BREAKING NEWS: The Office of the Ombudsman will file criminal and administrative complaints against former DPWH Secretary Sen. Mark Villar, Sen. Camille Villar, Manny Villar, Cynthia Villar, Manuel Paolo Villar and officials of PrimeWater in relation to joint venture agreements it entered into with 3 local water districts.

The Office of the Ombudsman files two counts of graft and administrative complaints against Senators Mark and Camille Villar, former Senators Manny and Cynthia Villar, Paolo Villar, and other local water district officials due to alleged poor water service.

Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano says the complaints are now under preliminary investigation.

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It's wild how we constantly call out politicians for systemic corruption and bleeding the country dry, yet so many Filipinos willingly line the pockets of an institution that operates in much the same way. If we are truly anti-corruption, we need to stop "separating the art from the artist" in our entertainment choices. Every time people buy concert tickets for international acts at the Philippine Arena, they are directly subsidizing the leadership of the Iglesia ni Cristo. They are channeling revenue into a multi-billion-peso "white elephant" project that reportedly left the church with billions in bank debt, forcing it to sell or leverage assets funded by the contributions of its members. We complain about the INC's political bloc voting and its influence on democracy, but the moment a favorite K-pop group or Western artist books the venue, many still hand over their money, indirectly supporting Eduardo Manalo lifestyle. If we want to curb systemic greed, we also have to stop supporting the institutions that benefit from it.

Grabe lang ung tawa ko dito haha.

MB's photogs knew what they were doing when they took this photo.

Ang hirap paniwalaan ng mga iyak iyak nato. Di daw sila kinamusta ng friends nila na nasa minority, pero di ba nanghudas din sila nung nag coup sila at kinanlong ang (now) fugitive na si Pebbles?

Mygahd what a circus.

MAY 21 UPDATE:

NAGMESSAGE DAW SA GC UNG MINORITY ACCORDING TO TULFO.

YAAAAN NAGKABUKINGAN NA SINO SINUNGALING

Withdrawal of the other articles of impeachment and focusing or retaining article 2 was a genius move.

The defense/respondent can spin all they want in media and in public. But in legal eye, it was ,hands down, a genius move.

Malapit Na natin makamit Ang hustisya.

Ewan ko nalang sa cayetano siblings kung iboboto nila Na ABWELTO si SWOH sa article 2. Both of them never failed to remind the impeachment court and the public Na abogado silang magkapatid, Hindi nila alam na magbabackfire sakanila yan if they vote for acquittal. Abogado ka, senator judge tapos ia- acquit mo despite the overwhelming evidence sa article 2? Checkmate.

"I CAN HIRE A GUNMAN FOR ₱5,000"

Inamin ni Vice President Sara Duterte sa 'Free Duterte Now' rally sa tapat ng International Criminal Court (ICC) kung gaano kadali mag-hire ng gunman sa Pilipinas sa halagang ₱5,000 lamang.

Nagbigay ng halimbawa si VP Sara na kung may kabit ang asawa niyang si Atty. Mans Carpio, kaya niyang mag-hire ng gunman sa halagang ₱5K.

(Disclaimer, this is a fusion of a political issue and informational post about serial killers)

I'm an avid consumer of crime mysteries, mapa-libro man yan, movies, or even tv-series kahit SOCO ni Gus Abelgas pinapanood ko. For me, the colder the case is, the more exciting it is . . and this is when I am always hooked on the mystery of serial killers.

Pero recently I had this thought, do we have our own Ed Gein who uses human-skin from cadavers to make household items? Do we have our own Zodiac killer who sends letters with mysterious symbols?

Actually meron naman tayo pero kokonti:

Father Juan Severino Mallari (1816–1826) "the first recorded serial killer"

• A Filipino Catholic priest during Spanish colonial rule.
• Confessed to killing 57 people, mostly women.
• He claimed he killed to save his dying mother from a curse.

​Juanito "Waway" Alde (1960s – 1970s) "The Boogeyman of Manila"

• ​A notorious real-life criminal whose name became the basis for a nationwide urban legend used to scare children.
• ​Documented in Philippine Supreme Court records (G.R. No. L-31041) for a series of violent stabbings and robberies in Manila.
• ​Known for a "persistent criminal design," he was sentenced to death by the famous "Hanging Judge" Manuel Pamaran (later commuted to life imprisonment).
• ​His real-life crimes were eventually overshadowed by myths claiming he was an "aswang" or a supernatural killer who could disappear into thin air.

Then it hit me, bakit hindi ganoon ka-sikat sa pop-culture natin ang serial killers like how Netflix exploits them as content?

That's when I stumbled a book in National Bookstore nung college ako. "Smaller & Smaller Circles" by Felisa Batacan.

This book for me is undeniably one the most underrated crime mystery novel na sinulat ng Pinoy (cold murder pa!). Na-hook ako ng sobra sa story. It's about two Filipino priest who have enthusiasm on cracking murder cases. They were asked to be consultants noong 90s to help crackdown a serial killer who removes the faces, the heart and the reproductive system of teen-boys.

What makes the book haunting is according to the author, nung young journalist pa sya noong 90s, ang daming cases daw ng pag-patay sa Pilipinas ang hindi recorded ng Pulis dahil may prejudice sila kapag mahirap lang yung biktima; ayaw nila ng workload; and gusto nila mapaganda ang performance nila by reporting a low crime rate sa mga areas nila.

The book was written out of frustration sa bulok na sistema ng PNP noon.

And according to her . . . this made serial killings in the Philippines not that popular. Mas marami pala tayo serial killers . . di lang natin alam hanggang ngayon.

Imagine Filipino serial kiillers are still lurking sa iba't-ibang lugar sa Pinas including your town pero di mo lang alam?

Then I realize there's more scarier pa pala.

That's when I read Patricia Evangelista's "Some People Need Killing".

Doon ko na-realize na fuck we have a lot of serial killers sa Pinas! It's the Extra Judicial Killings.

What makes EJK haunting is that we know who the suspects are but marami sa atin ang pinagtatanggol sila . . even the mastermind killer who admitted how these serial killings are done? Sinasamba pa ng iilan na animo'y trending Netflix serial killer character tulad ni Dahmer.

How do that serial killers kill?

Papuputukan ka ng baril pero panakot lang sayo. Pipilitin ka nito dumepensa at doon ka nila babarilin sabay sasabihing nanlaban ka. (-confession from a recent Senate hearing)

These serial killing is nationwide at system-wide. Sabi ng gobyerno almost 7,000 ang biktima but independent analysts says it was almost 20,000. Like Smaller and Smaller circles, ayaw ilagay sa official record 'to para masabi na maganda ang performance ng PNP.

Mas nakakatakot pala na pinagtatanggol ng mga tao ang mga serial kiillers na katulad nila. Mas nakakatakot pala na alam ng lahat sino ang mga serial killers na 'to pero bihira ang may managot.

Justice for America's Serial Killer victims was hard to achieve dahil walang may alam sino ang serial killers. Pero sa Pinas? We know who those serial killers are pero hirap parin tayo makakuha ng hustisya for those who were killed.

And yes . . part nito ay dahil may nagtatanggol sa kanilang publiko like your coworker, family member or even a friend.

Do you know someone who adores those serial killers?