JM ♡ ♔

Life is an art 🎨

[ᴾᴬᴵᴺ ࣪ ִֶָ☾.𓍯 𑁤 @CASHualbehavior]

"educate your son"

wait Sarah, next month kana hahahahahah

[Michael Maloney @mike_maloney]

Gentle reminder...

[Inquirer @inquirerdotnet]

‘DAPAT PARUSAHAN ANG MGA MATATANDANG NAGPABAYA’

Akbayan Rep. Chel Diokno calls for accountability from adults whose negligence allowed minors access to firearms following the Tacloban school shooting.

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[🧃 @jigar_042]

i think the saddest part about growing up is realizing nobody is coming to save you. The version of you that’s exhausted, scared, and overwhelmed still has to wake up and keep going tomorrow.

[Noelle Capili-Ruiz @MxNoelle]

Mga gantong tao yung pinipilit saten na oks lang 500 pesos noche buena pero di naman nila maapply sa sarili nila. Hahahahaha

[kris ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ 🇪🇸 @oriyenugh]

Rigged as fuck. Y’all should stick to Physical 100 if y’all aren’t gonna be true or have no favoritism to your own country. Cowards!

Y u gotta eliminate Aus and JP for Korea to win? The activity was favored for Korea so Mongolia will lose too!

#PhysicalAsia
#Physical100

[susie @zeexszr]

physical asia being rigged asf for korea 😒 #PhysicalAsia

[val ᵕ̈ @thrstyoon]

What's the point of making it bigger, including representatives of Adian countries, if they're just going to keep rigging it so Korea wins??? This was so unfair to watch
#PhysicalAsia #Physical100

[marmyk @Rumark10]

The real winner of Physical Asia is 100% Mongolia. Korea rigged the 5th quest so fcking bad it’s ridiculous. Like how the fck they can lift the castle door in 3 fckin minutes?? Both Japan and Mongolian team struggled so hard even with the log tricks.
#PhysicalAsia

[Reese @wheehehe]

#PhysicalAsia is definitely rigged for Korea to win. What a waste of 12 episodes. Mad respect for the other countries though!

[Joonie⁷⊙⊝⊜ @vihha8]

What even in the name of scam was #PhysicalAsia
They really want us to believe that a show produced by Koreans, held in Korea and won by Korea is totally legitimate. Also the tactics used to get Australia out 🤣
What a joke! They really think we are stupid!

[Karen Davila @iamkarendavila]

I hope we don’t end up with a reenacted budget.

My sources tell me yung flood control nilipat lang ng kongreso sa ayuda. The ‘slush fund’ remains.

Sana naman bumili na sila ng konsensya.

[Sonny Africa @sonnyafrica]

Our legislators are like vultures looking for an easy meal in taxing consumption of poor, low & middle income classes.

Why not tax wealth over P1 billion? Just 6% on the 50 richest Filipinos raises P237B.

For all their posturing, our legislators are scared to hunt big game.

[Tony Leachon MD @DrTonyLeachon]

Finance Secretary Recto’s VAT Warning Rings Hollow Amid Budget Failures and Public Betrayal

Give the Filipino People a Break
By Dr. Tony Leachon

Finance Secretary Ralph Recto now warns that lowering the value-added tax (VAT) from 12% to 10% could lead to a ₱300 billion revenue loss and a possible credit rating downgrade. But this alarm, delivered during a Senate budget hearing, is not a defense of fiscal prudence—it is a deflection from deeper failures.

Recto speaks of debt, but forgets the damage already done.

He defunded PhilHealth, transferring ₱60 billion away from Universal Health Care—a move so egregious that President Marcos himself had to reverse it. In 2025, PhilHealth receives zero subsidy, leaving millions of Filipinos exposed and betrayed. This is not fiscal discipline. This is abandonment.

He now positions himself as “Mr. VAT,” defending a regressive tax system that penalizes the poor. Compared to other ASEAN countries, the Philippines has one of the highest VAT rates at 12%, alongside Indonesia. Most of our neighbors maintain lower rates:

Country VAT Rate (%)
Philippines 🇵🇭 12%
Indonesia 🇮🇩 12%
Vietnam 🇻🇳 10%
Cambodia 🇰🇭 10%
Laos 🇱🇦 10%
Thailand 🇹🇭 7%
Malaysia. (🇲🇾 SST) 6%
Singapore. 🇸🇬 9%
Myanmar 🇲🇲 5%
Brunei 🇧🇳.0%

Despite this high rate, the Philippines delivers some of the weakest social safety nets in the region. The poor pay more, while the corrupt benefit from ghost projects and bloated budgets.

Recto also failed to advise or intervene when the executive branch unleashed the flood control budget booster—a monster problem that diverted funds from health and education into substandard infrastructure. He cannot claim innocence. He was there. He enabled it.

To now warn of debt is to ignore the debt of trust already incurred.

The Filipino people are not asking for miracles. They are asking for fairness. For accountability. For leaders who do not weaponize numbers to justify neglect.

Recto’s warnings come too late, and too safely. He speaks of credit ratings while the people speak of hunger, illness, and betrayal.

Let this be a call—not for more taxation, but for real reform.
Not for more warnings, but for courageous leadership.
Not for more excuses, but for justice.

Give the Filipino people a break. They’ve paid enough.

#RelentlessForChange
Tony Leachon

[GMA News @gmanews]

LOOK: Tarpaulins featuring DPWH Assistant District Engineer Brice Hernandez, Congressman Zaldy Co, Senate President Tito Sotto, Congressman Martin Romualdez, and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. have been displayed at the Amphitheater in Plaza Divisoria, Cagayan de Oro City, during the ongoing anti-corruption rally on Sunday, September 21, 2025. | via James Paolo Yap/ GMA Regional TV One Mindanao

Panoorin ang special coverage ng GMA Integrated News: https://t.co/UuXDOmxnpP

[The Philippine Star @PhilippineStar]

'NA PARANG ITINATAGO SI ZALDY CO'

Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco weighed in on the actions of former House speaker Martin Romualdez to bring back Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co to the Philippines.

"I think one of the biggest factors that made people really mad is the perception na pinoproteksyonan ng House leadership si Zaldy Co. What was the effort done to bring back Zaldy Co? Or even ask Zaldy Co? Wala," said Tiangco in an interview with The Philippine STAR EIC Amy Pamintuan on Thursday.

Co was among the congressmen linked to the anomalies in flood control projects for his alleged P13.8-billion insertions in the 2025 national budget. He is currently in the US for medical treatment.

Newly elected House Speaker Bojie Dy addressed the issue by revoking Co's travel clearance for his personal trip. In a letter dated September 18, 2025, Dy ordered Co to return to the country within 10 days, citing pressing national matters requiring his physical presence.

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[SPIRALSTAIRCASE..🎯🎯📣 @Obi_Prodigalson]

Bahay ni Zaldy Co sa Valle Verde 6, naka gift wrapped na.. Kanino kaya ireregalo to..? 🤔🤔