Recently lang people have been showing Jazz love and sympathy while calling out his deadbeat father. Now, people are also calling out the losers on a podcast who talked ill about Josh and are speaking up about what a great person Josh is.
Imagine having so much vileness in your heart that you would hurt or make fun of people who can’t even defend themselves. I also find it heartwarming that people are becoming more understanding and accepting of neurodivergence. Kasi about 10 years ago, “being special” was used as an insult or a joke. Ngayon, it’s already becoming common sense for people to recognize that discrimination against neurodivergent individuals is wrong, both morally and socially.
Might not be everyone, but at least marami na ang becoming aware and understanding now.

Historic all-time low.

Genuinely curious ako sa post assignment ng mga TUPAD workers. Bakit kailangang magkumpulan sa isang gilid, samantalang ang daming streets at lugar na nangangailangan ng paglilinis? Ang daming kalat at kalsadang puwedeng linisin, pero imbes na ma-distribute nang maayos ang mga workers, magkakasama lang sila sa iisang lugar.

Samantalang may mga street sweeper na mag-isang naglilinis ng isang buong street at nagagawa naman ang trabaho nila. So bakit hindi kayang ayusin ang assignment ng mga TUPAD workers para mas maraming lugar ang malinis? Ang punto rito ay hindi kung kaya ba nilang magtrabaho, kundi kung maayos ba silang naia-assign para maging kapaki-pakinabang ang programang ito sa komunidad. Sayang ang manpower kung hindi naman nagagamit nang maayos.

EJERCITO, ROBREDO FEATURE BICOLANO CUISINE

Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito shared a social media video featuring former Vice President and current Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo as they showcased popular Bicolano dishes.

Ejercito visited Naga City Hall to meet with Robredo before leading an activity at Naga City General Hospital.

📹 JV Ejercito/Instagram

CRIMINOLOGY STUDENT PERO DI MARUNONG SUMUNOD SA BATAS? 🤦‍♂️

Nakaka-disappoint lang makita na may mga estudyante ng Criminology na parang nakakalimutan ang batas na pinag-aaralan nila. Imagine, future law enforcer ka pero simpleng pagsusuot ng helmet habang nagmomotor, hindi pa magawa? 😅

Hindi ba dapat kayo ang unang nagpapakita ng disiplina at pagiging responsable? Hindi sapat na may nakasulat na CRIMINOLOGY sa damit nyo para masabing deserving kayo sa profession na yan. Ang pagiging pulis o law enforcer ay hindi lang tungkol sa uniform, ranggo, o authority.
Nagsisimula yan sa simpleng pagsunod sa batas kahit walang nakatingin.

Paano nyo ie-enforce ang law kung kayo mismo hindi sumusunod? Paano kayo magiging role model ng mga tao kung sa simpleng traffic rules palang, sablay na?

Hindi naman porket student palang kayo ay exempted na kayo sa batas. RULES ARE RULES, kahit sino ka pa!

As a proud Caviteño, it saddens me that the rich culinary traditions of Cavite is often overlooked and not very much recognized in mainstream Filipino cooking, this is despite the fact that our province is located only around 20 kilometers south of Metro Manila. I am delighted to know that many regional cuisines are well known in the Philippines, such as Bicolano cuisine that is often know for its spicy coconut curry dishes, Cebuano cuisine that is famous for its Crispy Lechon, Ilocano cuisine that are well known for its simple yet delectable vegetable stews, Ilonggo cuisine that is famous for its soups such as Binakol Chicken and La Paz Batchoy, and Kapampangan cuisine that is famous for its meat products and famous for its use of multiple spices and ingredients. But most Filipinos are quite unfamiliar with Caviteño cuisine, that is despite being at the doorstep of the National Capital.

Caviteño cuisine is characterized by the environment of the province, which is straddled between the sea, plains and highlands/mountains. It uses a lot of marine products in its cooking as well as coconut products which are quite abundant in the province, especially in desserts and sauces. Caviteño food also makes heavy use of achuete or annatto oil and peanuts in its stews and dishes, due to heavy Mexican influence during the Galleon Trade, where Cavite was a major participant. These are some of the native dishes of the Province of Cavite that Filipinos would surely enjoy:

•Adobo Seca. Unlike the typical Pinoy Adobo that uses soy sauce as flavouring, Cavite's Adobo Seca don't use soy sauce, at all. The meat is sautéed in loads of garlic and annatto oil or what they call achuete, and it uses peppers, vinegar and salt as flavoring or condiment. This is typically served dry, with a thick, porous sauce.

•Arroz Valenciana. This is the best seller and typical fiesta food of the City of General Trias. Valenciana is rice that is cooked with seafood and meat stock and has lots of ingredients and toppings such as chicken, mussels, sausages, shrimps, raisins and other veggies. Mang Mike's Valenciana is a popular eatery in General Trias serving Arroz Valenciana.

•Bacalao. This is often served during the Lenten Season especially when Catholics avoid eating red meat and they often substitute fish and other seafood to their diet. Bacalao is a dish that was formed through Portuguese influence due to trade during the Spanish colonial era. It consists of salted, sun dried codfish that is locally known as "labahita" and is cooked and sautéed in annatto oil/achuete, garlic, onion, garbanzos beans, potatoes, bell peppers, with a liberal application of black pepper. This is often enjoyed with either rice or bread, as it balances the tanginess and saltiness of the Bacalao. This is often served commonly in eateries and cafeterias across the province.

•Bibingkang Malagkit. Unlike the typical Pinoy Bibingka that uses coconut cream as a base, this dessert is made of glutinous rice that is topped with a liberal application of sweet coconut sauce that is called "latik" in Tagalog. This dessert is cooked in a wooden oven, and the most famous cafeteria that serves Bibingkang Malagkit is Cavite City's Pat & Sam.

•Bibingkoy. This is a favorite dessert or snack of Caviteños and is often sold at the busy marketplaces of Caviteño City and Kawit. Bibingkoy is made of glutinous rice balls that is cooked and baked in wooden ovens called "pugon", and it contains a sweet, savory filling of mung bean paste inside of the pastry. This is often paired with a sweet coconut milk sauce that is sold together with the said dessert.

•Calandracas. This is a soup dish that is often served during funeral wakes across the province, especially during late nights when there are lots of visitors who would stay awake or " magpupuyat" to observe the wake of their loved ones who passed away. Calandracas is a soup that is cooked with beef or chicken stock and is often served with cabbages, chicken liver, potatoes and chorizo sausages. It is a hearty and warm meal that will surely cure a hangover.

•Imus Longganisa. This is the most famous sausage product of Cavite and is commonly sold in the marketplace and thoroughfares of the City of Imus. Unlike the commonly consumed sweet style longganisa that Pinoys often enjoy, this one kicks different. It is salty, savory and tangy, as the main ingredients of this dish are pork and garlic. When I say garlic, its lots of garlic, enough to drive away evil spirits. This is often paired with spicy vinegar or sukang pinakurat, and one bite will make you consume lots of rice because of how savory it is.

•Mutya ng Cavite. This is a creamy, seafood sauce that is often served during parties and formal meet-ups. This consists of a lot of seafood meat like clams, crabs, mussels, shrimps and squids that is slow cooked in a soup base made of condensed milk, ground black pepper and butter. It is said that the best version of the Mutya is served at Josephine's Restaurant in Tagaytay.

•Pancit Chocô en su Tinta. This is a noodle dish that is often served during fiestas but are now enjoyed daily by most Caviteños, and the dish consists of vermicelli glass noodles, cooked in squid ink and vinegar, topped with squid bits. The name means "Squid Pancit in Ink", and the term was derived from Caviteño Chavacano. It is commonly sold in the marketplace of Cavite City, but Bernie's Kitchenette in Silang and Calle Real Restaurant in Tanza also serve this dish.

•Pancit Henoy. The favorite noodle dish of the late Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, it is a noodle dish consisting of miki bihon cooked and sautéed in garlic, onion, bell pepper, chicken liver and chorizo, and is typically garnished with hard boiled egg and chicharon. This dish is typically served in Kawit.

•Pancit Puso. A noodle dish that is popularized in Cavite City which uses " puso ng saging" as the main ingredient of the dish. This is often paired with a spicy vinegar dip, and it is commonly served in the busy thoroughfares of Cavite City.

•Pipyan. This is Cavite's own version of the Kare-kare, but instead of using Oxtail or Beef, Caviteños use Chicken in their dish.

•Tamales. I've heard that there are various versions of the Tamal in the Philippines, but Caviteño Tamales is cooked with glutinous rice flour and peanuts, and is often filled with shredded chicken, chorizo sausage and boiled egg stuffing inside. It is usually enjoyed as a spread that is commonly used in breads and pastries.

•Tinapang Salinas. This one is produced in an industrial scale, as the Municipality of Rosario is known to have exports of the Tinapang Salinas as far as Japan and Taiwan. Well, the cooking method is very simple. The fish is marinated in salt brine and then smoked and sun dried. The Tinapang Salinas is very popular in the province and is enjoyed by all social classes.

I really hope that these dishes will be popularized and will be enjoyed by the vast majority of Filipinos.

link to the document https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/third_20/HBT11566.pdf

(please just remove the spaces)

This bill pushes Age Assurance/Verification in ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS and not just "Social media"

They encompassed all DIGITIAL PLATFORMS under this law and included

- Social Media Sites (Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, they have yet to define what social networking is exactly,

- Operating Systems (Microsoft, Linux, Apple, Android, etc),

- Online Gaming (Roblox, Minecraft, etc),

- Functionally Equivalent Digitial Service (idk the definition is VERY VAGUE maybe Twitch, Youtube, and most art and fiction sites, Deviantart, pixiv, photobucket, flickr, etc)

-Application Distribution Providers (google play, app store, etc.)

Basta anything that has "information, material, content that is created, uploaded, posted, transmitted, shared, streamed, published, or other wise made available by a user through a digital service, including text, images, photographs, audio, video, livestreams and other forms of digital expression" WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE ACCESSED BY CHILDREN.

THINGS THAT WILL BE RESTRICTED AND NOT ACCESSIBLE TO MINORS (everyone under 18)

1. Harmful or Proihibited Content
2. Advertisementss
3. Recommendations
4. Communications and Interactions -> so no forums? or discussions? of any kind? even if helpful?
5. Livestreaming
6. Short Form Video or shorts
7. Behavorial Profiling -> so that means okay lang i behavorial profile ang adults?
8. Unecessary collection and sharing of personal information -> VAGUE
9. Purchases
10. Gambling Like mechanisms
11. Other feaures that may pose reasonably foreseaable and material risks tot he safety, health, privacy, development, education, sleep or well-being of children -> DANGEROUSLY VAGUE

IMPLEMENTATION

SEC. 16 All Digital Platforms shall develop and Submit and AGE ASSURANCE FRAMEWORK

"The Digital Platforms shall be responsible for the effectiveness of their respective Age Assurance systems, including REVERIFYING their user's age at least twice a year, and shall not be deemed compliant solely by requiring a user to enter or declare a date of birth" -> this means constant checks if date of birth

"Age Assurance measure collect and retain only such information as is reasonably necessery for age determination and shall not be used for advertising, profiling, commercial exploitation, or any purpose unrelated to safety, legal compliance, account security or age reassurance"

"Where the Age of user cannot be reasonably established, the more protective applicable age classification shall apply until sufficient Assurance have been completed." -> you will be seen as a minor until proven otherwise

PREDICTIONS IF THIS WILL BE LAW

- All website with forums, discussions and comments will require an account

- If there is account creation, there needs to be constant age assurance checks whether by reverifying age or algorthim which tracks your behavior in that website

- all these wesbites that require account creation will need a government license and business/congressional permit operate here (defeats the purpose of a free web)

-the government can decide whatever is harmful will be blocked

- the government (or whoever is the ruling elite) can control the flow of information for it's own benefit. They can just say it's "bad for children."

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

By their definition, ANYTHING THAT WAS MADE BY A USER IS SOCIAL MEDIA. Any Website that needs account creation is deemed SOCIAL MEDIA and needs regulation and invasive Age Assurance checks. -> we'd need to give up birth dates consistently. Why would we need to prove that we are not minors all the time? The internet was built on the assumption that everyone using it is an adult. How come suddenly we now have to prove that we have the right to be here?

How about non-profit websites such as archives and wikis that do not use ads and do not generate revenue? Are they part of this Ban as well? What if they do not have the framework for Age Assurance Checks? How would they able to establish a business license here? Would they ban archives from the PH Web? What about preservation of lost media? What about preservation of history and of stories? Or are we not allowed this also?

The Bill says it won't have Behavioral Profiling and yet it will make use of Age Assurance checks... which tracks a person's behavior on that website -> this is hypocritical.

The bill implies that user-generated textual content wouldn't be allowed for "minors". -> How about archives with comments? How about technical and political forums? How about art and image repositories? How do we train kids to be able to access information on their own and develop a good and independent online attitudes?

How can we be assured that these "Harmful content" suddenly will not allow political dissension, or legitimate health questions, or questions about mental health, sexuality and religion? Why are we depriving young minds of information that may actually be useful for them and their growth? What if they do not have access to enough materials to help them navigate the world because they're all locked behind accounts?

What if an adult cannot adequately prove that they are not a minor? Remember the Age Assurance check is reliant on the third party software and we do not know what they're looking for in an account, other than they'll scan it for age indicators/clues. Would they be barred from social discussion? or from accessing information and forums? Or will they have to give up their personal credentials like a face scan and ID?

What do they mean by not allowing Minors to use OPERATING SYSTEMs? And what do you mean we have to verify our ages just to use our phones and computer? Are kids not allowed to learn how to use a computer or phone? (this is already a law in California btw)

How about if minors are abused at home or in school?(Statistics show that most abuse happen at home. Almost all CSAM perpetrators are even parents) How will they ask for help if their parents/guardians cut off all their connections to the outside world?

How about low-income families wherein only the minors are digitally literate (and usually only have one cellphone)? Aren't we alienating the marginalized too if these digitally literate minors suddenly cannot assist in their families and communities because we've cut them off from their means of communication?

How about in times of calamity, when only social media sites are the means of communication? Are we depriving our children and teenager of being able to fend for themselves, their safety and their online schoolwork? We adults cannot be around them all the time. That's not practical.

These laws do not protect the children. It does not protect the adults who just want to stay private and not give their entire lives up (SUCH AS AGE) to the internet. It does not protect free speech and privacy. It doesn't protect freedom of information. It does not fix corruption (websites need to pay tax now lol) nor violence.

it does not fix the issue of bots or AI. it does not fix the problem of astroturfing or trolls (coz people can still make accounts)

Senate Bill 2424 https://senate.gov.ph/legacy/lis_bills/5068346548!.pdf actually have similar provision. The wording is that social media is banned for everyone under 16 years old.

Philippine Congress and Senate are pushing hard for these terrible bills. They all voted majority. It's honestly a pincher attack. We must not support either.

This is so similar to UK ONLINE CHILD SAFETY ACT and the US KOSA ACT. Both are draconian in implementation and cause more harm than good by way of extreme state surveillance and control.

There must be another way, people. PrIvacy is a Right. information is a Right. Online Anonymity is a Right

They are taking the free web from us. Open your eyes please. We cannot tolerate this.

🇰🇷🇵🇭 | Hanwha Aerospace is prepared to supply the Philippines with the K239 Chunmoo Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), under the Re-Horizon 3 phase priority projects. They're ready to take a step-by-step approach to contribute to the Philippines' Self-Reliant Defense Posture program with the K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

“Our aim is not simply to deliver weapon systems, but to support our Partner’s modernization, readiness timelines and long-term sustainment. We are prepared to take a step-by-step approach to contributing to the Philippines’ Self-Reliant Defense Posture program,” said by Min-chang Kim, Head of Chunmoo Business at Hanwha Aerospace.

For the Philippines, building long-range fires is no longer only a question of which system performs best, but which can be delivered, fielded and sustained on a realistic timeline. The recent experience of several European armies suggests that Chunmoo offers a practical answer.

Long-range precision fires have moved to the forefront of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) priorities under Re-Horizon 3 of the AFP Modernization Program. Multiple rocket launchers and land-based missile systems sit at the heart of that shift, giving commanders greater reach and flexibility to support joint operations across the Philippine archipelago.

Beyond delivery, a potential Chunmoo program could strengthen the AFP’s ability to maintain and sustain its own equipment. The proposed support arrangements include the establishment of maintenance facilities in the Philippines, together with the transfer of maintenance technology and specialized tools to support in-country servicing by Philippine personnel. Such arrangements would support a more self-reliant defense posture while keeping long-term operational readiness at the center of the program.

The decision on the AFP’s future long-range fires capability ultimately rests with the Philippine government. As the country moves forward with Re-Horizon 3, the challenge is not simply to acquire a capable weapon system, but to establish a sustainable operational capability within the timeframe required by its national defense priorities.

With its growing record of international deliveries, flexible firepower and the potential for long-term support and local maintenance capability, Chunmoo presents a credible option for meeting that challenge. Backed by an established defense partnership between Korea and the Philippines, it represents more than a new weapons platform — it offers a potential foundation for the AFP’s long-range fires capability for decades to come.

https://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/2026/10/chunmoo-offers-a-practical-path-for-the-philippines-long-range-fires-modernization/