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[pinoythings]

List of SONA 2017 Rallies

Various groups have decided to mobilize protests for the State of the Nation Address 2017 in the Philippines after the country’s Congress & Senate voted to extend the Martial Law in Mindanao. 

These are the list of rallies that will take place on July 24th, the day of the SONA

In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement and Freedom from Debt Coalition:

ASSEMBLY TIME: 11:00 AM

ASSEMBLY VENUE : Ford Dealer & Service Center , Commonwealth Ave. (Immediately after Loyola Funeral Homes)

11:30 – 12:30 - Short Program

12-30 to 1:00 - March to Toyota, Calderon, Commonwealth, to join the broader mobilization led by .Freedom from Debt Coalition

Block Marcos protest (https://www.facebook.com/BlockMarcosNow/photos/a.141884496287471.1073741829.139884613154126/292546481221271/?type=3):

WANT TO JOIN TOMORROW’S SONA PROTESTS BUT DON’T KNOW WHERE TO GO?

Join us in mounting our creative action to represent those who lost (and who will lose) their lives in the violent war on drugs and martial law in Mindanao and the entire country: “Martsa Ng Mga Di Makapagmartsa.” Meet up is at St. Peter’s Parish, Commonwealth Ave., 10am. Everyone is welcome to join. Bring old shoes/slippers/etc.

#BlockDuterte #HaranginAngDiktadura

ContraSONA:

Join Catholic bishops, progressive lawmakers, leaders of the Gathering for Civil Liberties, Akbayan Partylist, Kilusan para sa Makabansang Ekonomiya (KME), Millennials Against Dictators - MAD, Youth Resist and different social movements in a day-long people’s action for truth, justice and accountability, and in direct protest against President Duterte’s “fake SONA”.

PAGTITIPON PARA SA KATARUNGAN AT LABAN SA KADILIMAN: A Peoples’ ContraSONA initiative 24July 2017, from 12midnight to 5PM @ San Antonio de Padua Parish, Constitutional Hills, batasan, QC

PROGRAM: 12MN: MISA PARA SA KATARUNGAN, LABAN SA KADILIMAN ( Bishop Deogracias Iniguez)

1:30-3AM Opening program + Film showing

6AM: MISA PARA SA KAPAYAPAAN, PAG-ASA AT PAGKAKAISA (Bishop Antonio Tobias)

8AM: Exercise for Human Rights 9-11AM: Peoples’ Messages of Truth

12NN: MISA PARA SA KATOTOHANAN AT PANANAGUTAN (Father Rudy Abao)

1PM: Human Hashtag protest and noise barrage 2PM: #YouthResist Alternative SONA 3-5PM: SONA Viewing: Peoples’ Verdict

We hope you can join us. Please contact Jessie at 09183437001 to confirm. Tuloy ang laban!

Sining, Kalikasan, Aklasan (SKA) Kontra sa SONA 2017

Ang SKA ay isang kaganapang pantay na inorganisa ng mga indibidwal at grupo para kundenahin ang mga nagaganap na kawalang-katarungan sa kalikasan at lipunan.

Mga magaganap: Performances, Jamming, Free-market, Solar Power Demonstration, Open Library, Mass-feeding (food not bombs), Free Hair-cut, Plant-sharing/Tree custodianship, Participatory Zine-making, Chalk Art, Participatory live-painting, Pirate Radio Broadcast, Yoga Demos, Sleeping Workshop, Solidarity Speeches, and many more!

July 24, 2017 8am simula Quezon Circle, Harap ng NHA

More will be added to this list as soon as I get more information re: the SONA protests tomorrow

[pinoythings]

@useless-philippinesfacts @thisisnotpilipinx 

[beameized]

My favorite filipino thing is when we talk about terrible things like the disparity of wealth between rich and poor, need for better healthcare and educational systems, the looming conservative Catholic Christian ideologies that seem to overpower people’s rights and autonomy, the backwards concept of gender and sexuality which is basically “girl boy bakla tomboy butiki baboy” and many more then we say in a very happy tone,

“It’s more fun in the Philippines”

because we’ve been taught to smile even though the sky is falling and the world is turning ash. “It’s a Filipino thing to smile despite all the hardships in life.” so we mutter the Slogan with all the hidden salt and sarcasm in our bodies, with a nice smiley face and a little bit of laughter. Because we can’t complain directly and we find roundabout ways to do so.

[heyskitty]

Antisemitism just happened in the midst of a “meme war” during the University Student Government General Elections of De La Salle University in the Philippines. 

Making memes of the USG because you are disappointed with them is one thing, but using antisemitism to express your disappointment to the USG is taking things too far, and it’s never okay!

This is so disappointing considered that DLSU is located in the Philippines, one of the countries that opened its doors to the Jews who were escaping from Nazi persecution during World War 2. 

Tweet Source: https://twitter.com/MillennialNgMNL/status/886483314097270785

[everythingisproblematicin]

@useless-philippinesfacts look!

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Manuel L. Quezon’s ghost must be rolling in his grave right now

[pinoythings]

This is why you should double-check before hitting send

[source]

[arandomguy163]

Its like the 80’s all over again, a remorseless madwoman runs the UK, a maniacal bastard runs the US, the world’s on the brink of nuclear war and all I want to do is listen to synthpop

[useless-philippinesfacts-archive]

and the philippines is run by a dictator with a law degree

[theinturnetexplorer]

[angelicguy]

tag ya damn self

[mika213]

Tijuana & Guatemala respectively, but damn I thought Norway was Mexico for a split second.

[useless-philippinesfacts-archive]

I’m the Philippines one

[southie-dakotie]

I just remembered there’s no actual name for those little eye crusties you get when you wake up so reblog and tag what you call them

[official-lithuania]

#traiškanos

[useless-greecefacts]

τσίμπλες

[useless--croatiafacts]

krmelji

[useless-sloveniafacts]

i’ve always heard them being called zaspančki though apparently there’s also krmežljavčki and krmežlji

[useless-vietnamfacts]

ghèn

[useless-indonesiafacts]

belek

[useless-philippinesfacts-archive]

muta

[pinoythings]

Three times Xian Gaza used women to gain publicity, and that one time he scammed Typhoon Haiyan volunteers

Full thread here: https://twitter.com/jaredlacaran/status/882133483576991744

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Who should beat Pacquiao in the 2022 Presidential Elections. Like for Jun Sabayton aka Bayaw, Reblog for Nenalyn Defensor

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question, is it really over? or is it just this round?

the fight is already over. horn has been declared the winner.

GMA7′s broadcast is just late, idk why - when in fact, the fight was advertised to be available on Free TV (meaning its in sync w/ the satellite broadcast, which turned out to be false today)

[useless-philippinesfacts-archive]

Pacquiao lost his WBC Welterweight title

Hope he loses his senate seat next

[useless-philippinesfacts-archive]

Guys, talo na si Pacquiao!

Sana sa susunod na eleksyon, talo nanaman siya sa Senado.

[southeastasianists]

Prison time looms for Filipinos that fail to sing national anthem “with fervor”

Proposed law comes amid wave of nationalism in the Philippines that has also seen calls for the country to change its name

Filipinos could be jailed for up to a year and fined between $1,000 and $2,000 for failing to sing the national anthem “with fervor”, if a proposed law is passed.

The law, which stipulates that the anthem, Lupang Hinirang – meaning chosen land – must be played between 100 and 120 beats per minute and requires students to memorise the song, was passed by the House of Representatives of the Philippines on Monday and will now be sent to the Senate for approval.

“Any act which casts contempt, dishonour or ridicule upon the national anthem shall be penalised,” says the bill, which outlines a long list of rules about the nation’s anthem, flag and pledge of allegiance.

“When the national anthem is played at a public gathering … in any format, the attending public shall sing the national anthem. The singing shall be mandatory and must be done with fervor,” the law says. “At the first note, all persons shall execute a salute by placing their right palms over their left chest.”

Offenders would be named and shamed in a national newspaper along with other punishments outlined in the bill. The passing of the bill in the House comes just weeks after the Filipino lawmaker Gary Alejano, a representative for Magdalo, filed a separate bill to create a commission to rename the country.

“If we want to be truly independent, then we should throw away the bonds of colonialism by establishing our own national identity,” said Alejano, alluding to the previously colonised country being named after King Philip. “For our country to move forward, we should identify a name for our country that genuinely reflects our national aspirations, a name that signifies our values and self-determination.” Such developments are indicative of the country’s recent lurch toward nationalism, a trend both fueled and exploited by the country’s controversial leader, Rodrigo Duterte, who came to power last June.

A key theme of the former mayor of Davao’s presidency has been his purported commitment to reaffirming the country’s sovereignty in the face of continued interference from foreign powers. Most notably, he has railed against the US, threatening on numerous occasions to “separate” from the superpower, which has historically enjoyed deep ties with the Philippines, and move closer to Moscow and Beijing.

Last September, just weeks after calling then US president Barack Obama a ‘son of a whore’, the pugnacious president said he wanted all US troops to leave the country’s troubled south. “They have to go. In Mindanao, there are so many American [troops] there. They have to go. We will reorient our foreign policy,” he said of the island in the country’s south. “For as long as we stay with America, we will never have peace in that land [Mindanao]. We might as well give it up.”

However, the US continues to play an important role in counter-terrorism activities in the Philippines. Most recently, the US has been providing assistance to Philippine troops in the fight against Islamic State-affiliated troops in war-torn Marawi City on Mindanao, assistance that the Philippine military were reluctant to make public. Philippine General Restituto Padilla broke the silence around US involvement in Marawi on 14 June, telling the New York Times that American troops were there, but were “not allowed to join combat”.

Padilla’s comments came just days after Duterte told reporters that he had “never approached America” for help and was unaware of a US military presence in Marawi, fuelling speculation that the Philippine military did not consult Duterte before reaching out to their US counterparts.

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Look, I love the Philippines and all but this proposed law is more ridiculous than some MMDA enforcers offering people they apprehended to sing the National Anthem instead of charging them for their fines.

[useless-philippinesfacts-archive]

Happy Canada Day, fam!

Love,

The At-EH-neo De Manila University

[appleflavoredkitkats]

hey um filipinos when will you stop thinking gays = super girlish and lesbians = super boyish??

[queenvalerie-replies-deactivate]

SHITINFG FUC K uhM YES

[peeacho-blog]

@ some certain filipino artists

[useless-philippinesfacts-archive]

(the OP is also a Filipino so to anyone planning to tell them to “stay in their lane”, just don’t. they know what they’re talking about. filipino society thinking all gays are effems is indeed a problem)

[justanothersideblogofmine]

Sana matalo si Manny Pacquiao.

Sana matalo si Manny Pacquiao.

Sana matalo si Manny Pacquiao.

Sana matalo si Manny Pacquiao.

Sana matalo si Manny Pacquiao.

Sana matalo si Manny Pacquiao.

Sana matalo si Manny Pacquiao.

Sana matalo si Manny Pacquiao.

Sana matalo si Manny Pacquiao.

Sana matalo si Manny Pacquiao.

Sana matalo si Manny Pacquiao.

Sana matalo si Manny Pacquiao.

Bukod sa wala na siyang kwentang tao, boring na rin siya panoorin magboxing kaya “Sana matalo si Manny Pacquiao.

[useless-philippinesfacts-archive]

#BIG_MOOD

[altonzm-deactivated20170213]

french recipes: if you’re not making this in paris then what’s the point. fuck you

italian recipes: use the left leg meat of a pig from one of three farms in this specific area of tuscany, or from this day my grandmother will begin manifesting physically in your house

[thirdtimecharmed]

american recipes: buy these three cans of stuff and put them in a pan congrats you cooked

[svynakee]

chinese recipes, as handed down from mother to child: season it with a pinch of this and some of that. you want to know the exact amount? feel it in your heart. ask the stars. yell into the void. 

[orriculum]

English recipes: boil and salt it. Okay that’s it enjoy

[digitalfare]

Greek recipes: You followed all the right steps but this isn’t quite right. I don’t know what to tell you.

[jamesandlilys]

Australia recipes: chuck it on the barbie

[monsterhighalumni]

Latinx recipes: you will never make it better than your abuela, face the facts

[megatrcn]

Filipino recipes: add rice and soy sauce and some more rice MORE RICE MORE RICE MORE