Gian Carlo Enriquez

PCCian. Bedan. Writer. Dog Lover. Traveler. Fitness Enthusiast. Organized Thinker. Marketer. Customer Development Manager at

[Gian Carlo Enriquez @GheeEnriquez]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

[2000s @PopCulture2000s]

15 years ago, gotye released ‘somebody that i used to know’

[Gian Carlo Enriquez @GheeEnriquez]

⚠️PLEASE READ!!!⚠️
This is not a proper way to advance the Anti-Political Dynasty Act! 🚫 I'm with you on this, Cong. @manayleila! 💯

[Leila de Lima @manayleila]

I refuse to support a law that effectively institutionalizes political dynasties!

I vote NO to House Bill No. 8389 or the “Anti-Political Dynasty Act.”

HB 8389 is not a true or genuine anti-dynasty law, but rather a dynasty legitimization act.

First: The bill has no succession ban. A governor can be succeeded by a spouse, who can be succeeded by a child, who can be succeeded by a sibling – indefinitely, legally, under this bill. 

Second: The bill permits a governor, a mayor, and a Representative from the same family governing the same province simultaneously, as it only prohibits relatives from holding office within the same level of government, not within the same territory. 

Third: The bill permits multiple congressional districts controlled by one family within the same province. Three adjacent districts, three relatives, all voting for the same party line: legal. Exactly as it operates today. Nothing changes.

Fourth: The bill neither covers party-list representatives as protected positions nor references incumbents. Therefore, a senator's son or daughter can be nominated and serve as a party-list representative – perfectly legal under this bill

Fifth: The bill limits the prohibition to relatives within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, covering spouses, parents, children, and siblings. However, this second-degree prohibition excludes broader kinship networks, such as grandparents, first cousins, uncles, aunts, nieces, and nephews, through which dynastic power is often exercised. Limiting the prohibition to only the second degree narrows the reach of the law and allows extended family networks, which remain close-knit in Philippine culture, to continue operating within the same political sphere.

Sixth: The bill does not address, hence, permits substitution, caretaker designation, and every indirect route to office. The prohibition under this bill covers only direct candidacy, not the back doors.

The Filipino people have been waiting for this law since 1987. Tatlumpu't siyam na taon. 

We can do better than this. We can pass a law worthy of the wait. A law the framers of the 1987 Constitution would recognize as the fulfillment of their mandate, not a betrayal of it.

I vote NO to HB 8389, not because I oppose anti-dynasty legislation. I vote NO precisely because I support it. I refuse to support a law that effectively institutionalizes political dynasties.

The Filipino people deserve better. The Constitution demands better. We can do better.

[ScienceInFocus @SciInFocus]

An 18-year-old just did what billion-dollar water companies couldn't.

Meet Mia Heller.

A high school junior from Warrenton, Virginia who built a water filter in her garage that strips out 95.5% of microplastics from drinking water.

That's better than most government treatment plants, which sit somewhere between 70% and 90%.

Her secret weapon? Ferrofluid. A magnetized liquid made of oil and powder that latches onto microplastic particles. Then a magnet yanks them out. No membranes. No constant filter replacements. No endless maintenance bills.
The ferrofluid even gets recycled, around 87% of it, in a closed loop.

The spark for all of this wasn't a classroom project. It was a local newspaper article warning that her town's tap water was loaded with PFAS and microplastics, and that nobody was coming to fix it.

So she watched her mom swap out filter after filter and thought, there has to be a smarter way.

She built the prototype herself. Tested it with a homemade turbidity sensor. Then walked into the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair and walked out with a special award from the Patent and Trademark Office Society.
Up against nearly 1,700 students from 62 countries.

She's now eyeing a household version that sits under your kitchen sink.

The future of clean water might not come from a lab in Silicon Valley. It might come from a teenager's garage in Virginia.

Source: Smithsonian Magazine

[Netflix Sports @netflixsports]

JUST LIKE THAT.

RONDA ROUSEY DEFEATS GINA CARANO VIA ARMBAR IN LESS THAN 20 SECONDS. #RouseyCarano

[ALLATRA @allatra_org]

Microplastics are already inside us and they are affecting our health. Professor Ragusa explains where the real problem lies and why it's not just about plastic. Are you ready to find out what each of us needs to do to solve this problem?

For more details, follow the link.

[mark lucas @bashgita]

This #kmjs interview with Bato is very illuminating

- Bato admits that he only came to the Senate for the vote to change leadership
- Bato said he wouldn't have come if he knew for sure there was a warrant
- Alan Cayetano convinced him to come, Alan sent a vehicle to pick him up

[marvièn @mvn_dn]

straight from the horse’s mouth: it was really APC who orchestrated it

[Gian Carlo Enriquez @GheeEnriquez]

AYYY LAAABBB

[Malacañang Events and Catering Services @MalacananEvents]

di na masarap ang buhay 😔

[Gian Carlo Enriquez @GheeEnriquez]

Amen to this!!! 🥜🖼🚫

[Jesus Falcis 🇵🇭 @jesusfalcis]

🚨 NBI does it again!

Entrapment last week. Entrapment again this week.

Mamayang umaga o hapon ng May 6, NBI will give a briefer about the entrapment it made…

…against an alleged extortion for peanuts, este, ₱350 Million with ₱75 Million as 1st installment. 🥜

#Peanuts

[westerosies @westerosies]

Episode release schedule for ‘HOUSE OF THE DRAGON’ Season 3. 🐉

• Episode 1 - June 21
• Episode 2 - June 28
• Episode 3 - July 5
• Episode 4 - July 12
• Episode 5 - July 19
• Episode 6 - July 26
• Episode 7 - August 2
• Episode 8 - August 9

[Chel Diokno @ChelDiokno]

Klaro sa batas: ang Impeachment ay exception sa Bank Secrecy Law. Hindi puwedeng gawing taguan ito kung pananagutan sa bayan ang usapan.

Yan ang dahilan kung bakit nailabas ng Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) ang reports ng bilyong-bilyong covered and suspicious transactions sa accounts ni VP Sara Duterte.

Balikan ang naging usapan sa hearing ng House Commitee on Justice noong Miyerkules—at mag-comment kung sa palagay mong may "probable cause" o sapat na batayan para umusad ang kaso.

[Supergirl @supergirl]

#Supergirl lands in theaters and @IMAX June 26.

[Gian Carlo Enriquez @GheeEnriquez]

@MMDA Is number coding scheme suspended today?

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

Great demonstration of static electricity

[Rappler @rapplerdotcom]

Sa isyu ng pag-eespiya ng mga Tsino, nilalabanan natin ang isang 21st century threat gamit ang mga 20th century tools #AnimatED #Editorial

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

In SHAUN OF THE DEAD, Edgar Wright repeats the same tracking shot of Shaun walking to the corner shop - before and after the zombie outbreak - so the same camera move makes the tiny background changes hilariously horrific.

[Rafa Nadal Academy @rnadalacademy]

Simply Alex Eala 😍
Amazing 🗣️

[2000s @PopCulture2000s]

23 years ago, audioslave released ‘like a stone’ https://t.co/hNswemIjhK