Food delivery drivers are considered as modern-day heroes who served the Filipinos in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
And now, it seems that even the bad weather couldn’t stop them from working and delivering food to their customers.
Netizen Dado Agonias posted a video showing food delivery drivers braved the flood just to reach their customers at La Verna Hills Subdivision in Davao City.
The drivers left their motorcycle to a safe area while delivering the food to their customers.
According to him, food delivery drivers kept working despite the complaints they’re receiving from some of their customers and also the possibility of getting scammed.
“Saludo po ako sa mga tao na napasubo nalumangoy kahit na hanggang dibdib ang baha para lang maihatid ang food, tapos yung ibang costumers nagrereklamo pa matagal Yung delivery at yung iba scam pa hays,” Agonias said.
The netizen also narrated that one of the delivery riders ended up with a broken cellphone because of being exposed to the water while walking in the flood.
Actor and Philippine Navy reservist Lieutenant Commander Dingdong Dantes expressed opposition to the current version of the anti-terror bill which was strongly supported by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
In his post during the 122nd celebration of Independence day, June 12, Dantes said that the anti-terrorism act was ‘causing fear’ because of the possible abuses that could happen once it signed as a law.
“Sadly, the Anti-Terrorism Bill is also causing fear—fear from abuse of power because of uncertainties and lack of dialogue. It is unfortunate that instead of uniting the people during these difficult times, the bill is dividing us. We must remember that the bill must yield the greatest net benefit to the people,” Dantes said.
While Dantes supported the eradication of terrorism in the country, he also said that proper consultation was also important.
“Artists were not consulted on this bill, and yet we are among those whose personal and professional lives are at stake. Contrary to the notion that we only exist to entertain, artists are actually vital storytellers of our nation’s past, present and future. We help bring people together; we help Filipinos stand as one nation as we have always done in the past and are continuing to do during the current pandemic,” he said.
“And since the Filipino’s cooperation, support, trust, and confidence is critical in the fight against terrorism, we, artists assert our role and responsibility in helping craft the law so that we may better contribute in bringing the people together towards one goal which is freedom and peace,” he added.
The actor suggested removing the “Section 9, Inciting to Commit Terrorism” that punishes “any person who, without taking any direct part in the commission of terrorism, shall incite others to the execution of any of the acts… by means of speeches, proclamations, writings, emblems, banners, or other representations tending to the same end.”
“Would deleting this section make the law useless? I believe not. But it would certainly protect the people’s freedom of speech and expression, especially that of the artists’ community,” he said.
If ever that President Duterte decided to sign the anti-terror bill, Dantes was hoping that the government would ask artists like him to participate in creating the “implementing rules and regulations” of the controversial measure.
“Umaasa kaming mga aktor na maririnig at pakikinggan ang aming boses. I too hope that we can still find a way to create an ideal Anti-Terror Law that respects Filipino’s constitutional rights and limitations within an environment of public trust and confidence,” he said.
Lawmakers who authored the bill insisted that the anti-terror bill has enough safeguards to prevent any kind of abuses.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III assured that they put enough safeguards to the bill.
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa also insisted that activism would not be affected by the bill, saying that they could even post ‘Mabuhay ang NPA’ on the internet as long as they’re not supplying arms to the group.
After 11 years, BB Gandanghari formerly known as action star Rustom Padilla slammed Vice Ganda for his statement about her transformation in 2009.
In her vlog, Gandanghari showed to her followers an old interview of Vice Ganda taken one decade ago questioning the transformation of the former action star.
“Super love ko si Rustom… ‘yung buhay na Rustom bago pinatay, ang creepy, sino bang pumatay kay Rustom? Hindi siya proud na bading siya, hindi naman niya kini-claim na bading siya,” Ganda said.
“Nag modeling school sa new york yata, bakit mag momodela? Ngayon siya magmo-modeling nasa 40s diba medyo may edad na,” he added.
Ganda apologized to his statements in 2009 saying that he’s only reacting as a fan of Rustom Padilla.
As a response, Gandanghari criticized Ganda and said that the statement made by the comedian one decade ago was an example of statements made by two-faced people.
“Ayaw mong tanggapin ang pagkababae ko, kukuwestyunin mo. Eh, wala ka naman palang sense. Masuwerte ka at sumikat ka, dahil bobita ka, `yun lang ang masasabi ko sa’yo,” Gandanghari said.
“Anong ibig mong sabihin na ang pagiging babae ay sinasarili? Ano parang ikaw? Pagdating mo sa kwarto ay naka-bra ka gano’n? Ipokrita,” she added.
Gandanghari even questioned why the comedian asked TV Patrol for an interview just to criticize the former’s decisions.
“Nagpa-interview siya sa TV Patrol para i-bash ako. Para sumikat. At in fairness, sumikat naman siya. Isang malaking bangaw! Isang malaking bangaw!” the former action star said.
In the interview, Gandanghari said that she’s fine with the fame being enjoyed by Ganda because they “belong to the same community”.
“He’s gay, I’m transgender, ang maganda naman doon, why not… biruin mo dito lang sa Pilipinas nangyayari ‘yan na hindi lang isang indibidwal sa isang community ang tinatanggap ng industriya, napaka open talaga natin, so I don’t mind being compared to him (Vice Ganda),” Gandanghari stated.
It’s not yet known why Gandanghari suddenly brought up the issue that happened almost a decade ago.
ABS-CBN reportedly doing their best to air their shows as soon as possible.
In a report of Bilyonaryo the owners of ABS-CBN are already in talks with Manny V. Pangilinan to rent a channel on Cignal so they could reach the 2.2 million subscribers of the said cable company.
Cignal is owned by the PLDT group headed by Pangilinan.
ABS-CBN is currently facing one of their biggest challenges after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) forced to shut down the television network giant due to its franchise issue.
The Office of the Solicitor General also filed a quo warranto petition before the Supreme Court to question the legality of ABS-CBN’s operation.
The company already lost millions of pesos because of its closure.
Some of the shows of ABS-CBN were planned to be aired on Kapamilya Channel tomorrow through other cable operators in the country.
Last year, Pangilinan said that he’s also open to possibilities to let ABS-CBN air their block timers in TV5 while they’re waiting for a new franchise.
“We have lots of highways…Setting politics aside, if they want to enter into a block time deal, wala naman kaming masyadong entertainment content,” said Pangilinan last December.
A netizen believes that the song Spoliarium by the legendary OPM band Eraserheads is not about a case of a 1980s star and three comedians.
Miguel Guzman made an unpopular opinion on social media and explained the real story behind the song of Eraserheads.
According to him, the Enteng and Joey being mentioned to the song is not Vic Sotto and Joey De Leon but the close friends of the band members, Vicent “Enteng” Villasante” and Joey “Cowpunk” Navera.
“Kung naniwala ka na yung reference ng “Enteng at Joey” ay sila Joey De Leon and Vic Sotto, then you believed on the wrong “meaning”… it’s NOT a fact.. why? Vincent Villasanta and Joey Navera, who are the one of the band’s close friends, made the EHEADS cover albums and who also helped the ‘heads finish their 5th album “STICKER HAPPY”, explained that this was just a drinking session with the Eheads… kahit si Enteng nilinaw niya na ang Spoliarium story niya ay inuman lang.. “bahala na kayo kung naniniwala pa rin kayo”(referring to the Pepsi Paloma theory),” Guzman said.
“Also another proof, at one of Ely’s gig, before perfoming the song, he stated “Uhmm.. this song is not about SOFTDRINKS” (referred kay Paloma).. MALINAW NA MENSAHE YAN.. Spread the REAL meaning..Look and believe on the REAL fact.. not the theory you believed that is true when there’s NO CONFIRMATION or PROOF about it. “Bago maniwala, magisip-isip ka muna. Marami ang namamatay sa Maling Akala” -Maling Akala by Eraserheads,” he added.
Guzman also showed a photo of ‘Enteng’ and ‘Joey’ together with Eraserheads, vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Ely Buendia.
Guzman’s post reached 24,000 shares as of writing.
The said song became an urban legend and the discussion about the song was amplified because of social media.
Spoliarium has long been associated with the alleged r*pe and demise of the 1980’s star Pepsi Paloma.
Paloma filed a case against Vic Sotto, Joey De Leon and Ritchie D’Horsie.
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III also got involved in the urban legend, after the future senator had been accused of forcing Paloma to sign an ‘Affidavit of Desistance’ to junk her case against the three comedians.
The Senate President denied the accusations against him and to the three comedians, saying that the Pepsi issue was just a ‘gimmick’ of Paloma’s manager.
Despite the denial of the Senate President, the urban legend is still popular and a netizen even requested the ‘Spoliarium’ to be played during a live session of Vic Sotto and his wife Pauleen Luna.
Luna reportedly got offended and messaged the netizen who made the said request.
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan expressed his admiration to his daughter Frankie after she clashed with journalist Ben Tulfo on the reason why predators are targeting women.
In his tweets, Pangilinan said that he now understood the feelings of his father when he was still young and doing activism in UP Diliman during the Marcos administration.
“Ngayon alam ko na ang naging pakiramdam ng Tatay ko nung isa akong nagmamartsa, nakikibaka at lumalaban na lider estudyante sa UP Diliman nung ‘80s nung panahon ng Diktadura. Pasensya na Daddy, ikaw din ang nagturo sa akin na mahalaga ang pagiging lider nung bata pa ako,” Pangilinan said.
Pangilinan also gave his blessing to Frankie to continue what she’s posting on social media.
“Go ahead then, @kakiep83 . As my Father, your Lolo Dony, sought to understand what I did then despite the risks, so it is with me and you,” he told his daughter.
Go ahead then, @kakiep83. As my Father, your Lolo Dony, sought to understand what I did then despite the risks, so it is with me and you.
Yesterday, Frankie said that people should stop teaching girls how to dress because their attire should not be the reason to be the target of predators.
Tulfo then told Frankie that the only thing that women could do to protect themselves from predators is to wear proper attire.
“Hija, iba mag-isip ang mga manyakis at mga r*pists. Hindi natin sila matuturuan at mababago ang kanilang pagnanasa at pagiging kriminal,” Tulfo said.
“Ang tanging magagawa ay manamit ng tama. Huwag nating pukawin ang pagnanasa nila. Ito ang iyong magagawa,” he added.
Frankie then responded to Tulfo, calling the journalist “braver on Facebook” because she’s not using the said social media platform.
Topic #HijaAko became viral on Twitter after netizens expressed support to Frankie’s stand.
Aside from thousands of Twitter users, defeated senatorial candidates Erin Tanada and Samira Gutoc also expressed their support to the daughter of the Liberal Party president.
“So proud of you, hija,” Gutoc said.
Frankie then thanked the people who used #HijaAko.
been scrolling through #HijaAko for a while and i’m in genuine tears. you’re all so brave and strong and there aren’t words for how deeply i love you.
“Been scrolling through #HijaAko for a while and I’m in genuine tears. you’re all so brave and strong and there aren’t words for how deeply I love you,” she said.
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa slammed the critics of anti-terror bill who insisted to junk the controversial measure because of possible abuses.
In an interview with DZBB, Dela Rosa challenged the critics to junk the anti-terror bill, but reminded them not to blame the government if ever that they become a victim of terrorists.
“Sige, i-junk ninyo. Gusto n’yo i-junk? Junk ninyo. Kapag kayo ay naging biktima ng terorista, sumabog ang bomba dyan, may namatay sa mahal sa buhay ninyo, o kayo mismo, huwag ninyong sisihin ang gobyerno na hindi gumagawa ng paraan para mahinto ang terrorism, para masawata ang terrorism,” Dela Rosa said.
“Sige, gusto n’yo another Marawi siege? Go ahead! Gusto n’yo ng another Zamboanga siege? Go ahead! Gusto n’yo bombing kaliwa-kanan? Go ahead! I-junk natin ito, basta huwag ninyong sisihin ang gobyerno kapag nagka-leche leche tayo sa terrorism dito,” he added.
Dela Rosa who’s one of the co-authors of the anti-terror bill reiterated his message to the critics that they’re not going to face any problems if they’re law-abiding once the measure becomes law.
“Itong anti-terror bill na ito, kung ikaw ay law-abiding citizen at ayaw na ayaw mo ng terorismo, you will rejoice when this bill is signed into law,” he said.
“Pero kung ikaw ay terorista o kaya’y supporter ng mga terorista, dapat matakot ka sa batas na ito. Kailangang-kailangan talaga natin itong batas na ito,” he added.
He also urged the public not to listen to the disinformation campaign launched by the critics, believing that the bill would badly affect the New People’s Army (NPA).
“Huwag kayong makinig diyan sa nagdi-disinformation dahil alam ko grabe ang disinformation na ginagawa ngayon dito, lalo na ng mga kaliwa, dahil alam nila na tatamaan ang NPA sa batas na ito,” Dela Rosa who’s also a former PNP chief stated.
“Kaya talagang nagkukumahog sila na sirain ang batas na ito, hindi maisabatas dahil alam nila na tatamaan ang NPA. Kaya basahin n’yo ang batas [para] mawala ang agam-agam n’yo,” he added.
In a past interview, Dela Rosa explained that they already put enough safeguards to the bill to prevent government officials from abusing it.
Dela Rosa also narrated how a member of ISIS that they already put under their custody gained his freedom because of the short reglementary period given to them by the current law.
“Very clear na ang activism is not terrorism, nakalagay ‘yan dito, kahit anong pananaw mo sa buhay walang problema ‘yan, we respect your ideology kung ano ang pinaglalaban mo basta wag ka lang talagang magbigay ng material support sa NPA, wag kang magbigay ng tulong doon, pero mag express ka lang ng dissent, walang problema ‘yan, kahit na sabihin mo ‘gobyerno ay salbahe, Duterte sira ulo’ kahit anong sabihin niyo wala yan,” he said.
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go told his followers that like President Rodrigo Duterte, he refused to throw a lavish party as a way to celebrate his birthday.
In a Facebook post, it showed Go eating a simple lunch during his 46th birthday, saying that his former boss also refused to celebrate his birthday.
On March 28, Duterte celebrated his birthday alone amid the community quarantine being implemented in the country.
He also cited other reasons why he refused to remember his birthday:
1st) Di po ako cecelebrate tuwing birthday, di nga nag Cecelebrate si Tatay digong, sino ba naman ako at mas lalo na di ako nagcecelebrate sa mga nakaraang mga 4 na dekada. 2nd) Ayaw ko bilangin ilan taon na ako. 3rd) sa mga nagkakamaling bumati ng happy father’s day, baka nalilito kayo sa dami ng anak nyo. next sunday pa. 4th) Ang paboritong tshirt na suot ko 10 years ago pa ito.
Go received thousands of birthday greetings on social media from his friends and fans.
Go who’s a former assistant of President Duterte won the senatorial election last year.
The senator authored the Malasakit Center Act giving one-stop access to medical and financial assistance.
He also proposed the Balik Probinsiya program to help decongest Metro Manila.
A cop caught the attention of millions of social media users because of his habit of helping people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Police Lieutenant Jojo Paguia has gone viral on the internet after a photo of him helping an old banana vendor was reuploaded by several pages on social media.
Paguia narrated how he met the old banana vendor from Calamba, Laguna, walking under the scorching heat of the sun to make a living.
According to him, he couldn’t bear to ignore the vendor and decided to buy all the bananas being carried by the latter.
The police officer gave the old vendor 500 pesos and some relief goods in exchange of all the bananas.
“Natiyempuhan ko uli si tatang hindi ko kayang tiisin na hindi pakyawin lahat ng kanyang paninda kahit hindi ko naman talaga dapat bilhin. Sabi ko sa kanya “bigyan ko na lang kayo ng 500 akin na lang lahat ng dala nyo” kahit iilang piling lang naman na bubot na saging sabay abot ng 500 pesos at bigas na may noodles,” Paguia wrote on his Facebook post.
“Ang pakyawin lahat ng dala niya ang magpapatigil sa kanya sa pagbubuhat. Ang iba kasi inaabutan lang siya ng pera. Ganun din, magpapagod uli si tatang. Ayon sa ilang nagkukuwento may mga pagkakataon na nahihimatay si tatay sa paglalako. Siya ay tubong Calamba lang na iniikot ang mga barangay sa paglalako,” he added.
On one Facebook page, Paguia received 220,000 likes and 125,000 shares on social media.
“Snappy salute sir jojo paguia…. civilian pa lang po ako noon saludo na ako sa kabutihan nyo sa akin at eto muling napatunayan ang kabutihan at kababaang loob mo sa kapwa…God bless sir,” netizen Crisostomo Anak ng Sorbetero said.
“Sana lahat ng pulis katulad nyo,” Ma Leonila Madeja commented.
“Exemplified gestures of loving your neighbors..may you have a hundredfold return of blessings on your good deeds sir..GOD has seen your kind heart..much has been given and you have much to be required and you will acquire,” Ptr Jaime Delos Sans Jr. remarked.
Photo from Jojo Paguia’s Facebook page
This is not the first time that Paguia helped people that he met during the pandemic and posting daily about his good deeds.
Just recently, Paguia helped a homeless family and gave them relief goods.
The good samaritan also narrated in one of his social media posts that he also experienced to sell things during his youth to make a living and finish studies.
“Hindi ko mapigilang i-share ang picture na ito. Minsan sa parte ng aming kamusmusan dinanas naming magkakapatid ang ganitong buhay na siyang nagpatatag sa amin upang magsumikap na makapagtapos nang pag-aaral at ito ay hindi ko ikinahihiya. Ala-alang napakasarap balikan kung papaano hinarap ang kahirapan at hindi sinukuan,” he said.
One of the most talented surfers in the Philippines married his long-time fiance.
John Mark Tokong also is known as Marama, 23, one of the pride of Siargao island finally tied a knot with his foreign girlfriend Danni Hughes in Australia.
Tokong shared the photos of their simple wedding ceremony on his Facebook page.
“And Now We Are MR & MRS ?The day we celebrate our love @natureearthlings,” the surfer wrote.
Tokong is a son of a fisherman who pursued to be one of the best surfers in the country.
Hughes who went to Siargao several years ago described Siargao as “home”, in one of her old Instagram posts.
In another post, she narrated how she met Tokong during her 3rd day in Siargao.
“Living a fairytale with this one .. traveling around solo last year and stumbled across Siargao meeting @maramatokong on my 3rd day. Life hasn’t been the same since then.. Such a blessing to share the love we have together love u,” Hughes said.
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Last year Tokong won the 25th Siargao Cloud 9 International Surfing Cop.
He also won the bronze medal last Southeast Asian Games.
The photos posted by Tokong has gone viral on social and received thousands of congratulatory from the netizens.
“LOVE is not when you find a person who has all you ever dream of, but it is when a person has nothing that you wanted & yet you want to compromise everything for that person. Congratulations,” netizen Ronn Ritz said.
“That’s what we called, a real love, a true choice, and a right time. Because being beautiful isn’t what you see outside, it is what you see inside. A love without no doubt. I hope one-day I marry the girl like her,” netizen DenZ Xd commented.
“Dami nagsasabi na swerte daw si ate, FYI po swerte sila with each other. Kuya Mark is a professional and International surfer. Filipino pride and he’s attractive, so stop saying love is blind love is blind. Gwapo ra ni kuya Mark duhhhh,” Diana Salaum remarked.
In 2014, Surftotal.com described Tokong as a name people should remember as he already dominating national competitions during his teenage years.
