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  🚨 “Trillion-Peso Rage”: Manila Erupts Over Flood-Control Corruption Scandal 😡🚧   The streets shook before the thunderclouds did. Did Manila just trigger the biggest anti-corruption reckoning of the decade, or will this outrage be archived like all the others until the next storm drowns us again? Manila woke up to a chorus of whistles, placards, and boiling anger as thousands of Filipinos flooded key sites to denounce a ballooning corruption scandal tied to flood-control projects that were supposed to protect the public from disasters. The protests gathered at Luneta and the People Power corridor along EDSA, with police on heightened alert. The rallying cry was blunt and universal: jail them, now. The energy on the ground felt like a collective audit of the whole system, not just a single agency. Reports throughout the day confirmed the scale and stakes, from the crowd counts to the government’s scramble to contain the fallout. Let’s get the receipts out first. The scandal...

 🎙️ SONA 2025 EXPOSED: Marcos Jr’s ‘Progress Report’ Has a Few Missing Pages 👀 What do you call a State of the Nation Address that name-drops power plants, schools, and scholarships—but leaves out the country’s political elephant graveyard? You call it SONA 2025. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr may have mapped out his grand vision for the Philippines with a technocratic smile, but let’s not pretend this was a full story. Because between the stats, slogans, and solar panels, there were massive silences that spoke louder than his loudest applause lines. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA), delivered on July 28, 2025, had all the trappings of a well-rehearsed TED Talk: smooth, data-packed, and bursting with plans. But just like a TED Talk, the performance left some people clapping—and others wondering what wasn’t said. Let’s be fair: there was a lot on the menu. The President touted low inflation, falling unemployment, and an “invest in the ...

 Torre Wins by Default After Baste Duterte Vanishes Before Charity Boxing Match 🥊🕵️  What happens when a cop walks into the ring but a Duterte doesn’t? The boxing gloves were on, the cameras were rolling, and the Rizal Memorial Coliseum was packed with hype—but acting Davao City mayor Baste Duterte never showed up. The main event? A no-fight, no-glory spectacle where Police General Nicolas Torre III was declared the winner by default after a dramatic ten-second countdown. And if you think this was just about charity, think again. This saga feels more like a political soap opera in gloves. The Rizal Memorial Coliseum was ready for battle. The gloves were laced, the lights were blazing, and the energy was electric. But the main act, hyped as a charity boxing match between Philippine National Police Chief Nicolas Torre III and Davao City acting mayor Sebastian "Baste" Duterte, ended not with a bang, but with a no-show. Let’s rewind to how this whole circus began. Just last...