One of the Eat Bulaga scholar Jaydee Niere Lucero topped the November 2018 Civil Engineer licensure exam, and he didn’t forget to thank the noontime show that helped him to afford a good education.
In his Facebook post, Lucero who studied at the University of the Philippines-Diliman posted his graduation photo with a lengthy caption addressed to the people who helped him to achieve his dreams.
“Sa Eat Bulaga, sa pagpapaaral ninyo sa akin (at sa aming mga EBEST scholars) for the past 9 years. Hindi ko marahil mararating ang tagumpay na ito kung hindi dahil sa inyo, thank you po!” Lucero said.
“Mabuhay ang mga bagong civil engineers ng bayan. Let us serve the country and the people!” the topnotcher added.
He also mentioned Phinma National Scholarship (PNS) Program, UP Diliman Institute of Civil Engineering and Review Innovations for helping him to reach the top spot.
Lucero also didn’t forget to thank his colleagues who helped him during the time of difficulties.
Back in 2009, in the celebration of its 30th anniversary, Eat Bulaga launched “Excellent Student Awards” or EBest Awards aimed to help the financially incapable elementary and high school students.
The awardees received full scholarship grants from Eat Bulaga and also monthly allowances and cash assistance.
Some scholars like Angelica Nieva from Bulacan is now working as an online English teacher.
Be careful of what you’re posting on social media.
The netizens are mobbing a Freelance Programmer right now on Facebook after he wished President Rodrigo Duterte to perish after Manila Bulletin reported about the Chief Executive’s power naps in the middle of the 33rd ASEAN Summit held in Singapore.
In the report, Malacanang admitted that Duterte took several naps during the said event, saying that the President only slept for three hours because of work-related duties.
“Last night, the President worked late and had only less than three hours of sleep. It is unfortunate that the first event scheduled today was at 8:30 a.m.,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said.
Duterte who’s the oldest President in the history of our country admitted before that he’s already sick and tired of being the leader of the Philippines, however, he kept doing his job as the people trusted him to lead.
However, some people instead of showing their support to the President are still wishing Duterte to be ill and finally take a rest like a netizen identified as Gilbert GK, a Freelance Programmer from Binondo, Manila.
In his comment in the said article, GK wished the President to pass away and called him useless for choosing to sleep than attending the crucial meetings during the ASEAN summit.
“Maraming salamat po Pangulong Du30 sa pagiging p****** ***** Walang ka kwenta kwentang presidente, Mam*tay ka na po!” GK said in his comment.
The comment of GK didn’t receive well by the netizens and criticized him for saying that kind of words to the President.
Because of the backlash, GK chose to delete his controversial comment. However, it was already too late for him to escape from the backlash as the netizens already got a copy of his comment.
Despite the political difference, people should still respect the President like how we respect old people.
A retired Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge slammed Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan for questioning the government contracts with China and cursed the lawmaker in his anger.
Retired Judge Antonio Lubao in his Facebook post explained to Pangilinan why he should not be worried of the upcoming contracts of the Philippines to China including the bid for the third telco.
Lubao criticized Pangilinan after the Senator told the government to be careful of dealing with China.
Pangilinan also questioned the capabilities of Dennis Uy, who owned the provisional third telecommunications player Udenna Corp that is known to be partnered with China Telecom.
“Government must be extremely careful that because of legal questions this effort will go the way of other controversial China funded government contracts such as the ZTE-NBN deal and the Northrail project which were eventually scrapped due to irregularities,” Pangilinan said.
The retired judge said in his post that Pangilinan should look at his mirror before making such statements about ‘irregularities’ because he believes that the former administration where the senator was allied committed misconducts during their time.
“YES, THE CONTRACTS YOU MENTIONED BELOW WERE ALL DECLARED NULL AND VOID BY THE SUPREME COURT BECAUSE OF IRREGULARITIES ATTENDANT TO THE EXECUTION THEREOF. BUT ASK YOURSELF, GUNG*NG, WHOSE IRREGULARITIES? HINDI BA IRREGULARITIES INYO LAHAT NUONG KAYONG MGA LP AT MGA DILAWAN ANG NASA MALACAÑANG? MANALAMIN KA MUNA, UL*L!” Lubao said in his post.
By looking at Pangilinan’s statement and logic, Lubao questioned how the former became a Senator.
He also defended Sen. Pacquiao for allegedly being degraded by his colleague because of his past education.
“T*NGA MO TALAGA! PAANO KA NAGING SENADOR? ANG BABA NG TINGIN NINYO KAY MANNY PACQUIO DAHIL KULANG SA FORMAL EDUCATION. BAKIT IKAW, SI NINOY AQUINO, , SI ABNOY AQUINO, SI MAR ROXAS, SI HONTIVEROS, SI DRILON, SI DE LIMA, SI TRILLANES AT SI ALEJANO, AT LAHAT KAYONG MATAAS ANG EDUKASYON, NAKA-PAG-SALITA NA BA KAYO SA CAMBRIDGE UNION? MAS MAUTAK AT MAS FULL OF HUMANITY PA SI MANNY PACQUIAO KAHIT NA PAG-SAMA-SAMAHIN PA KAYONG LAHAT.” he said.
Lubao also reminded Pangilinan about the controversies faced by the government during the ruling of the Liberal Party.
“ISAKSAK MO SA BAGA MO UG*K ANG YOLANDA, PDAP, MAMASAPANO, KIDAPAWAN , MENDIOLA AT ANG MGA MABABAHONG MGA KONTRATA NA BINANGIT MO NA KAYO ANG MAY GAWA! MANALAMIN KA ULIT AT BAKA MAGISING KA NA SA MAHIMBING MONG PAG-TULOG!” he said.
Two footages featuring a Toyota FJ Cruiser and it has quickly gone viral on the internet and sparked outrage among the netizens several days ago.
Netizen Kim Dela Cruz posted the first video featuring the said vehicle with a plate number of ‘8’ is driving dangerously along Congressional Avenue, Quezon City.
According to Dela Cruz, the driver of the SUV was already out-of-lane and allegedly attempting to bump her vehicle.
“Una magkalinya kami. Then all of a sudden, nag-on siya ng hazard. So I assumed na magpa-park siya since nag-turn right din siya,” Dela Cruz said.
“Bigla kong napansin na pinaiiyak niya gulong niya. ‘Yun pala nag-aamok na siya sa gilid ko na para bang babanggain ako,” she added.
Several days after the video of Dela Cruz gone viral, another incident allegedly featuring the same vehicle has been posted on Facebook.
Dash Cam Diaries Philippines posted the second video, showing the owner of the allegedly same vehicle quarreling with another driver.
It was also spotted the angry owner of the FJ Cruiser stopping himself from attacking the driver of the orange vehicle. Fortunately, the other people tried to prevent him from worsening the situation.
The footage has been captured somewhere in Angeles City, Pampanga.
Netizens believed that the vehicle in the two videos is the same, citing the sticker behind the SUV.
An information has quickly spread on social media, saying that the driver of the said FJ Cruiser is the son of Pampanga 1st District Rep. Jon Lazatin, citing that the second CCTV footage happened in the bailiwick of the lawmaker.
The owner of the orange Sedan also said that the owner of the FJ Cruiser claimed that he’s the son of Rep. Lazatin.
However, he denied his involvement in the incident saying that he cannot own such plate number issued by the 16th Congress.
“Unang-una, ang komento ko po ‘no – dahil duly elected po ako – wala pa namang na-issue na plaka ang 17th Congress. So kung makikita sa video, ang ginamit na plaka ay 16th Congress, so ‘di pa po ako representante pa no’n. So makikita po no’n, walang kaugnayan po sa akin kung anumang viral video ang lumabas,” said Lazatin.
He also said that the owner of the FJ Cruiser is only a civilian who only used his name because he wanted to escape from the crimes he committed.
“Tingin ko po na-link po ito sa distrito [ko], so parang ginagamit ang isang opisyales para siguro makatakas doon sa ginawa niyang ‘di maganda sa isang kababayan po namin,” he said.
As of writing, the video already reached millions of views on social media.
Danish Ambassador to the Philippines Jan Top Christensen slammed the mainstream media in the Philippines for prioritizing in publishing negative news about the country especially if it’s about the government and politics.
Christensen who spoke before a multi-stakeholder meeting on the safety of journalist said that the news that he’s been reading every day was always negative.
“I read much different media every day and I must say some of these media are systematically negative,” Christensen said.
He also pointed out that the media failed to promote what the government is doing and called them unprofessional.
Christensen also added that some journalists are not following the standards in writing news.
“To me, it’s lack of ethical standards, lack of professionalism,” he said.
However, the envoy said that he recognized the dangers of being a journalist in the Philippines, citing what happened in Maguindanao in 2009.
Christensen is only one of the people who complained about how Philippine media negatively portrayed the country.
Even President Rodrigo Duterte itself criticized several media outlets for writing negative news about him.
One example is when President Duterte slammed social media website Rappler and accused them of spreading fake news.
“You can stop your suspicious mind from roaming somewhere else. But since you are a fake news outlet and I am not surprised your articles are also fake, we can debate. Now tell me where are our lies and tell me where are yours,” Duterte said during his final faceoff with Pia Ranada of Rappler.
Ranada was banned from interviewing the President and entering the premises of Malacanang.
Duterte also said that he would “object” the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN after he accused the media giant of stealing his money during the 2016 campaign period.
“Hindi ko palusutin. Iyong franchise niyo matatapos. But let me ask you questions first. Kasi ako talaga mag-object na ma-renew kayo. Alam mo bakit? Magnanakaw kayo, estapador,” Duterte said.
President Rodrigo Duterte accused Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, his fiercest political critic of using the connection of his father to pass the grueling training during his days as a cadet in the Philippine Military Academy (PMA).
During his speech in Boracay on November 8, Duterte said that Trillanes skipped the training during his cadetship because his father Antonio Sr., was a Navy captain during that time.
According to him, the young Trillanes was always staying in his father’s office while the other cadets are suffering from intense training.
“Yung anak ng opisyal sa PMA, si Trillanes, na hindi man pala sumasali doon sa mga training na ‘yung talagang iihi ka sa pantalon mo. Kasi he was favored because he was always in the office of his father who was working for government, also a military man. Siya pala ang nilakad ng tatay niya,” the President after the President Rodrigo Roa Duterte leads the ceremonial distribution of the Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) to the Ati tribes in Boracay.
The President also said that his father, former Davao governor Vicente Duterte would never allow him to enjoy special privileges even if he asked for it.
Duterte is not the first man who accused Trillanes of using his father’s position to pass PMA.
Two months ago, the post of Capt. Vicente Cejoco has gone viral on the internet after he claimed that he witnessed Trillanes receiving VIP treatment during his cadetship.
“While his mistahs were dying in the hallways of Melchor Hall during company level punishments or mase-mase, Antonio IV was enjoying in my office cooking and eating lots of boodles along with his 3 room mates.” Cejoco said in the viral post.
“Medyo may pagka shabby/ swapang rin ang mokong na ito. Yung tatay at nanay nya ay palagi umaakyat sa Baguio, sa kwarto ko sa office natutulog. Libre lahat – hatid sundo ko, pakain ko, etc. They usually arrive late Friday afternoon and depart early morning of Monday.” he added.
Several weeks ago, Trillanes accused Duterte of using his father to pass the bar examinations.
“Ang kailangan review-hin kung nakapasa ba talaga ng bar itong si Duterte. Baka nilakad lang ito ng tatay niya kasi governor ang tatay niya noon.” Trillanes said.
However, Duterte quickly debunked the accusation of Trillanes, saying he passed the exam two decades after his father passed away.
Trillanes, a member of the PMA “Marilag” Class of 1995, went on to serve in the Philippine Navy after graduation.
The Senator became known for being one of the leaders of the 2003 Oakwood Mutiny and the 2007 Manila Peninsula siege.
He was elected a Senator while being detained for his alleged crimes.
A netizen praised President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration for quickly sending help to the victims of Typhoon Rosita in a remote area in Kalinga.
Yesterday, Sharielynz Tioga Palalisan posted some photos showing the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) delivering relief goods to Brgy. Lubo Dacalan, Kalinga, one of the affected areas of Typhoon Rosita.
To quickly deliver the boxes of relief goods, the military used their helicopter.
Residents of Brgy. Lubo praised the government for quickly sending help to them one day after President Duterte’s briefing.
Some of them expressed their happiness after the government proved that they’re not letting their people suffer long.
The boxes will quickly be distributed to the families of the said Barangay.
Meanwhile, Ms. Palalisan also dedicated a message to the President and his administration.
“For our PRRD command, that’s why mabilis ang action – it was briefing yesterday bago ang tatay digong umuwi sa Davao, para bumisita sa kanyang mahal sa buhay sa sementeryo. Kung kay Aquino administration iyan, hinahagis lang from helikopter, at konti lang at kadalasan wala pa.!! Nakaka-proud ang maging isang Filipino na ngayon.??️ So, thank you very much mayor president Duterte and on behalf of your administration. Salute.??✊? Mabuhay po and God Bless”
Some netizens also expressed their amazement on the performance of the Duterte administration in helping Typhoon victims.
They also noticed how the packaging of DSWD’s relief goods changed.
“Dont mind his gruesome words but mind his humanity services to the filipino peole. Action speak lounder than words,” Archimedes Cabilbil said.
“Yan ang tulong nakabox, presentable tingnan. D tulad noong mga tulong na binibigay dati na nakaplastic lang at halos walang laman. Plastic din kasi ang mga nagbibigay.” Jorge Lascona commented.
“Sa Duterte administration lang yan nangyari khit dto sa cagayan kbilis ng mga sundalo na naghatid ng mga reliefgoods,” Darwin Valera remarked.
As of writing, the original post of Palalisan reached thousands of positive reactions and 23,000+ shares from social media users.
During the briefing on November 1, Duterte also praised the government for their quick response to Typhoon Rosita.
“I think that everyone is doing his duty. I’d like to thank you for that,” President Duterte said during the situation briefing on Typhoon Rosita at the Hotel Andrea in Cauayan City, Isabela.
He also suggested to give the affected families of ready-to-eat food instead of giving them goods that still need to be cooked.
“Huwag ninyong bigyan ng kaldero pati planggana. Kasi wala ‘yan silang malutuan and they have to gather the firewood and everything,” he explained.
At first, the closure of Boracay Island for its rehabilitation has been questioned and opposed by several public figures because of the doubts that the government might only want to build a Casino in the said tourist spot.
However, the government proves its critics that they’re wrong and after it’s opening the newly rehabilitated Boracay received praises from the netizens and several famous personalities like Coleen Garcia.
Garcia is one of the famous personalities who quickly went to Boracay after it’s public opening on Oct 26, 2018.
Two days after it’s opening, the actress shared her experience during her travel at the said tourist spot saying that she’s “falling in love with Boracay all over again”.
“Walked from station 3 to station 1 to see what has changed so far. I love that the island is noticeably cleaner, and you can walk around and all over the sand without being afraid of stepping on broken glass.” Garcia said on her social media post.
She also praised the people who became part of Boracay’s rehabilitation, she also reminded the upcoming tourist to become responsible.
“Congratulations and well done to those who helped clean up Boracay! I already can’t wait to come back! ? Iba pa rin ang ganda ng Boracay. But whenever we do visit, let’s all make sure we do our part in keeping the island clean. All the effort put into this would go to waste if we don’t learn to be more conscious of the damage we humans cause on a daily basis. Let’s try to minimize that, not just here, but everywhere we go.” she said.
However, netizen Reginald Melchor challenged Garcia and accused her of being angry to the President who led the closure of Boracay for its rehabilitation.
“Dati galit ka kay duterte pasalamatan mo siya kung hindi dahil sa kanya di ka ulit maiinlove sa boracay ulit,” Melchor commented.
Garcia quickly responded to the netizen, saying asking why they think that she’s angry with the President.
She explained that like some people, she questioned some of the programs of the President, however it doesn’t mean that she doesn’t have the right anymore to praise Duterte.
The actress said that she praises Duterte for his concern about the worsening situation of the environment which is rare to some leaders.
“Paano niyo naman po nasabi na galit ako sa kanya? Yes, there are some things that I have questioned and disagreed with, but there are also many things I am grateful for. It’s a balance. I neither hate nor completely adore, but I do respect. And I hope you respect my opinions, too. But yes, I do commend him for what he has done for Boracay. It’s important to have leaders that care about our environment because sadly not everyone does.” Garcia said.
Some fans of Coleen praised her for being honest and they also criticized Melchor for trying to challenge the actress.
They also praised the President for rehabilitating Boracay.
“Marami ang kumontra dati sa pgpapasara ng boracay. Galit pa cla sa Presudente,walang puso dw kc tnanggalan ng pangkabuhayan ang mga tao. Tingnan nman ngaun ang linis na. Mas lalo pa lalaki pangkabuhayan nila dahil mrami na nmang turista ang dadagsa,” Netizen tataescarpe said.
After the closing of Boracay, netizens are wondering if the President is going to close another famous tourist spot for rehabilitation.
Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte got an ally against the members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) party-list and other militant groups who rallied last week.
In her Instagram post, Inday Sara published a photo of some members of ACT party-list together with some students, she also slammed the militant groups for luring some students to join their rallies.
“Ito pa isa, Antonio Tinio of ACT Teachers, CPP-NPA-NDF, ano po masasabi ninyo sa mga bata sa likod ninyo na pinag rarally ninyo on a school day? Ibagsak ang ACT Teachers, they do not endeavor to put children in schools. They want children to remain poor to be exploited by ACT Teachers.” Inday Sara said in her post.
One of the people who commented on Inday Sara’s post is the actress Aiko Melendez, who gave some sermon to the student who chose to join the demonstration instead of attending their classes during that day.
According to her, several children from poor family really want to receive a good education, while the students siding themselves to the left are just wasting the opportunity that they received by skipping their classes.
She believes that if the militant groups really love their country, they should urge the students to study more than skipping their classes.
“Imbes na pag aaral ang atupagin , rally at puro reklamo nalang ang ginagawa. Maraming mga bata ang ninanais na makapag aral at pinapangarap na sana sila ang nakakapag aral than sa inyo na ala inatupag kundi magreklamo. Do they even know why they are there? If they love our country as they always claim, shouldn’t they prioritize our children to study instead of being in the streets?!!!” Melendez said.
Melendez also said that the militant groups should give some of their budgets to support children who can’t afford to study instead of wasting their resources in expressing their complaints.
“Kung mahal po ng mga party list na yan ang mga bata na pinagrarally nila, bakit di nila ibigay ang parte ng budget nila para sa edukasyon ng mga bata na po yan dba mam? Kaso mali na ang paraan nila po mam. Kng ang mga bata na yan ay bayad para me makain? Hindi ba pansamantala din ang ginawa nilang aksyon? Kng maka reklamo po sila sa gobyerno naten ganun ganun nalang po. Eh sila ano po ba ang nagawa na nila po?”
Inday Sara responded to Aiko Melendez’ comment and addressed her using the name of the famous character that the latter portrayed in television.
“@aikomelendez Thank u Gov. Emilia Ardiente! Ipasunog mo sila lahat! Iboto ka namin” Inday Sara told Melendez.
Melendez told the Davao City Mayor that she supported her thoughts against the militant groups, she’s also hoping to meet Inday Sara in the future.
Mayor Inday Sara is a known critic of the CPP-NPA-NDF.
She even urged the Congress to remove the left-leaning lawmakers for allegedly using the government funds to support New People’s Army.
Unlike her father who supported the peace talks between the government and the communists, Inday Sara strongly opposed it.
Atty. Glenn Chong criticized Vice President Leni Robredo for demanding the current administration to explain the P7.16-T debt of the government, saying that the latter didn’t know the real situation.
On October 29, Robredo said that the government should be more transparent on their deals as the debt already ballooned to P7.16-T.
“We demand the government to be transparent. We want to know where the government’s fund goes. Many are saying it goes to Build Build Build,” Robredo said.
In his Facebook post, Chong lectured VP Robredo and instead of the government, the lawyer explained how the P7.16-T debt of the country came from.
According to Chong, the debt being mentioned by Robredo was the amount of owed money of the government since Cory Aquino administration.
He explained that the government has been forced to borrow money because the country’s funds were not enough to sustain the needs of its people.
Chong said that the Vice President is wrong for asking the government to explain about the increasing debt and blame them.
The lawyer was also surprised that the Vice President didn’t know about the ‘budget deficit’ even she’s a former member of the lower House.
Chong believed that the government was suffering in budget deficit because the country’s funds was being corrupted by some officials.
You can read his whole post below:
WALANG KATAPUSANG PAGKAKAMALI NI LENI ROBREDO!!!
Tila walang katapusan ang pagkakamali ng ale na ito.
Leni Robredo demanded, take note, she demanded, na ipaliwanag ng administrasyong Duterte kung bakit lumubo ang utang ng gobyerno sa P7.16 trilyong piso (7,160 bilyong piso o 71,600 milyong piso).
Bago pumuna, dapat mag-aral muna upang hindi magmukhang BOBO!
Mula 1988, panahon ni Corazon Aquino, hanggang 2017, panahon ni Rodrigo Duterte, pati na ang panahon ni Noynoy Aquino, kulang ang nalilikom na pondo ng gobyerno upang matustusan ang mga pangangailangan ng sambayanan. Ang tawag dito ay budget deficit.
* Sa mga taong 1994 hanggang 1997 lamang na walang budget deficit ang gobyerno.
On the average, mula 1988 hanggang 2017, ang budget deficit ng ating bansa ay pumapalo sa 2.08% ng kabuuang halaga ng mga produkto at serbisyong nagagawa ng bansa o Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Ito ay pumapalo sa daan-daang bilyon taon-taon.
Dahil dito, napipilitan ang gobyerno na mangutang upang mapunuan ang pagkukulang sa pondo nito, taon-taon. Kaya ang P7.16 trilyong utang ngayon ay accumulated debts o pinagpatung-patung na utang mula pa noon.
Kaya maling-mali na ang administrasyong Duterte ang pagbibintangan ni Leni Robredo sa mga pagkakautang na ito.
Besides, ang budget deficits na ito ay dumadaan sa Kongreso kada taon. At dahil naging kasapi si Leni Robredo ng Kongreso, dapat ay alam niya ito. Kung hindi niya ito alam, wala pala talaga siyang silbi bilang Congresswoman. Kung alam naman niya ito, malisyoso ang kanyang hininging pagpapaliwanag sa Pangulong Duterte. Pumili lang siya sa dalawang ito – kanyang kab***han o malisyosong pagpaparatang.
Finally, bakit palaging deficit ang ating budget? Simple lang ang dahilan. Kurapsyon sa pangungulekta ng buwis at kurapsyon sa paggastos ng pera ng bayan.
Dahil sa marumi at madayang halalan, nakakapasok at nananatili ang mga kurakot na politiko na walang ginagawa kundi patuloy na halayin ang kaban ng bayan. At dahil nakikita ito ng mga kolektor ng buwis, pati sila nangungurakot at din. Kaya this vicious cycle goes on and on.
