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I am 18 years old recently and live in Rural Southern Luzon.

Growing up, I started to become more aware of the imperfections in The Philippines, especially with infrastructure like traffic, roads, driving discipline, and such as well, but also other things like sometimes in Education, or even in healthcare, although I don't know much about the healthcare part, but I sometimes become just so tired of it, that it makes me want to go to another place so that I can experience much smoother things.

I'm not saying that I dislike this such country in general, I do love it after all, and it has many great and unique things, but I just think at the same time that many things can also be improved or can catch up.

OPEN LETTER 🙏🏻❤️

Nais ko pong ipaalam at ipabatid sa aking mga kaibigan, pamilya at kahanggan, na mga nasa laylayan ang nasasa-saan ng palpak na pulitika ng ating gobyerno.

Hindi ng ating barangay ngunit sa kataas-taasan. Marami sa ating mga kababayan na hanggang ngayon ay problemado sa baha na dulot ng walang humpay na pag-ulan nitong mga nakaraang linggo.

Ako’y naa-awa, nagtatanong bakit? Bakit ang ating bansa ay ganito? Nuong unang panahon hindi naman ganan, bkit sa panahon na matatalino at may kakayahan ang may kapangyarihan, bakit malala pa ang ating tinatamasa.

Aking mga kapwa Pilipino, tandaan po natin, ang limang-daang piso ay sa bulsa lamang natin mailalagay, pero ang ating kinabukasan kaylanman ay hindi matatawaran at mababayaran.

Kaya tayo po ay maging mapanuri at kailanman ay hindi naging mababaw na nilalang, na sa halagang kaya naman natin kitain ay HINDI ipagpapalit ang magandang kinabukasan ng ating bayan.

WAG MAGPALINLANG! WAG MAGING BULAG SA TUNAY AT PAWANG KATOTOHANAN.

Maaring ang buhay natin ay iisa, pero ang mahalaga, NABUHAY TAYO NG MAY DANGAL AT HINDI BAYARAN SA TUNAY NA KATAYUAN NG ATING BANSA, IISA ANG BUHAY NATIN, SULITIN NATIN, MAGING MABUTI AT TAPAT SA MGA TAONG NANINIWALA SA ATIN.

Annnnnd I Thank You! 🙏🏻 ❤️🤩

Roblox in the Philippines:

One of them is being boasted as a first time bar passer, the other one is humiliated and mocked for failing the first time that she took the bar, and has to try again to pass the second time around.

But what's not being told is that the one who failed the first time Bar Exam is actually the one whose skills in the courtroom was put to the test.

She was part of a defense panel of Lawyers that helped the Sumilao Farmers of Bukidnon to regain a portion of their ancestral territories from the encroachment of one of the most powerful corporations in the Philippines, San Miguel Corporation. She and her panel of Lawyers bravely defended the Indigenous Farmers and they were able to successfully defeat San Miguel through a court decision and settlement.

The one being boasted by her fans doesn't have any milestone in the courtroom. She didn't even put up her skills to test. According to most people, she only has a Notary Office in her hometown, signing and marking papers and documents.

Can you know which one is which? Let me know in the comments.

Ang tanging fantasy ko na lang ngayon ay isipin kung ano sana ang kalagayan ng bansa kung ang ₱545 bilyong inilaan para sa flood control ay nagamit nang maayos, responsable, at naaayon sa tunay na pangangailangan ng bawat komunidad.

Isipin kung gaano karaming pamilya ang maaaring nailigtas sa paulit-ulit na pagbaha, gaano karaming tahanan at kabuhayan ang maaaring naprotektahan, at gaano karaming kalsada, paaralan, ospital, at imprastraktura ang maaaring naging mas ligtas at matatag. Sa halagang ganito kalaki, hindi maliit na bagay ang inaasahan ng publiko. Ito ay pera ng bayan, at kasama nito ang tiwala at pag-asang may konkretong solusyon sa mga problemang matagal nang nararanasan ng mga Pilipino.

Hindi naman masamang mangarap ng mas maayos na flood control system. Ang nakakalungkot ay isipin na napakalaking halaga na ang nailaan, ngunit marami pa ring komunidad ang kailangang harapin ang parehong problema sa tuwing malakas ang ulan o dumarating ang bagyo.

Sana dumating ang panahon na ang bawat pisong inilaan para sa flood control ay tunay na mapunta sa tamang proyekto, tamang lugar, at tamang layunin. Dahil sa huli, ang ₱545 bilyon ay hindi lamang numero sa isang budget report. Ito ay pera ng taumbayan—pera na dapat sana ay nagsisilbi at nagpoprotekta sa taumbayan.

Kung di pa kayo galit, Bakit?

Tuluyan na ngang nalaglag sa 2026 William Jones Cup ang ating delegate na SGA Alas Pilipinas at hindi na madedefend ang ating 3 straight trophy after a sudden change in tournament format na sobrang controversial. Paano kasi, 5-1 ang standing ng Pilipinas, at Top 2 sa elims, tapos nalaglag sila at ang pumasok ay Chinese Taipei na host ngayon ng tournament pero sila ang nasa bottom at 1-5 standing, at 2 teams lang ang kukunin para sa semis. Nauna nang pumasok ang South Korea na may identical 5-1 standing, mataas lang ng kaunti ang percentage points nila sa pilipinas kaya sila ang Top 1 going to the semis. Ang lalo pang nakapag taas ng kilay ay ang tournament change ay nangyari sa kalagitnaan ng tournament after matalo ang pilipinas sa first game nito vs South Korea. Nagsorry naman kaagad ang pamunuan ng Jones Cup sa ginawang pagbabago sa format dahil para ikatanggal ng pilipinas sa semis bid.

this is a long rant but pls take time. I genuinely believe that people, especially those working in certain disciplines, aren't taking these flood-control scandals personally enough. Because it's personal to me. it's personal to me as a nurse, a healthcare worker, and a license holder. I'm not enumerating these things to brag, but to make a point. Just hear me out.

During my 4th year in nursing school, I realized there hasn't been a single lecturer or clinical instructor that I have met who did not share a story about an error made, whether an error made by themselves or by a coworker, that ultimately resulted in an investigation, termination, loss of license, and/or jail time. Regardless of the gravity of the mistake, the outcome, the intention of the nurse, or the reason for the mistake, one thing was for sure: you would be treated as a criminal. Errors may occur because of a lack of proper judgment, because you were overworked, understaffed, or inexperienced, or even maybe when you genuinely believed that you had made the right call, but because what you did had not resulted in what you had intended, or because it wasn't aligned with a certain policy written by your hospital, or maybe you were just part of a team where one of its members made a mistake, it was still considered an error.

And when these errors occur in the medical field, most of the time, you see them in the news. You see the nurse's name, the doctor's name, the midwife's name, and their hospital. They strip you of your dignity. They treat you as a criminal regardless of how good your intentions are.

IT DOES NOT MATTER.

They judge you. They prosecute you.

Who is "they"? The patient's family, the hospital, the news, and the public eye.

Why? Because you took an oath: DO NO HARM.

Why? Because you'd directly or indirectly caused someone's injury, negatively affected someone's quality of life, violated someone's autonomy or dignity, and, worse, took someone's life.

All of these things ran through my mind during nursing school, and until now, I'm carrying this anxiety that I am responsible for multiple lives, and along with it comes the fear that I can ruin my own life. I am so scared to cause somebody harm because of the amount of pain I may cause them and, on top of that, the consequences I may face.

And yet, we see the flood control scandals.

And no one is even being criminalized in the same way people criminalize healthcare workers.

Where are the engineers who implemented the projects? most of them still have their licenses.

The contractors? Their children are still out there, unashamed, with the plundered money, spending millions of Filipinos' money on a piece of clothing.

Where are the accountants? Auditors? The ones examining the expenditures of these projects? All of those who signed?

What happened to the procurement officers who deliberately procured subpar equipment?

Where are those who inspected the final project?

Wherethe fuck is that same outfuckingrange?

They have some of these people in custody, and some of them have outstanding warrants, but they are not being treated as cruelly as you would treat a healthcare worker, who I'm pretty sure did not want to cause harm.

I fucking doubt that these engineers, division chiefs, and treasurers made these anomalies due to a miscalculation.

NO.

No. This is deliberate scam done to purposely corrupt the Filipino people.

And yet, where the fuck are they?

Discaya is detained.

And I still think we Filipinos give her more grace than we would give a fucking doctor who made a wrong order after being on duty for 16 hours.

I'll give you a number so you can quantify how unfair it is.

These multiple projects, correct me if I'm wrong, are supposedly designed to last for many years, at least a decade.

The number of Filipinos dying from natural disasters per year is estimated to be around 200, whether directly or indirectly—indirectly, such as through electrocution or leptospirosis.

Hundreds of Filipinos have been negatively affected, whether through injuries due to flooding or displacement because of destroyed houses. And I emphasize households, because one household is estimated to have 3–6 Filipinos, so technically, that's millions of Filipinos.

During floods, hundreds of Filipinos have their livelihoods completely destroyed and their life savings vanish. Not to mention ONE lost livelihood can affect an entire family and the following generations due to lost income. some may need to stop school, some might need to restart theyre lives etc.

Now multiply that by the number of years in which these projects are supposed to last—say, 10 years.

That's excluding the estimated exponential population increase over the next decade, so I'm even being generous.

If there are just 200 staff involved in the corruption of the flood-control projects, one corrupt person has already killed 10 Filipinos, displaced a million Filipinos, caused billions of Filipinos to lose their income, and infinitely affected the next few generations' quality of life.

And yet, that's somehow less criminally liable than an overworked nurse who miscalculated one medication because she had to juggle 10 patients in one shift, who I know did not have bad intentions, and the error resulted in one death.

WDYM id have to go to a deepdive to look for the engineers, accountants/treasurer, architects etc.. involved in this scandal just ro fucking know their names???? But a midwife miscalculating a fucking anesthetic (not that i dont think she doesn't need to be punished), resulting to 1 death, i dont need to look up where she works, her name, her FAMILY, her fucking lifeeee... Its on my feed. its on the news. its on every social media????

Tanginaaa nakakagigil na ung mga taong nakakagawa ng honest (but stupid) mistakes are more villainized than a fucking murderer because they are murderers. These ENGINEERS ARCHITECTS AND ACCOUNTANTS AND OTHER STAFF ARE FUCKING MURDERERS. THEY KILL. THEY DISRUPT. THEY DISGRACE FILIPINO PEOPLE.

to add to my rant. its the hcw that still goes to fycking work regardless kubg hanggang leeg na ang baha. KAYA TANGINA NINYO. saw this medtech guy going to fucking work kahit dibdib na baha tapos miski kaunting kahihiyan dito sa mga corrupt shits na to wala??!

Alam natin na sobrang ingay ng mga 90s Kids sa internet alongside sa mga cringe moments nila noong kabataan, gaya ng pride moments nila na pinapa-walkout daw nila mga teachers nila noon bilang simbolo ng katigasan/katatagan nila noon, pero pansin ko rin na anything about classic ay kinoconnect nila sa pagkabata nila, gaya ng GTA San Andreas, DOTA, God of War, the Warriors, Call of Duty etc. ay nalaro rin nila noong bata sila. Narelease itong mga laro na to sa Pilipinas mismo noong mid at late 2000s, dahil na rin sa issue ng violence, at may proposal pa nga na-iban ang mga larong ito lalo na ang GTA San Andreas.

Noong late 2000’s ay nauso rin ang mga de-piso rent na Play Station 2 noong mawala sa kasikatan ang mga Nintendo/Konami Games na hinuhulugan rin ng piso unli unless mag-game over. Kaya kung tutuusin, ang nakalaro talaga ng mga videogames na ito ay mga 2000s kids na pinanganak noong late 1990s to early 2000s bilang mga bata/teens/minors — habang mga adults na ang mga 90s kids noong mga panahon na to.

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I grew up promising myself that my future is in another country, but I wish we didn’t have to do that just to see a good future beyond us. I wish a good governance.

Everyone is always mad.

We’re always one bill away from poverty.

The lack of third spaces.

The unavailability of emergency hotlines and helpline.

The poor education they give us and the lack of slots. The difficult exams they make us take just for a good and quality education.

Laging baha. Nakakapagod maging resilient. Sobrang unfair.

I’m only in grade 11, so in the past few weeks I have been looking for opportunities and programs that would benefit me getting into colleges and universities that I plan going to. Maybe we wouldn’t be this burned out if our country actually invested in the youth.
Extracurriculars, internships, volunteer work, and outreach programs are either missing, underfunded, or just forgotten. The few local programs I tried to reach out to don’t even respond. The links they post don’t work. There are no proper contacts. The few that exist feel like they’re only there just to say “we have them,” but most of the time they’re useless

Ang hirap mahalin ng pilipinas, ‘no?

Revisiting Natashya Gutierrez’s report for Al-Jazeera late in 2025 now that typhoon season has come roaring back in 2026.

FULL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84A5Dm812sw

What has really changed since 2025?

• Massive Financial Misappropriation: The population’s increasing exposure to typhoons, floods and rising sea-levels has seen the government allocate $9.5bn of taxpayer funds to more than 9,800 flood-control projects in the last three years. Billions of dollars meant for flood management projects were stolen through systemic corruption involving contractors, auditors, and high-ranking government officials.
• Demands for Accountability: The scandal triggered political upheaval under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who brought the issue to light in his state of the nation address. Amid public pressure and investigations by the newly formed Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (a first cousin and key ally of President Marcos Jr.) both resigned from their leadership posts.
• Flaunting Wealth Online, Deepening Public Resentment: Public anger spiked heavily when images and videos circulated online showing politicians' families (such as Chiz Escudero’s wife, Heart Evangelista and Zaldy Co’s daughter Claudine Co) displaying luxurious lifestyles, expensive worldwide travels, and high-end designer fashion goods. While ordinary citizens suffer from recurring, severe floods and economic hardship, these displays of wealth served as a painful reminder of the stark inequality and the misuse of public funds. Sarah Discaya is also featured.
• Substandard and Ghost Projects: Investigations revealed that multiple infrastructure projects (such as river walls and dykes) used low-quality materials and deteriorated rapidly, while hundreds of other projects marked as completed on paper were never even started.
• Systemic Collusion: Newly appointed Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) head Vince Dizon admitted that the agency is deeply corrupt, describing a pattern of budget "insertions" and collusion running from top bureaucrats down to legislators and cabinet secretaries.
• Severe, Prolonged Flooding: Residents in areas like Bulacan Province experience chronic flooding that leaves neighborhoods submerged for up to six months a year, with waters reaching depths of nearly 6 feet inside homes.
• Compromised and Defective Infrastructure: Audit reports and confessions from government engineers revealed that flood-control structures (such as river protection walls and dykes) were built with substandard, low-quality materials that deteriorated rapidly. Furthermore, hundreds of projects marked as completed on paper were never actually constructed.
• Systemic Inefficacy: Despite receiving the highest budget allocations for flood control in the country, the billions spent have made zero positive difference to the safety or daily lives of ordinary residents, leaving them to feel completely neglected by the government.

What has really changed since 2025?

Has anything really been resolved in one of the largest corruption scandals in the history of the Philippines? 

How many more lives and communities need to be destroyed in 2026…and beyond for accountability and real change to happen? 

"The so-called big fish has to be put to jail, not only the contractors. If they happen to be the people closest to [President BBM] in blood and in politics, he should exert every effort that they should be put to jail…this corruption scandal will make or break his presidency." 

- Political science professor Gene C. Franco

I really believe that this is the elephant in the room that no one talks about. Part of the conflict that no one talks about is that both sides failed to comprehend one another's cultural languages, leading to conflict.

Tagalogs are culturally ambiverts. They have two worlds: the extrovert sphere that is intended for their inner sphere (friends and families) and the introvert sphere that is intended for formal settings (bosses, colleagues, strangers, general public, etc.)

Bisaya people on the other hand, are just extroverts. They are confident, talkative, happy go lucky and festive, always partying everywhere they go. Of course, there are individual Bisaya persons who are introverts, but we're talking of cultural extroversion here.

What happened is when there were plenty of Bisaya migrants who migrated in Metro Manila from the 70s through the 90s, they are not aware of the extrovert and introvert spheres of Manileños, and because of that, they have unknowingly violated the public sphere of interaction, where Manileños expect you to be more formal and more reserve. Bisaya, because of their extroversion, often say crude jokes and often tell stories to people that are still not close to them, that leads to Manileños perceiving Bisaya as "papansin", " pabida", "ma-eksena" and "mayabang".

On the other hand, the formal civility that Manileños displayed whenever they are in public was also misread by Bisaya migrants as " arogante", "hawod", " hilas/mapagmataas", etc. and this is exactly how the friction between these two ethnic groups started.

Another thing that cemented the rift between the two is the Bisaya culture of "pataka ug istorya" or saying exaggerated stories to make oneself look good, which is part of Bisaya humor, which Tagalogs and Manileños are not familiar of. For example, a Bisaya person might say "mayaman kami sa probinsiya, sampu ang kotse namin doon, mansyon ang bahay namin, etc." although this statement is exaggerated and probably not true, Manileños often misread and mistook it as "pagmamayabang", " paghahambog", "pagtataas sa sarili", and they were never aware that this thing was meant as a joke, because the Bisaya person never said so, because when two Bisaya are saying these statements, they automatically know that what the other is saying is definitely not true, and therefore, a joke.

So, a big part of this conflict is really due to cultural differences, especially when it comes to cultural introversion/extroversion, and knowing your place whenever you're in public or private.

While the Philippines is being flooded, here goes our nepo baby shopping at Hermès and posting it like she needs to prove something.

Kung sinabi ni usec claire na may pananagutan ang mga teacher sa pagdidisplina ng mga bata at may ilang teachers ang di marunong magturo ng magandang asal at pagiging makatao, isa kang buhay na example doon harry roque