"Yung ating ice cream ay napakalinis naman talaga. Kasi tinitiyak natin ang kalinisan, kasi unang-una, ang kumakain po niyan ay mga anak ko, pamilya ko at publiko. At saka siyempre ayaw naman din natin gumawa ng hindi malinis kasi kapag nagkaroon ng problema sa labas, e tayo rin ang mamo-mroblema diyan, tayo rin ang sasagot, tayo rin ang masisira sa tao. Kaya dapat ang ating pagkain ay malinis talaga," said Canaway.

(Our ice cream is really very clean. The reason why we make sure it is clean is because my own children, my family, and the public are the consumers. And of course who would not want to make a clean product? If we don't, the same problem will come back to us and will create a bigger problem. So foremost is that it has to be clean.)

Phillip Salvador is also joining the party.

“Tinatanggap ko po ang aking nominasyon para sa 2025 senatorial election,” aniya. “Mananatili po ako sa PDP hanggang sa huli kong hininga. Tandaan n’yo po ‘yan. Maraming salamat po! Ako po si Phillip Salvador, hindi po ako abogado, hindi po ako doktor, hindi po ako engineer. Ako po ay isang artista na PDP. Na magiging epektibong magserbisyo sa mga Pilipino!” aniya.

The way he delivered this speech has to be seen to be believed, lol. He even fudged up the year of the election.

I recently saw a discussion where someone mentioned how the Philippines's level of press freedom lets our media freely report on whatever they want. As a side effect, a lot of the negative news can easily make their way abroad and give foreigners lasting impressions on the country. There is also the appearance that PH is singled-out on many issues, as if we're the only country with these problems.

Foreign media can come and report on topics like teenage pregnancy or child prostitution, and they can't do that in some of the neighboring countries with lesser press freedom.

There are similarities on the Florida Man phenomenon when it comes to that, partially because of its relatively open FOI laws... or at least in the past.

With that in mind, to me, it explains why a lot of countries do not like freedom of the press—they fear, not without reason, na yung news coverage sa kanila would border on the slanderous. On the flip side (heh), parang chad wojak yung dating sa Pilipinas kasi they're adamant on the press freedom despite all the slander.

Big con lang sa press freedom and yung focus sa Pilipinas sa issues na mukhang tayo lang ang may mga ganung problema (as mentioned in the earlier paragraphs). Ayun, nafufuel yung self-hate. I was once a card-carrying self-loathing Filipino who uncritically believed whatever bad news I see. It took me spending a few years outside of the country to change my perspective. The overseas experience phenomenon is a thing sa Australia. Malaking tulong sa mga Pilipino yan (bukod sa pagiging OFW) para maground sa realidad yung tingin ng mga tao sa Pilipinas. Madaming problema sa Pilipinas, pero hindi tayo nag-iisa sa ganun. There's a way to improve things.

A lot of the self-hate and despair is because of that apparent helplessness and futility. Nagiging echo chamber kasi puro local "familiarity breeds contempt" perspectives lang ang available eh, to add to the rose-colored glasses view towards almost any foreign country.

Thoughts?

Filipinos are bringing up a clip of an episode of an old American syndicated nontraditional court show where a man got a tattoo on his forehead after falling for a prank on April Fools’ Day.

This was resurfaced after Taragis, a Pampanga-based takoyaki food brand, gained traction for challenging its followers on Facebook to have its logo tattooed on their foreheads for P100,000.

In the now-deleted viral post, the brand announced that the first individual who would send a picture of their tattooed forehead will win the supposed cash prize.

The post was uploaded on April 1, the same date the global community observes the annual day of jokes and pranks.

Taragis also wrote the following text in its graphic: “Click the photo for official rules.”

Clicking the photo accompanying its Facebook post reveals a full version of the graphic with a colorful text below, which reads: “April Fool’s.”

Basically, someone actually followed through with the "challenge" and had his forehead tattooed 😢

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Hindi pabor ang halos 90% ng Pilipinong maamyendahan ang 1987 Constitution sa ngayon, ayon sa pinakahuling survey na inilabas ng Pulse Asia noong Miyerkules (Marso 27).

Sa harapang panayam na ikinasa ngayong Marso, napag-alamang karamihan sa mga Pinoy ang hindi pabor sa 10 iminumungkahing pagbabago sa Saligang Batas:

pabor ngayon: 8%
hindi pabor ngayon: 88%
hindi pa alam: 4%

Dagdag pa rito, ang mga sumusunod na inimumungkahing pagbabago sa naturang Saligang Batas ay ntinutulan rin ng karamihan sa mga sumagot na mamamayang Pilipino:

pagpapahintulot sa dayuhang magmay-ari ng eskwelahan/pamantasan: 68%
pagpapahintulot sa dayuhang indibidwal o kumpanyang magkaroon ng "equity" sa media at advertising: 71%
pagpapahintulot sa dayuhang pagmamay-ari sa komunikasyon gaya ng cellphone o internet company: 71%
pagpapalit ng sistema mula unitary patungong pederal: 71%
pagpapahaba ng termino ng mga opisyal ng gobyerno: 73%
pagtatanggal ng restriksyon sa shares ng stocks na maaaring pagmay-arian ng dayuhan sa mga korporasyong Pilipino: 78%
pagpapalit ng sistema mula presidential patungong parliamentary: 71%
pagpapalit ng lehislatura mula bicameral patungong unicameral: 74%
pagpayag na magmay-ari ng bahay at lupain ang mga dayuhan: 81%
pagpapahintulot sa mga dayuhang gamitin ang likas-yaman ng Pilipinas: 86%

Mariing binatikos nitong Martes ni ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro ang Davao Police matapos sabihing blangko sila sa kinaroroonan ng kontrobersyal na si Pastor Apollo Quiboloy.

Sinabi ni Castro na napakalaki ng intelligence fund at confidential fund ng Davao Police pero tila aniya wala itong silbi dahilan hindi nila maituro at matukoy ang pinagtataguan ng kontrobersyal na si Quiboloy na ngayon ay may warrant of arrest na kinakaharap.

Ayon kay Police Regional Office 11-Davao Spokesperson P/Major Catherine dela Rey, wala silang impormasyon sa presensiya ni Quiboloy sa Davao.

Magugunita na inamin ni Quiboloy sa isang video post na totoong nagtatago siya dahil sa mga banta sa kaniyang buhay.

“We cannot confirm if Pastor is still in Davao because we also do not know where he is now,” ayon sa pahayag ni dela Rey.

Hopefully the home crowd can help boost our team's chances to win their first game in the qualifiers 🙏🏼

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/4535740

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After months of pressure, the Justice for Jollibee Workers campaign is declaring VICTORY after Jollibee finalized a settlement for reinstatement, back pay, and a public apology.

The settlement comes after the leadership of 9 workers backed by community members who came together to hold this corporation accountable.

This is a powerful first phase of a movement to organize Jollibee workers around the globe. We know that the issues of Journal Square is not an isolated case.

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The Teves controversy is an interesting case for how international mechanisms can work to arrest a person if the case transcends jurisdiction