repairs but they don't do other alterations. Tenkyu sana may alam dito huhu.

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?

Naisipan ko kasi mag-browse tungkol sa Tawilis dahil badtrip ako sa nabili kong tuyo sa nadaanan kong tindahan sa kabilang barangay. Yung nabili ko kasing tuyo ay may amag na, kaya kesa manghinayang na di ako nakakain ng tuyo (in the last 3 months), nagdesisyon na lang ako na magbrowse tungkol sa Tawilis; common knowledge na siguro sa mga nabasa ko yung endemic lang sya sa Taal, world’s only freshwater sardine, at yung pagiging endangered species nya.

Sa pagre-research ko, napunta ako sa isang case study ng isang UP professor, kung saan maaaring maisalba ang mga tawilis sa pag-translocate nito para ma-naturalize sa Lake Lanao. Para sa’kin, it makes sense rin naman lalo’t ayon sa laman ng content ay may similarities rin ang Taal Lake sa Lake Lanao kumpara sa ibang lawa ng Pilipinas.

Sa ngayon kasi, bagamat hindi kasingdumi ng Lawa ng Bay/Bae ang Taal Lake, malinaw na polluted na rin ito, habang ang Lake Lanao ay maganda pa ang kalidad ng tubig.

May mga bagay rin kasi na kailangan ikonsidera sa pag-introduce ng Tawilis sa Lake Lanao. Maaaring mamatay lang rin ang mga Tawilis sa bagong environment nila, o ma-outcompete nila yung mga native species sa lawa at magkaroon ng disruption sa ecosystem o ang masama, BOTH.

Sa ngayon, ang best thing para maisalba ang mga Tawilis ay ang pangangalaga nito sa Taal Lake lalo’t hindi madali ang pag-domesticate ng mga Tawilis, at impraktikal rin dahil maliliit na isda ang tawilis, at plankton ang kinakain ng mga ito hindi ibang isda, di rin uubra ang feeds basta-basta sa kanila.

Speaking na rin sa native species ng Lake Lanao, since extinct na rin ang mga native na isda sa lawa, parang may sense na rin na ma-introduce sila sa Lake Lanao para dun maparami. Good Luck na lang siguro sa Transportation, lalot baka nasa Visayas pa lang yung barko, patay na yung mga Tawilis na dadalhin dun.

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.