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[FULL SPEECH] Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto
Guest of Honor & Commencement Speaker
UP College of Law Class of 2026 Graduation
Date: July 11, 2026, Saturday
Duration: ~20 mins.
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Ladies and gentlemen, itâs here:
Iâm proud to announce that 'Nexus' will be my upcoming hybrid feature film.
Here is a 5-minute teaser, made by 3 people in 2 weeks.
Made with Dreamina AI using Octo & Dreamina Seedance 2.0, full workflow coming soon
Saw this post from Antonette Aquino on Facebook - sharing it here. This is what she said:
No, I did not leave the aircon running 24/7.
My Meralco bill came in at âą9,791.78. So let me break it down because nobody else will.
Generation charge alone is âą5,266.66. Thatâs 54% of my entire bill. Meralcoâs actual cut? âą1,730.98. And that number hasnât moved since 2022. What keeps going up is everything sitting on top of it.
Hereâs whatâs actually eating your money:
System Loss â âą486.83
You are paying for stolen electricity. Illegal connections, meter tampering, jumpers. Republic Act 7832 lets Meralco pass the cost of electricity theft straight to paying customers.
Universal Charges â âą201.96
Part of this goes toward paying off the National Power Corporationâs debts. Old debts. From decisions made before most of us were even working.
Government Taxes â âą989.81
The 12% VAT is not just on what you consumed. Itâs stacked on top of every other charge, including the subsidies youâre already paying for. So yes, you are paying tax on stolen electricity. Tax on an old government debt. Tax on a subsidy you do not even benefit from.
FiT-All and GEA-All â âą149.59 combined
Two separate renewable energy levies running at the same time. The second one was quietly added to bills in February 2026. Both government-mandated. Neither one is optional.
FYI..none of this is illegal. Itâs all backed by law. But legal and fair are not the same thing.
The middle class does not steal electricity. We do not qualify for lifeline rates. We do not get 4Ps. We just pay full VAT, fund everyone elseâs discounts, and absorb costs that should never have been ours to begin with. Every month. Without relief.
What actually needs to change:
1. Reform the generation charge. One line item cannot be more than half your bill and go unchallenged.
2. Stop passing system loss to consumers. Other countries make the utility absorb it. We should demand the same.
3. Move faster on renewables. Lower generation costs long-term. That transition is already overdue.
đ¸ CTTO
Curiosity is stronger than love.
A reporter asked him, âHow so?â
âIâm 94 years old, and I got married at 23.
But at 46, my wife left me.
She told me that she had become invisible nowâŚ
that I was working too much and I wasnât paying enough attention to her anymore.
I told her that it wasnât possible, that I loved her more than everything, and it was true but��
thatâs when she asked me:
do you know when was the last time you came to see me play bridge?
I didnât know how to answer, and she saidâŚ
âItâs normal. You never came.â
And she left.
So I made a decisionâŚ
In the months that followed, I signed up for bridge lessons andâŚ
I learned how to play, I practiced, I researched, and one dayâŚ
I saw there was going to be a tournament near our home. So I signed up andâŚ
She was in the other team. I was seeing her for the first time in nearly a yearâŚ
Of course, she beat me.
But I saw a feeling in her eyes that I hadnât seen for a long time.
Gratitude.
So at the end, I went to see her and I told herâŚ
âIf you agree to give me a second chance, Iâll never miss any of your competitions again.â
I kept my word.
She passed away 8 years ago butâŚ
She taught me the most precious of the lessons:
âLove isnât enough, you have to know how to show it.â
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