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LOOK: A nursing student was lauded after she prevented a 54-year-old mango vendor from bleeding to death when she was slashed by her live-in partner in Cebu City. 📷 University of Cebu/Facebook
‘INDEPENDENT DOG’ 🐶
LOOK: This corgi-aspin mix from Mandaluyong City impressed social media users after his fur mom uploaded photos of her conversation with her dog's groomer on Monday.
📷 Mitzi Pauline Fabian/Facebook
WATCH: A man braves heavy rains and flash floods to evacuate two cows in Brgy. Tamayoc in Patnongon, Antique on Friday.
Uploader Shanel Aguilar said the man is safe. She also said they did not expect that the flood would rise to chest levels. |
@seanrafio
📹 Shanel Aguilar
LOOK: Air conditioning units at the SMDC Shore Residences in Manila earned international attention over the weekend.
Facebook page Interesting Engineering shared on Saturday a photo of the condominium on the social media platform.
📷 Interesting Engineering/Facebook
'NAPAKA INEFFICIENT NG DEPED’
Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo on Friday hits the Department of Education (DepEd) over a module that put her in a bad light without proper context.
LOOK: A two-year-old cat from Bacolod City has wowed netizens with his size.
Pet owner Zaide Javile earned over 115,000 reactions on Facebook after he shared photos of his cat Indigo on May 27. 📷 Zy De of Sinbad the SeaFurrer and Skipper Tom Cattery
LOOK: Two visitors at the National Museum of the Philippines earned the ire of netizens as they were seen resting a cellphone on one of the sculptures while dancing for a TikTok video.
📷 Rodney James De Guzman/Facebook
BONDEE PINOY VERSION 🏠
LOOK: A visual artist from Manila evokes nostalgia online through his Filipino-style Bondee rooms amid the rise of the virtual world app.
📷 Juan Marco/Facebook
JUST IN: 2,500 test kits for Iloilo City
Mayor Jerry Treñas said he was able to reach out to a supplier of COVID-19 test kits.
The 2,500 test kits from Korea and approved by the Food and Drugs Administration will cost P5.5 million.
‘ACADEMIC DISHONESTY ITO’
LOOK: Francisco Jayme Paolo Guiang, a History Professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman, expressed alarm over one of his students who used artificial intelligence (AI) in an essay for his final exam. 📷 Francisco Jayme Paolo Guiang/Facebook
THE COMEBACK 👸
LOOK: Angelique Manto of Pampanga slays the evening gown competition.
Manto is back in the running after host Xian Lim announces that the Top 18 will all go through the evening gown and will compete for the Top 5.
#MissUniversePhilippines2023
JUST IN: Former vice president Leni Robredo said she wishes to identify at least one town in Iloilo province where her Angat Buhay organization may pilot a feeding program for pregnant women, children in their first 1,000 days, and school-aged children. |
@josephbamarzan
‘THE ENEMY IS THE VIRUS’
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas nixed the move of the Department of Interior and Local Government to jail violators of minimum health standards such as wearing of face masks and observance of physical distancing.
DEPED LAPTOP VS MACBOOK AIR
LOOK: Netizens lament that DepEd could have purchased an entry-level gaming laptop or a new Macbook Air within the agency’s P58,000 budget for purchasing laptops for online teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. 📷 GIZGUIDEPH/Facebook
FROM FIRST LUXURY BAG TO CHARLES AND KEITH AMBASSADOR 👜💜
LOOK: Filipina teenager Zoe Gabriel, who received hate online over her excitement for a Charles & Keith bag, is now the brand’s community ambassador.
📷 Zoe Gabriel/Instagram
LOOK: A college student successfully defended his undergraduate thesis titled “Positive Effects of Watching Haikyuu Sports Anime to Physical Education Subject of Anime Viewers.” 📷 James Alcobilla/Facebook
LOOK: Students protest during online Student Congress with Sandro Marcos
Several students on Tuesday protested against historical revisionism during the Commission on Higher Education Cordillera office Student Congress that featured Sandro Marcos as speaker. 📸
@docrjnaguit
THANK YOU MAYOR!
WATCH: These men can't contain their excitement after the Iloilo City Government issued Executive Order No. 66, lifting the ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages in the city.
🎥 | Pj Mabaquiao III
LOOK: Jennie of BLACKPINK stuns in new Calvin Klein ad.
The Korean pop icon caught the netizens’ attention as she flaunted her fit body wearing Calvin Klein’s Fall 2021 collection.
Jennie Kim is the trending topic on Philippine Twitter with over 135,000 tweets, as of posting.
LOOK: Several law students of West Visayas State University (WVSU) don black shirts with the hashtag
#NeverAgainToMartialLaw
during their College of Law orientation on Monday, August 15. |
@josephbamarzan
Photos by Rinj Callanga-Tutisura/Facebook
School says homosexuality is immoral, a ground for expulsion
Assumption School-Iloilo has defined homosexuality as a form of immorality and a ground for the expulsion of students.
JUST IN: Angelique Manto of Pampanga ends her Miss Universe Philippines 2023 journey as she did not enter the Top 10.
The former courtside reporter and content creator was named as the winner of the pageant’s runway challenge.
#MissUniversePhilippines2023
‘WALANG 500,000'
JUST IN: About 18,000 people were present during the campaign activities of presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in Las Piñas and Muntinlupa City, according to Las Piñas Police Chief PCol Jaime Santos.
LOOK: Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo falls in line with the rest of the voters at the Carangcang Elementary School in Camarines Sur. 📷 Contributed photo
University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Chancellor Dr. Clement C. Camposano denounced Monday the termination of the 32-year-old agreement between UP-DND Accord.
DUTERTE SEES COVID-FREE DECEMBER
In a late-night address on Monday, Pres. Duterte said he sees a COVID-free December with the looming availability of vaccines for the disease.
He cited Russia’s offer to give free vaccines to the Philippines.
LOOK: Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas encourages fellow Ilonggos to show their support to Vice President Leni Robredo through a profile picture frame on Facebook. |
@seanrafio
LOOK: Mayor Jerry Treñas gets teary-eyed in the regular flag ceremony at the City Hall on Monday as he prayed "Our Father". He ended the prayer with, "Father, hear our land."
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas confirmed to Daily Guardian via Viber that he is endorsing Vice President Leni Robredo in the 2022 presidential elections on Friday, October 22.
😭❤️🎶
WATCH: Man plays piano for the last time in flooded CDO home due to
#OdettePH
.
A video of Niel Jon Salcedo playing his piano to Yiruma’s ‘River Flows in You’ in knee-deep water at his home in Cagayan de Oro City has made rounds online. |
@seanrafio
📹 Niel Jon Salcedo
73-YEAR-OLD DAD SELLS CROCHETED BAGS FOR SON’S DIALYSIS
LOOK: A 73-year-old man who sells crocheted bags to raise funds for his son’s dialysis treatment has touched the hearts of netizens after a university student from Davao City shared his story online. 📷 Marvie Joy Oliamot
BREAKING: 19 Catholic schools in Iloilo City and Iloilo Province have declared support for Vice President Leni Robredo’s bid for the presidency. |
@seanrafio
WATCH: A crowd of pink Capizeños welcome VP Leni Robredo and Sen Kiko Pangilinan on Tuesday in Roxas City, Capiz.
Robredo won over then-Senator Bongbong Marcos in Capiz during the 2016 VP polls with 253,290 votes as against Marcos’ 43,684 votes.
@seanrafio
📹 Leni Media Bureau
LOOK: Vice President Leni Robredo’s daughter Aika speaks before the estimated 30,000 crowd during the proclamation rally of Team Uswag led by Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas at the Efrain Treñas Boulevard on Saturday. |
@seanrafio
LOOK: Two siblings graduated with honors from Ateneo de Manila University, where their parents have been working as janitors.
Rica and her older brother Riel Gutierrez both graduated cum laude from Ateneo. 📷 Riel Gutierrez/Facebook
LOOK: Ann Palmares, Iloilo City's bet to Miss World Philippines 2021, takes inspiration from the famous LaPaz Batchoy for her national costume.
Paul Jerome "Tata" Blas Pinuela wrote a mouthwatering description of the Ilonggo delicacy.
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH 🏳️🌈
LOOK: TV host KaladKaren shares a photo from dinner date with her British fiancé Luke Wrightson, together with celebrity couple Vice Ganda and Ion Perez on Thursday night.
“Love is Love! Happy Pride Month! ❤️🌈
#ViceIon
#LuKal
,” she wrote. 📷 kaladkaren/IG
'PALALA NANG PALALA'
Former PTV broadcaster Jules Guiang again threw potshots at Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque for defending President Rodrigo Duterte’s attempt to grope a household helper during his birthday party in Davao City over the weekend.
SARA POSTER DEFILED
A netizen shared on Facebook a poster bearing the image of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte with the words “Run Sara Run” smeared with mud or dirt.
"I captured the photo last March 15. Last March 12, I saw that poster also but it was clean and I think it was
BELLE WINS SDA 2022
Actress Belle Mariano marks history in the entertainment industry as she becomes the first Filipina to win an award at the 17th Seoul International Drama Awards.
#TUMINDIG
: ‘A collective action’ ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏻✊✊🏾
A digital drawing of a crowd of people drawn as fists to represent the supporters of the current administration and one fist person, referencing the raised fist used by activists worldwide, has gone viral on social media.
A valedictorian of Iloilo National High School (Batch 2020) is making waves in the education scene.
Lorraine Joy Zaragoza Bales represented the Philippines in this year’s International Science and Engineering Fair in California.
‘YOU DON’T OWE POLITICIANS’
In a Twitter post, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto tells students who received assistance from the government that they do not owe anyone a debt of honor (utang na loob), especially to politicians, because public funds were used to support their studies.
SUNSETS OF 2023 🌅
LOOK: A 21-year-old photographer from Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, captured a compilation of breathtaking sunsets throughout 2023.
📷 Allister Ross Sandoval/Facebook
PROUD KAMI SA IMO, ALEXIE! 💚
JUST IN: Alexie Brooks of Iloilo City ends her Miss Universe Philippines journey in the top 10.
Thank you for representing Iloilo well. Abanse, Babaye! ✨
#MissUniversePhilippines
#DailyGuardian
LOOK: Hundreds of supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo flocked to Dinggoy Roxas Civic Center in Capiz on Tuesday morning to witness the event organized by Robredo’s People’s Council. |
@seanrafio
📷 Roxas for Leni/Facebook
LOOK: Teletubbies against COVID-19
The Medical City Iloilo's frontliners don colorful PPEs as they continue to serve the public and battle against COVID-19.
📷 | Adrian Pe
LOOK: Supporters of the Leni-Kiko tandem on Tuesday protest the results of the 2022 national elections at the campaign’s headquarters in Jaro, Iloilo City. 📷 Arnold Almacen
'FULFILLED A PROMISE TODAY 💖'
LOOK: Former vice president Leni Robredo granted her supporters’ wish to be their godmother at their wedding.
📷 Leni Robredo/Facebook
‘KILATISING MABUTI ANG BAWAT PULITIKO’
Angel Locsin has this reminder to Filipinos as the May elections draw closer after the first day of the official campaign period.
SOON: ILOILO TREE PARK 🌳
LOOK: Iloilo City’s proposed designs for the Tree Park Network Project, which aims to provide more green spaces to mitigate the effects of climate change in the metro. |
@seanrafio
📷 Iloilo City Tree Park Network Project/Facebook
LOOK: Ilongga beauty queen Rabiya Mateo poses for a photo with former Vice President Leni Robredo during the UP College of Law Grand Alumni Association gathering on Saturday.
📷 Leni Robredo/Facebook, Rabiya Mateo/Instagram
DINAGYANG FEELS: Festive drums and Ilonggo supporters dressed in pink ensemble welcome Vice President and Presidential Aspirant Leni Robredo in Iloilo City. (Photos by E.R.S.)
Duterte poster in Roxas City defiled
A poster of President Rodrigo Duterte and daughter Davao Mayor Sarah Duterte at San Roque-McKinley Streets, Roxas City was smeared with mud.
'SANAOL'
Bayan Muna Executive Vice President Carlos Isagani Zarate noted the speedy trial accorded to Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla's eldest son, Juanito Jose Remulla III, saying it should have also been given to ordinary people.
LOOK: An artist from Numancia, Aklan gives Vice President Leni Robredo an umbrella with hand-painted portraits of the lone female presidential candidate and the province’s famous Ati-Atihan festival. |
@seanrafio
📷 Ruth Alcazarin Salvoza
NO CLASS UNTIL VACCINE
President Duterte says that classes will continue to be suspended until a vaccine for COVID-19 is developed and made available in the Philippines
Scintilla Juris Fraternity went viral on social media after Twitter account Manyaks of UPV (
@MANYAKSOFUPV
) posted leaked messages from a Facebook group chatbox allegedly populated by the fraternity's members with the caption
#ScintillaScandal
.
LOOK: Screen couple Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano fulfill their goal to go skydiving together during their recent trip to Dubai.
📷 Donny Pangilinan/Instagram, Belle Mariano/Twitter
PHILIPPINES, MEET YOUR MISS UNIVERSE 👸
Chelsea Manalo of Bulacan is Miss Universe Philippines 2024!
She bested 53 candidates to succeed Michelle Dee. Manalo will represent the Philippines at the Miss Universe 2024 in Mexico later this year.
BREAKING: WVSU grad tops 2021 Physician Licensure Exam
Maria Inez Benedicto, a West Visayas State University (WVSU) graduate emerged as one of the topnotchers of the September 2021 physician licensure examination, the PRC announced on Friday, Sept. 24.
NADINE AND GULF IN ONE FRAME 😍✨
LOOK: Nadine Lustre poses for a photo with Thai actor Gulf Kanawut during a Gucci exhibition in Sydney, Australia on Wednesday.
Gulf rose to fame for his role as Type in the hit Thai boys’ love series “TharnType: The Series”. 📷 Jelly Eugenio
LOOK: Actress Belle Mariano stuns in a bodycon gown during the 35th Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) Star Awards for Television on Saturday.
📷 Belle Mariano/Instagram
LOOK: Vice President Leni Robredo and running mate Senator Kiko Pangilinan arrive in Roxas City to meet supporters and local leaders in Northern Panay. |
@seanrafio
📷 Capiz for Leni, John Patrick Jaen
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas issued a rally permit to the organizers of the People’s SONA that will stage a protest rally in Iloilo City when President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his penultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 27, 2020.
The Philippine Women’s National Indoor Volleyball Team just added Premier Volleyball League (PVL) standouts Deanna Wong, Kat Tolentino, and Jema Galanza in their current pool.
THANK YOU, CELESTE!
BREAKING: Philippines’ Celeste Cortesi finishes her
#MissUniverse
journey. The Filipina-Italian beauty queen was not named in the Top 16.
#DailyGuardian
'VP LENI ROBREDO WILL WIN'
Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. dismissed Manila Mayor Isko Moreno's calls for Vice President Leni Robredo to withdraw from the 2022 presidential race. |
@josephbamarzan
JUST IN: MAYOR TO DEPED: 'POSTPONE CLASSES TO NEXT YEAR'
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas has formally appealed to the Department of Education (DepEd) to formally postpone the opening of classes to next year.
Vice President Leni Robredo fact-checked a post accusing her of relaxing in Palawan amid national issues and concerns. The photo posted was that of singer and actress, Rachel Alejandro.
The post amused the international community, garnering over 29,000 reactions and 5,500 shares.
“If you rotate the image 90° counter clockwise, it looks like tiny houses with walls on each side 😀” one Facebook user commented.
‘TATLONG BITUIN’
LOOK: National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario shares a poem he penned for the Philippines' first Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz, VP and presidential aspirant Leni Robredo, and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa. 📸: Virgilio Almario/Facebook
Netizens poke fun at Google Image search results for 'Philippine Idiot', which show different pictures of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Notably, most of the top results are headlines from when the president called someone an idiot.
Happy Pride, Iloilo City! 🏳️🌈
LOOK: In support of the LGBTQ+ community, Iloilo City painted this flyover with the colors of the rainbow, a universal symbol that represents various Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (SOGIE) of people.
LOOK: Ilonggos on Saturday morning turned to the frequently mocked lugaw to feed cyclists who joined the second bike caravan held to support Vice President Leni Robredo. |
@seanrafio
📸 Jerry Treñas/Facebook
FREE COVID-19 TESTING IN ILOILO CITY
Iloilo City government will offer free Covid-19 testing to residents in the metro, Mayor Jerry Treñas announced in a press conference on Tuesday.
JUST IN: Vice President Leni Robredo said the public should not vote for Bongbong Marcos, her top rival in the presidential elections, because: "number one, sinungaling. pangalawa, in the difficult moments hindi siya nagpakita.” |
@seanrafio
LIVE: Canvassing and proclamation of results (Iloilo City), May 9, 2022 elections by our Senior Reporter
@josephbamarzan
.
As of this posting, VP Leni Robredo and Sen. Kiko Pangilinan lead their respective polls in Iloilo City.
WATCH: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Western Visayas reports an undetermined quantity of oil spotted near Semirara Island in Caluya, Antique.
PCG-6 said it is holding an emergency meeting to prepare its response to the unknown oil.
📷 PCG-6
SLAY, QUEEN 🔥
LOOK: Philippine bet Michelle Dee oozes confidence in the backstage videos
#MissUniverse2023
preliminary competition. 📹 Miss Universe/Instagram
‘PINANGANAK KANG LALAKI PERO PUSONG BABAE’ 🧜♀️❤️
LOOK: A father touched the hearts of netizens as he fulfilled his child’s wish to wear a mermaid costume on their eighth birthday. 📷 John Alexis Avestrus/Facebook
BATCHOY WINS NATIONAL COSTUME 😍
JUST IN: Ann Palmares of Iloilo City bagged the Best in National Costume during the Miss World Philippines 2021 grand coronation night at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center on Sunday, October 3. | Sean Rafio
Businessmen Injap Sia, the Que family and Iloilo Supermart Group and Henry Chusuey will shoulder the cost of the kits.
Chusuey pitched in P3.5M, the Que family P1M, and another P1M from Injap Sia.