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Yung nakalimutan nila na the Heneral Luna film was about the treachery of the Americans during the Philippine revolution.

𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟎 𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍 The 1900 Treaty of Washington between the United States and Spain, a supplement to the 1898 Treaty of Paris, is being used without deep appreciation of the words used in the treaty. The attached photos provide a side-by-side comparison of the claim on social media, and the actual words of the treaty. The actual treaty can be downloaded from the U.S. archives: https://maint.loc.gov/law/help/us-treaties/bevans/b-es-ust000011-0623.pdf From this comparison, the following observations can be deduced. 1. The social media claim disregard the FACT that the Republic of the Philippines is not a party to the 1898 Treaty of Paris and 1900 Treaty of Washington...

Biden please retire https://streamable.com/dc47lk

At this point, hindi ko na makuhang masurpresa.

Does Duterte have as much shame as his predecessors? They seemed to have more balls than he does. It would be very rare if he faced the hearing personally whether in the senate, house, or in court (since when he did appear in court after his presidency?) Then it looks like Bato misunderstood what Chiz said to him. Is this the type of top-tier politician that DDS wants to lead the country? Are they afraid to confront challenging inquiries and defend their convictions?

Oyy Ayuda Nation !!! The proposed ₱6.35 trillion budget for 2025 is almost ₱600 billion more than the ₱5.76 trillion budget for 2024. Tapos ayon sa Moody’s ang Pinas ay ang worst underperforming economy in the Asia Pacific region. Tapos sabi ng BSP Pinas will miss growth targets until 2025. Ibig sabihin ba madadagdagan na naman ang ₱500 billion Ayuda budget netong taon na’to for 2025? Pero teka. Election year pala ang 2025 so aLAM na dis. Hahaha.

Israel's prime minister faced growing pressure Saturday after U.S. President Joe Biden announced a proposed agreement to end the fighting in Gaza, with many Israelis urging Benjamin Netanyahu to embrace the deal but far-right allies threatening to collapse his government if he does. Israeli leader Netanyahu faces growing pressure at home after Biden's Gaza proposal

Good Evening ...Bawi Po Tayo... Importante may pahastag tayong #AtinAngWestPhilSea

Excerpts from a Philippine News Agency report published May 10, 2021 “A seasoned diplomat said the panel that went to The Hague in 2013 when the Philippines claimed its right to the Kalayaan Group of Islands in the West Philippine Sea cannot be considered an arbitration panel, noting it was just a ρáíd Philippine panel handpicking persons to present the case. “In a video shown during an episode of "Tapatan sa Aristocrat" media forum in 2017, then Ambassador Rosario Manalo said the arbitration "was not set up correctly" as the tribunal calls for three parties – the two contending parties and the selection of an umpire. “Philippines wanted it, eh ayaw ng China, voluntary eh. You cannot tell China, ‘Hoy, you have to do it’. No, it’s...

Holy sheet, really?! WALANG GUTOM AWARDS ?! Why? For whom? Did the awardee or awardees eliminate involuntary hunger miraculously, which according to OCTA research stood at 2.9 million Filipino families in 1Q 2024? 2.9 million families multiplied by the average size of a Filipino famiy of 4 would bring in close to 12 million individuals who experienced involuntary hunger at least once during the survey period. At least once, so we don’t even know how many of fhem experienced it more than once. Twelve million Pinoys went hungry not because they chose to, but because they were forced to, since they had no choice. That’s almost 10 percent of our 115 million population — HUNGRY, GUTOM — in what is portrayed by this government as a time...

Aminado na ba na budol kayo? 🥹😅

Ok, let me get this straight. A combined overwhelming force of the PNP and perhaps the AFP simultaneously served the warrant of arrest for Pastor Quiboloy and five others in four separate locations, three in Davao and one in Sarangani. Result? Not one arrest was made. On Monday 17 June personnel from the Chinese Coast Guard — a civilian unit —boarded a Philippine Navy Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat near Ayungin. Walang putukan na naganap at suntukan lang daw injuring half a dozen of — take note — the PH Navy Special Operations Group or NAVSOG the equivalent of the US Navy’s SEALS Sea Air Land Special Operations Group. Result? The Philippine military personnel lost the fight to the Chinese civilian force with the latter confiscating the...

Duterte family is really a traitor in our country, napaka pro China nila. Unlike BBM na lumalaban kahit papano. what's your opinion about this? unlike past Vice Presidents na nagsalita: references: VP Duterte maintains her silence on West Phillipine Sea territorial row VP Duterte called out for being 'woefully silent' on West Philippine Sea issue Sara Duterte’s ‘silence’ on China’s hostility in West PH Sea hit VP Duterte on China’s sea aggression: 'No comment' ts. silent ko rin muna mga Chinese trolls dito ha.

Nagbitiw na c VP.. Yes!!! May pinuno na ang hakbang ng Maisug!!!

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Thailand and Malaysia in my opinion will soon be joined by our 7 other ASEAN brothers in BRICS. The lines are drawn. And Bongbong Marcos seems to be on the wrong side of that line. And the wrong side of history.

I say again. The Philippines is not the enemy of China in the South China Sea. It is the mighty USA. Why do you think China harasses Filipino citizens doing resupply missions to the Ayungin Shoal but allows Vietnam unhampered reclamation and weaponization of the rocks and shoals it occupies in areas inside China's 9-dash line? Because Vietnam does not act as a puppet of the USA like the Philippines. On the resupply mission a few days ago, a Philippine Navy sailor lost a finger during a scuffle with Chinese soldiers who intercepted the resupply mission. The Chinese towed the PN RHIB boats away from the Siera Madre, gassed our sailors, boarded their boats, confiscated their 8 firearms and punctured the boats. So sad for the Philippines...

THOSE WHO ARE BLAMING VP SARA DUTERTE FOR THE PISA RESULTS ARE **** Yes, you heard it right. Those claiming that VP Sara is responsible for the low PISA results are misinformed. First, it’s important to understand that the OECD conducts the PISA every three years since 2000. From 2000 to 2017, the Philippines did not participate. It was only during President Rodrigo Duterte's administration that the Philippines first joined the test in 2018. The second participation occurred on March 11, 2022, again under PRRD’s administration. VP Sara Duterte assumed the role of Secretary of DepEd on June 19, 2022. This means that the students who took the PISA test were still under the leadership of then-Secretary Leonor Briones and were products...

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐔𝐌: Philippine authorities are now at a lost on how to make sense of the recent confrontation between the Chinese coast guards and Philippine Navy. Is it an armed attack? Is it “piracy” as General Romeo Brawner Jr. said? Definitions matter. Your sentiments on social media aren’t good starting points. A deeper understanding of international law and practice in activating defense treaties are important. Let’s start with the interesting angle of General Romeo Brawner Jr, characterising the incident as “piracy.” On its face, this is a smart political move. States have universally considered “pirates” as “hostis humanis generis” (enemy of mankind). As a political move, General Brawner’s characterisation of the...

THE CIA FAKED A VACCINATION DRIVE for Hepatitis in a village of Pakistan in 2011 months before Osama bin Laden was killed. The goal was to extract blood samples from unsuspecting villagers so the CIA can confirm if indeed Osama bin Laden was there with his family by identifying the presence of his DNA in the population. It was never really known if the CIA-led operation was successful although the Americans did find bin Laden, subsequently killing him on 02 May 2011 in a daring raid by US Navy Seals. However, the CIA’s fake vaccination was exposed to the Pakistani public inciting public indignation on the Americans. Since then, Pakistanis became wary and suspicious of any legitimate government sponsored vaccination including...

NEWS UPDATE. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian releases new document suspecting that Alice Guo's real identity is Guo Hua Ping. "Alice Guo might be Guo Hua Ping who entered the Philippines on January 12, 2003, when she was 13 years old. Her real birth date is on Aug 31, 1990," he says. Gatchalian says the documents are provided by the Board of Investments from the Guo family's application for Special Investors Resident Visa (SIRV) and the Bureau of Immigration. Guo Hua Ping's registered mother under the SIRV is Lin Wenyi. | via Bonz Magsambol/Rappler Related story: The plot thickens: Is Lin Wen Yi the mother of Mayor Alice Guo? Source: Rappler

Brigadier-General George Yeo, former foreign minister of Singapore. Giving the Philippines some real talk.

Dear Bongbong Marcos, If you are still unaware or maybe until now you are still uninformed baka nagparty ka na naman or jetlag sa travel, a Filipino Navy personnel gets his finger cut off in a melee between Chinese and Philippine vessels in a resupply mission in Ayungin Shoal, June 17, 2024. Six others were injured and China seized high-powered firearms and inflatable boats. Source: GMA Integrated News Nasaan na yong naka full battle gear na ginamit mo para e arrest si Pastor Quiboloy? Bakit hindi ganon ang isesend mo sa West Philippine Sea? If you are confident enough that WE OWN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA then why are we not flexing our sandatahang lakas? Puro PR nalang? Puro salita nalang? Huwag mong hintayin na mapagod ang ating...

Ano plano nyo sa General Dynamics IT na siyang nagmamanage ng mga misinformation drive? Nung Feb, nakakuha ulit ng $493M contract ang General Dynamics IT to continue clandestine propaganda efforts. How do you fight this?

Ohh my, mas nagiging aggressive na sila.

Philippine military chief General Romeo Brawner accused the Chinese Coast Guard of "piracy" and demanded the return of guns and equipment seized from the boarded Philippine Navy boats outside Second Thomas Shoal. He also demanded reparations for damaged equipment, which include punctured inflatable boats. Push natin yan sir! 💦💦💦 MDT???walang nakaisip?ANYONE FROM SENATE??? BLINGBLONG NARCOS???hello?

It is really interesting that these people think that the Philippine destruction will happen through missiles falling on its territory. Nope. The Bank of America already warned: any further deterioration in the diplomatic relations between Philippines and China could lead to SEVERE ECONOMIC DAMAGE to the Philippine economy. That means rising prices across all consumer goods from PAKO to MEDICINE to RICE to OIL. And while you are suffering, China will barely feel any dent. The Philippines will be plunged into further debt without any increase of productivity in its economy. You will suffer the worst inflation you will experience in your lifetime. U.S. intervention, the stuff of the wet dreams of Heydarian et al., won't really save...

Why ask when you can recommend MDT to your fellow senators??Dapat nakaenlist mga bata mo.

Para sa mga nakikijoyride sa issue ng resignation ni Sara aside sa magpopost kayo bigla ni kesyo dahil sa PISA RESULTS pls take time to read this data: https://www.oecd.org/pisa/data/2022database/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0m-CKuT06M4opJs1diN8IHlg-V37nxhZ7RWISlRh9I7S76JGalmJ1WMBw_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

OK lang naman umutang if needed. Like, for Covid response, Marawi rebuilding, BBB. Saan ginagastos ng admin na ito ang mga inutang nila this year and the previous year? Nagtatanong ako kasi puro ayuda lang naman nakikita ko. Wala ako makitang landmark project na worth mag utang ng malaki.

For some Filipinos, electing Philippine senators is more like casting votes for a popularity contest. Gullible voters are rife and outnumber those who still believe in “voting wisely”. Philippine senators who win each election year serve 6 years in office, so it’s disappointing to know that the less deserving are now senators (and some now in jail), and the country deprived of better, more qualified law makers. But enough of the complaining. We can only hope that future voters will wise up and do their due diligence to elect deserving candidates. Who knows? Perhaps in the future, one of them might achieve a milestone that will somehow make their predecessors proud. And so in this article, we feature ten prominent Philippine...

'[My father] said we have a lot of relatives who are criminals, so you should be a lawyer,' says the senator, explaining how she ended up choosing a career in law She’s fierce. She’s feisty. She’s Miriam Defensor Santiago. Known as the “Iron Lady of Asia” and popular among the youth for her memorable witticisms, Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago has made Philippine politics even more colorful. The lady senator won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service and the 1985 TOYM Award for Law, just to name a few. But apart from those numerous accolades and unforgettable moments in the Senate, what else do we know about her? Here are 10 lesser-known facts you probably didn’t know about Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago: She was a...