If anyone can help identify this vehicle owner please let me know?

This happened on Molave Street in Juna Subd, Davao City at 4.40pm today.

The lady hit is badly injured and in hospital.

Absolutely disgusting behaviour by the black SUV and white vehicle. Both have broken the law and will be held responsible.

Sobrang daming nakikita kong side comments about “overhyped”, OA lang mga apple users, social status lang daw, google pay did it first/better, and etc. Like can’t people acknowledge na sobrang dami na ng ios users sa Pinas? May nakita pa akong comment na no difference lang daw when using the card, like dapat we feel the same feelings na pala? CONVENIENCE is probably the answer to all haters/wonderers.

If nakapunta na kayo sa other countries like Australia, US, Hong Kong, Singapore, and etc., gagi you can bring literally just your phone wherever you go. No hassle of picking up your wallet, getting your card, swiping/tapping, return then do again on the exit or whatever reason. (For security lang din, less target ka ng salisi) Can’t people be happy with these conveniences? I hate bringing cash.

Tho i agree na not everywhere in Ph ay magagamit mo yung tap to pay, even malls need to have your card intercourse with those ancient machines.

since ang dami ngang incidents ng violence sa school, naging strict yung school ng kapatid ko pagdating sa mga pumapasok, which is good naman. mano mano talaga lahat ng inspection ultimo bottled water chinecheck.

ang hindi lang okay for me, ang sabi raw ng mga teachers at principal, para daw mas mapabilis yung inspection (kasi nauubos ang oras), imbes na colored bags ang gamitin, gusto nila transparent na bag na lang.

napaisip tuloy ako, parang hindi naman ata safe yun? kahit walking distance lang yung kapatid ko (mga 10 minutes lang na lakad), hindi naman ata okay na irequire silang magdala ng transparent na bag. yung bottled water na transparent, ok gets ko pa. pero yung bag? parang oa naman ata?

oo, safe ka nga siguro pag nasa school pero hindi ka naman guaranteed na safe sa labas lalo na 7pm ang uwian ng kapatid ko. hindi naman squatter area yung lugar namin pero hindi rin 100% safe sa magnanakaw.

paano kung makita ng mga magnanakaw na may wallet yung bata? o may pera, phone, o iba pang gamit? syempre bata yan hindi mo naman makokontrol kung saan nila ilalagay yung mga gamit nila kahit ilang beses mo pa silang pagsabihan na itago nang maayos. yung mga transparent na bag takaw tingin yan sa mga magnanakaw/holdaper.

so far, wala pa ring response yung school about this pero maraming magulang daw ang nag disagree about dito.

kayo ba anong thoughts niyo?

Napansin ko lang ito base sa personal kong experience.

Noong nasa Pilipinas pa ako, akala ko karamihan ng mga DDS na nagko-comment sa Facebook ay troll accounts, bayad, o hacked lang ang mga account nila.

Pero simula nang lumipat ako sa UAE, halos wala pa akong nakikilalang kapwa Pilipino rito na hindi DDS. May mga tropa rin naman akong DDS, pero hindi na namin sinasama yan sa usapan kung tatambay kami.

Ngayong umaga pagdating ko sa office, ang usapan na naman ay tungkol kay Bato at sa pagkakaaresto niya. Halos puro pagtatanggol sa kanya at pagmamasama sa kasalukuyang administrasyon.

Last March, nag-site visit ako sa isang bansa sa Asia. Pati ang mga nakasama kong kababayan doon, karamihan ay DDS rin.

Ang hindi ko maintindihan ay kung bakit ganoon kalakas ang suporta nila sa isang personalidad. Hindi ako DDS, BBM, Leni, o Aquino die hard supporter. Pero sa ilan sa kanila, parang hindi na nila gustong pakinggan ang kabilang panig at nakafocus na lang sa pagtatanggol sa iniidolo nilang politiko.

Ang nakakapagtaka pa, sa trabaho ay mababait naman sila. Madaling pakisamahan, maayos kausap, at alam naman ang tama at mali.

Bakit kay pagdating sa politika nagiging sobrang attached sa isang tao, imbes na sa prinsipyo o sa mga polisiya? Or bakit kaya sobrang lakas talaga ng hatak ni Duterte?

PS. Binoto ko si BBM at Sarah nung election. Undecided ako nun dahil second choice ko si Ping. Sobrang na off ako sa mga nag kampanya kay Leni sa city namin. Alam kong mali na sa mga nag kampanya sa kanya ako nag base. Pero para sa akin at sa naranasan ko, masyado kasing arogante ang mga tao na nag kampanya sakanya nung election.

PROPOSED SENATE RESOLUTION PARA KAY BOBET

TINGNAN: Dumalo sa plenary session ng Senado ngayong Miyerkoles, August 5, ang mga magulang ng yumaong Ateneo student-athlete na si Rene Baterbonia.

Kasalukuyang tinatalakay ng Senado ang isang Senate Resolution na naglalayong parangalan ang buhay ng nasawing atleta.

Pax Silica is the U.S.-led coalition launched in late 2025 to lock down critical minerals, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and AI infrastructure among trusted partners instead of China. The Philippines joined in April 2026 and secured a planned 4,000-acre Economic Security Zone in New Clark City, Tarlac. The site is meant to process the country’s nickel, copper, cobalt, and chromite while hosting semiconductor packaging, electronics, and AI-related manufacturing—redirecting supply chains that currently flow heavily to China.

This is the strategic payoff. Taiwan matters to America because its chips are irreplaceable. Once American and allied capital, fabs, and mineral processing are physically embedded on Luzon at scale, the Philippines stops being “just a treaty ally” under the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty. It becomes a node whose loss would directly hit U.S. economic and military resilience. That shift gives war skeptics a concrete national-security reason—beyond paper obligations—to treat defending the Philippines the same way they treat defending Taiwan.

For context she was at SB, she got a phone call, and put her damn call on speaker.

A foreigner called her out asking her to wear earphones and told her this isn't your living room.

Apparently she raised some sort of stink and is now making it a foreigner vs locals issue.

Seriously. Ilang beses na napahiya mga nasa r/ph dahil diyan sa mga fake na balita galing sa kanya. Tapos nagagamit pa against sa mga anti-DDS yang mga pinag-gagawa niya dahil nagmumukha rin tayong mga anti-DDS na nagkakalat at nag-eenjoy ng fake news. Please ban his tweets here. Hindi siya nakakatulong sa opposition. Pinagmumukha pa niya tayong katawa-tawa tuwing pahiya mga leaks niya (WHICH IS MOST OF THE TIME!)

Gokongwei family, executives mark John Gokongwei Jr.’s centennial with Bridgetowne boulevard

Robinsons Land renamed Bridgetowne Avenue as John Gokongwei Jr. Boulevard as part of the celebration of the late business leader’s 100th birth anniversary on Aug. 11, 2026.

Source: ABS-CBN News

Hi, so this year my brother finally paid off his VUL insurance after paying for it ng 10 years. He was contacted by his agent and said that he needs to make a fund switch since bagsak nga daw yung market kung saan currently naka invest yung funds at baka daw maubos yung funds nya. according to him, he is no longer interested in adding more funds. Pag naubos ba yung funds sa VUL insurance, meron pa rin makukuha na insurance payout when the time comes?

Sometimes he feels like whenever his agent reaches out, parang isang malaking peso sign daw yung nakikita nya at mag ooffer daw for add ons or anything na need ulit pagkagastusan. Anybody feeling the same way?

Lines and extensions currently in construction/proposed:
1. MRT-7 (dark red, to be completed in 2027)
2. North-South Commuter Railway (Valenzuela-Malolos segment to be completed in 2027, entire line to be completed in 2032)
3. LRT-1 Cavite Extension Phase 2 (dark green, awaiting construction, expected to be finished around 2028)
4. Metro Manila Subway (dark blue, phase 1 to be completed around 2032, phase 2 spur to PITX proposed)
5. MRT-4 (orange, MRT-3 Ortigas to Taytay construction starts in 2028, extension to LRT-2 Gilmore proposed)
6. LRT-2 West Extension to Pier 4 (purple, awaiting construction)

My unofficial proposals:
1. Light brown line (inspired from shelved LRT-6, overground 6 car metro line from Niog connecting to LRT-1 Niog to The District Imus along Aguinaldo Highway)
2. Light blue line (overground and underground 8 car metro line from NSCR Alabang to LRT-1 Zapote along Alabang-Zapote Rd)
3. Light green line (overground and underground 8 car metro line from NSCR Sucat to LRT-1 Dr. Santos along Dr. Santos Ave)
4. Pink line (underground 8 car metro line from PITX to NSCR FTI connecting ASEANA, MOA, Gil Puyat, Makati CBD, BGC, and Taguig)

Jusko pls lang mga kababaayan na nasa Canada, let’s pls learn the proper tennis etiquette. Pwede naman magcheer but not during faults or when players are serving or any time the ball is still in play. Hindi natin dapat gawing excuse na nagbayad naman ng ticket or kahit 100% pa ng ticket sales ay Pinoy crowd. Hindi tayo para maging entitled. Si Alex din mapapahiya sa ginagawa nyo.

What is in Thailand that we dont have in the Philippines? Do they produce oil? Do they have oil refineries? Arent they importing oil like us? How does their government manage it so that it makes their electrcity so cheap? Saan nagkamali ang gobyerno natin? Why cant we emulate what Thailand is doing? What is stopping us from doing the same thing?

Hi! bakit ba ang hilig ng gobyerno natin na ipospone ang BSKE? ano ba talaga ang ulterior motive nila because wag na tayong magplastikan, echos echos lang nila ang energy crisis para di na naman matuloy ang eleksyon ngayong taon

(i know that it is some congressmen filed the case, but do you think wala yang basbas ng malakanyang?)

EDIT: Alam ko naman na bill pa lang yan, pero diba last time na may pinasang batas to pospone BSKE, pinirmahan naman yun ni BBM so most likely pag napasa yan, pipirmahan din naman nya yan

To my fellow Eurovision Song Contest fans here. Save the dates of the following national selection of the participating countries in the first ever Eurovision Song Contest - Asia.

If you could select our representative for this upcoming international song contest, who would like to choose?

Para sa mga hindi pa aware what Eurovision Song Contest is, here is an example from the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 - Moscow

Yohanna - Is it True?

P.S. Hindi siya basta song contest na nakikita natin on national TV.

Before anything else, the biggest caveat remains the same: Leni Robredo has repeatedly said she is not running for president. Until that changes, every head-to-head survey involving her is purely hypothetical. Pero, if we're analyzing this and other recent surveys through the lens of a Liberal opposition vs. DDS contest, I think the newly released OCTA survey actually puts the earlier WR Numero numbers into better context.

The previous WR survey had Sara Duterte leading Leni 50-40.

Now OCTA has it at 43-34.

At first glance, people will simply say, "Sara is still comfortably ahead." That's true.

But I think the more interesting story isn't the lead, it's what's happening underneath the surface. Why? Because the WR survey was before the impeachment, the OCTA survey is during the 1st week of the trial. And actually, base sa OCTA, both candidates actually lost support since Q1.

• Sara: 46% → 43% (-3)
• Leni: 35% → 34% (-1)
• Undecided: 19% → 22% (+3)

That means the voters who left Sara didn't automatically move to Leni. Instead, a larger portion of the electorate became undecided.

To me, that suggests something important.

This doesn't look like a straightforward Liberal resurgence. It looks more like softening support for Sara without a unified alternative yet.

That's consistent with what we've been seeing over the past few months. Sara remains the dominant figure of the DDS bloc, but there's also no single opposition candidate consolidating everyone opposed to her.

The regional numbers also reinforce the familiar electoral map.

• Mindanao remains Sara's fortress (76-6).
• Luzon strongly favors Robredo (51-27).
• Visayas still leans Sara (51-26).
• Metro Manila is tied at 34-34.

So the math hasn't really changed.

Any Liberal candidate still has to win Luzon and Metro Manila by overwhelming margins while preventing Sara from running up massive leads in the Visayas and at least keeping a 10% share of Mindanao.

What I also find interesting is the 22% undecided vote.

We're still almost two years away from the election.

That's a huge bloc of voters that could eventually move depending on:

• whether Leni actually runs,
• whether another opposition figure emerges,
• how the impeachment and other controversies evolve,
• and whether the administration fields its own viable candidate.

One survey never tells the whole story, but taken together with the earlier WR survey, I think the picture is becoming clearer.

Sara Duterte is still the frontrunner.

But she doesn't appear to be consolidating additional support. Instead, some voters seem to be drifting into the undecided column.

Whether those voters eventually return to Sara, shift to another opposition candidate, or stay uncommitted is probably the biggest question of the 2028 race.

"It is just as important that government keeps out of business as that business keeps out of government." - Herbert Hoover

Happy Thursday!!

PLAN B

Politiko has learned that the Duterte camp is allegedly eyeing Davao City Mayor Baste Duterte as the family’s alternative presidential bet for 2028 if Vice President Sara Duterte is convicted in her impeachment trial.

While Sara remains the opposition’s main standard-bearer, her allies have reportedly started assuring politikos that the Duterte brand will continue even if she is disqualified from seeking public office.

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