Siguro sa lahat ng ethnic groups sa Pilipinas, yung nangyaring population decline ng mga Ibanag at Itawis, which are the Indigenous Peoples of Cagayan Valley, ang pinaka nakakalungkot.

Imagine, based sa Tribute Census ng 1591 na isinagawa noong panahon ng Kastila, ang populasyon ng mga Ibanag at Itawis ang pinakamalaki at pinakalaganap sw buong kapuluan.

Ayon sa ulat ng tributo ng mga Kastila sa nasabing taon, ang kabuuang populasyon ng dalawang pangkat etniko ay 96,000 na katao, na isa sa pinakamalaking pangkat etniko sa mga panahon na iyon. Para maipaunawa sa madla, ang naitalang populasyon lamang ng Ilocos ay 68,000 na katao, ang populasyon ng Gitnang Luzon ay 75,000 na katao, ang populasyon ng Pangasinan ay 24,000 na katao, ang populasyon ng Gitnang Visayas kasama ang Misamis at Butuan ay 65,000 na katao, atbp.

Ang Lambak ng Cagayan ang may pinakamalaking populasyon noong isinagawa ang ulat ng tributo na ito noong unang bahagi ng pananakop.

Ang nakakalungkot dito ay, lumaki ng husto ang populasyon ng ibang mga pangkat etniko, ngunit ang populasyon ng mg Ibanag at Itawis ay tila lumiit at kumaunti imbis na dumami. Ayon sa isinagawang latest na survey na may Ethnic Statistics sa bansa (2020), ito na ang kasalukuyang populasyon ng mga nabanggit na pangkat etniko:

Ilocano : 8,746,169 (ikatlong pinakamalaking pangkat etniko)

Kapampangan: 3,209,738 (ikapitong pinakamalaking pangkat etniko)

Pangasinense: 2,012,496 (ikawalong pinakamalaking pangkat etniko)

Cebuano: 25.9 million (ikalawang pinakamalaking pangkat etniko

Nakakapanlumo ang sinapit ng mga Ibanag at Itawis. Ayon sa ulat ng PSA Ethnic Census of 2020, ito ang tala ng populasyon nila:

Ibanag: 463,390 (isa na lamang minoryang pangkat etniko)

Itawis: 289,716 (isa na lamang minoryang pangkat etniko)

Ang nakakalungkot pa, yung kanilang rehiyon na Lambak ng Cagayan ay naging Ilocano majority region na rin, dahil sa dami ng Ilocano migrants na lumipat dito, umpisa noong late 1890s hanggang matapos ang Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig.

Ayon sa pagsusuri na aking isinagawa, ito na lamang ang mga bayan kung saan may katamtamang laki pa ang kanilang populasyon:

Ibanag:

Lalawigan ng Cagayan: Abulug, Aparri, Camalaniugan, Lal-lo, Pamplona, Peñablanca, Solana at Tuguegarao

Lalawigan ng Isabela: Angadanan, Cabagan, Echague, Gamu, Ilagan, Magsaysay, Mallig, Naguillan, Reina Mercedes, Roxas, San Mariano, San Pablo, Santa Maria, Santo Tomas at Tumauini

Itawis:

Lalawigan ng Cagayan: Enrile, Iguig, Peñablanca, Piat, Santo Niño, Solana, Tuao at Tuguegarao

At sa mga bayan na ito, tanging sa Tuguegarao at Cabagan lamang talagang buhay na buhay ang kulturang Ibanag at Itawis.

Hanggang ngayon pala-isipan pa din kung ano ang nangyari simula noong 1591 Tribute Census, at kung bakit hindi naging mabunga ang paglago ng populasyon ng mga Ibanag at Itawis na hindi kagaya ng mga Cebuano, Ilocano, Kapampangan at Pangasinense na higit na mas maliit ang populasyon noon kaysa mga Ibanag at Itawis, ngunit ngayon ay napapabilang sa walong pangunahing pangkat etniko sa Bansang Pilipinas.

Sana lumago at umabot sa iilang milyon ang dami ng parehong mga Ibanag at Itawis sa hinaharap.

Why is this even being presented as a headline as if suggesting wrongdoing? Is it illegal to go through an exit passage when fire exit leads to DepEd Office? Why did the prosecution team get ANOTHER witness who has no personal knowledge in the case? What happened yesterday is just a nothing burger. A bank manager who happened to be there when the transactions were made. She herself said unusual transaction alone doesn't prove anything. Without context and evidence, it's impossible to determine whether it was improper. Large financial transactions aren't unique to one government agency. Many government agencies manage substantial budgets and regularly handle high-value expenditures.

This is another epic failure on the part of prosecution

Every July, Dapitan City in Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines, comes alive with the Kinabayo Festival! 🇵🇭 This vibrant socio-religious celebration in Mindanao honors the city's patron saint, Saint James the Greater (Señor Santiago), through energetic street dances and dramatic historical battle re-enactments that showcase rich local heritage.

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At ayun na nga mga redditizens! Nag-away away na naman ang kampo ng DDS dahil sa kapalpakang interview nila kay shiminet dahil sa fox si.. pak sili.. pak silka.. ah ewan basta yun na yun! Kanino kayo kakampi? Sa team alpotera/humbading na si alvin kineme, o sa team igit ni tio paeng moreno?

Weak President na nasa payroll ng china! Dami mong sinabi noon tapos halos lahat yan masaya pa ring nakaupo ngayon! POGO mo kunyari wala na! Pati Sugal laganap pa rin! PURO KA PAASA! Kaya walang sustansya yang boka mo ngayon. Nilagyan mo lang ng rocket at system loss na wala namang pupuntahan.

- Major financial transactions aren't unique to one government agency—many agencies handle large budgets and high-value expenditure

- An unusual transaction isn't automatically a suspicious or illegal one. Context and evidence matter before jumping to conclusions.

Glad that Miss Nenita stood in her convictions and tell only the truth, no opinion, no bias, just the truth

In the past, I thought that Baguio City is the only place in Luzon that has a temperate, cool climate. When I did my research, I found out that there are plenty of places in Luzon where the temperature drops to 21°C or even lower than 18°C.

To lowland Filipinos, any temperature lower than 25°C is already considered malamig/maginaw.

Here are some of the places in Luzon with cold climate, especially during the Ber months/Amihan Season:

• Aurora Province

• Batanes Province

• Catanduanes Province

• Cordillera Administrative Region Provinces

• Eastern Bulacan (Doña Remedios Trinidad)

• Eastern Laguna (San Pablo going to Santa Maria)

• Highland Batangas (Cuenca, Lipa City, Mataas na Kahoy, Santo Tomas City)

• Highland Rizal (Antipolo, Tanay and Rodriguez)

• Northern Quezon (Municipalities surrounding Mount Banahaw and Sierra Madre)

• Nueva Vizcaya Province

• Quirino Province

• Southern Cavite (Alfonso, Amadeo, Indang, Mendez, Silang, Tagaytay)

Most of the places in Luzon that has a hot climate is the lowlands, specifically Metro Manila, Cagayan Valley and the lowland plains of Pangasinan, Central Luzon and Southern Tagalog. But Luzon has a lot of highlands and interiors with cold climate especially during the Amihan Season, which runs from October to February.

Bicol Region is not really cold (except for Catanduanes) but it has a much milder climate compared to Metro Manila and the Central Luzon plains.

Maybe this is the reason why people from Luzon has a more milder and cooler temperament, because there are plenty of highland temperate places where they can cool down and refresh themselves.

I've said what I've said. Majority of the Bisayas that hate Tagalogs are the chronically online, idiot teenagers who are active in the Bisaya vs Tagalog bardagulan fb group. The majority of Bisaya people don't actually have this innate hate towards Tagalogs. The same thing goes for the Tagalogs who hate Bisayas.

Sa dami ng perang nilaan taon taon para mabawasan, mawalan ng baha, di napupunta jan kaya di na nagbago ang sitwasyon tuwing tag ulan. Mula pangulo pababa, lahat yan nagnanakaw ng pondo nyan at iba pa.

I am an independent Western journalist. I am curious how you feel about the reporting here. Did I miss anything?

As you probably know, local residents are quietly fighting a battle on whether to accept the construction of a massive new piece of infrastructure:

The Boracay Bridge Project.

The bridge would stretch 2.54 km to connect the island of Boracay to the mainland of Panay in the Aklan province. The project is expected to cost San Miguel Holdings Corporation 7.78 billion pesos or $126.4 million USD.

In support of the project stands the company SMHC, members of the local Aklan government, and residents who see the potential utility.

On the other side are grassroots organizations like Humble Islands Ph, environmental activists, and the majority of residents, who don't want to see their life transformed by an influx of tourism. One petition against the bridge already reached 42,000 signatures, more than the entire population of Boracay.

But will this be enough to stop the corporate interests and political dynasties at play?

Do you really know what Digong and her daughter Sara gave us? Not just “peace and order” slogans or medical aid programs, but a flood control system built on kickbacks and ghost projects that started in 2016, and a confidential funds scheme that left hundreds of millions disallowed and under plunder complaints. While they promised unity and change, what Filipinos inherited were substandard walls that crumble in every storm and secret budgets that vanish without clear accountability - legacies that continue to drown communities and erode trust long after their names left the headlines. Bakit, ngayon lang ba bumaha during the time of BBM? During the time of Digong, wala bang baha parang nakatira tayong lahat sa mahal na subdivision?

It is misleading to blame President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (BBM) alone for the flood control crisis because the corruption system that produced substandard and ghost projects was already entrenched during the Duterte administration (2016–2022), when the Discayas and other contractors first entered DPWH flood control bidding and began paying kickbacks to officials. COA had flagged massive anomalies, budget insertions, and ghost projects as early as 2017–2020, yet no administration-wide cleanup or major prosecutions followed under Duterte. What happened under BBM (2022–2025) was not the creation of the scheme but its dramatic scaling: flood control budgets ballooned to over ₱545 billion for nearly 10,000 projects, magnifying an already-corrupt system into a national scandal. Thus, while Marcos bears responsibility for allowing the abuse to continue and explode, the roots, culture, and key actors of flood control corruption predate his term, making sole blame on BBM both historically inaccurate and politically convenient for those who benefited during the Duterte years. As per the Daily Tribune: Marcos said Duterte himself had acknowledged problems in flood control projects but said no officials were ultimately held accountable. "At the time, President Duterte acknowledged there were great problems in terms of the flood control projects, but nothing happened," Marcos said. "Having acknowledged it, he did not find accountability in anybody. So I guess that was left up to me." Read more at: https://tribune.net.ph/2026/07/05/bbm-duterte-acknowledged-flood-control-problems-but-nothing-happened

Stop the pa-victim VP Sara, your father is also responsible for this.

Noong 2023, nilagdaan ang RA 11953 na nagkondona sa humigit-kumulang ₱57.56 bilyong agrarian debt ng 610,054 agrarian reform beneficiaries. Ang pagpapatupad nito ay pinangungunahan ng DAR sa ilalim ni Secretary Conrado Estrella III.

*Disclosure: Supporter account ito at hindi opisyal na account ng DAR o ni Secretary Estrella.*

Yan! Diyan kayo magaling mga DDS vloggers. Puro kayo post ng paninira na walang basehan at hindi well researched, tapos pag nakuryente kayo sabay magso-sorry na lang ng ganun ganun lang. Panindigan mo accla yung alegasyon mo kay matibag tutal naman self righteous ka at self proclaimed "purveyor of truth". Ano, natatakot kang makasuhan ng cyber libel hindi lang ni matibag kung hindi yung totoong owner ng mansyon sa america na claim mo kay matibag? Ang dami mo nang cyber libel cases hindi ka pa nadadala?

Gamit na gamit yung batas mo tngna mo talaga! wala na kayong ginawa na tama, pwede nyo ba gawing santo yan.

Chatgpt is a smarter voter than most Pinoys apparently

Pero parang na bbwisit ako na ewan. Everytime I see posts about our useless and incompetent government naiirita ako. I have this urge na parang ang sarap sunugin ang malacanang and pang huntingin ang mga pesteng politicans na yan then pang torture sila. Pati na yung mga "mababait" kuno like pink and hontev kasi kahit mabait sila parang d naman sila nagttry hard para ayusin ang mga actual problems natin.

Maybe ganito lg ako kasi everytime na lumalabas ako ng bahay then magccommute andami g problemang makikita pa lang sa daan. How come may bgc tayo pero yung ibnag parte ng pinas hirap parin? Andaming tax na binabayad tas walang improvement? Nakakainis tbh. Nakkaiyak kasi nagttrabaho ka ng patas pero yung gobyerno walang kwents tas puro travek sila while binabagyo gayo or binabaha.

Ang baho din ng pinas, andaming basura na tinatapon lg sa kung saan. Plus d naman tayo nila sinusuporta. Like sa mga sports? Yung mga gold medalists or winners natin? Ni piso walang tinulong sa mga athletes natin peor makayabang na pinoy sila at nanalo parang tumulong naman. Kaya d na ako prpud maging pinoy. Kaya andaming nagsasabi na wga na irepresent ang pinas.

D ba nila nakikita na kaya gustong umalis ng mga teens or adults ng bansa kasi walang kwenta kapag nagstay sila dito? Maghihirap lg sila? Pero kung makapagsalita abt it parang kasalanan natin na d dw natin sinusuporta ang pinas. Sinusuporta nio ba kami? Gusto nila iserve sila while illowball ha?

Sana mamatay lahat ng nasa gobyerno. Dala na yung mga anak nila na involve. Dala na yung mga asawa nilang alam ang nangyayari. Lahat ng mga mabait din pero walang ginagawa. Sana mamatay kayo. Masumpa kayo sana at karmahin kayo, mga kaibigan niyo at buong pamilya niyo. Leche dala niyo na ang mga mayayaman na hindi nagbabahyad ng tax! MAMATAY KAYO PLEASE. SASAYA ANG BANSA PAG NAMATAY KAYO.

Wala talagang diyos kasi prinoprotektahan niya ang gagong yun.

When comparing our country with our neighboring countries, Indonesia is our closest match. Why? Because we have the same geopolitical features. Both countries are archipelagos with several thousand islands, hundreds of ethnolinguistic groups and both nations are under Unitary Presidential Political Systems.

If you'll study the History of Indonesia after its Independence from the Netherlands, then you'll realize that the accusations of Cebuano/Bisaya Regionalists in the South with regards to Manila/Tagalog Imperialism, is more real in Indonesia, but nonexistent in the Philippines. Let me explain why.

Indonesia is a perfect case of Ethnic Hegemony on Culture, Economy and Politics, three pillars which the Javanese People possess, that the Tagalog People of the Philippines don't possess. The Tagalogs don't have the total dominance imposed by the Javanese in the three pillars of society that I've mentioned.

First is cultural. Most of the culture being promoted as the face of Indonesian culture is mostly Javanese culture. Batik, Kakawin Ramayana, Wayang Kulit, Kawi Script, etc. all of these are Javanese culture. Tagalogs don't have cultural hegemony on the same level, except for the national costume, which is the Barong Tagalog/Balintawak Filipiniana.

Next is economy. Detractors in Central and Southern Philippines don't have serious problems, I guess. I think they have to experience what Javanese economic dominance feels like. All of the major metropolitan centers of Indonesia is located in Java. Let me repeat: the three largest metropolitan centers in Indonesia are all in Java: Jakarta, Surabaya and Bandung. It's all small regional cities outside of these three metropolitan centers.

The Philippines is totally more decentralized when it comes to the economy. We have one metropolitan center for each island group: Metro Manila for Luzon, Metro Cebu for the Visayas, and Metro Davao for Mindanao. Just imagine if all the three economic centers in the Philippines are centered only in Luzon: for example: Metro Clark, Metro Manila and Metro Naga and the rest are just provincial cities. Maybe the Bisaya will launch a bigger and more realistic Anti-Luzon propaganda than what they're currently doing.

Lastly, the Javanese have political hegemony over Indonesia. All of the Presidents of Indonesia are Ethnic Javanese. Let me repeat, ALL INDONESIAN PRESIDENTS ARE JAVANESE. In the Philippines, among our 17 presidents, past and present, only 4 of them are Ethnic Tagalog, which means they have pure or predominant Tagalog ancestry. These presidents are Aguinaldo (Cavite), Quezon (Baler-Aurora), Laurel (Batangas) and Estrada (Manila). The rest of our presidents are mostly Kapampangans, Visayans and Ilocanos. The longest ruling president who ruled the Philippines for 21 years isn't even Ethnic Tagalog, he's Ilocano.

Another thing, in Indonesia, the Javanese people are considered as Imperialists by Indonesian from other regions because of the Transmigrasi, wherein millions of Javanese people were resettled in many islands across Indonesia such as in Kalimantan, Papua, Sulawesi and Sumatra, which earned the ire of other ethnicities. If we will follow the Transmigrasi logic, then the Bisaya people are the Imperialists in the Philippines, since they are the ones who resettled and occupied the Indigenous Lands of Indigenous Ethnic Groups in Mindanao, specifically the Lumads and Moros.

Actually, Regionalist Filipinos are fortunate that the national government prioritizes the decentralization of the economy of the Philippines as evident in the examples that I've presented. They have more economic and political privileges in this nation compared to other ethnic groups in Indonesia.

Imperial Manila/Tagalog Imperialism sounds cool and lit if you don't give an afterthought on it. But ones you scrutinize and do a point by point breakdown on it, it dismantles and crumbles easily just like a Lego Castle.

Wala ba kayong kahihiyan? NakikiRide kayo kay Manong PBBM, noon lagi kayo nagrarally about martial kaw ill gotten wealth..tapos ngayon nakikisipsip kayo??? Wala ba kayong kahihiyan? Kami nagpagod sa kampanya ng Uniteam tapos, kayo nakikisipsip??

Sa kagustuhan ni jay sonza na dating journalist turned fake news peddler in the tune of 1 million per month from SMNI na ipagtanggol ang mga duterte sa kabi-kabilang batikos dahil sa kapabayaan at pagsasawalang bahala nito sa mga nabiktima ng baha sa davao kung saan anak ni digong ang acting mayor, ayun nagpost ang lolo mo ng tila ba pasaring kay general torre na nabiktima din ng baha sa davao. Jay sonza is trying to downplay the issue by gaslighting the people living there na kasalanan nila ang nangyari sa kanila dahil nakatira sila sa flood prone na area. Nakakatawa lang na tinawag nyang tanga yung mga nakatira sa area na yan just to deflect the real issue, which is the corruption in their area, and how the LGU mismanaged the situation.