I dare contradict this known novelist & philosopher. George Orwell said, "All art is propaganda." Hence, Art could also be use to lure, manipulate & control the masses to serve an unjust & tyranical entity. Let it be noted that Iris Murdoch was a communist in her lifetime.

When we look at the Philippine flag, we are looking at centuries of people who just refused to back down. Our independence was not handed to us; it was paid for in pure resilience and a refusal to be silenced. But freedom is not just a moment in the past; it is how we show up today. It’s in the way we protect our heritage, and loudly own our identity. Every time we stand tall against the odds, we’re keeping that fire burning. We are the living, breathing proof that the Filipino spirit can never be contained. We are our ancestors' wildest, freest dream.

PBBM GOOD NEWS BY @NgobzONLI 𝗣𝗕𝗕𝗠’𝗦 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝟯𝟰𝟬.𝟬𝟳 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 & 𝟯𝟳,𝟴𝟮𝟴 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝟰 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗦: Ang Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) at'.oard of Investments (BOI) ay nag-certify ng 𝟭𝟰 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛-𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 sailalim ng Green Lane Initiative mula 𝗝𝗔𝗡𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬–𝗔𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗟 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. Ang kabuuang investments ay umabot sa 𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝟯𝟰𝟬.𝟬𝟳 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡, na inaasahang maglilikha ng 𝟯𝟳,𝟴𝟮𝟴 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦 para sa mga Pilipino. 𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗬 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗚𝗘 Malaking bahagi nito o 𝟴𝟱.𝟳𝟭% 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 ay mula sa renewable energy sector na may 𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝟯𝟯𝟵.𝟬𝟵 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 at 𝟯𝟳,𝟳𝟮𝟲 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦. Makikita ito sa mga flagship projects: • 𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗠 – 𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝟱𝟮.𝟯𝟭 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 | 𝟭𝟬,𝟱𝟲𝟬 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦. • 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗠 – 𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝟰𝟯.𝟱𝟵 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 | 𝟴,𝟴𝟬𝟬 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦. • 𝗡𝗨𝗘𝗩𝗔 𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗝𝗔 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗠 – 𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝟰𝟯.𝟱𝟵 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 | 𝟴,𝟴𝟬𝟬 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦. • 𝗕𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗢 𝗕𝗔𝗬 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧 – 𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝟴𝟴.𝟯𝟮 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 | 𝟮,𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦. Sama-sama, ang mga ito ay nagkakahalaga ng mahigit 𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝟮𝟮𝟬 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 at lilikha ng mahigit 𝟯𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦.. 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗖 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗝𝗢𝗕 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗧𝗛: Kasama rin ang: • 𝗦𝗔𝗡 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 – 𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝟯𝟬.𝟵𝟮 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 | 𝟭,𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦. • 𝟱𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗣. 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧 – 𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝟱.𝟴𝟴 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 | 𝟭,𝟳𝟲𝟬 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦. • Mga hydropower initiatives mula sa 𝗔𝗟𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗦 at 𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗬 na magdadagdag ng halos 𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦. Ang mga proyektong ito ay hindi lamang nagpapalakas ng energy supply kundi nagbibigay rin ng trabaho sa construction, engineering, at operations sectors. 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗨𝗠: Sa food security sector, dalawang proyekto mula sa 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗘𝗡 𝗣𝗢𝗞𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗𝗦 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦 sa Cavite at Isabela na nagkakahalaga ng halos 𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝟭-𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 ay inaasahang lilikha ng mahigit 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦 at magpapalakas sa agricultural productivity at food supply chain ng bansa. 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥: Kapansin-pansin ang pagtaas ng employment generation: ▪️𝟯𝟳,𝟴𝟮𝟴 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 ▪️ 𝟭𝟴,𝟮𝟳𝟮 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 ▪️𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗧𝗛 Ito ay malinaw na patunay na epektibo ang Green Lane sa pag-akit ng malalaking investments na lumilikha ng trabaho. 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯: Mula nang ilunsad ang Green Lane noong February 2023 sa ilalim ng Executive Order No. 18, umabot na sa: 🔘𝟮𝟯𝟳 𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 🔘𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝟲.𝟯𝟮 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 🔘𝟰𝟮𝟭,𝟰𝟱𝟭 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦 Sa renewable energy sector lamang: 🔘𝟭𝟴𝟮 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 🔘𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝟱.𝟰𝟮 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 🔘 𝟮𝟳𝟮,𝟱𝟴𝟯 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦 𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬: ▪️𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝟯𝟰𝟬.𝟬𝟳 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 ▪️𝟯𝟳,𝟴𝟮𝟴 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦 ▪️𝟭𝟰 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛-𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 ▪️𝟴𝟱.𝟳𝟭% 𝗜𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗬 ▪️𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝟲.𝟯𝟮 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 ▪️𝟰𝟮𝟭,𝟰𝟱𝟭 𝗧𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 #GreenLanePH #PBBMarcosLegacy #RenewableEnergy #PBBMGoodNews

Incredible video! Christina Koch's face at the beginning of the video is illuminated by light reflected from the Earth! Then she switches the camera, and we see our planet through the window. The video was again shot on an iPhone, which is visible in the reflection. ⁣⁣

“I hope heaven's treating you better than the world ever did Lil bro...” aimar☹️💔

#SciFeature 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗡'𝗧 𝗦𝗪𝗜𝗠 The recent drowning incidents once again highlights the reality: many Filipinos cannot swim and at the same time, our surrounding waters can be dangerous with unpredictable currents, tides, and waves. Despite living in an archipelago, around 50% Filipinos grow up without learning how to swim. Why is it that many Filipinos can't swim? According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), poverty and limited access make swimming lessons unaffordable, while public schools rarely include them. Urbanization also separates communities from natural water, and many cities lack safe, affordable facilities. Cultural factors play a role too, as fear of water or lack of skills is often passed down within families. As a result, swimming is treated as a “luxury,” not a basic survival skill. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟬 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, making it a major yet often overlooked public health issue. This problem is often aggravated by lack of safeguards and other mitigating measures. #swimming #survival

LOOK: This is the Dao Building of San Francisco High School in Bgy. Bago Bantay, Quezon City–which has been razed by a huge fire in June 2025. It has now been rebuilt as a 4-story building with sprinkler systems. Reconstruction took only 8 months. | via @JervisManahan

Niccolò Machiavelli once wrote: “Nothing is more difficult to handle, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage, than to put oneself at the head of introducing a new order of things.” But Machiavelli also understood a truth many politicians forget: Power is never truly yours. It is merely entrusted to you for a time. What troubles me about Alan Peter Cayetano’s continuing fixation on the Senate Presidency is that the conversation no longer seems to be about the Senate. It seems to be about Alan Peter Cayetano. The Senate Presidency is a position, not a possession. Strong leaders know how to win power. Great leaders know when to let it go. The longer one clings to a title after the institution has already moved on, the less it looks like principle and the more it looks like attachment. And in politics, attachment is often ambition wearing the mask of virtue. #LetItGoPeter #CayetanoResign #PoliticalTheater #SenatePH 🎥 SenatePh

Post 79 – What Truly is the Will of God? The world is racing into the great unknown, accelerating toward the space age. But never forget: there is a Creator behind that vast universe, and that Creator is God. God declared at Jesus baptism: “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am…

And when Jesus had thus prayed, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” And in just twelve seconds of earth time the hitherto lifeless form of Lazarus began to move. Read the full account in The Urantia Book Paper 168.

A public servant has rules to follow. They have a heavier responsibility and accountability for their actions.

I agree. Being different is ok. But being weird, nonsensical, and irresponsible is not.

Enforcing the law, as such an arrest of a lawmaker with history of corruption, is much nobler than the claim that such act defiles the Senate as an institution. Tama na ang kaartehan at drama, isulong ang katarungan para sa bayang ninakawan!

PWEDE NAMAN PALA. A viral social media contrast has been making the rounds, depicting Hanoi before and after planting 1.6 million trees. It is a stunning visual transformation—but more importantly, it shows that trees and concrete can co-exist in a third-world country.  Between 2016 and 2020, the program "One Million Trees" was rolled out and Hanoi smashed it two years ahead of schedule, ultimately planting over 1.6 million trees across the capital.  The success was so profound that it paved way into a nationwide "One Billion Trees" initiative running through 2025. Hanoi's victory is a lesson in progressive urban development for the Philippines. Both are fast-growing Southeast Asian countries caught at the crossroads of rapid growth, dense populations, and extreme climate vulnerability. The difference is not in resources, but rather in political imagination.  While Manila allows the removal of mature tree canopies for expressways, Hanoi demonstrated that true 21st-century progress builds with nature, treating the urban canopy as critical public infrastructure. So what can we learn from Hanoi’? First, we need to move from seedling statistics to living canopies. The DENR allows developers to offset environmental damage by buying thousands of cheap seedlings, a numbers game that does nothing to cool a sweltering city. Hanoi turned down this lazy formula.  They planted mature, standard saplings that had been chosen for their ability to trap dust and absorb carbon dioxide. Vietnam's policy is that every tree must survive, and it supports it with budgets for years of rigorous post-care. We plant for the cameras and let saplings die in the sun. Hanoi plants to shield the public. Second, Hanoi eliminated the fragmented planning that plagues our bureaucracy. In Manila, the DPWH builds a road, utility companies dig it up, and trees are felled because they are “in the way." Hanoi integrated its tree-planting directly into transport networks and underground utility blueprints. If an infrastructure design threatens the green grid, the blueprints are adjusted. In the Philippines, the living infrastructure is sacrificed to keep the concrete straight. Third, Vietnam depoliticized its green spaces. Philippine urban forestry is a hostage to the three-year local election cycle. One mayor plants a pocket park; the next paves over it for a multipurpose gym bearing their name. Hanoi turned urban greening into a permanent civic duty, insulating it from political transitions and integrating it across schools, communities, and conglomerates. We can no longer hide behind the developing nation moniker to justify the ecological vandalism of Metro Manila. Vietnam operates within our economic bracket, yet they chose to invest in a livable capital. If we want to stop choking on our own progress, our national government must adopt Hanoi's playbook.  We must legislate a strict minimum canopy cover per capita for LGUs, making it a metric for the Seal of Good Local Governance. We must mandate "avoidance engineering" in public-private partnerships, forcing designers to map transport links around existing natural assets.  Finally, the DENR must end the seedling scam; developers must be held financially liable for the value of lost ecosystem services until replacement trees reach full maturity. How do you find Hanoi’s cityscape? Share your comment below. (By Walter C. Villa) #radarPHLifestyle #radarPH