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It's amazing how so much of this play is still relevant. The idea of honor, dignity, culture and tradition being sold for profit by schemers in grey suits. Men who would squander the family's priceless heirlooms to satisfy their base desires. Many of our politicians would rather sell this country's dignity for profit, folks. They would sell Don Lorenzo's house for self-serving interests as the Virgin Queen of these Islands watches in horror. You've seen such things just this week. They sell out our country to cheap warlords. So much has been lost. So much has changed - for the worse. The nobility and virtues of Old Manila are long past us, mga kababayan. Que horror! 🎶"Hindi pera ang problema Bagaman iyon ang sabi nila Nagtatapon sila ng pera Sa mahjong, sa karera Ikinakaila nila ang totoo kahit sa kanilang sarili (Candida! Paula!) Sinusumbatan sila ng bahay na ito Nasisira ang kanilang pagsasaya Habang nakikipagtsismisan Habang nakikipagsugal Habang nasa karerahan o jai-alai O habang hindi sila makatulog." 🎶

People in Huntington Beach still look like this

MANILA, May 15 (Reuters) - It unfolded like a crime thriller: a fugitive making his escape under cover of darkness in the confused aftermath of a hail of gunfire. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

@pontifex rejects "surrogacy. By transforming gestation into a negotiable service, this violates the dignity both of the child, who is reduced to a product, & of the mother, exploiting her body & the generative process, & distorting the original relational calling of the family."

U.S. forces surged missiles across the Philippines over the course of Balikatan 2026 at key locations for simulated and live-fire exercises in some of the most intensive demonstrations of American long-range strike capabilities in the Western Pacific to date 🇺🇸🇵🇭 Story by @AaronMatthew_L Maps by @Drethegrater Link to story 🔗: navalnews.com/naval-news/202…

This is true. Mamny, and @hotmanila and I were all once part of The Manila Chronicle. Manny covered police, then defense. Alan - wrote the long think pcs that made Chronicle famous + science, environment, health, Balweg. I covered PCGG, Local Govts and MNLF.

Senator Cayetano looked disgusting--teeth protruding--in his blue shirt before the media. Very very disrespectful!

OCTA RESEARCH: ROBREDO-TULFO LEADS SARA-MARCOS IN HYPOTHETICAL HEAD-TO-HEAD Which President and Vice-President tandem would you vote for? 🟥 Robredo-Tulfo: 44% 🟩 Duterte-Marcos: 40% ⬜️ Undecided: 16% A Robredo-Tulfo tandem would beat Duterte-Marcos by overwhelming numbers in the Metro Manila (61% to 23%) and the rest of Luzon (57% to 23%) along with edging them out in the Visayas (48% to 40%). Duterte leads by dictatorial levels in Mindanao (86% to 5%). Both the Robredo-led and Duterte-led tandems are statistically tied among the Philippine upper and middle-class (35% to 37% respectively), Robredo leads among the crucial lower-middle "working class" (47% to 39%) and Duterte leads the lower-class, 36% to 51%. These polling numbers reflect the state of the race as the impeachment hearings against Duterte began and before the Senate trial, which is expected to start soon. Political observers are expecting the Duterte polls to take a further hit as the trial ramps up in the Senate later this summer. This polling reflects the strongest Mrs. Robredo has ever had in such head-to-head polling with VP Duterte and the first to poll a potential tandem between her and popular journalist, broadcaster turned Senator, Rafael "Raffy" Tulfo. Robredo's surge and Duterte's decline reflects numbers seen in other polling conducted by OCTA Research and Pulse Asia early this year. It also shows that Duterte is bleeding support and can be defeated in 2028, a palpable vibe shift from the fear of an inevitable Duterte presidency just a few months ago. Fieldwork: March 19-25, 2026 Sample size: 1,200 Margin of Error: +/- 3% newsinfo.inquirer.net/2227746/octa-o…

🚨🇺🇸🇲🇽 A high ranking cartel member was killed. CIA officers helped carry out a targeted car bombing in Mexico on March 28th that killed Francisco "El Payin" Beltrán, a suspected Sinaloa Cartel operative. The CIA's Ground Branch has now directly participated in multiple lethal strikes on cartel figures since last year. Source: CNN, RN Intel

Today, we Catholics celebrate the Feast of the Ascension. By the Ascension, our souls are uplifted to Christ, because by this Feast Day, we are reminded that we no longer deem Him an earthly man, but the God of heaven.

Only patriots will get the reference.

@RichHeydarian Can, yes. Should, yes. Will ... that's to be decided.

QUESTION: should SENATE LEADERS be LEGALLY SUED for PROTECTING the PUGANTE BATO!?

Senior defense reporter Manny Mogato agrees with Senator Trillanes. The footage taken by @ABSCBNNews and other agencies showing the restraint of the NBI agents present corroborates this too, along with the statements from the Armed Forces of the Philippines' Chief of Staff, Gen. Brawner. It's also what Pres. Marcos himself said. The shots were fired by security staff from either the Sergeant-at-Arms office or private security of a senator. The security services surrounding the Senate stormed in, reacting to the gunfire. The question now is, who among the senate staff fired, how many of them fired, and why did they fire? What's with all the long-firearms carried by senate security staff at that moment? Why was Sen. Dela Rosa allowed to leave the Senate premises by the staff there and why wasn't he caught by the police cordon around the Senate. So many questions and I'm tempted to believe Trillanes as he's been right about most things so far, from the Duterte's hidden wealth to the fake war on drugs to the ICC arrest warrants. Did senators, after hiding an international fugitive, decide to help him evade justice? Isn't that a criminal offence?

🚨 NEW: Federal voting intention 🟧 ONP: 32% 🟥 ALP: 28.5% 🟦 L/NP: 16.5% 🟩 GRN: 11.5% ⬛️ OTH: 11.5% Two-party-preferred 🟥 ALP: 55% 🟦 L/NP: 45% ALP vs ONP 🟥 ALP: 51% 🟧 ONP: 49% L/NP vs ONP 🟧 ONP: 51% 🟦 L/NP: 49% Roy Morgan [SMS] | 13-14 May | n=2348

Watch @ZyannAmbrosio’s exclusive report. Here, NBI agents were at the GSIS side. In our interview with OSAA Head Gen Aplasca, he claims there were NBI agents who were at the “edge of senate property” which led them to firing warning shots leading to an exchange. The CCTV footage will help reveal the truth.

🚨BREAKING: Wes Streeting resigns with blistering attack on Keir Starmer “…where we need vision, we have a vacuum. Where we need direction, we have drift. This was underscored by your speech on Monday. Leaders take responsibility, but too often that has meant other people falling on their swords. You also need to listen to your colleagues, including backbenchers, and the heavy-handed approach to dissenting voices diminishes our politics. As a member of your government, I know better than most that governing is hard. It should be, because it matters. There are enormous challenges facing this country… It is now clear that you will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election and that Labour MPs and Labour Unions want the debate about what comes next to be a battle of ideas, not of personalities or petty factionalism. It needs to be broad, and it needs the best possible field of candidates. I support that approach and I hope that you will facilitate this.”

Wes Streeting to Keir Starmer: "It is now clear you will not lead the Labour Party into the next election."

‘IT’S ALL PLANNED’ WATCH: Former Senator Sonny Trillanes claims the gunfire incident inside the Senate was “staged” and “planned” to benefit Senator Bato Dela Rosa and Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano. “Knowing Alan Cayetano, you have to be careful. The last thing you should do, as far as Alan Cayetano is concerned, is believe him,” Trillanes told The Newsmaker. @newswatchplusph Full interview: youtube.com/live/BcDsKi8SC…

DELA ROSA ON THE RUN | ESCAPES SENATE CORDON | NATIONAL POLICE HUMILIATED According to @Politiko_Ph, Sen. Ronald dela Rosa reportedly managed to escape the Senate GSIS complex in the early hours of Thursday morning, along with Sen. Padilla - taking advantage of the chaotic events following a gun scare, lockdown and a warrant for his arrest by the ICC. I call on Pres. @bongbongmarcos to fire Interior Secretary Remulla for this complete failure of the security cordon around the Senate. Complete and total incompetence shown by our security services. Someone must pay for this outrage. politiko.com.ph/2026/05/14/bat…