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Today marks the first National Resignation Day of the Philippines! 🇵🇭 BEMBEM no. 1. 😂😂😂 Sana pati ikaw na rin para empas...
22/05/2025

Today marks the first National Resignation Day of the Philippines! 🇵🇭 BEMBEM no. 1. 😂😂😂 Sana pati ikaw na rin para empas na! 😅

HAHAHAHAHA olats mga ankol 😂😂😂
12/05/2025

HAHAHAHAHA olats mga ankol 😂😂😂

Let’s talk numbers. Not opinions.In the first 32 months of President Duterte’s administration, only ₱1.5 trillion was ad...
30/04/2025

Let’s talk numbers. Not opinions.

In the first 32 months of President Duterte’s administration, only ₱1.5 trillion was added to the country’s national debt.
(Source: Bureau of the Treasury – ₱5.95T in June 2016, rose to ₱7.45T by February 2019)

And during that same period, it wasn’t just about paying debts.
There were actual projects—visible, usable, and still being felt today:

• LRT-2 East Extension: Viaduct completed, station construction underway
• Skyway Stage 3: Fast-tracked to connect North and South Luzon
• NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10: Completed and opened in 2019
• North–South Commuter Railway Phase 1: Groundbreaking in February 2019
• Social reforms: Free tuition in SUCs, Universal Health Care, Ease of Doing Business Act

And all of this happened within just the first 32 months, halfway through his term.

Now, let’s talk numbers again.

In a span of 6 years, the Duterte administration paid a total of ₱7.7 trillion in debt servicing:
• ₱4.5 trillion in principal (actual loan payments)
• ₱3.2 trillion in interest

What is debt servicing?
It’s the total amount the government pays each year toward its financial obligations, covering both the borrowed amount (principal) and the interest.

But what deserves more attention is this:
All of this was done while facing some of the hardest chapters in our country’s history

• The COVID-19 pandemic, which tested the entire world
• The Marawi siege, which demanded immediate action and long-term rehabilitation
• Over 10 major typhoons, including Rolly, Ulysses, Odette, and more
• Vaccination programs, cash aid, isolation centers
• Emergency funds, healthcare worker salaries, LGU support
• And despite all that, infrastructure still rose—bridges, roads, railways, flood controls, farm-to-market roads

We still use these projects today.
You walk on them. You drive on them. Your eyes are the proof.

If anyone tells you it was just debt left behind,
ask them this:

Where were you during the pandemic?
Were you floating when the cities were flooded?
Relaxing while the world was collapsing?

Because if you can’t acknowledge the storms that were weathered and the structures that were built,
you’re not offering an opinion.
You’re editing the truth—
not objectivity, just opposition wearing a different shirt.

By: Sugar Arana

Me: Noon Me: Ngayon
30/04/2025

Me: Noon Me: Ngayon

Sobrang busog na at malakas talagang kumaen may pa take out pa. 😂😂😂
27/04/2025

Sobrang busog na at malakas talagang kumaen may pa take out pa. 😂😂😂

Hindi pa gaano ka kurakot, malakas lang kumaen. 😅
26/04/2025

Hindi pa gaano ka kurakot, malakas lang kumaen. 😅

Me after 4 nights of duty. 😂😂😂
25/04/2025

Me after 4 nights of duty. 😂😂😂

Behind the Suits, the System is BleedingOPINIONCTTO By: Rob RancesMarch 2025: The Philippines posted a US$2.0 billion de...
22/04/2025

Behind the Suits, the System is Bleeding
OPINION

CTTO By: Rob Rances

March 2025: The Philippines posted a US$2.0 billion deficit in its Balance of Payments (BOP)—a sharp reversal from the US$1.2 billion surplus recorded just a year earlier.

It’s a figure that should have dominated headlines, spark congressional inquiries, and prompt economic briefings from Malacañang. Instead…

Silence.

WHAT THIS MEANS

Behind the silence, the system is bleeding.

The BOP deficit isn’t just an economic footnote—it’s a loud siren warning of deepening structural vulnerabilities in our economy.

• The government drew from its foreign currency deposits with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to meet its ballooning external debt.
• The BSP itself was forced into foreign exchange operations, likely to protect a weakening peso.
• The gross international reserves (GIR) dropped from US$107.4 billion to US$106.7 billion in just one month.
• The year-to-date BOP now stands at a US$3.0 billion deficit, a dramatic swing from the US$238 million surplus in Q1 2024.

The reason? A widening trade deficit—we import more than we export, and we aren’t earning enough dollars to cover it.

WHO’S HOLDING THE LINE?

Not them in suits—

Not Recto, who understands exactly what’s unfolding beneath the surface.

Not Romualdez, considered by many as a power-broker and kingmaker.

Not Marcos Jr., the country’s President whose administration has borrowed more than ₱4.64 trillion in just 32 months—more than any other in history—yet continues to project confidence as economic cracks widen behind the curtain.

So who’s really holding the line?

The OFWs—
whose hard-earned remittances are keeping the peso from collapsing.
The workers absorbing inflation.
The children inheriting the weight of this fiscal recklessness.

THE FRAGILE ILLUSION OF STRENGTH

The March 2025 BOP deficit is a canary in the coal mine. It signals not just temporary cash flow problems—but a deeper, systemic issue:

• Debt is rising faster than productivity.
• Imports are rising without export competitiveness.
• Public messaging is rich in optics, poor in substance.

Meanwhile, the elite fortress remains untouched. They fly abroad, borrow more, sign off on debt deals, and return home to post photos.

But the people, especially the OFWs, are the ones actually paying the real price.
If they stopped sending money, the peso would crash, reserves would plunge, and millions would suffer.

The smiles on this photo are just optics.
But the numbers don’t lie—
The system is cracking.

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DISCLAIMER:
This is an opinion piece based on publicly available data and the official actions of public figures. It reflects the author’s personal analysis and commentary on national economic issues. No defamation or personal attacks are intended. Mentions of public officials are made in the context of their public roles. This post is made in the exercise of constitutionally protected free speech and civic expression under Article III, Section 4 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.

Pag OK ang resulta ng survey “Grateful” si Bangag pero pag BAGSAK sa survey “Fake News” agad. Hahahaha LosLos nimo ante ...
21/04/2025

Pag OK ang resulta ng survey “Grateful” si Bangag pero pag BAGSAK sa survey “Fake News” agad. Hahahaha LosLos nimo ante Cler bagag nawong! 😅

When survey firm results don't align with each other, the math is mathing. 😂

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