#IMEE MARCOS

[maya-chirps]

BIG things happening in the Philippines

in reference to this

tho honestly good on her for recognizing that they have a toxic relationship now that she's daydreaming of literally murdering the very president that she ran for office with like that takes courage to just say in front of a bunch of reporters, ya know?

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which is a reference to this

idk man Sara Duterte has been saying wilder and wilder stuff I wonder what else will we hear from her soon

[otepzablan]

SINO ANG SUSUNOD NA PRESIDENTE MO? (SURVEY)

Kung excited ka na sa pagpapalit ng administrasyon sa darating na eleksyon, hindi pa mangyayari yun kasi midterm election palang sa 2025. Ibig sabihin, mananatili pa ring presidente si Marcos at mananatili pa rin ang labing dalawang senador na nanalo nitong huling halalan. Pero naglalabasan na agad ang mga survey tulad ng isinagawa WE NUMERO RESEARCH na nakita ko sa isa sa mga socmed ng STAR.…

[rhk111sblog]

Senator Imee Marcos recently called out the United States (US) for secretly trying to store hazardous Fuel in Subic which is not an Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) Site. This Fuel also had already caused Environmental and Health damage in Hawaii where it was transferred from, apparently it is now the Philippines’ turn

[iminstitute-blog]

Deciphering the Dynamics of Voter Preferences

Peering into the Latest Senatorial Candidate Survey The recent Pulse Asia survey, conducted from April 10 to 14, provides a glimpse into the evolving preferences of voters ahead of the May 13, 2019 elections. The survey ranks the top 12 senatorial candidates: Cynthia Villar, Grace Poe, Lito Lapid, Pia Cayetano, Bong Go, Sonny Angara, Bong Revilla, Bato dela Rosa, Nancy Binay, Koko Pimentel, Imee…

[isabellecelestine]

Yes! we completely different,

I like it when you mad at me on chats,

Then you will be sweet and kind in the ground.

I love front confrontations its better for me.

[villainesses]

FUCK THE MARCOSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[southeastasianists]

The Philippines is known as a country that supports political dynasties, and powerful clans have played a major role in the country’s politics for decades. But in the last week of June, Vice President Sara Duterte made an announcement that rocked the nation as her family appears to be gearing up to take political dynasties to the next level. On June 28, the vice president confirmed that her father, Former President Rodrigo Duterte, and her brothers, Davao First District Rep. Paolo Duterte and Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte, will all run for senator in the 2025 elections. 

Social media is all abuzz with news of this development, with those supporting the Duterte camp ecstatic at the possibility of having all three Dutertes in the Senate. However, those who are staunchly against this have been equally loud on Twitter and Facebook, calling the country’s political system a joke. As one of the most influential political families in the country have benefited from the results of a well-executed social media strategy in the last presidential elections, Filipinos can expect that the Internet will once again turn into an all-out war zone in the coming months. But can social media bring about the downfall of political dynasties, or will it take them to new heights? Here’s what you need to know about the influence of social media on political dynasties in the Philippines. 

Social Media Brought the Marcoses Back to Power

For two decades, Filipinos had to submit to the rules of Ferdinand Marcos’ regime as the former president enforced Martial Law. Historians attest that his dictatorship resulted in over 3,000 extrajudicial killings and more than 30,000 tortures, apart from other human rights violations. The Marcoses also infamously stole $5 to $10 billion from the Central Bank of the Philippines as stated in the documents provided by the Presidential Commission on Good Government. 

After the assassination of opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr., Marcos was blamed for his death. The family immediately fell from grace as Aquino’s supporters joined hands to support his widow, Corazon Aquino, during the People Power Revolution of 1986. Mrs. Aquino became the new President of the Philippines, while the Marcoses were exiled in Hawaii. In 1989, the matriarch, Imelda, as well as Marcos’ children were allowed to return to the country, and from there, they started planning their political comeback. Their return to politics started with Imelda winning a congressional seat in 1995, while her children, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Imee Marcos, won positions in local government. 

After Bongbong was elected as a senator in the 2010 elections, it was only a matter of time before he decided to run in the presidential elections. In 2022, Bongbong was up against nine other presidential candidates, the most notable being Leni Robredo, who was the Vice President at that time. It was reported that social media campaigns to discredit Robredo, a strong disinformation campaign, and online efforts to revise history contributed to Bongbong’s win, putting the Marcoses firmly back in power. That election year was one of the most divisive times in Philippine history, as it resulted in the falling out of families, the shut down of a major TV network, and increased hostility in social media platforms. 

Political Dynasties and Their Hold on Social Media

Political analysts are saying that the Philippines is where it is right now because certain politicians have turned public office into family businesses. With everyone complaining about the ever-increasing prices of commodities, lack of jobs, and non-stop graft and corruption for so many years now, many would think that Filipinos should have had enough of political families by this time. However, with politicians becoming social media savvy in recent years, it’s likely that more political dynasties will rise in the future. With the majority of Filipinos perpetually online, it’s likely that political clans will take to the Internet to gather support for their family members who are vying for a place in politics.

Other than the Dutertes, political analyst Edmund Tayao predicts that there will be more families running together in the upcoming senate elections. Siblings Pia and Alan Cayetano currently have seats in the senate, and so do Cynthia Villar and her son Mark. They are all projected to run for reelection in 2025. Meanwhile, 3 members of the Tulfo family, which has four members in congress, are also said to run in the senate elections. Their bid for a senate seat will be confirmed upon the filing of Certificates of Candidacy in October.

Countering Political Misinformation on Social Media

Certain influencers have found ways to spread disinformation on social media as a way to promote some political families, but anti-disinformation advocates have also taken to TikTok and Facebook to fight political misinformation. Genealogist Mona Magno-Veluz is one such TikTok personality who is actively battling historical and political misinformation. There’s also the local civic society organization Break the Fake movement, which regularly holds seminars to train influencers to fact-check their sources. 

AI tools have also been used by fact-checking initiatives such as FactsFirstPH to fight disinformation. Meanwhile, to inform the youth about election-related information, nonprofit corporation Pinas Forward created the E-Boto website, which contains background information for all national candidates, presented in a Gen Z-friendly, TikTok style.

Can Social Media Eradicate Political Dynasties in the Philippines?

Social media has made it easier to access information, but it has also created opportunities to spread disinformation and propaganda techniques to sway the results of elections. Knowing how to distinguish facts from lies, and putting a stop to historical revisionism can protect Filipinos from repeating past mistakes. Fact-checking information, hearing the opinions of a diverse group of people, and educating the public about the dangers of disinformation, fear mongering, hate speech, and cyberbullying may all help to boost the nation’s media literacy and prevent political families from dominating in the upcoming elections. 

But as long as Filipinos keep voting for candidates who share the same beliefs and principles as their family members who are in power, no amount of protests on Facebook or Twitter can change the country’s political landscape. As proven by the current administration, social media will continue to be a valuable tool for political dynasties jockeying for power. After all, it helped a once shunned family to regain their place in politics, so no one should be surprised if it enables multiple family members – even those who are blatantly unqualified – to be elected into public office. 

Nina Sumsy Nina Sumsy is a freelance writer with a background in journalism

[sirensea14]

Mga pare ko😭

So here i am, starting my morning with this bullshit. At first i saw this on facebook from a poster with an image of the chinese coastguard vessel and I wanted to confirm it on google and--surprise surprise--It was 3 DAYS AGO! WHAT THE FUCK

I thought this was calming down a bit, but china said "Oh fuck no, we aint giving up 'our' shit"

What's up with them patrolling OUR islands this time?

And um, i have something to tell you all really.

There are 25 hypersonic missiles pointed at northern Luzon by china. EDIT: ITS ACTUALLY 25 AREAS TARGETED BY CHINA'S HYPERSONIC MISSILES. I JUST CHECKED IT HP (Hypersonic= faster than ghe speed of sound) Im not sure if this is true though as Imee Marcos refused to elaborate whom she got the intel from (i was debating from saying this here cuz im not sure) and im still NOT SURE up to this day. I just hope this is a lie.

And our politics and government--its a fucking mess. I hope Kabataan Partylist (Youth partylist) wins cuz we need them. Not those weird ass celebrities-to-politicians that has no education about law, politics, or even economics. They are continued to be voted because those boomers say happily, "i vote for *** because they are my idol!!" Without really knowing what they will do or what can they do in the field of politics. And the family dynasties or whatever, its getting worse. More and more politicians have been backing(supporting) their children (ex: Villar; mother and son, Duterte; father, daughter and 2 sons, Marcos; a whole fucking family, btw they are known to be the dictators back then in 1972-1981) our government is just a terrible mess.

This is just chaos. The world is becoming a mess now cuz this aint just the Philippines' shit, some have also been affected by conflicts--whether it be caused by an outside force (county vs country) or inside force (people vs government). Like Gaza, Ukraine, and now lately ive seen Bangladesh. China, and U.S, these countries are powerful yet somehow broken on the inside. Only i can tell that from videos on the internet, but i am sure they are in a somewhat silent conflict. People's unity are breaking apart, what more of countries in conflict would i consume this time?

[mariacallous]

When Rodrigo Duterte left the Philippine presidency and returned to private life in 2022, public life seemed suddenly quiet. Duterte’s brash statements, late-night rants, and off-the-cuff threats directed at his enemies were replaced with the caution of his successor—and then ally—the mild-mannered President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

The two remained uneasy political allies, however, until a rally in January during which Duterte called Marcos a “drug addict” and suggested the idea of a military coup to unseat the president. The next week, Duterte called for the independence of his home region of Mindanao through a signature-gathering campaign.

Marcos has responded with relative calm. He quipped that Duterte’s drug accusations could result from a dependence on fentanyl, which the former president admitted in 2016 to using after a motorcycle accident. Marcos’s national security advisor, meanwhile, has said that any attempt at secession by Mindanao—an idea widely dismissed as unrealistic bluster—would be met with force.

It was a spectacular break that surprised many in the Philippines. Marcos ran in 2022 on a joint ticket with Duterte’s daughter, Sara Duterte-Carpio, and won in a landslide; Duterte-Carpio is now the vice president. Both president and vice president have said they remain aligned. But the elder Duterte has publicly lamented that his daughter didn’t run for the presidency, and he called Marcos “weak” and a “spoiled child” prior to his inauguration.

Marcos has also reoriented Manila away from Duterte’s policy of seeking closer ties with Beijing, instead reaffirming the deep alliance with Washington that solidified during the rule of his father, the dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

The split between Marcos and Duterte also reverberated in Washington and Beijing, both of which “are watching the developments closely,” said Jeffrey Ordaniel, an assistant professor of international security studies at Tokyo International University and the director for maritime security at Pacific Forum International. “The different approaches and convictions of [Marcos and Duterte] have a real impact on their own foreign policy agenda.”

The family feud is, on the surface, rooted in Marcos’s attempts to change the Philippine Constitution, which was ratified in 1987 after his father was removed from power. Marcos has said that he wants to ease constitutional restrictions on foreign investment.

But Duterte has accused the president of a gambit to consolidate power. Marcos and his allies want to switch the country from a presidential to a parliamentary system, where a prime minister is chosen by the congressional majority. This could scuttle plans for Duterte-Carpio to run for president in 2028, when Marcos will be term-limited from running.

Duterte-Carpio’s popularity stems largely from that of her father, who broke a dynastic cycle by winning the presidency as an outsider in 2016. The elder Duterte, who is also term-limited and cannot run again in 2028, now seeks to leave behind his own familial legacy. While Duterte-Carpio appears loyal to her father, she has also forged her own political identity, purging loyalists to her father when she served as the mayor of Davao and allying closely with Imee Marcos, the current president’s sister.

Duterte also fears an ongoing investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into his deadly “war on drugs,” which rights groups say has killed up to 30,000 people since 2016. In recent months, Marcos has wavered on whether Manila will cooperate with investigators or protect Duterte, should the ICC issue an arrest warrant.

“It is [in] Duterte’s personal interest to evade any form of accountability that is driving the feud,” Ordaniel said. “The policy disagreements he has with the current government are secondary considerations.”

The Philippines is not a member of the ICC since Duterte withdrew the country in 2019. But while Marcos recently said his government would not “lift a finger” to help the ICC, he also said its investigators are welcome to enter the Philippines “as ordinary people,” and a former senator claimed that the ICC has already visited and conducted an “initial investigation.”

The feud has kept the looming ICC probe in the public consciousness, and Marcos and his allies “have not done much to de-emphasize” it, said Herman Kraft, an assistant professor of political science at the University of the Philippines Diliman.

“It’s a very passive-aggressive approach to dealing with Duterte,” Kraft added.

This has been largely effective in keeping the former leader on the back foot. His allies have seized on simmering rumors—spread mostly by retired military generals as well as Duterte himself—of dissent among Duterte loyalists within the military.

But it’s unclear how much support Duterte really has within the military, which remained loyal to the United States even during his presidency and frequently expressed ire at his Beijing-friendly policies. Marcos’s pivot toward Washington “is clearly a positive point with the military,” Kraft said, while Duterte’s “more outlandish proclamations”—floating coup attempts and the secession of Mindanao—“have struck a wrong chord.”

As president, Duterte pulled the Philippines out of a long-standing defense pact with the United States in 2020, only to reverse his decision a year later. He also pursued trade and investment deals with China, but these policies landed with a thud among a public angry with Beijing’s repeated incursions into Philippine waters in the disputed South China Sea.

The Duterte administration was “really giving China the benefit of the doubt” on the South China Sea dispute, giving officials “opportunities to compromise and adhere to international law without losing face,” Ordaniel said, adding, “Unfortunately, China never really showed any willingness to compromise.” Many investment pledges, such as a China-funded railway in Mindanao, also stalled.

Washington, meanwhile, has expanded joint training exercises and weapons transfers to the Philippine military, and it has repeatedly stated its support for Philippine claims in maritime disputes with China.

“Ultimately, I think the Americans are presenting a more attractive proposition,” Ordaniel said.

China could still use a Duterte-Marcos feud for its own purposes. In the northern Philippine province of Cagayan—where the United States has an agreement to use two military bases, both in close proximity to the Taiwan Strait—it has sent delegations to meet the governor, a Duterte ally, and has hosted him in China twice in the past nine months.

“The U.S. has more of an advantage with government institutions that deal with security and foreign policy,” Kraft said. “But China’s economic reach gives it influence over institutions in economic areas and, more strategically, in local government units.”

Domestically, the feud has eroded the already limited presence of the political opposition, such as the Liberal Party of former Vice President Leni Robredo and former Sen. Leila de Lima, a Duterte critic who was jailed for six years on drug charges widely seen as frivolous. Marcos has abandoned Duterte’s relentless attacks on opposition figures such as de Lima and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, but he hasn’t made strident efforts to undo the popular aspects of Duterte’s legacy—for instance, by prosecuting perpetrators of Duterte’s drug war.

Instead, the country has calcified into two camps—Duterte and Marcos—leaving progressive and liberal Filipinos struggling to know where to turn. Some have become disengaged. Others, however, would like to see a final blow dealt to the Dutertes, eliminating their violent illiberalism and their friendliness to China from the political stage.

“It’s a no-brainer” to support Marcos, said Tony La Viña, the associate director of climate policy and international relations for Manila Observatory. A Duterte takeover would alienate the country and its military from the United States, he said, while also empowering the Dutertes to enact revenge.

“We can’t afford to let Duterte win, because he doesn’t care about human rights,” he said. “If he wins against Marcos, he will then go after the opposition.”

[pannaginip]

iMPACT Leadership on Twitter @iMPACTPH2019:

SENATORS WHO VOTED IN FAVOR OF LEGALIZING POGOS

The Senate version of the bill was authored by Sen. Ralph Recto, Sen. Imee Marcos, and Sen. Pia Cayetano, with Cayetano as the sponsor.

Sen. Franklin Drilon, Sen. Risa Hontiveros, and Sen. Kiko Pangilinan voted against it.

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ID under the cut

Senators who voted in favor of legalizing POGOS:

Angara

Binay

Cayetano (Author and Sponsor)

Dela Rosa

Gatchalian

Go

Gordon

Marcos (Author)

Pacquiao

Pimentel

Poe

Recto (Author)

Revilla

Sotto

Villanueva

Villa

Zubiri

[zvaigzdelasas]

Barely a month after granting the Pentagon extensive access to key Philippine bases under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), Manila kicked off major wargames with its sole treaty ally that promise to raise China’s ire.

Earlier this week, the Philippines and the United States conducted their largest army exercises ever, with a special focus on fending off a potential full-scale invasion of the Southeast Asian island nation by a hostile power. [...] For the first time, Tokyo has also sent observers to the high-profile exercises amid ongoing plans to establish a new tripartite Japan-Philippine-US (JAPHUS) alliance. [...] According to one senior Philippine military official who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the massive drills have an even more immediate crisis in mind. “It has a lot to do with Taiwan,” the AFP official said [...] Both Japan and Australia are also expected to participate in the exercises. Last month, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles announced that his country would be sending its largest contingent yet to the Balikatan wargames. Both US allies would play key roles in any Taiwan contingency. [...]

Last week, US State Department Undersecretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland visited Manila to coordinate the implementation of EDCA, which faces growing opposition in the Philippines including from governors of frontier provinces close to Taiwan where military bases are situated.

US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson has publicly argued that the expanded American presence in the country won’t provoke tensions with or retaliation from China. [...] The policy pivot and scale and emphasis of the joint exercises, however, has triggered a hot debate at the highest levels in Manila, with former president Rodrigo Duterte and presidential sister Senator Maria Imelda “Imee” Marcos warning of unwanted escalation in regional tensions vis-à-vis China. In a television interview last week, Duterte said “we are being made a platform for [American weapons]” and this would “make the Philippines vulnerable” to Chinese retaliation in the event of a conflict over Taiwan or in the South China Sea.

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[kalakian]

Why it's hard to talk about Martial Law and the Marcos regime

The student who dared to question Imee Marcos.

Archimedes Trajano, a student of Mapua Institute of Technology who unfortunately met his end in the hands of Imee Marcos’ henchmen.

During an open forum at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, the then-21-year-old questioned Imee on her capability to lead the youth and told her that she only became the head of the Kabataang Barangay because she was the president’s daughter. He also questioned her on the human rights abuses being committed by her father.

On September 2, 1977, his crumpled body was strewn on the streets of Manila. The official explanation was that he had died in a frat rumble inside his dormitory. Witnesses, however, said that Imee’s security dragged him away from the open forum. Trajano’s family successfully sued Marcos for civil damages in a Hawaii court; however, the local Supreme Court overturned it in 2006 due to a technicality committed by a lower court in trying to implement the prior verdict.

CONGRESS PADLOCKED UNDER MARTIAL LAW, 1972-1986

Days before the scheduled reopening of the Senate and the House of Representatives under the 1935 Constitution, Marcos promulgated the 1973 Constitution, which effectively abolished Congress and replaced it with a unicameral legislature which would be formed three years after. Opposition legislators reported to the Legislative Building on January 22, 1973, but found the building padlocked and under an armed guard.

The 7th Congress had been set to open its second regular session on January 22. The photo depicts Senators Doy Laurel, Eva Estrada Kalaw, Ramon Mitra, and Jovito Salonga posing in front of the Senate session hall which had been padlocked, a stark symbol of power held by a single man.

Between 1972 and 1977, sixty thousand Filipinos were arrested for “political reasons.” A new word entered the Filipino vocabulary, “salvage.” The brutal verb described how the military would disappear individuals, torture and murder them, and then toss their corpses into vacant lots or drop them by the side of the road. Thousands were salvaged under Marcos’ reign of terror.

Photo shows the legs of Judy Taguiwalo, former Social Welfare secretary and member of the Samahan ng Demokratikong Kabataan, as policemen force her and her fellow activists to leap off a jeepney during a rally after the State of the Nation Address of President Ferdinand Marcos in front of Manila's Congress on January 26, 1970. 

Two were killed and many were injured after a scrimmage at Manila’s Burgos Drive up to nearby golf link in Intramuros and Luneta Park. The injured were brought to the Philippine General Hospital on Taft Avenue.

Prior to the confrontation between students and policemen, Ed Jopson of Ateneo and the conservative National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) chose radio commentator Arienda as a rally speaker over firebrand Gary Olivar of UP and SDK. It was dubbed as the “microphone battle” of the radical and conservative protesters in the 70s.

(1) FilipiKnow: 10 Lesser-Known Photos from Martial Law Years That Will Blow You Away

GMA: High court voids case vs Imee over 1977 killing of student

(2) FilipiKnow: 10 Lesser-Known Photos from Martial Law Years That Will Blow You Away

Official Gazette: The History of the Senate of the Philippines

(3) World Socialist Website: Forty-eight years since Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines

(4) ANC: The 7 deadly protests of the First Quarter Storm

[josh0555]

This is the 2014 Summer Station ID of TV5, The Summer Station ID was titled “Bida Best sa Tag-Araw”

The Summer Station ID Theme Song was sung by Filipina singer and songwriter Sarah Geronimo, Filipino singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, DJ, conductor, television host, actor, comedian and businessman Willie Revillame, Filipina OPM singer and songwriter Regine Velasquez and her husband Ogie Alcasid who is a Filipino singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, television host, actor and comedian. The Summer Station ID Theme Song was used in Summer 2014 for a big hot summer fun. Starting in June 1, 2014, The theme “Bida-Best sa Tag-Araw” can be heard on Radyo5 and various radio stations nationwide.

The Summer Station ID contains Ivan Mayrina, Mark Salazar, Raffy Tima, Lourd de Veyra, Sam Milby, Marco Alcaraz, Ivana Alawi, Arjo Atayde, Kit Thompson, Nash Aguas, Valeen Montenegro, Emman Abeleda, Joshua Dionisio, Aga Muhlach, John Lloyd Cruz, Onemig Bondoc, EJ Falcon, Vice Ganda, Empoy Marquez, Coco Martin, Zoren Legaspi, Enzo Pineda, Hero Angeles, CJ Muere, Dennis Trillo, Jake Cuenca, Paulo Avelino, IC Mendoza, David Licauco, Ken Chan, Enrique Gil, Marco Gumabao, Liza Soberano, JC de Vera, Sef Cadayona, Dion Ignacio, Gerald Anderson, Edgar Allan Guzman, Arcee Muñoz, Alice Dixson, Tuesday Vargas, Ritz Azul, Eula Caballero, Mark Herras, Sid Lucero, Sunshine Dizon, Sue Ramirez, Maja Salvador, Louise de los Reyes, Shaina Magdayao, Jazz Ocampo, Kim Chiu, Luchi Cruz-Valdez, Pinky Webb, Connie Sison, Seph Ubalde, Howie Severino, Martin Andanar, Shawn Yao, Korina Sanchez, Pia Arcangel, Rhea Santos, Alex Santos, Atom Araullo, Gilbert Remulla, Randy Santiago, Diether Ocampo, Michael V., Allan K., Ivan Dorschner, Jerald Napoles, Jason Abalos, Addy Raj, Adrian Alandy, Jeric Gonzales, Carlo Aquino, Derrick Monasterio, DingDong Avanzado, Jun Sabayton, Niño Muhlach, Simon Ibarra, Ramon Bautista, Baron Geisler, Dominic Roque, Eric Fructuoso, Chuckie Dreyfus, Mark Anthony Fernandez, Tirso Cruz III, Diego Castro III, Vince Gamad, Angel Locsin, German Moreno, Carmelito “Shalala” Reyes, Romy “Dagul” Pastrana, Ruru Madrid, Juancho Triviño, Ina Raymundo, Gretchen Barretto, Ahron Villena, Xian Lim, Yves Flores, Carmina Villaroel, Eugene Domingo, Nora Aunor, Michael Pangilinan, Kris Aquino, including Bela Padilla and Kylie Padilla, daughters of Rommel Padilla, sisters of Queenie Padilla, nieces of Robin Padilla and cousins of Daniel Padilla and RJ Padilla. twin brothers Rodjun and Rayver Cruz, Mikoy Morales, the son of Vicky Morales, Ronwaldo and Kristoffer Martin, the sons of Coco Martin and Sandino Martin, the brother of Coco Martin featuring Master Boy Abunda, DJ Willie Revillame, Emcee Mo Twister and president Noynoy Aquino getting ready for the party. The 2014 Summer Station ID of TV5 also features special guests like twin sisters Anne Curtis and Jasmine Curtis-Smith including Imee Hart, Iwa Moto and Sugar Mercado, the SexBomb Girls who are the original cast members of the sitcom show Banana Split, The Summer Station ID also contains GMA actors, Luis Manzano, Matteo Guidicelli, Patrick Garcia, AJ Perez, Terence Baylon, Carl Cervantes, Martin Escudero, Derek Ramsay and Paolo Ballesteros who are the cast from the sitcom show Lokomoko High which references to Twice, the first South Korean boy band of the 2010’s. The 2014 Summer Station ID of TV5 also features South Korean boy band Momoland as a 9-member group during their pre-debut with members, Ji Chang-min, Lee Hye-bin, Park Joo-won, Kim Tae-ha, Kim Na-yun, Lee Min-hyuk, Lee Ah-in, Lim Yeon-woo and Kim Young-jae in their school uniforms. But somehow, Momoland will debut with 13 members in April 9, 2015.

The Summer Station ID was filmed in December 26, 2009 until January 1, 2010 at Mall of Asia Arena, TV5 Media Center, SM Megamall, SM Aura Premier, Congressional Avenue, The Bell Church in Baguio, La Casas Filipinas, Pasig River Esplanade, Bonifacio Global City and when the next generation of TV5 is arriving soon with new actors and new shows.

But somehow, This was originally used for the Happy music video from Michael Jackson in the upcoming movie Toy Story 3 that will be released in September 11, 2010 in theaters worldwide.

[pannaginip]

ABS-CBN: UniTeam rift could hamper social services, solutions: analysts

Infighting among factions in the administration coalition could further distract government from addressing pressing issues like inflation and access to power and water, analysts said Monday, adding social services could be "hijacked" for political points.

"[W]hat worries me is how our very limited social protection programs — like 4Ps and DSWD cash assistance projects — and other public service projects will be hijacked by either of the parties even more for patronage spending," political scientist Cleve Arguelles told ABS-CBN News.

Arguelles said that tension between factions has at least led to an informal "check and balance" on each other.

He said Sen. Imee Marcos alleging the use of public funds to mobilize support for a controversial People's Initiative campaign that has put the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Duterte camps at odds with each other is one example of that.

Anthony Lawrence Borja, a political science professor at De La Salle University, said the apparent rift at the top could affect relations between the national government and local government units, "especially among local parties and politicians who can end up in any of the conflicting factions."

He added, this "the road to the upcoming 2025 elections might be paved by an amplified sense of territoriality" on the local level.

2024 Jan. 30