Why is ROTC no longer mandatory in the Philippines?
Mark Chua was an engineering student and an ROTC cadet of the University of Santo Tomas (UST). In 2000, together with Romulo Yumul, they filed a complaint to the Department of National Defense exposing the—
Asia going bonkers:
Hong Kong's former police chief selected as new leader
South Korea's new president is conservative
Conservatives re-elected in Japan
Marcos is leading in unofficial count for Philippine presidential race
Military in power in Myanmar, Thailand
In the sea of red, we Ilonggos stayed stubbornly and proudly pink!
Virtual yakap rin sa mga Bikolano, Samareños at mga taga-Quezon! Pinanalo natin ang ating laban!
News out of Asia is insane today. 🇵🇭 36 years after People Power in the Philippines, the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos is set to be the next president. Yet it's people power in 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka as PM Rajapaksa steps down and they've literally burned his house down. 🔥
This is Comelec's fastest transmission ever of vote results. I wonder what changed. In fact, Comelec Commissioner George Garcia just announced it would take Comelec SEVEN DAYS to count votes for the President and Vice President. I'm keen to know what it did to count so fast.
sorry if I took this elections too personal. imagine, inside those 6 years, gagraduate ako, maghahanap ng trabaho, magbabayad ng tax, atbp., and all of those things will be affected by the people you vote
Leni ended up with > 14.4M votes in 2016 vs BBM’s 14.1M.
Fast forward to 2022: Leni’s only garnering 10M (as of now) vs BBM’s 21M. Despite her numerous efforts/programs matched with his absence in service for the past 6 years. Don’t tell me she lost voters.
IT’S NOT ADDING UP.