The new Cheap Just-Tiis-it. His previous rulings cleared the way for candidate BBM to run for president and reversed the Sandiganbayan's conviction of former First Lady Imelda Marcos on a technicality.
GET TO KNOW THE NEW CJ
A new chief justice has been appointed, filling the highest post in the judiciary as Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo reaches compulsory retirement on November 6.
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BARMM ministries taking shape. 9/19 Ministers are MPs. The others were former advisers of MILF and peace process. 2/9 Minister MPs are from political dynasties from coalition junior partner.
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Imagine that. @DepEd under @sonnyangara delivering Apple MacBooks to our teachers with lessons and training. We don't need to imagine it. It's happening!
𝑬𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒂 𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒈𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒍 𝒏𝒂 𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒐, 𝒎𝒈𝒂 𝒌𝒂-𝑫𝒆𝒑𝑬𝒅! 💻
Secretary Sonny Angara: Mahigit 172,000 public school teachers at staff ang magkakaroon ng bagong Apple Macbook Neo mula sa DepEd, kasama ang training para magamit agad sa kanilang trabaho.
Paldo ang pamahalaan dito dahil nakuha ng DepEd ang mga ito sa competitive bidding sa halagang ₱42,000–₱43,000 bawat unit, mas mababa sa ₱49,999 na SRP. Mas mataas na specs, mas malaking savings para sa gobyerno.
Para kay Teacher ito, para mas makapag-focus sa pinakamahalaga: ang pagtuturo sa ating mga kabataan!
#AlagangAngara #BagongPilipinas #DepEdPhilippines #DepEdUpdates #LearnerWelfare
Wow di katulad ng overpriced laptops noong araw.
Apple, DepEd partners to send 170,000 Macbook Neo to teachers technology.inquirer.net/1501…
Restoration would have been complete, but for 2 things. One, the conviction of his predecessor at the Hague & best frenemy VP Sara. Two, revival of the economy. For the narrative that we'd have been 1st world had we stuck with them is being debunked by lived experience today.
MARCOS FAMILY VISITS LIBINGAN NG MGA BAYANI
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. visited the tomb of his father, former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr., at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City, on October 30, together with his mother, former first lady Imelda Marcos, and sister Irene Marcos.
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Tama si Leandro Leviste. Slash DPWH budget by 30-35% but expect the same outcomes from projects. Then use part of the savings of about 300-350 billion to cut VAT rate to 9.5% and reduce spending. Stop corruption, cut taxes, reduce the deficit.
Now that's a fitting reward. Chief Justice Absuelto.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Rodil Zalameda penned the decision that reversed the conviction on seven counts of graft of President Marcos’ mother, Imelda. tinyurl.com/mr3apwnc | via @onenewsph
Gibo has the stature and gravitas to be a leader of the country and region. If the next election is framed as a question of national security and resilience, then he is The One. Only question is who would make a good VP? Someone whose expertise is the economy and education?
ASEAN DEFENSE CHIEFS MEET IN CEBU AS US WAR SECRETARY VISITS PH
Defense leaders from ASEAN member states gathered in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, on Wednesday, October 28, for the 20th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM), hosted under the Philippines’ 2026 ASEAN chairship.
The meeting comes as US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth visits Cebu for talks with regional defense officials. The ADMM serves as a platform for ASEAN members to discuss shared security concerns and strengthen defense cooperation.
📸 ASEAN 2026 PH
Lula doesn't control the legislature. Divided govt, a US invention. What that means is he can't do much even with such a huge mandate.
Jeremy Adelman thinks Brazil's presidential election has left Donald Trump's plan for the Western Hemisphere in tatters. project-syndicate.org/commen…
We have to start making things in this country again, otherwise the cost of everything will rise with the depreciation of the currency.
Check out today’s top stories:
Peso sinks to new low, nears 64:$1
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BSP urged to keep tightening to protect long-term growth
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El Niño threatens Philippine farm output, hydropower supply
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BIR suspends online registration badge rule amid privacy concerns
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Dizon, Lopez swap Cabinet posts
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There's no point to BSPs monetary tightening if the National Government is engaged in pre-election pork barrel spending. What NG has to do is tighten it's belt. Cut all that wasteful deficit spending to 1-2% of GDP at PNoy levels. Keep it there for a decade.
Check out today’s top stories:
Peso sinks to new low, nears 64:$1
zurl.co/vkUWQ
BSP urged to keep tightening to protect long-term growth
zurl.co/PPRJQ
El Niño threatens Philippine farm output, hydropower supply
zurl.co/uMrLN
BIR suspends online registration badge rule amid privacy concerns
zurl.co/Wm3c3
Dizon, Lopez swap Cabinet posts
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Tuloy pa rin ang ligaya.
A year after flood scandal, watchdogs find P1 trillion in new budget red flags.
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If we got rid of it, we would solve our deficit problem. Our budget would be balanced. Our debt to GDP ratio would go down. Let's get rid of it. Get rid of the politicos who ask for it.
ISANG TRILYONG PISONG 'PORK'? 💸🐷
Civil society watchdogs have flagged more than P1 trillion in allegedly discretionary and politically vulnerable allocations in the House-approved 2027 national budget.
From infrastructure projects to government assistance programs, the People's Budget Coalition says the figures raise serious questions about how public funds are distributed.
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So if Brazil's presidency had been elected based on plurality or first past the post, like ours in the Philippines, Lula would have lost to Bolsonaro. Since they had a runoff, he got over the line. How is this a lesson for the Philippines? Other than it has to be a 2 party race?
They took funds from foreign assisted railway flagship projects and gave it to DPWH for pre-election projects for the cong-traktors? That's why they moved Dizon out and a new guy in because he was taking his job too seriously? Otherwise why disrupt the reforms with a reshuffle?
LOPEZ: KULANG SA BUDGET, DAHILAN NG ANTALA SA MGA PROYEKTO
WATCH: Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Giovanni Lopez attributed delays in infrastructure projects to limited funding during a press conference on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
“Kahit anong implementation mo, kung walang pondo, kung kulang ang pondo… maaantala’t maaantala [ito],” he said.
Lopez cited the ongoing construction of MRT Line 7, saying he expects the project to begin partial operations by 2027. He also said he would continue working with Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon, with whom he exchanged department leadership roles on Monday. | Mikaella Veraces
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Wag na tayo maglokohan. Talagang may korapsyon sa TESDA. Matagal nang nangyayari yan.
Senator Panfilo Lacson has exposed a purported P5-million fund allocation offered in the name of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) chief Kiko Benitez, only to have his staff reject it outright.
Lacson, a longtime critic of pork barrel funds, posted on X a screenshot of a conversation in which a certain Stephanie informed his staff that Benitez had supposedly earmarked P5 million for the senator.
READ HERE: politiko.com.ph/malabo-yan-p…
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Trump is a tyrant, yes, but in the classical Greek sense of the word.
...and that’s a promising sign of future democratic renewal.
Click below to see how Trump inadvertently might have paved the way for a much needed invigoration of American democracy.
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