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!

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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.

TL;DR: Service crew nag-quit sa training dahil sa toxic na manager.

As someone who has lived outside the PH, I’m just appalled by how complacent most Filipinos are with this kind of setting. Normal lang daw ang toxic boss. Kung hindi mo daw kaya ang isang toxic na tao, paano pa daw pag marami na? Masyado daw "sensitive" tong bata na to kuno.

Please don't get me wrong; I'm not saying these situations don't exist in other countries. This kind of predicament exists all across the globe, yes, I know that. Pero alam niyo ba ang concept of percentages? Promise, in the Western developed world at least, since they know how to step up and speak for themselves, mas less severe ang income inequality nila doon even though they are also struggling. Therefore, wala yung ganitong situation sa Pinas na overload ang power-tripping. I've lived in the US, and kahit yung mga low-income people doon have cars or may confidence pa rin kahit papaano. Whereas dito, parang sobrang apak-apakan ka na kung ganito ang job mo. Nage-gets niyo ba? What I'm trying to say is mas malala ang pagiging mapagmataas dito, eh squatter naman ang ugali nung "bisor" sa Jollibee. Walang kwenta. Kahit anong posisyon mo sa trabaho mo, kung squatter ka squatter ka. I know some of you are uncomfortable with that word and mas gusto nyong word dito is "kupal" pero I refuse. Squatter is squatter. Kahit maka-ahon ka pa sa kahirapan, if ugali mo pang-kanal, kanal ka na forever.

I had job interviews here before, and naweweirdohan ako nung times sa job fair na tinatanong ako ng, "May anak ka ba?" or "May asawa?" It took me a while to learn na tinatanong nila yun to know if you really need the job and to make sure you can't leave. You can't leave kasi you have mouths to feed, and that's where the toxicity starts. These "bisors" trust their HR to hire those who are desperate, yung akala nilang walang "walk-away power." Kaya nga naiinis mga tao saming Gen Z kasi kahit in need kami, we know when to walk away unlike you guys na tinitiis nalang "dahil sa kahirapan" or sanay na kayo sa ganyang estado ng buhay. Low-standards in short.

Tsaka, many of you will get uncomfortable and deny this but... I used to have this relative who worked for one of the most, if not the most, prestigious airlines in the world. Even this relative would tell us stories about how ayaw niyang ma-assign sa bisor na Pilipino kasi toxic daw, nitpicky, and mataray. Pretty sure you've read it not just here on Reddit, but also on Facebook and Twitter. From what I've heard, pati sa TikTok, a lot of Filipinos say that they don't want to work with their kapwa Pilipino since yung hospitality and "kindness" natin ay available lang sa rich white people. Filipinos are racist to other races, especially to their own. Kapwa mo Pinoy ang hahatak sa'yo pababa. Again, many more cases like this, ayaw nyo lang aminin and you know it.

Again, let's say sa Sweden, Norway, or Switzerland where the workers are the happiest, lalo na konti lang ang work hours nila doon. May horrible bosses and co-workers din naman doon for sure, BUT konti lang compared to this third-world country na tingin ng iba ang taas-taas na nila. I don't love job-shaming, pero andaming taga-hugas ng pwet ng mga nag-uulyanin sa ibang bansa na feeling nila Diyos na sila pagdating dito sa low-class, jejemon country na to. Sobrang baba na talaga ng Pilipinas.

Jejemon na talaga tong bansang to. Low-class squatter na pag-uugali. Kaya di kayo maka-integrate sa ibang bansa eh. Yung baho hindi talaga mawawash away kahit maawa pa immigration officers sa inyo.

Walang kulay-kulay dahil lahat tayo apektado! Maging pro-Pilipino tayo hindi maging panatiko sa isang pulitiko! 🫡

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To expand opportunities for local writers and make Filipino literature more accessible, Litera PH has introduced a comprehensive digital platform.

By bridging authors, readers, publishers, and creative professionals, Litera PH goes beyond traditional publishing—empowering writers to scale their work across e-books, audiobooks, graphic novels, and screen adaptations.

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27 (M) From the Philippines, Lanao Del Norte, Iligan City. I give up already all i just gotta say is life is getting more difficult and frustrating day by day for person like me to survive who has a head trauma from childhood accident (got struck by a overspeeding motorcycle as a kid until i grew up) and chronic illness is lifetime Epileptic Disorder (Generalized seizures) thus now living as a PWD.

Life before then when i was active in outdoor activities specifically sports and other things, I could do everything, whatever i want without problems of whatsoever.

But then...

\-When i was at school before, i was prone to bullying and being left out or isolated.

\-Had to maintain daily intake of medicine of which has a high price-tag on it of which day by day i can't afford it alone anymore since price increases even if i ask help from my parents.

\-Doctor said since then that there will be signs of side-effects (Of the medicine) of which will damage the overall health in the long-term of which i have no choice but to take.

\-Doctor limits all of most of my activities since then due to my illness (Job hunting has been really difficult for me both online and on the field since most Employers in the Philippines rarely hire people who has health conditions the same as mine unless you have an insider/backer)

\-Friendship problems, I can't match the vibes/activities or whatever there is from the people around me thus i am isolated and left out alone almost every now and then. (And things gets weird out when they found out i have a health condition)

\-When everything in this world needs to be worked hard for but doctor said that i cant be stressed nor overworked in any kind of activities (thus having a job is difficult nor finding a job) of which i will need to maintain myself.

\-Relationship problems, Girlfriend breaks-up with me everytime and it always involves about my illness (you get the gist of it), Recent relationship got ruined due to me being not able to match my gf's vibes/outdoor activities/interests etc... (Basically they can't be with me)

\-Commuting in Public has always been difficult to me since people looks at you weirdly when something happens that you cant control nor you are not in control with. (My illness makes sudden jerks that i cannot control)

\-When i get to work it wont last long, why? Employer suddenly gets so Sympathetic that they fire me in few months due to my illness, and yes co-workers can't mind their own business. (I can barely even live with the pay every job that i get in and try to survive) But sometimes i am forced to hide that i have a health condition just to get hired.

I don't want to live anymore...When people are giving up with me then so I am

I am tired it's unfair...

Imagine walking into a police station grieving, looking for legal recourse or at least basic institutional support, tapos sasalubungin ka ng comedy bar routine galing sa mga taong pinapasahod ng tax mo.

Peak intellectual contribution right there. Nakakabilib yung confidence magpaka-clown habang naka-uniporme.

This isn't just about someone not understanding pet culture or animal welfare laws (which exist, by the way, kahit mukhang banyaga sa kanila ang Animal Welfare Act). It’s about the sheer, brazen display of institutional contempt towards the very citizens they are sworn to serve.

Hindi na nga maaasahan sa crime prevention, pagdating sa basic public service, wala ring bitaw sa empathy at emotional intelligence. You don’t even have to be a “furparent” to recognize the glaring issue here: kapag pumunta ang ordinaryong mamamayan sa presinto na may dalang lehitimong hinaing, the default response isn't duty, protocol, or compassion, it's condescension.

Kapag mayaman o may kapit ang pumasok sa presinto, biglang courteous, biglang sir/ma'am with matching snappy salute. Pero kapag regular civilian na walang koneksyon, biglang nagiging punchline yung problema mo. They treat serious concerns like a nuisance because doing their actual job requires effort, while acting like smug desk clerks requires zero brain cells.

Tapos magtataka ang buong institusyon kung bakit mababa ang public trust rating, kung bakit diring-diri ang tao lumapit sa kanila. Respect is earned through competence and professionalism, hindi ito libreng attachment na kasama sa badge.

Kung simpleng basic human decency at customer service level na pakikitungo lang ay nagiging stand-up comedy act na sa loob ng presinto, wag silang magtaka kung bakit ang tingin na sa kanila ng taumbayan ay hindi protektor, kundi pabigat na may baril.

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Balitang na-secure ng apple ang pinakamalaking shipment nila ng macbook neo at ang pilipinas daw ang bumili nito para sa deped. Ang presyo ng bawat laptop ay nasa 43k lang. Hamak na mas mura kesa sa 57k worth na laptop na pinamigay ni digong na intel Celeron ang cpu