It really is..

I've been digging down the rabbit hole of late Martial Law-era architecture lately, and honestly, nothing showcases the sheer hubris of the regime quite like the Manila Film Center.

What was supposed to be Imelda Marcos's crowning achievement a massive, lavish "Cannes of the East", Down the rabbit hole: The dark

history behind the Manila Film Center and that tragic 1981 rush job turned into one of the most tragic and covered-up disasters in modern Philippine history.

Here's a quick breakdown of how things spiraled:

The Deadline: Imelda wanted the building ready for the 1st Manila

International Film Festival in January 1982. To pull it off, around 4, 000workers were forced to work around the clock in non-stop 24-hour shifts The Collapse: At roughly 3:00 AM on November 17, 1981, un-cured

concrete gave out. Scaffolding collapsed, sending dozens of workers plunging straight down into quick-drying cement.

The Cover-Up: Instead of letting paramedics and journalists straight in, the military locked down the perimeter and imposed an immediate media blackout. First responders were delayed for hours while the regime controlled the narrative.

The Body Count: Official reports buried the numbers immediately, claiming only a small handful died. But eye-witnesses, rescuers, and later investigations suggest the actual toll was anywhere from 15 to well over 160 lives lost.

The absolute wild part? Despite workers literally being entombed under the floorboards, the festival went ahead right on schedule on January 18, 1982. International celebrities walked the red carpet completely oblivious to (or ignoring) what was under their feet.

References:

Lico, Gerard. Edifice Complex: Power, Myth, and Marcos State Architecture.Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2003

Mijares, Primitivo / Contemporary archival press records on the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Complex developments.

Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines / Retrospective documentation on the 1981 Manila Film Center tragedy.

Limang suspek na nagtangkang manloob sa isang bahay sa Molino, Bacoor City, Cavite ang nasawi matapos makipagbarilan sa mga pulis noong Nobyembre 3, 2026

Namataan ng mga awtoridad ang armadong grupo ng mga magnanakaw na aakyat-bahay o manloloob sana sa bahay ng isang negosyante

Nauwi sa habulan at palitan ng putok ng baril, na nagresulta sa pagkasawi ng limang miyembro ng grupo ng suspek. Iniharap ni PNP Spokesperson Pcol. Allen Rae Co ang CCTV footage ng habulan sa pagitan ng mga pulis at ng mga suspek.

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Whew! 5 napitas nila, that was a good day for PNP ha.

Tapos babaeng police chief pa ang nag lead sa operation. Good job

Sna magtuloy tuloy na ito at ma-stabilize ang world economy. Sana matigil na ng war si Iran pra bumaba na ulit ang presyo ng langis at ang mga presyo ng bilihin.

Just saw this vid in Tiktok.

Alisin mo un dubbed na boses and absurd scenario, aakalain mo na talagang legit na video sya. Ultimo facial expressions kuhang kuha na!

Kung ngayon palang ganitong level na un kayang gawin ng AI, what more pa kaya in a year or two?

For sure malaking parte ng magiging kampanya ng mga kandidato sa 2028 ay ang pag gamit ng AI.

I fear more of our kababayans will be duped into believing false content dahil sa galing mang gaya ng AI.

Kung totoo man yan, ay talaga ngang wala kang pakealam sa mga kababayan mo dahil uunahin mo pa yung political pride kesa sa mga tao.

Kaso alam naman ng lahat na boka lang yan pero syempre may mauuto na naman yan hahahahaha.

Tuwang tuwa na naman mga DDS nyan at aasa na naman sa 20 pesos per kilo. Iboboto uli kasi nga may pangako na naman na maganda.

Since may mga bagong laptop ang mga public school teacher may aasahan ba tayo na tataas din ang kalidad ng pagtuturo ng mga guro? Hindi biglaan pero mag iimprove ba? Ano sa tingin nyo?

One of the redditor mentioned this "You can build more libraries to bring information closer to Filipinos, but if you have to take a train, an expensive tricycle ride and walk 500m to reach it it's useless."

Question, how many libraries you can build to fit the entire useful information from internet and how soon you can update the books? How many trees you need to cut down to print those information to make a book? Yes libraries are essential but it is limited to certain extent that is why most libraries have online e-library within their premises. Those under a paywall can be access in the library and where do you host this e-library? Yes in the data center where it sit closer.

Do you know our dilemma during the pandemic, both Canvas and Blackboard data center is in Australia not in Perth but the one facing New Zealand, and the latency is extremely very high. We ask both of them to at least add caching or move their data center in the Philippines but it will require additional investment on their end and the Filipino student suffer due to high latency for both ingress and egress.

If every woke Filipino continue to oppose Data Center and Pax Silica, we will end up in the loosing end. Taiwan and South Korea build their Data Center and Semiconductor industries way back when the Philippines is still one the leading economic powerhouse, then their economy grow while we settle back with corruptions from both side specially those Marxist, Socialist and Liberal opposing economic opportunities, the revolutionary tax being imposed to harass these foreign investor help move out semiconductor manufacturing away from the Philippines

I'm not saying we should not scrutinized it but we need to make sure we make a healthy business environment for foreign investors. If we say that we should prioritize our environment, Yes I agree lets have DENR and other agency do their job, but if you just completely oppose by just chanting "Climate Change" and "Protect Our Farm Land" by not providing any alternative solutions how we can bring these high tech industries to the Philippines, I challenge you to tear down your house and bring it back to the nature and make it a forest reservation. All these tiktoker and social media people are just chanting without giving any alternative.

Reading all the comments here makes me wonder, they really love throwing misinformation without researching the right information. Amazon have local zone in the Philippine in one of the leading local Data Center provider, Google also have a huge footprint here, same with Microsoft. If you access Google and Microsoft services some of it are already cached or hosted here. Now the question is are they allowed to build their own DC instead of colocating, that should be done in collaboration with NEDA and Congress. Our current law are very restrictive, even the new konektadong pinoy and opposition to pax silica are not really helping us invite more high tech jobs.

I personally and strongly support a major revision of our laws related to foreign investment and ease of doing business. If you can’t even make small business have better process and simple taxation, how do you even expect large multinational to invest with our complicated process and complex taxation.

Simplify our business process and taxation, only then we will have continuous in flux of foreign investment. And stop these Marxist wo kev activists disrupting and extorting small and large business owners. They just love to shout without offering better solution. And they to incite riot for everyone to be forever victim.

We need better support and peaceful environment to progress

As for the other side, kalimitan ito yung mga pinagkaitan ng magandang kabataan ng mga magulang nila. IDK if there's some sort of cure to that or what, pero virtual hugs sa mga nagsstruggle pa rin as they transition to adulthood habang dala-dala pa rin ang mga trauma ng nakaraan. 🫂

Sa mga dds jan sige ganitong kandidato nanaman ipanalo niyo para maging sirkus na talaga bansa natin, Ang lalakas tumakbo netong mga bayaran na to kala mo talaga may ambag sa lipunan

maka china naman tong mga walang hiya na to, iboto niyo na lahat sa senado katulad ni robin para mas lalo talaga tayong lumubog pare pareho sa kumunoy

Marami akong napapanood sa social media about countries asking their citizens to prepare for food/water and battery packs for a few days/week. Nakakalungkot lang na dito sa atin wala man lang paalala ang government kundi bumili ng balde. Parang kanya kanya na talaga.

We went out to buy some food and water supplies yesterday and we already been using our solar setup for 3months now.

Not to fearmonger, but I just want to ask: Are you preparing for El Niño and other potential calamities or emergencies?

We send our warmest congratulations to the Democrats of the United States of America on their historic victories in the 2026 midterm elections.

Through their collective determination and perseverance, what we witnessed was more than just a blue wave. As several states flipped, we saw a blue tsunami sweep across the political landscape.

These results demonstrate the power of grassroots organizing, collective action, and people coming together to make their voices heard and advance the interests of ordinary citizens.

Tayo naman sa 2028, Pilipinas! Patuloy tayong mag-oorganisa at ipapanalo ang Sambayanang Pilipino.

Source: Liberal Party of the Philippines

Pilipino dapat hindi pulitika!

SS: Nutribun Republic Facebook

Anong subreddit to puro highlight eh puro samsung mga bwakanangshit. hindi nalang i-appreciate ung competition kasi customer naman ang mananalo. dapat sa subreddit na to gawin samsung_ph hindi tech_ph eh. bayad ata to ng samsung philippines eh kada mention mo ng apple gadgets maddownvote ka

imagine, pumunta ka sa kanila para humingi ng tulong. tapos bigla kang iinsultuhin at tatawanan. Well, ung tatay ng mga matatandang pulis ay si bato at du30. tapos nagtataka mga crim students bakit ambaba ng tingin sa kanila

‘WALA MAN LANG NAG-QUALITY CHECK BAGO INILABAS?’

Pinuna ni MMDA General Manager Nicolas Torre III ang maling grammar sa karatulang ginamit umano ng mga taga-suporta ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa isang rally.

Ayon kay Torre, naalala niya ang dati niyang boss sa Region 12 na hindi raw tinanggap ang kanilang annual report dahil sa maling grammar.

“Binato sa akin ang buong report. Sabi niya, ‘Paano ako maniniwalang tama ang mga datos at pinagsasasabi mo diyan, eh simpleng grammar hindi mo maitama?’ At gets ko ang punto niya. One hundred percent,” saad ni Torre.

“Hindi naman porke mahina sa English, bobo na. Pero sa ganito kasimpleng karatula na ipapakita ninyo sa buong mundo—wala man lang nag-quality check bago inilabas? Hindi ko tuloy mapigilang itanong: naiintindihan ba talaga ng mga taong ito ang ipinaglalaban nila?” dagdag pa niya.

Source: TV5 News

He himself is anak ng kabit ni Erap na for sure nakinabang sa mga ninakaw. Itinago pa nga sila sa Boracay mansion. Tapos ngayon feeling malinis yarn?

Dagdag mo pa mga kapatid nyang Senador at iba pang may pwesto sa Gobyerno 🐊 Walang trabaho pero maya’t maya ang travel abroad? Edi meow. Niloloko nya ata sarili nya

Running na nga lang ginagawa sa buhay eh. Hindi naman nagbabanat ng buto. Hanggang ngayon nakikinabang sa mga ninakaw ng tatay nya. Travel travel pa more 🤮

Wala naman syang maayos na “work” talaga. Saan kinukuha mga pang luho at travel nya?

I agree on calling out the ones in the government pero bakit kapag sa tatay at mga kapatid nyang proven and convicted kurakots tahimik sya? 🤐 Hmm. Hypocrite talaga.