Andrei Marasigan 🇵🇭

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[Andrei Marasigan 🇵🇭 @Dreifinition]

#BinibiningPilipinas2022 I'm a metal fan and not even someone who loves to watch pageants but can I just say na ang ganda ng areglo ng official theme ng Bb Pilipinas by @SB19Official! The lyricism and how it revived the old chorus, iba. Sa composer nito, kudos to you! 🍺

[Andrei Marasigan 🇵🇭 @Dreifinition]

Wow. Just WOW!

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

Barcelona, you win. Sagrada Família. Just incredible.

Watch the whole thing with the sound on

[Karen Davila @iamkarendavila]

Senators were seen crying yesterday as a colleague was being arrested for plunder.

This is in no way an indictment of the accused senator but I would like to remind our lawmakers…

Iyakan n’yo ang ninanakawang Pilipino.
Iyakan n’yo ang binabaha dahil sa nakawan sa flood control.
Iyakan n’yo ang gutom nating mga kababayan.

Get out of your bubble. Please.

[Andrei Marasigan 🇵🇭 @Dreifinition]

Anyone criticizing this doesn't know how to read between the lines

[RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News @RG_Cruz12479]

Everybody who was NOT at the Senate kagabi when the shots happened, MANAHIMIK KAYO.

Wala kayo doon. Wala kayong ambag na katotohanan.

Clout Chasers Lang kayo. PAMPAGULO KAYO.

Napakaseryosong usapin ito tapos gagamitin niyo lang pampataas ng engagement niyo?

[Karen Davila @iamkarendavila]

Someone has to be made accountable for Bato’s escape.

No less than the DILG Secretary and PNP Chief entered the senate building last night to secure the senators.

The public was assured last night Bato was in the “5th foor, in his room, resting”. Bato’s lawyer showed a video last night of Bato supposedly in the senate.

The senate building should’ve been secured last night - no one in, no one out.

We need answers. How did Bato escape? Who helped him?

[Kat Domingo @_katrinadomingo]

This!! 💯💯💯

“@victoriatulad wala kang katulad!!”

[Nikki Verder @welverder]

What news network are you all tuned into right now? ABS-CBN News? GMA News? See, that’s how real news coverage is done.

Thank you to all the traditional media reporters and anchors risking their safety to keep the public informed. Please stay safe. Real heroes. Always & forever.

[Zen Hernandez @zenhernandez]

Why would the senators call NBI to secure them first, when the PNP is right outside the Senate building? According to our reporter, the PNP was not even allowed to go in when shots were heard.

[Kat Domingo @_katrinadomingo]

Events in the Senate tonight showed the weight and responsibility of being a “journalist.”

It is something that is earned — consistently, tirelessly.

You do not become a journalist simply by calling yourself one.

Pagpupugay sa mga mamamahayag at malayang pamamahayag 💖

[Mara Cepeda @maracepeda]

One thing is clear tonight: the Duterte-allied Senate bloc is willing to plunge the institution into chaos and to weaponise fear, all to shield one of their own from accountability.

[alvin elchico @alvinelchico]

JUST IN!

Energy Secretary Sharon Garin, inatasan ang National Grid Corporation na ayusin ang "transmission constraints"
na nagresulta sa pagdeklara ng Yellow at Red Alerts sa Luzon grid.
Ayon sa DOE, bumagsak ang 500 kV Tayabas-Ilijan Transmission Lines kaya naputol ang koneksyon ng
malalaking planta ng kuryente sa Luzon grid.

[Courtney Mares @catholicourtney]

In response to a personal attack by President Donald Trump the night before, Pope Leo told journalists on the papal plane to Algeria:

“I have no fear of the Trump administration or speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do, what the Church is here to do. We are not politicians. We don’t deal with foreign policy with the same perspective he might understand it, but I do believe in the message of the Gospel, as a peacemaker.”

(Video: @OSVNews)

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world. Most of all, it’s a testament to the resilience and determination of the Hungarian people – and a reminder to all of us to keep striving for fairness, equality and the rule of law.

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: Iran's Supreme National Security Council confirms ceasefire deal

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/ZW5YzzFapZ

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: Israel has agreed to join a two-week ceasefire with Iran announced by US President Donald Trump shortly before his deadline, a senior White House official tells US media.

[Philippine Supreme Court Public Information Office @SCPh_PIO]

The #SupremeCourtPH (SC) has dismissed the complaint of GMA Network, Inc. (GMA) against ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (ABS-CBN) over alleged defamatory statements accusing GMA of manipulating a TV ratings survey.

In a Decision penned by Associate Justice Japar B. Dimaampao, the SC’s Third Division denied two consolidated petitions—a complaint for damages filed by GMA and the counterclaims filed by ABS-CBN—ruling that the aired statements of ABS-CBN hosts are qualified privileged communications and constitute a fair and true report that GMA personnel visited homes to influence a TV ratings survey.

The SC ruled that the utterances made by ABS-CBN’s hosts and guest speakers are considered qualified privileged communications and constitute a fair and true report based on their interpretation of an AGB Nielsen executive’s radio interview and the data analysis report submitted by AGB Nielsen.

The SC emphasized that there was no malice in the airing of the statements because they were supported by documentary evidence.

ABS-CBN’s counterclaims were also dismissed. The SC said GMA was able to establish a cause of action based on the belief that the subject statements aired on ABS-CBN’s programs were defamatory.

In 2007, ABS-CBN hired AGB Nielsen to supply TV ratings data for Mega Manila and other urban regions nationwide, with sample households called Panel Homes kept strictly confidential to prevent tampering or interference by media industry parties. Protecting the integrity of the TV ratings was crucial, as ABS-CBN relied on them to decide which programs to air, their timing, and target audiences.

ABS-CBN received reports that individuals reportedly hired by GMA contacted some Panel Homes to influence viewing data by persuading residents to watch GMA programs in exchange for monthly incentives of PHP 500 in cash and PHP 300 worth of groceries.

A GMA employee in Iloilo testified that the station manager ordered him and six others to find the Panel Homes and convince the residents to watch GMA programs in exchange for monetary incentives.

In a formal letter and radio interview, AGB Nielsen ’s General Manager, Maya Reforma, admitted that the Panel Homes had been tampered. ABS-CBN then aired program segments that carried Reforma’s statements.

GMA filed a complaint for damages before the Regional Trial Court (RTC), claiming that ABS-CBN deliberately twisted Reforma’s statements by declaring that GMA had manipulated the ratings. ABS-CBN filed counterclaims for damages.

The RTC dismissed GMA’s complaint, as well as ABS-CBN’s counterclaims. When the Court of Appeals (CA) upheld this decision, the matter was brought to the SC.

Read the press release at https://t.co/3YMqcpBtS2.

Read the full text of the Decision at https://t.co/QZlLmkpVjc.

Copying of this content is subject to the SC PIO’s Credit Attribution Policy: https://t.co/6W5N1BgfaL

[Edson C. Guido @EdsonCGuido]

PESO BREACHES ₱60 VS US DOLLAR

For the first time in history, the Philippine peso breaches the ₱60 per dollar mark, hitting ₱60.40 intraday based on BAP data.

A key psychological level broken, raising pressure on inflation and import costs.

[Julian Miguel @iamJulianMiguel]

Thank you Ma'am @iamkarendavila for calling this out on national TV. We need moral reckoning on mysoginy for our mothers, sisters, daughters, aunty, and to all women.

[Atom Araullo @atomaraullo]

If the honorable congressman thinks those remarks belong in the halls of Congress, one can only imagine what passes for normal conversation in private, especially when women aren’t in the room.

What followed was even worse: intellectual dishonesty and refusal to engage with criticism. The familiar playbook of strongman politics that seems to be spreading everywhere these days.

[Jodi Sta.Maria @JodiStaMaria]

The analogy wasn’t malicious said the person who made the remark. But the impact was clear..it made people, most especially women feel disgusted and disrespected.

If that kind of analogy was used to make a point it clearly reveals the mindset of the person who said it.

That’s not something we should normalize.

[Danny Wallace @dannywallace]

Board of Peace immediately bored of peace