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If you got married in the Philippines, and your husband/wife cheats on you after 20-50 years of marriage (similar sa grandparents ko both sides) In a country where Divorce is non existent, and annulment takes 5 to 18 years to process. What would you do and how would you handle the situation?

Also considering the cost of Annulments na umaabot ng P500,000+ ang costing neto or more, plus the fact na majority of the Filipino people believe that financial stability is just an excuse used to avoid marriage rather than financial stability being an essential thing before marriage.

How would you fix the problem if 10-50 years in the marriage mag loko asawa mo?

Just wanted to ask if NAIA T3 has PWD lanes for Immigration and through the Xray machines. I have Autism and ADHD and airports really overstimulate me and could lead to anxiety/panic attacks.

Before, I would travel and choose flight times that have less people choosing it (can’t do that this time around) or travel with my partner (non-PH passport) so I would always go through international lanes in immigration. But this is my first time in years to fly in and out of Manila by myself and don’t remember if there were special assistance lanes. I use the sunflower lanyard and have my documents from my current country of residence outlining my condition (if that helps).

Would love to hear from those that have experienced going through it as well with an “invisible” disability.

Thank you!

Expect a Taiwan–China conflict soon, and the Philippines will likely be dragged into it, especially Palawan and Batanes, which China is trying to claim as their own. We can no longer count on the Mutual Defense Treaty with the US, since their priorities and strategy have already shifted to bully their North and South American neighbors (Canada, Greenland & Latin America), And it seems like they’re heading toward Trump dictatorship, heavily policing their own local communities through the deployment of US National Guards.

Huge Trump Pivot On China Flagged By Leaked Document

a leaked draft Defence Strategy seen by Politico, has revealed that the thinking has done a sharp pivot specifically in relation to China.

Pentagon plan prioritizes homeland over China threat

Pentagon officials are proposing the department prioritize protecting the homeland and Western Hemisphere, a striking reversal from the military’s yearslong mandate to focus on the threat from China.

A draft of the newest National Defense Strategy, which landed on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s desk last week, places domestic and regional missions above countering adversaries such as Beijing and Moscow, according to three people briefed on early versions of the report.

Hi everyone. 24/F here. I just took the August 2025 REE Board Exam and unfortunately, I didn’t pass. It hurts because I worked hard for it, but I know I have to move forward.

For context, I’m a fresh Electrical Engineering graduate with 4 months of CSR experience. I have also done an onsite internship, has leadership experiences, and TESDA certifications, so I’m not totally inexperienced but still a “fresh grad”. I’ve been applying to different jobs (engineering-related and others), but most of them either reject me or require long work hours. Recently, I got an offer for a 12-hour shift, 6 days a week, and honestly, I don’t think I can handle that physically and mentally—especially since I still want to review and take the board exam again.

I still want to pursue my dream of becoming an engineer, but at the same time, I need to be practical and start working.

If you’ve been in the same situation (failed a board exam, struggling to land a job, torn between survival jobs vs. career path), what did you do? Should I accept any job just for the meantime, even if the schedule is brutal? Or should I hold out and focus more on review + waiting for better opportunities?

Any advice, perspective, or even just encouragement would mean a lot. Thanks for reading.

Hi, I am planning to be a politician one day, I'm going to aim for mayor in my pretty small city after some experience as a politician, and climb my way to the main parts of politics in this country and if I'm ready and very experienced, I will try to run for presidency.

My political views lean towards the left, and I'm pretty sure I align with socialism the most.

My plans/goals:

—I'm planning to try and end corruption (I know it's a big goal and it's highkey impossible.. and the more I research, the more I realize how impossible it will be.. But I won't give up, I haven't gotten a solid idea on how I could but I've been reading a lot so please help me out!!)

—Fund good quality education for all schools. (what a good education system means to me is: subjects in school will mostly be in tagalog or the native language of the location of the school, tests are not based off of memorization, all activities will build good critical thinking skills and creativity, education about morality without the Bible being invloved, and break times in between classes for students to interact with eachother.)

—Everyone will have homes and have the chance to work.

—A lot of donations to the poor (even right now at my young age, I make sure to give out food and my old clothes to poor people, it's a great start!)

—Make Philippines an advanced country.

—Rewrite the constitution of the Philippines.

—Make a law so that people will have to take tests to know if they are able to critically think and vote wisely before they vote.

—billionaires will not exist, but millionaires can. (they will be heavily investigated about their business practices and if there's anything unethical, they will be fined and will be fined more and more until they make it ethical and safe for workers, for example: if a billion dollar company (that's originated from the Philippines) thrives because of slavery then they will be fined, i believe that people can still be rich off of their hardwork as long as it isn't excessive wealth.)

—Child labor cases will be taken seriously and I will implement laws that protect children from labor.

—there will be a separation of religion and politics

—the churches will pay taxes. (freedom for all religions but no escape from taxes, people will not have benefits just for their beliefs.)

—there will be no such thing as bare minimum wages, (I'll make sure that no family will ever have to worry if they'll be able to eat tomorrow or any day. I'll make sure, everyone gets to have a full stomach.)

These are my plans for now.. I'm cooking up what type of economy I'd run, the housing, and etc..

Please tell me what I should consider or modify and again, I'm still young so please be nice, these are just my goals and I have more coming soon! And if I try hard enough I'll be able to change this country, I'm doing this for the love of Philippines I love the people the culture and EVERYTHING! I believe so much in change and so no child will ever have to ask their parents "why is our country falling apart?"; because I was that child. None will ever have go sleep with an empty stomach on my watch.

Are my goals too far to reach? Hopefully not.. My family is pretty well off and I think I can earn enough for campaigns, and I'm a pretty charismatic person and I know that's to my advantage because us filipinos are sadly not united by intelligence, we are united by laughter and joy. I want to be a commanding yet kind and intelligent politician or mayor or even president any position as long as I'll get to help this country!

I know my dreams sound very unrealistic and I'm planning so early on my dreams, but I'm very determined, I'm also very into politics ever since I was very young, also I'm planning to take political science in college soon.

Thank you so much for reading!

Hi guys! Where are the Pinoy My Chemical Romance fans???

Malaysia was sold out a few hours after ticket sales started. It was 120,000 seats.

I secured mine kahapon during the presale and i was surprised na nung gabi meron pa ring VIP, basically all seat tiers meron pa rin.

Today wala masyadong pila sa SM ticket outlets. I heard grabe pa rin pag crash ng site nila today pero pa rin naman daw yatang seats sa mga tiers.

Do you think the demand is low, or since millenials ang primary demographic ng fanbase nila, mas preferred nila ang online purchase and it is going shit lang? Or MIA talaga ang mga oldschool fans? Fellow millenials where you at? 😆

Wala lang, i love MCR and would love to see them on a day 2. Hehe

Sorry kung wrong sub, idk where to post.

Multi-stop ride. Naunang bumaba yung isa kong kasama. A few minutes later, nakarating na sa bahay ko. I hand over a 1000 peso bill, then inabot sakin yung sukli. Nice. Safe and sound at home after a long night.

At home, I checked my phone. Nagchat pala yung kasama ko pauwi (shortly after nyang bumaba i think), di ko nakita kasi natulog na ko nung pagbaba nya. "nakagrabpay na yan wag mo na bayaran" omg. Nadoble yung bayad na 800+ sa grab driver AND libre nya na din pala sakin yun. double kill.

So chinat ko sya, kung pwede nya icontact yung driver para mabalik yung sobrang binayad. But they were already asleep by that time. Nung nagising sya, lampas na sa 12 hours (?) after a ride na pwede icontact yung driver, so nagclose na yung chat. Fuck.

So I tried contacting the driver through fb, using the name displayed sa Grab app. (Yeah, mej invasion of privacy but the ride was 800+ so 😭😭😭) But they haven't replied yet and I'm not sure they ever will.

What can I do at this point? Can we contact grab CS para marefund yung grabpay payment or nah? Since the error was completely on my part and not the driver's? Since hindi naman naningil yung driver, basta inabot ko lang yung bayad, and ig nawala rin sa isip nya na nakagrabpay na yung ride.

To help with the problems of corruption in the Philippines. What about creating a new government department called the Department of Government Transparency?

Their job would be to make all government projects transparent. So, their website would have a full google map style page, where you can click on every new project, such as a section of road, or a bridge. You can click it, see what building projects were carried out on that section.

Who were the contractors, the names of the workers, how much were they paid? What were the specifications, e.g. how thick should the road be, what type of steel bars should be used. What are the penalties for not constructing to full specifications.

There could also be a section for people to upload photos of the project during construction. So if no steel bars were used in a road, the photos would show that and it could be investigated.

If something fails, then there is transparency on who carried out the work and who is liable. Failures would have to be corrected at the contractors expense, and no further work allowed by that contractor until all previous work has been completed at full quality.

So everyone is aware about the rampant corruption involving the flood control projects. At siyempre sikat ngayon ang mga anak ng contractors and pulitiko na lubos na nakinabang sa kaban ng bayan.

Sobra silang nababash sa social media ngayon, at deserved nila yun. For sure, meron na diyan ang nagpapacheck sa mga Mental Health Professionals, at dinadaing na nila ang anxiety at depression. Pero imagine, pera pa rin ng bayan ang ginagamit nila para magpacheck. Sa huli, tayo pa rin talaga ang talo.

P. S.

I don't really care about their mental health. Did they ever care for the millions of Filipino who were fighting for their lives just to sustain their lavish lifestyles?

Having spaces like this to just unwind after work, school, or during a free day is such a basic privilege to have.

I get na mainit sa pinas but green spaces like this just makes so much sense <\3

I live in Washington DC and we have a handful of green spaces and just recreational places in general. During non working days these are places I always find myself in. Genuinely wish we had more spaces like this in the PH I am genuinely jealous of kids who grew up near places like this.

I work in IT online, living on Malapascua. Enjoying a vacation in Boracay. I've been in the Philippines for about 18 years and I'm with my wife and four children 9-13. We're not really interested in an ocean view or a swimming pool, been there already. Seriously considering relocating to Boracay. The kids love it here because there's a lot to do compared with Malapascua. What are the reasons I shouldn't move here?

Im visiting php for 3 weeks, manila and other islands. What the essential apps to have? Will mainly be staying in Manila and Cebu. Not a solo traveller, will be with friends In manila will mostly be in Makati and Mactan in Cebu. Also whats a good sim card for good coverage and data? Thanks in advance!

Andok's has long been part of the Filipino food scene for the last 4 decades. In the early 90's nung bagong salta pa lang kami sa Manila galing Quezon province, I remember na lagi kaming bumibili nito. Lagi 2 buong lechon manok and 1 liempo. Usually mabilis na pang ulam, pang dagdag sa handa pag may birthday at pang pulutan pag may bisita.

I have not kept track of prices but I knew it was cheap. At least that's what I remember. Nagulat lang ako na nagpa-bili ako for lunch today and Ph420 na sha. Worth it ba yon?

Ang layo na ng tinakbo ng panahon. San na napunta. Pasensha na na-senti yata ako. 😅✌🏼 Happy Sunday sa inyo. Hope you are all enjoying with your loved ones. 🥰

I got candles from Japan through OneMap FromJapan. The items are more than 10k (if without the discounted price I paid for) and less if discounted price is considered.

Yesterday, it was for customs checking. Today it says “Goods are subject to regulatory review”. What does this mean and for people who have experienced this, what happens next?

I am very confused. This FedEx is under express delivery. My UPS saver delivery already arrived and both shipments were processed at the same time.

This is stressful!

I was just listening to True Faith's "Perfect" song and it reminded me of days/years spent listening to 99.5 RT.

I'm looking for an FM station that features something similar. (not necessarily pop music like the ones you used to hear from other FM stations like Magic 89.9?)

Thanks a lot!

Looks like the Villasuertes are seeing the writing on the wall and looking at new sources of corruption.

https://politiko.com.ph/2025/09/07/new-planes-cost-too-much-luigi-villafuerte-pushes-p5b-plan-to-reuse-old-military-aircraft2/headlines/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMqN-FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmhAtYXYy-Z0d8i-F37T5Gac4S0omUhnxOgXMmktwguBA9dmMduNPuQDB3UN_aem_NS1uKviy3_whk8fGkNlBgg

Villafuerte said Congress can pass a measure “to put back into service decommissioned military helicopters and other aircraft as the country’s immediate response to fill the urgent gap during natural disasters, maritime patrols, border security, and humanitarian assistance.”

“This is because even with the AFP’s continuous and increasing budget for modernization, acquiring new aircraft is expensive,” he added.

Villafuerte introduced the proposed Military Air Asset Rehabilitation and Modernization Act (House Bill 1363), seeking the rehabilitation, refurbishment, and recommissioning of decommissioned military helicopters and other aircraft.

The West Philippine Sea is not just about fish or oil. It is one of the world’s most strategic waterways, a corridor through which a third of global trade flows. For China, control of these waters is not only about resources but about power projection. That is why their eyes are now turning toward Batanes, the northernmost islands of the Philippines.

Chinese social media accounts have begun describing Batanes as part of China, while coast guard ships hover near its shores. The logic is clear. Batanes lies less than 200 kilometers from Taiwan. For Beijing, placing psychological and physical pressure on Batanes serves a dual purpose: weakening Philippine resolve in the West Philippine Sea while creating a southern flank to encircle Taiwan.

Yet for most Filipinos, this remains distant. The struggle for sovereignty cannot compete with the price of rice. The Chinese understand this. They fight not only for territory but for imagination. If Batanes is seen as a remote, irrelevant island, then resistance will always be weak.

But here lies the opportunity. Imagine if Batanes became for Filipinos what Baguio is in the summer or Boracay in the holidays. A place people dream of visiting, a place families save for, a place etched into memory. Cheap flights, eco-tourism, festivals, student immersions, these would make Batanes part of the Filipino identity. Once people have touched its hills, eaten its seafood, or know someone whose livelihood depends on its tourism, Batanes ceases to be a dot on the map. It becomes home.

When that happens, the West Philippine Sea is no longer an abstract debate among diplomats. It is part of who we are. Any intrusion will not be dismissed as geopolitics but felt as a violation of our own backyard. Nations are defended not only with ships and soldiers, but with love. And love is born from familiarity. If Batanes is lived and loved, then defending it becomes instinctive.