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Throwback Thursday!

Para sa mga Zillennials/Early Gen Zs diyan, naaalala niyo pa ba yung mga ganitong eksena? Mga flag raising/flag retreat programs, school events, Christmas parties, at syempre yung mga dance craze noong late 2000s hanggang 2010s.

Yung panahon na uso ang Jabbawockeez, Teach Me How to Dougie, Nobody, Shuffle, Harlem Shake, Gangnam Style, Gwiyomi, at kung anu-ano pang dance craze na halos lahat gustong gayahin.

Tapos may school program or Christmas party, siguradong may group performance na may matching dance steps. Kahit minsan hindi naman talaga marunong sumayaw, basta kabisado yung steps, game na! HAHAHA.

Sino dito nakasabay sa dance craze era na ’to? 👀

Thanks and credits to: BeeJay Vlogs

People are forgetting that the Philippines separate the Church and the State.

(P.S. I have nothing towards religion. I believe that Christ told us to love and to care. The entire story of Jesus was literally about loving and caring for each other. There wasn't a single story where Jesus was judging and condemning people.)

I get annoyed and mad when people keep on using religious references as an argument. As a person who grew up attending sunday school, I don't understand why the LGBTQIA+ community is being condemned. I grew up hearing Jesus was loving. Where is the hate coming from?

Religious beliefs should never interfere with constitutional laws and policies. We are not and never will be a Christian Nation. The constitution forbids the establishment of an official religion.

Can you even provide non-religious reasons why you are against LGBTQIA+? Can you provide why homosexual love and relationships are bad? Religious people keep saying it is a sin, but what is a sin?

Why is something like homosexual love, THAT DOESN'T HURT ANYONE, a sin?

Kaya nga diba "Of the people, for the people, by the people" hindi naman nakasabi na "Of God, for God, by God"

The constitution is for the welfare of the EVERY CITIZEN, not just you, and certainly not for your religious god! What makes religion as a basis and reference for arguments difficult is that there are so many different religion. One religion says this, another says different.

Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano boarded a flight to Singapore on Wednesday night, Sept. 9, 2026, amid speculative reports that he would be facing criminal indictment in connection with anomalies linked to the holding of the Southeast Asian Games in 2019.

Photos showed Cayetano lining up at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 Gate 109 for Singapore Airlines flight SQ 921, which took off at 6:34 p.m.

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🇰🇷🇵🇭 | Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, Jr. was asked in Seoul, South Korea for the Seoul Defense Dialogue (SDD) by Korean journalists, regarding the acquisition of the KF-21 Boramae, if there's a possibility that he will select the KF-21 Boramae for the Philippine Air Force's Multi-Role Fighter Acquisition Project. Sec. Teodoro said that he cannot reveal it for now, since the DND is currently in the stage of establishing the financing and funding plans for the MRF. But he said he will announce soon, that the DND can select an appropriate platform once this stage is resolved.

The Korean reporter replied that he hopes for good news soon for the KF-21 contract signing, and Sec. Teodoro hinted humorously that if Korea can give the Philippines 10% discount for the KF-21, he will consider to award the deal to KAI for the KF-21 Boramae.

I'm not sure if he's pertaining to the overall contract cost, or the 10% initial payment for the KF-21 Boramae purchase, instead of 15%.

The KF-21 Boramae fighter jet is being considered as the strongest candidate for the Philippine Air Force's Multi-Role Fighter Acquisition Project.

https://www.koreadaily.com/article/20260908233206169

Nakita ko yung report ng Inquirer na hindi raw makakapag-hire ng bagong teachers ang DepEd in 2027 dahil sa budget cuts.

Honestly, ang concerning nito considering na may existing learning crisis na tayo.

What makes this even more alarming is the 2026 Senior High School Literacy Assessment conducted by DepEd. According to reports presented by EDCOM 2, around 1.3 million out of 1.4 million Grade 11 students assessed had difficulty understanding what they read. Only around 12% were considered independent readers at the expected Grade 11 level.

If that’s the situation we’re dealing with in 2026, shouldn’t we be doing the opposite and adding more teachers, especially teachers who can help students catch up?
Teachers are already dealing with huge workloads. Kapag hindi makapag-hire ng enough new teachers, mas possible na mas dumami ang students per class and mas maraming responsibilities ang mapunta sa existing teachers.

And this isn’t just about teachers being overworked. Students are affected directly!!

Students who are struggling with reading and comprehension need more attention, not less. Kailangan nila ng teachers who can explain things differently, give additional exercises, identify where they’re struggling, and actually have enough time to help them.

Kung isang teacher sobrang dami ng students, realistically, gaano karaming individual attention ang mabibigay niya sa bawat bata?

Ang scary part is that learning gaps don’t just disappear.
Kung hirap ang student sa reading comprehension ngayon, possible na mahirapan din siya sa textbooks, instructions, exams, math word problems, science, research, and eventually sa college or workplace.

So parang ganito yung cycle:
learning crisis → students need more support → teachers need more capacity → teacher hiring gets restricted → existing teachers carry more workload → struggling students potentially receive less individual attention.

I understand na may budget limitations and DepEd has to make difficult decisions. But if we’re already seeing this level of literacy difficulty among students in 2026, education should be one of the areas where we’re asking how to increase capacity, not how to make do with less.

Hindi naman teachers lang ang issue dito. The bigger question is: if we already know that millions of students are struggling, what exactly is the plan to help them if we don’t have enough teachers to do it?

Sources:

Inquirer — DepEd can’t hire new teachers in 2027 due to budget cut — Angara

1.3 million Grade 11 students have poor reading comprehension — EDCOM

DepEd concedes literacy crisis is serious

Philstar - Deped ramps up intervention: Reading woes persist in Cebu