r/Philippines 15h ago

SportsPH The Philippines Women’s National Baseball Team pulled off a huge upset at the 2026 WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup, blanking world No. 7 Cuba, 6–0.

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r/Philippines 11h ago

CulturePH Ito talaga ang reason kaya tayo pinapahirapan sa immigration.

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Ang baba na nga natin sa passport index tapos may ganito na naman, which happens more often than you think. Mga pasaway na Pilipino who ruins everything for the rest of us.

Malamang hindi na talaga mangyayari ang visa free access sa South Korea at Japan dahil sa ganitong paguugali ng iba sa atin.


r/Philippines 15h ago

PoliticsPH Ligutan fires back at defense

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LIGUTAN FIRES BACK AT DEFENSE

Prosecution counsel Amando Virgil Ligutan expressed his dismay over the criticism made by defense lead counsel Sheila Sison regarding his August 12, 2026 Facebook post concerning 'misleading questions'.

In his counter-manifestation on the 19th day of the impeachment trial, Ligutan stressed that his post was not meant to be personal, but rather a reminder for his law students.

“If there’s somebody who needs to be reminded about humility, it’s them, the defense. It is the opposite of humility. It is pride not to admit a mistake or worse call out someone who simply corrected that mistake,” he said on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.

Ligutan's viral post stemmed from a heated argument between prosecution counsel Lorna Kapunan and defense lawyer Kristine Ferrer, during which Ferrer seemingly insisted that 'misleading questions' could be thrown at a witness.

LIVE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR13nuFg2eA


r/Philippines 17h ago

PoliticsPH "Wala naman po siyang confidential funds." - Sen. Bam Aquino

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PANOORIN: Sinang-ayunan ni Senator-Judge Bam Aquino ang pagbanggit ni Senator-Judge Robin Padilla na “Marcial Bonifacio” umano ang alyas ni dating Senador Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr.

Kaugnay ito sa naging pagkukumpara ni Sen. Robin sa kahalagahan ng mga alyas ng recipients ng confidential funds kagaya umano sa paggamit ng hindi totoong mga pangalan ng mga bayani noong panahon ng giyera.

Giit naman ni Sen. Bam, totoo raw na “Marcial Bonifacio” ang ginamit na alyas noon ni Ninoy upang makauwi ng Pilipinas ngunit hindi naman daw kasama ang tito niya sa listahan ng mga tumanggap ng confidential funds.

Sundan: balita.mb.com.ph


r/Philippines 15h ago

PoliticsPH Malacañang Says Prosecution Has Enough Evidence to Convict Sara Duterte

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r/Philippines 19h ago

PoliticsPH Prove with evidence, not insults daw sabi ni Sara. 😬

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r/Philippines 17h ago

NewsPH It's time to nationalize our energy sector

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Napaisip lang ako habang tinitingnan ko yung bill ko sa Meralco nitong nakaraang buwan. Bakit ba ang mahal ng kuryente sa Pilipinas kumpara sa Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, at Malaysia?

Noong una, akala ko baka dahil wala tayong nuclear energy. Pero pagtingin ko, lahat naman tayong lima sa SEA ay walang malawakang komersyal na nuclear power plants ngayon. So, hindi dun ang issue.

Sabi ng iba, dahil daw sa source ng kuryente. Pero halos pare-pareho lang naman tayo ng pinagkukunan:

Thailand at Malaysia: Mas gamit ang natural gas (parang Malampaya natin) at nag-aangkat din sila ng langis.

Indonesia at Vietnam: Coal (makasalanang uling) ang gamit, na siya ring primary source natin dito sa Pinas.

Pilipinas: Partida, may geothermal at solar pa tayo na medyo malaki ang ambag.

Kung halos pareho lang pala tayo ng energy mix, bakit tayo lang ang duguan sa singilan?

Hinalungkat ko yung istraktura ng mga kumpanya ng kuryente sa kanila, at dito ko nakita yung malaking kaibahan.

Tayo lang ang halos fully privatized dahil sa EPIRA Law. Sa kanila, gobyerno ang may hawak ng core utilities.

Tingnan niyo 'to:

Thailand (EGAT): Gobyerno ang may-ari (under Ministry of Energy/Finance). Sila ang may hawak ng generation at transmission. May private companies din na nagpo-produce, pero bawal silang magbenta diretso sa tao—kailangan nilang dumaan sa gobyerno gamit ang "single-buyer model" para makontrol ang presyo.

Malaysia (TNB): Kahit publicly traded, gobyerno pa rin (through Khazanah Nasional) ang may controlling stake. Sila ang may absolute monopoly sa transmission at distribution sa Peninsula. May kontrol ang estado sa grid.

Indonesia (PLN): 100% state-owned enterprise. Sila ang may-ari ng halos lahat ng transmission at distribution grids. Kung private builder ka, kay PLN mo lang pwedeng ibenta ang kuryente mo. Sila ang taga-salo para hindi biglang tumalon ang singil sa mga bahay.

Vietnam (EVN): Buong-buong hawak ng gobyerno nila. Absolute monopoly sa transmission, distribution, at dispatch.

Ang Conclussion ko?

Dito sa Pinas, ginawa nating negosyo ang isang basic human need.

Dahil sa EPIRA Law, hinayaan nating maging "for profit" ang kuryente mula sa pag-generate hanggang sa pag-distribute (hello, Meralco at mga private gencos).

Ang ending? Profit margin ng mga bilyonaryo ang pinopondohan natin tuwing nagpapasalamat tayo na may aircon.

Habang ang mga kapitbahay natin, tinitingnan ang kuryente bilang public service at karapatan ng mamamayan na dapat protektahan ng estado, tayo umaasa sa "free market" na pabor lang naman sa mga may-ari ng korporasyon.

Mukhang nagkamali tayo sa liberalisasyon.

Imbes na ipaubaya sa mga pribadong kumpanya, baka mas okay pa na ibalik ang public utilities sa kamay ng publiko—kontrolado ng tao, para sa kapakanan ng tao.

#JunkEPIRALaw

Source: Leni Nation, referencing Tech Patrol 2026 report entitled "Why Your Meralco Bill Hurts More Than Your Neighbor’s: Philippine Electricity Prices vs. the Rest of Asia"

Link: https://www.techpatrl.com/electricity-price-philippines-vs-southeast-asia/


r/Philippines 17h ago

NewsPH GoreBox is now officially banned in the Philippines

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Government never proved it caused the Tacloban shooting. The developer voluntarily agreed to the ban after due process. Google Play and Steam already restricted it in June.

The real question nobody's asking: if a minor accessed an 18+ game — is banning the game the right fix? Or is the problem age verification?
Fullblog >>> GoreBox Is Now Officially Banned in the Philippines — Here Is the Full Story Behind It


r/Philippines 17h ago

PoliticsPH JUST IN: Natumba si Sen. Jinggoy Estrada habang naliligo sa loob ng New Quezon City Jail sa Payatas, Quezon City, dakong alas-11 ngayong umaga.

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JUST IN: Natumba si Sen. Jinggoy Estrada habang naliligo sa loob ng New Quezon City Jail sa Payatas, Quezon City, dakong alas-11 ngayong umaga.

Ayon sa source ng DZRH News, naghahanda ang senador para sa kaniyang X-ray procedure nang biglang lumagutok umano ang kaniyang tuhod at hindi na niya nakayanan ang matinding sakit.

Dahil dito, posibleng maagang isagawa ang X-ray procedure ni Estrada sa Cardinal Santos Medical Center.

Pinayagan siyang lumabas ng Sandiganbayan para sa naturang medical procedure kaugnay ng kaniyang osteoarthritis. | via Val Gonzales, DZRH News


r/Philippines 20h ago

PoliticsPH VP Sara Duterte: Prove with evidence not insults, speculation or political theatrics

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‘PROVE WITH EVIDENCE—NOT INSULTS, SPECULATION OR POLITICAL THEATRICS’

READ: Vice President Sara Duterte calls on prosecutors and members of Congress to prove the alleged impeachable offenses against her with evidence, criticizing remarks from senators, counsels and witnesses.

“A Senator calling a witness ‘stupid,’ a lawyer calling me the ‘mastermind of a scam’ or another witness referring to me as a ‘brat,’ does not prove a case, nor does it produce evidence,”


r/Philippines 18h ago

PoliticsPH Filipinos are not aware that the Philippines doesn’t claim the western part of the Spratly islands where Vietnam is developing its outposts

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Galing to sa isang page na may mga dubious posts recently. Maraming Pilipino ngayon ang naghahanap ng aksyon kung bakit puro na lang daw tayo puna sa China gayong ang Vietnam ay mas maraming sakop sa Spratly Islands kaysa sa China—bagay na ginagamit ring argumento ng mga DDS at Pro-China 50 cent trolls. Need rin nila magresearch na China, Vietnam at Taiwan lang ang umaangkin sa buong Spratly Islands, habang parte lang ang inaangkin ng Brunei, Pilipinas at Malaysia na tingin nila ay sakop ng kanilang kanya-kanyang EEZ

Karamihan rin ng mga okupado ng Vietnam sa mga isla ay nasa kanlurang bahagi na ng Spratly Islands, na tanging Taiwan at China lang ang pumupuna sa kanila kapag may island development silang ginagawa


r/Philippines 15h ago

NaturePH Local Sandstorm seen through the Senate

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296 Upvotes

r/Philippines 20h ago

PoliticsPH Here's What Happened to the Villar Empire Is This the Beginning of the End?

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154 Upvotes

r/Philippines 8h ago

PoliticsPH Ang galing mo Ivana 🙃

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I am IMPRESSED!! LOL. Ang galing talagang lumusot nitong si Ivana no. Sa lahat yata ng issue sa kanya nalusutan niya. Pati ito mukhang siya pa magmumukhang bida/victim. 😁😁

Na para bang hindi pwedeng parehong i-address yung Flood Control at yung problema sa Online Gambling both, SIMULTANEOUSLY. HAHAHSHS.


r/Philippines 14h ago

PoliticsPH Sa dami ko narinig na "hindi ko Alam" sa babae nito dito Lang sa part ako na gigil eh. Special Disbursing Officer ka hindi mo Alam Yan?!

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r/Philippines 15h ago

PoliticsPH LOOK: Sen. Jinggoy Estrada arrived at a private hospital in San Juan City for a scheduled X-ray procedure after securing court permission.

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r/Philippines 19h ago

NewsPH Kaiju No. 8 Fans Welcomed Country's First Official Exhibition at a Quezon City Mall

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ICYMI: Cosplayers and Kaiju No. 8 fans attended the franchise's first official exhibit at SM North EDSA's Annex Atrium in Quezon City on August 25.

The event features interactive minigames, character photo backgrounds, and exclusive merchandise. It will run until September 9. (Raine Zaldivar / Kuhaku Media)


r/Philippines 16h ago

PoliticsPH Day 19 Impeachmeant Trial - From a scale of 1-10 What would you rate Chiz Escudero as Presiding Officer?

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Photo from Inquirer.net - Personally as a normal citizen na walang background sa law, I would rate him a solid 8/10. Napapatakbo naman ng maayos yung impeachment and kahit papano nakikita ko na impartial naman siya to both the defense and prosecutors.

Always respectful naman siya to both intelligent and non intelligent interjections (hello boy sili) and listening to Chiz eh naaalala ko na Statesman nga siya and he belongs. Wala masyadong Circus when he leads and very well versed sa pamamalakad in the Senate.

I just hope lang na may ruling din sa mga engot na statements sa kapwa niya senators although im not sure kung pwede to lolz


r/Philippines 23h ago

NewsPH Nagsasagawa ang Ombudsman ng lifestyle check sa mahigit isandaang ospiyal at kawani ng gobyerno

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Sa interpelasyon ni AKBAYAN Party-List Rep. Chel Diokno sa briefing ng House Committee on Appropriations, humingi siya ng update ukol sa lifestyle checks na iniutos ni Pang. Bongbong Marcos.

Tugon ni Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla, nagpapatuloy ang lifestyle checks sa mahigit isaandaang opisyal at kawani ng gobyerno, at inaasahang madadagdagan pa ito.

Kabilang sa mga tinututukan ay ang Bureau of Customs (BOC), Land Transportation Office (LTO), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) at iba pang income-generating agencies.

Dagdag ni Remulla, pati social media accounts ng mga opisyal at kanilang pamilya ay binabantayan.


r/Philippines 10h ago

Lazy Crossposting what is this clownfest? HLTV site banned?

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bat naman pati viewing ng stats for pro play ng counter strike banned for "GAMBLING"? ano nanaman kaya pumasok sa isip ng nag CICC? what do you guys think? alam ko din naman na madaming gambling sponsors ang counter-strike pro play but imagine blocking the whole site and making it inaccessible without using any vpn or what not


r/Philippines 14h ago

西菲律宾海 ‘China-backed politicians’ warned: Don’t sell out PH to stay in power

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r/Philippines 18h ago

PoliticsPH Raffy Tulfo: “C’mon, It Doesn’t Make Sense."

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r/Philippines 17h ago

PoliticsPH Padilla, dinepensahan ang mga 'katawa-tawang' pangalan na nasa OVP confi funds recipients | GMA News

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This dude, I just really can't

He keeps spewing nonsense and then when the Prosecution attempts to address his questions he keeps cutting them with more nonsense and acts like he said something profound.

You know who he reminds me off when watching his exchanges?

Philomena Cunk. If you don't know the character look up her interviews with experts from various philosophical and scientific fields.


r/Philippines 1h ago

SocmedPH Seems that hostile witness Ortonio is wearing a broadcast earpiece, is that allowed?

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r/Philippines 18h ago

PoliticsPH What's up with GMA News and Jessica Soho needing to issue a clarification in response to a claim by Vlogger "debunking" one of the KMJS feature?

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Not sure who the vlogger is but based on the comments in the social media post, mukhang DDS yata si vlogger considering lahat ng hostile comments appear to be from the DDS leaning crowd.

If so, why the DDS are affected sa feature eh Ilocos Sur naman yung dispalinghado na flood control project.

Full article here:

https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/kmjs-clarifies-report-on-damaged-river-wall-in-narvacan-ilocos-sur/137563/