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UP Engineering Dean Rizalinda de Leon BURNT by involvement with campus militants!

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University of the Philippines College of Engineering Dean Rizalinda De Leon issued a statement today and posted on the UPD College of Engineering Facebook page to “clarify” the statement published by militant organisation UPRISE. In this statement, De Leon essentially retracts her supposed call to “Engineer the Downfall of the Tyrant and Dictator Duterte!”. While…

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Education

“Sipag” is for losers. “Talino” is where the MONEY is!

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The eminent Nick Joaquin observed this about the inefficiency of Filipino labour in his seminal piece A Heritage of Smallness… The Filipino who travels abroad gets to thinking that his is the hardest working country in the world. By six or seven in the morning we are already up on our way to work, shops…

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Economy

Rapplerette @PiaRanada editorialises maliciously in “report” on Cagayan officials’ visit to Malacanang

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It seems Rappler “reporter” Pia Ranada is bent on not only maliciously mixing facts to skew her “news reports”. She also injects inappropriate inuendos in these. Writing about a visit to Malacanang by some Cagayan local government officials, Ranada opines… The Cagayan local chiefs enjoyed their Malacañang trip as their province was placed under Storm…

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Media

“Kare-kare can’t be eaten with potatoes” and other issues to do with the rice “crisis”

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Rice, specifically its availability on the cheap, is an issue in the Philippines because many Filipinos depend on it. The trouble with this dependence is that it is not matched by a domestic capability to meet domestic demand. This is why the prices of rice are so volatile — because supply is so unstable and…

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Lifestyle, Society & Culture

Why Raissa Robles’s “apology” for mocking the Visayan accent is insincere and self-serving

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Evidently Raissa Robles was on the receiving end of widespread outrage over an offensive tweet she issued meant to mock the Visayan diction of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte… …otherwise she wouldn’t have gone on to write this apology. It is by no means unconditional as Robles goes to lengths to spell out the terms of…

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Media

Some theories as to why Trillanes is a rabid Yellowtard and why he can’t find his amnesty papers…

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Could it be possible that “senator” Antonio Trillanes was simply so confident in the backing he enjoyed from the administration of then President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III that he neglected to make sure that his amnesty application was actually completed? It is also possible that Trillanes and the rest of the Yellowtard community were…

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Crime

Yellowtards screech about “looming dictatorship”. The FACTS say otherwise…

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Is dictatorship “looming”? So far there is no evidence to support this shrill speculation. All democratic processes are working. There is no sign of any form of media censorship being implemented. There is no police or military crackdown on any kind of “activism”. No one is being arrested for “subversive” activities. The three branches of…

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Politics

Is Leni Robredo REALLY the “vice president” of the Philippines??

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The answer to this important question has been debatable since 2016 when Robredo managed to claw her way up to the Office of the Vice President. Thanks to what, at the time, was a cooperative Commision on Elections (COMELEC), Robredo was granted an exemption from being subject to a rule that barred winning candidates who…

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Crime

Trillanes praise of the Supreme Court’s “independence” marks Yellowtard acceptance of its authority

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Convicted mutineer-turned-Senator Antonio Trillanes lauded a recent decision by the Philippine Supreme Court saying it ruled fairly on its decision to deny his petition for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on President Rodrigo Duterte’s Proclamation No. 572. “It was a carefully-worded decision by the Supreme Court. We are grateful that they showed some semblance of…

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Politics

How can one trust the reporting of Rappler when reporters like @margadeona are already biased before the fact?

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This, coming from a Rappler “multimedia producer” Marga Deona who tweets… whenever you feel like your job is a dud, remember that mine requires me to watch duterte (at least) thrice. first, the live broadcast. second, to scrub for soundbites for relevant/related stories. third, the final preview before publishing. You wonder, then, how someone who…

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Media