LOOK: Massive crowd gathers at the Ateneo de Manila University grounds for Vice President Leni Robredo and Sen. Kiko Pangilinan’s thanksgiving gathering. | 📷: Screengrab from VP Leni Robredo’s FB live
‘NOT ONE OF MY FOREIGN TRIPS WAS EVER CHARGED TO THE GOVERNMENT’
LOOK: Former Vice President Leni Robredo responds to a netizen questioning the source of funds for her recent foreign trips. | 📷: Robredo/Facebook
WATCH: Thousands of farmers and local voters in Mabinay, Negros Oriental stage a protest today, May 10, to call the poll body to review the alleged “cheating” incident in the 2022 elections.
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#OurVoteOurFuture
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'HONOR OF A LIFETIME 💖'
LOOK: Former Vice President Leni Robredo looks back at her proclamation rally with running mate and former Senator Kiko Pangilinan, which was held in Naga City on this day last year, Feb. 8, 2022. | 📸: Robredo
'I WILL BE RUNNING FOR THE SENATE'
Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno disclosed on Wednesday that he is running for the Senate in the 2022 national elections.
He also said he is in support of 1Sambayan’s efforts to come up with a united slate.
LOOK: Facing long odds, Vice President Leni Robredo remained gracious to the end: thanking her supporters for fighting alongside her. "Kaya sinasabi ko sa inyo ngayon, walang nasayang. Hindi tayo nabago. Pinakamahalaga, hindi pa tayo tapos." 📷VPLR Media Bureau |
@krixiasINQ
Vice President Leni Robredo will be heading to New York this weekend to attend her daughter Jillian’s graduation. She is also looking to auction some of the gifts she received during her campaign rallies to raise funds for projects.
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‘MAG INGAT TAYO SA SCAMMERS, NAGLIPANA ‘YAN’
WATCH: Actress Angelica Panganiban is back again to remind the public to assess the candidates they will be voting for this coming May elections.
“‘Pag may history ng pambubudol, never again, never forget tayo.” she said. | 🎥 YPS
Reelectionist Sen. Risa Hontiveros is poised to retake her seat as probably the only oppositionist among the top 12 candidates in the senatorial race.
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CONFIRMED. The Bureau of Internal Revenue sent a written demand to the Marcos family in December 2021 to pay their estate taxes liability worth P203 billion, according to its commissioner Caesar Dulay.
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GREATEST ROBBERY OF A GOVERNMENT.
Late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. received this distinction from the Guinness World Records after the Philippine government identified a total national loss worth $5 billion to $10 billion from November 1965.
#NeverAgain
#NeverForget
American financial services giant J.P. Morgan dropped the Philippines to the bottom of an investment list in a new report released after it became clear Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. was headed for a landslide win on Monday’s presidential elections. ...
The country’s former Vice President Leni Robredo turns 58 today.
After her unsuccessful presidential bid, she relaunched her Angat Buhay volunteer network, one of her key programs in the Office of the Vice President, into an NGO, which continues to assist Filipinos.
CONGRATS, TRICIA!
LOOK: In a Facebook post, outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo shares that her daughter Tricia got accepted into the Harvard Medical School Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery. | 📷: Leni Robredo/Facebook via
@jbvdellera
WATCH: Miss Universe Singapore Bernadette Belle Ong, who was born and raised in the Philippines, calls to
#StopAsianHate
as she dons her national costume in this year's Miss Universe. (🎥 Miss Universe/Twitter)
‘OUR FAIRY GODMOTHER IS MOTHERING 🧚🏼♀️💗
LOOK: Senator Risa Hontiveros joins members and allies of the LGBTQIA+ community at the Love Laban Pride PH Festival to celebrate
#PrideMonth
on Saturday, June 24. | 📷: Hontiveros/Instagram
JUST IN: The Quezon City council approves Coun. Ivy Lagman's resolution declaring Ai-Ai delas Alas and Darryl Yap, both known supporters of the Marcos-Duterte tandem, persona non grata in the city for "disrespecting the city's official seal." |
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LONGEST ONGOING STREAK IN MISS UNIVERSE 🇵🇭
The Philippines still holds the longest ongoing streak of semifinal placements at the Miss Universe competition ✨👑
'HINDI SIYA MAGNANAKAW'
Actress-dancer Rochelle Pangilinan explains in an Instagram post on Wednesday why she decided to support the candidacy of Vice President Leni Robredo.
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#OurVoteOurFuture
'TAYO ANG LIWANAG' 🌸
LOOK: Former Vice President Leni Robredo announces that she will release "Tayo ang Liwanag," a book about her "extraordinary journey" during the election campaign. | 📷: Leni Robredo
‘FAVORITE NA NI MAMA, FAVORITE PA NI LORD’
LOOK: Award-winning singer-songwriter Taylor Swift will be a speaker at the graduation of Vice President Leni Robredo’s youngest daughter, Jillian, from New York University on May 18.
REST IN PEACE. Multi-awarded Filipina novelist and activist Lualhati Bautista, best known for her novels “Dekada '70,” “Bata, Bata, Pa'no Ka Ginawa?” and “GAPÔ,” has passed away at the age of 77.
LOOK: Around 70,000 supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis Pangilinan trooped to the grand rally in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental as of 7:30 p.m., Friday, organizers said.
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#OurVoteOurFuture
| 📸: Aaron Abadilla via
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A third autopsy on the exhumed remains of the 17-year-old boy led Raquel Fortun to the discovery of the intact bullet lodged in his neck region, sparking fresh questions about the reliability of other postmortem examinations by the PNP.
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LOOK: Comedian Michael V. casts his vote for the 2022 elections.
"Best of luck to our next president… whoever she may be. 🇵🇭🙏🏼," his caption reads. | 📷Michael V/Facebook
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#VotePH
Thousands of biker-partners of ride-hailing firm Angkas troops along the stretch of White Plains Ave up to the Edsa Kalayaaan Shrine to protest the gov’t’s 10,000-biker cap per transport network company to be imposed next year for the extended pilot run.
LENI JOINS THE RACE 🎀
BREAKING: Vice President Leni Robredo announces that she will run for president in the 2022 national elections.
#OurVoteOurFuture
#PILIpinas
Sen. Binay believes her family hasn’t been treated well by ABS-CBN, but she will vote for its franchise renewal if it reaches the Senate “because it’s not about me." |
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CONGRATULATIONS! 💍🤍
LOOK: Actress Bea Alonzo announces her engagement with her boyfriend, Dominic Roque.
“You see, I have done so many proposal scenes in my entire career, but nothing beats the real thing. I have been doing it all wrong!” Alonzo writes. | 📷: Alonzo/Instagram
'ANG PRESIDENTE KO AY SI LENI ROBREDO'
LOOK: Ivana Alawi endorses the candidacy of presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo today, May 7. | 📷Ivana Alawi
About 40 percent of Japanese schools have recently started introducing “gender-neutral” uniforms in their systems so that students can mix and match their school outfits depending on their preferences.
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The postponement came after several Antiqueños and Ilonggos expressed disgust on social media that the rally would be held at the park where Evelio Javier was shot and while the country was commemorating the 36th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution.
LOOK: Actor Daniel Padilla was spotted participating in painting a mural to show support for presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo in a subdivision in Quezon City. | 📷: Jeennee Desiderio, Steffi Tan via
@jbvdellera
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'Happy Birthday, my Valentino♡'
LOOK: Actress Maymay Entrata greeted her "Valentino" on his birthday which coincides with Valentine's day.
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CONGRATULATIONS, TRICIA!
LOOK: Tricia Robredo, daughter of former Vice President Leni Robredo, has achieved a new milestone by successfully defending her thesis at Harvard Medical School during a solar eclipse. | 📸: Robredo/Facebook
SALAZAR SIBLINGS REUNITED💗
LOOK: “Four Sisters and a Wedding” stars Angel Locsin, Shaina Magdayao and Enchong Dee posed for a reunion photo on Saturday. | 📷Locsin/Instagram Story
UNREAL VISUALS 🔥
LOOK: Netizens gush over the selfie of Japanese actor Kento Yamazaki and South Korean idol Jeonghan of SEVENTEEN, as they attend a fashion show of a luxury brand. | 📷: Yamazaki/Instagram via Glenn Ferrariz, trainee
'SPREAD YOUR WINGS' 🦋
LOOK: NASA shares a stunning image of the "Butterfly Nebula," resembling the shape of a butterfly's wings with scattered stars around it. | 📷: NASA via Paula Acuavera, trainee
LOOK: South Korean group BTS deliver their speech for the youth around the world as they join South Korean President Moon Jae-in and other world leaders at the 76th United Nations General Assembly.
#BTSxUNGA
#YouthToday
#YourStories
KC Concepcion has joined the cast of the romantic comedy film “Asian Persuasion,” set in New York, replacing previously announced actress Toni Gonzaga in the lead role.
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A group of Islamic leaders who earlier pledged their support for Manila Mayor Isko Moreno for president came out in the open on Monday to declare their support for incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo. |
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‘KAKAMPINKS RALLY IN LONDON’
A British extension of the tens of thousands Filipinos that gathered in Pasig City on Sunday took to the iconic Marble Arch to show support for presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo and her teammate Sen. Kiko Pangilinan.
LOOK: Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz casts her vote on Monday.
“Pumila para bumoto!” she wrote. “Binoto ko ay may Gold Standard sa good governance.” | 📷Diaz/Instagram
BIGYAN NG JACKET 'YAN!
TV host-actor Willie Revillame has decided not to run in the 2022 national elections, stressing that he does not need to be in the government to do good for others.
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Sen. Lacson: A single document that DOH Sec. Duque failed to submit was cause of PH missing out on chance to acquire 10M doses of Pfizer vaccine as early as January, an opportunity that went to Singapore. Negotiations started in July. |
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‘NAMAMASKO PO, B*TCH’ 💃🏻🎄
WATCH: Fil-Am social media personality Bretman Rock gives good vibes as he dances and edits himself into a viral “Jingle Bells” caroling clip.
“This is what Baklang Pinoy excellence look like,” he writes. | 🎥: Bretman Rock/TikTok
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LOOK: Suho of world famous K-Pop boy group EXO attended Stanford University’s Korean Studies conference to talk about the Korean wave and share his experience as an idol on Thursday, May 19. | 📸: SMTOWNGLOBAL/Twitter
LEAVING A MARK
Even the smallest of budgets couldn't keep outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo and her team from displaying their commitment to serve the people.
Take a look at the programs that her office offered to Filipinos since 2016.
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CONGRATULATIONS!
According to COA, the unqualified opinion is granted to government agencies that have fairly presented their financial reports and statements in accordance with the Philippine Public Sector Accounting Standards.
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'HE KNOWS JIN IS COMING HOME SOON' 💜
LOOK: Non-government organization Balyena. org has spotted male humpback whale PH122, also known as Kim Seokjin.
The marine animal was adopted by BTS ARMY Cavite in 2021 and named it after the eldest BTS member.
Jin is expected to be…
Since the revival of Bayanihan e-Konsulta program of former Vice President Leni Robredo five months ago, the Angat Buhay Foundation said at least 6,000 patients were able to get assistance through the free teleconsultation platform.
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THESE PHOTOS HIT US RIGHT IN THE FEELS 😍
LOOK: Heart Evangelista shares a photo with her ex-boyfriend Jericho Rosales on her Instagram Story. | 📷: Evangelista, Salvador/Instagram Story
'WE ARE ALLIES' 🏳️🌈
LOOK: Actress Gabbi Garcia expresses her appreciation to her dad, Vince Pena Lopez, for "stepping up and making a difference" as they join the Pride Ride on Saturday, June 24. | 📷: Gabbi Garcia/Instagram
JUST IN: Taylor Swift has reportedly broken up with her boyfriend Joe Alwyn after six years of dating, Entertainment Tonight reports. | 📷: Swift, Alwyn/Instagram
Should she win as president, Vice President Leni Robredo said that her Cabinet members must be experts in their fields, respected, and great managers.
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LOOK: Vice President Leni Robredo just got back in Manila after her four-day campaign in Mindanao, she announced as she shared a photo of her in front of Masjid Dimaukom, popularly known as the Pink Mosque, in Maguindanao. | 📷Robredo/Facebook
First-ever awake brain craniotomy at East Avenue Medical Center! 💪 👏
LOOK: Ateneo de Zamboanga University takes pride in their alumnus Dr. Ian Ray Caluscusin, one of the main neurosurgeons who led the first awake craniotomy operation at the EAMC. | 📷Nerisse Siazon via AdZU
REST IN PEACE. The Philippine Heart Association reports that its former president, Dr. Raul Jara, has passed away due to COVID-19. Maraming salamat po sa inyong serbisyo! 📷 Philippine Heart Association
WELCOME TO MANILA, JACKSON AND TREASURE! 🪄💎
LOOK: Jackson Wang of
#GOT7
and K-Pop group Treasure arrive at Manila’s NAIA Terminal 1 for the
#KpopMasterzinManila2022
concert on Friday, July 29. | 📸: NAIA/Instagram
'IT'S MY HONOR TO CALL YOU MY TITO'
LOOK: Actor Donny Pangilinan on Instagram penned a heartfelt message to vice presidential candidate Senator Kiko Pangilinan whom he describes as a "ninong, uncle, and second dad."
📸 Donny Pangilinan/Instagram
After being kidnapped as a toddler and later fostered by a billionaire family, a Chinese man finally returns to his real parents, who happen to be millionaires.
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CONGRATULATIONS, DOC TRICIA!
LOOK: Former Vice President Leni Robredo shared photos from her daughter Tricia's face-to-face graduation at the Ateneo de Manila University today, July 3. | 📸: Leni Robredo/Facebook
'HINDI KO SIYA PAPATULAN'
Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo had this to say following Manila Mayor Isko Moreno's call for her to drop out of the presidential race.
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'TULOY PA RIN KAMI.'
The Commission on Audit is committed to performing and publishing audits of government agencies despite pointed criticism from President Rodrigo Duterte and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III.
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‘I AM A FILIPINO CITIZEN HOPING TO BE PROVEN WRONG’
LOOK: Actress Angel Locsin, a vocal supporter of the Robredo-Pangilinan tandem, expresses her support for the presumptive winners of the recent 2022 elections for the “country’s sake.”
CONGRATULATIONS, MR. AND MRS. JAUNCEY! 😍💍
LOOK: Beauty queen Pia Wurtzbach surprises her fans with a beach wedding video of her with her partner Jeremy Jauncey. | 📷: Pia Wurtzbach/Instagram via Glenn Ferrariz,
ATTY. ROBREDO IS GOING TO HARVARD
LOOK: Former VP Leni Robredo is invited at Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership as one of its Hauser Leaders for the Fall 2022 semester, alongside four other distinguished practitioners. | 📷: Robredo/FB, Harvard/Website
LOOK: Vice President Leni Robredo shared some photos with her daughters taken by Marts Romero, a Filipino photographer based in New York, after Jillian Robredo’s graduation from the prestigious New York University. | 📸: Leni Robredo/Facebook
SALAMAT SA LABAN, NESTHY! 💪❤️🇵🇭
LOOK: Still a historic finish for Nesthy Petecio as she delivers a silver medal for the Philippines at
#Tokyo2020
! She bows to Japanese Sena Irie in the final.
#boxing
| 📷LUIS ROBAYO/AFP
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‘MAY REKLAMO KA?’ 😎
WATCH: Former Vice President Leni Robredo enjoys a warrior experience during her tour in Japan, as seen in a video she shares on her Instagram Story. | 🎥: Robredo
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Tiffany Grace Uy, the UP College of Medicine Class of 2020 Valedictorian, defended the medical groups' plea for tighter restrictions as coronavirus cases continue to surge.
‘NO LOOKING BACK, ONLY MOVING FORWARD.’ 🌈
LOOK: Actress Kathryn Bernardo shares a series of snaps of what made her smile over the past few weeks and pens a short appreciation post. | 📷: Bernardo/Instagram
“Fighting for climate justice is the fight for democracy and freedom. We cannot attain climate justice under fascist leaders," said Alde Nilsson, Greta Thunberg's fellow climate activist from Sweden.
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READ: BTS speaks out on the rising attacks against Asians, recalling their experiences with discrimination.
“You, I and we all have the right to be respected. We will stand together,” they said in a statement. | 📷
@BTS_twt
'Lumabas, makinig, at subukang makiusap nang mahinahon'
LOOK: Dr. Tricia Robredo, daughter of Vice President Leni Robredo, took to Instagram to encourage "kakampinks" to go out of their circles as "the situation on the ground is very different."
📸Tricia Robredo/Instagram
On this day 51 years ago, dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. placed the entire country under martial law — remembered by many Filipinos as one of the darkest chapters in Philippine history.
Here's a look back at the martial law under the Marcos regime.
#NeverForget
#Neveragain
#ML51