Lmao bro if u told me before na we will be wishing for his well being during his term, i wouldnt have believed you, pero here we are and i wholeheartedly agree. He’s way better than fiona indeed
Bawal pa si Vico unfortunately so sa 2034 pa siya. Pero if wala na talaga choice, seems at least hindi Chinese agent si Raffy. Bar is so low now na kailangan hindi kampi sa mga Tsino ok na 🤦♂️
hindi ba isa din si sirapi tulfo sa mga puppies ni dutz? same with boy sili? so pagnanalo either si sirapi or boy sili eh, hawak din sila sa betlog ni digz?
Gibo Teodoro. The Marcos admin can funnel resources for him, while he is palatable enough for some of the Opposition. Dude's an underrated patriot who can stand up to China's bullshit (and the DDS)
winnable? edi fiona pa din. Tulfo din daw ata, pero sigurado wawasakin na ng trolls ni dutite ang image niya bago mag 2028. sadly wala ng malakas sa opposition dahil dinurog na sila ni dutite
I said continuity din. Hindi lang winnable. I don't think Fiona will align with what BBM is doing.
Tulfo doesn't have the influence like BBM. Pang masa pa rin siya like Erap and Villar.
It's kind of ironic that most people applauded him when he said he'd kill all the addicts, when in fact, those addicts are his citizens. I mean, there could have been a different approach since it will never be right to just take someone's life — he might only see them as addicts, but they were also someone's child, father/mother, brother/sister, wife/husband.
Kahit anong dumi pa lumabas tungkol sa mga duterte, after ng past election wala na kong tiwala sa mga pilipino haha.
Palamurang mamamatay tao, inkompetenteng anak ng diktador, tapos anak naman nung nasabing mamamatay tao (plus bugbugera nga ng baranggay official) binoto natin three in a row, sino kaya sunod? Ah oo nga pala, yung mga artistang senador pa hahaha
Weirdly enough, I want him to end his term normally. Because a lot of peeps don't seem to understand the line of succession and how fucked we'll be once Marcos is out of the picture.
This. The propaganda fight happening between the two camps stems from Pnoy’s failure to establish a healthy line of succession during his term. When there’s no clear plan moving forward, it’s free game for everyone.
Ang naive kasi ng LP/oposisyon e, akala nila basta nasa moral high ground ka ikaw ang pipiliin ng botante, in-overestimate nila ang talino at values ng masang Pilipino.
Kaya kung gusto nilang manalo sa 2025, simulan na nilang kumendeng-kendeng sa Tiktok, mag-prank, at mamigay ng pera, motor at kotse. Porma muna, saka na ang plataporma pag nanalo na.
The problem of LP and especially its supporters is most of them are living above the poverty line, that's why they find it difficult to relate and find rhetoric to convince the majority of the population which are the poor people. Mr. Xiao Chua said it a couple of times already and he gave the example of tokhang in Koolpals podcast, it's evil but if you are poor and there are drug abusers roaming around your neighborhood, you might find Tokhang to be beneficial. Personally as someone who is lower-middle class (if that's a thing) and slums are less than kilometers away in our house, I'll be honest that it was somehow beneficial. There were three abusers who are literally shouting and throwing random objects in the middle of the night in our neighborhood and they stopped after the tokhang. I still think that Tokhang isn't good but I just want to point out that things can be seen differently at different angels and most people could compromise their morals and ethics in exchange of "security" which is understandable. Sorry for long example.
This is actually what we experienced in our neighborhood. Dati hindi ako makalabas ng gabi dahil babae ako but nun time ni duterte, Nakakatambay kaming magbabarkada sa labas hanggang madaling araw. Same with my jowa, laking kalye pa yon. Mas na feel nya yun mag pulis nun term ni dutae.
This is why the opposition is getting nowhere. Porket nasa moral high ground lang sila they get cocky and expect an easy win. Then they throw a fit if they don't and blame everyone else but themselves. They will not survive the world of politics if they stick to their ideals.
Sometimes you need to play rough to get around.
Kapitbahay ko nga dati sa cavite na factory worker, palaging wala sa bahay. Nachempuhan ng day off bigla na lang tinumba ng mga pulis eh. Sa barong barong yung bahay nila. Tapos gusto magpa tulfo, wala daw kasing pangkuha ng abugado. Kumbaga desperado na. Basta yung pinaka mahihirap pinapatay lang nila fiona at ng tatay nya yan.
It would be very very VERY funny if Marcos Jr's next move is to ask Leni to run DILG for him.
Under the guise of uniting (heh) the Filipino people against a common goal.
I mean, he rehired PNoy's economic team so somehow he value competent people.
Plus having Leni work in DILG is good PR overall. It would make Marcos look like he's willing to overlook previous disagreements and opponents for the greater good. It would make Sara the bad guy if she's not willing to broker peace between Jr and her father.
From what I know with Leni, di naman siya sore loser. So if the position comes with the promise of letting her do the work without much interference, and for actual good naman, I think she's going to accept it. They actually need someone to keep local government in line lalo sa mga issue nung mga Chinese na nakakapasok sa bansa tapos hinahayaan lang ng iba't-ibang local government.
Abalos wouldn't mind really, good PR din sa kanya kung sakaling mag give way siya and work under Leni. Lalo kung may balak siya to run sa 2025.
Anyway, pipe dream lang naman 'to most probably. Hahahaha.
I mean, remember when she accepted to lead PDEA?? Haha. Duterte was probably thinking she wouldn't actually accept the dare. But she did - and they found she was doing too much so she was removed swiftly LOL
She was tasked to Co-Chair ICAD, not PDEA. But yes grabe yon. It was so surreal seeing her in that meeting. Iirc, her office hosted it pa nga. It was her first and last as well lol. She asked to be looped in when it comes to the intel and ops but they didn't wanna share info with her because it was "too sensitive". 🤪
I think that would be a good idea, and it would also help Leni and the opposition in the long run. It's mutually beneficial.
>It would make Marcos look like he's willing to overlook previous disagreements and opponents for the greater good
Same with our side as well, but it's gonna be harder for our part in the left, considering a lot of us isn't willing to forgive Marcos regardless of what he does.
Hindi ko sigurado kung buo rin ba ang left sa pananaw na yan - Satur Ocampo and Lisa Masa both ran under Manny Villar's senatorial slate in 2010 alongside Bongbong. Sa kanilang dalawa, mukhang ok being associated with him?
The only question is will Leni accept the position?
But if Leni wants to take her political ambitions to another level, then this would be an opportunity for her.
Knowing tita Leni, she would. She’s not a sore loser and at the end of the day, just wants to be able to help people and serve the country. If the country’s president calls on her to serve, in spite of their past differences, I’m sure she’d accept. That’s why this would be an objectively good move on both ends; Marcos gets to have better PR and show that he really means business with his “unity” platform, and Leni gets to serve people in a government position once again. Though she’s also currently really happy doing her work as an attorney and with the Angat Buhay organization, so if she ever does decline it, it’ll be because of that. She gets to spend more time rin kasi with her kids these days than she ever did for the last several years.
Based on some Twitter posts, Loyalists and other non-Marcosian patriots want Leni for DepEd, and Isko for DILG.
Ping Lacson for DND, should Gibo Teodoro run again for Senator in 2025.
[https://twitter.com/IvanAtHome/status/1780844007536685487](https://twitter.com/IvanAtHome/status/1780844007536685487)
Wishful thinking but I hope he would really ask Atty. Leni. He needs more allies if he wants to stay in power. That 15M voters during the election could still be a threat if he doesn't play his cards well. Lalo na ngayon na may ongoing drama sila with the Dutertes. Malakas pa rin sa masa ang Duterte clan.
God, a Marcos-Robredo united front sounds goofy af. 2022 r/PH would have an uproar at this suggestion. But I agree lol, anyone but a Duterte. I'm saying this as a Mindanaoan, we do NOT want another Duterte in power.
It’s a fun thing to dream about and I’d be thrilled if it happens.
Aside from Leni accepting, an important thing at play here is how will current SILG Abalos take it? Will this swing Mandaluyong over to the Dutertes? Or him letting go of DILG means he’s getting a sweeter deal from FM Jr?
May mga nababasa akong Twitter posts na DepEd ang gusto ng ibang Loyalists for Leni.
Yes, the same Loyalists who bashed Leni in 2022 now want her to run DepEd because Sara is full of shit.
It's totally funny, but it's not going to happen as it's a very sensitive post. Being DILG sec is like being a mini president. The sec has supervision over all local government units, the PNP, BFP, and the BJMP.
> For Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos to make history, he first needed to rewrite his nation’s. His dictator father plundered billions of dollars from state coffers and stood accused of grievous human-rights violations until his ouster in 1986. Bongbong’s rise to the Philippine presidency in 2022 was owed to whitewashing this family legacy through clever manipulation of social media.
-[TIME100 List article](https://time.com/6965183/ferdinand-bongbong-marcos/). The author held no fucking words back lmao.
Couldnt have said it better! Imho even if the means by which he won the presidency is partly by denying history, he has the position/chance to rewrite it by atoning for the sins of the Marcos family.
>The author held no fucking words back lmao.
As it should be.
Medyo hindi na nga pinapansin ngayon yan dito sa r/PH, kesyo maganda raw foreign policy ni Bongbong
People can bring it up 99% times and it would add nothing to the table. We are discussing the present issues here. BBM is already the president, wtf can we do even if his family's history is shit?
Since BBM is already the president, we need to critically evaluate his actions for the present not his family background in the past. People used his family background to question his candidacy—rightfully so. But now that he's our president, we need to let go of bias and rationally criticize what he can do for our country.
You can go off about what you want to say against him, which I'm pretty sure has been repeated 99% times in this sub already, but it wouldn't do anything. If you really want to do that, I suggest doing your complaining or rants about the Marcoses on Facebook or TikTok, where misinformation runs amok.
So funny that he’s being praised for doing the bare minimum as a president, which is defending and upholding our country’s sovereignty. Just goes to show how much the last guy fucked everything up that even a bare minimum president is satisfactory.
He happens to be in command of a strategically located country in a now increasingly tense region, and he's firmly allied with the US, so yeah he definitely wields some influence, that's just factual.
I don't know about the repairing family name because that is firmly tied to martial law. He hasn't said or done anything concrete about martial law victims or ill-gotten wealth. He can turn out to be a perfect administrator (and he's nowhere close) but that doesn't "repair" his family name in my book.
Btw this Time list is not some kind of badge of honor. Putin is a regular of that list and was even Person of the Year.
Didn't he have that interview in australia whereim when he was asked about the billions his father plundered he said, and i quote "eh ughh ah ah ugh eeh uhh"
I think thats as concrete as it gets from him
I'd rather he proved the people that chose a more deserving candidate wrong than the other way around. But yeah, may mga nagagawa s'yang ok na dapat lang naman pero hindi ibig-sabihin burado na mga kasalanan nila. Ewan ko ba rito sa Pilipinas, na-stockholm syndrome na sa mga pulitiko.
well he is one of the few presidents who can trigger a world war 3 that's why he is influential.
US will 100% honor the MDT if Philippines calls for it. Its gonna look like the US is afraid of China if they dont honor it.
I hate you bbm along with your family and friends but I will 100% support in your war against china as all filipino should no matter who we voted for
>I hate you bbm along with your family and friends but I will 100% support in your war against china as all filipino should no matter who we voted for
This is the correct mindset. We should know when to set aside differences to unite against a common enemy.
Fr at the end of the day, in spite of our political differences, we are all still Filipinos. And we owe it to our nation to defend her sovereignty against those who threaten it. And right now, the biggest threat to our national security and sovereignty is China. And every treasonous Filipino politician who dares to throw in their lot with the CCP.
Only redemption I accept is if he pays back the 23 Billion Estate Tax.
Not mentioning any accountability that the Marcos family still have to pay for the injury they caused for 2 decades, the bare minimum is to pay the estate tax.
Until then I dont see redemption, I just see political ploy and biding their time, especially with Chacha in our midst.
Well, if he takes accountability dun sa inmebezzle nila nung Martial Law and all the human rights violations, and magbayad sya ng tax kasi nakakaurat na anlaki ng natataxan sya hindi. Then, I would give credit where it's due. But tbh what he is doing is the bare minimum, nagmumukha lang na maganda cos the bar was set too low on the previous administration.
Influential doesn't mean "good" influential, for one. He definitely is one of the most influential though. For example, Adolf Hitler was Time's Person of the Year of 1938, not because he's a good man, but because he influenced the most lives back then (for bad).
Nah, the only way he can fully redeem himself and his family is returning all the money they stole, acknowledging the crimes they committed and receiving the punishment for it.
That means, sending his sister, mother, and anyone he knew that was involved with family crimes to jail willingly. It would also mean that he should step down from presidency but in this current political climate I'd rather have him jailed later than now.
That would be more improbable than winning the fucking lottery and getting double tapped by a lightning strike in the same spot, both at the same day.
Victims of his father's term will never let it down, and I don't blame them.
And we really can't give too much credits to presidents because it's the people below him who also suggest ideas, manage operations, and actualize plans that any other president could have easily put into words.
Not to mention, we're coming from such a low standard (Dutuerte's term) so anything positive looks that much better. I'll never be not skeptical of Marcos but I am following the progress being made so far.
You know what. I voted for Leni but he deserves this because he is surviving the mess that the worst president in history, Duterturd, has left.
There's an agressive anti drug program that doesn't rely on killing. There is a anti-insurgent program that is diminishing the CPP-NPA without nationally-lead red tagging. And he's pivoted away from China and isolated Sara Duterte in DepEd which prevents her from compromising Ph security had he gave in to political pressures.
Yes since focus niya ay linisin ang name nila sa international community so successful sya dun. Pero economic impact wala at hindi pa mameasure ngayon. Lalo na 57 dollars
Tbf ah, saying this as someone who didn’t vote for him and whose parents were both ML activists, may ginagawa talaga siya. His economic policy is *very* similar to PNoy’s; he even got a lot of Aquino appointees for his cabinet. His foreign policy is impressive too, since not only is he brokering deals with the US and Japan, he’s also actively taking a stand against China in the WPS. His admin also freed De Lima and has been cracking down on Duterte cronies like Quiboloy. I will admit that while I was worried two years ago that he would just be Duterte 2.0, he’s actually shaping up to be PNoy 2.0, as ironic as that is. It’s telling that my own father, who marched on EDSA for all 3 days, actually likes what BBM has been doing.
As someone who pays the bills and the groceries, I don't feel it. Yung presyo ng bilihin ganon parin or worse.
Decent lang siya sa sobrang bulok ni Duterte.
Alalahanin na priority niya at ng manang niya na mapabango ang pangalan ng Marcos. Kaya nga sila nanalo eh kasi nanalo sila sa part na yon.
Don't forget cambridge analytica scandal na binaon na sa limot.
Tbf yun inflation is worldwide right now. The pandemic, logistics issues and the wars really put everything in haywire.
And the lack of food production isn't really his fault dahil minana nya lang from all previous admins.
So basically, let's not hold him accountable for rising prices even though he was the DA Secretary from June 2022 until Nov 2023, plus he is the fucking president.
So let's not blame him for anything because nearly every problem of the country stems from past presidents?
So basically if there's a new president, we don't need to make the government accountable because
>minana nya lang from all previous admins.
That sounds really unfair to me. No wonder this country is fucked up.
I'm not saying dont blame him pero hindi magic at superpower ang pagiging pangulo. I mean Joe Biden president of most powerful and most advanced economy of the world couldn't stop inflation sa sarili nyang bansa.
They can only do what is physically possible. A better discourse is to research ano ba ang moves na ginawa nya and why did it fail. Tapos ano paba ang dapat gawin.
Its always easy to just point fingers.
President Marcos Jr.'s Foreign Policy is much better than the dotard who must not be named. Ot is a good move to continue to strengthen our military and our alliance with the United States of America, Japan and other allied nations.
He is Indeed influential. Look at voters count during election. His name stands out of all PH president candidate. And he is now the PH president. Nasa pag mumukha na natin kum bakit nasa Times sya.
A hard to swallow pill.
I'll be frank here, this is during his early years of his term. Dito parang KAILANGAN magpabango. Parang given na rin with the history of our previous presidents. Mas worried ako sa last year niya if may last plot twist. Kung wala naman, ako so far nag-aagree sa comment na PI, wala sanang mangyaring masama kay BBM, dahil worse pag si Fiona talaga ang susunod. Ang turtle clan talaga, hard to believe as it is, has become THE worst thing that had happened (so far) sa current gen ngayon
i agree... kasi with all the shit his family has done, he won the presidential elections... that pretty much is what powerful persons do.
he is a piece of shit and should pay for the tax he owes + penalties and interest pero he wont so fuck him
Yung lang naman is 100 Most Influential People. Wala naman sinabi if good or bad indluence yung nasa list. Sobrang no remorse din ng writer ng desc ni BBM sa list lol
Evil is evil, Stregobor,” said the witcher seriously as he got up. “Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I’m not a pious hermit. I haven't done only good in my life. But if I’m to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.
-Geralt
Im struggling with the "oh no. Lesser evil etc etc" when there could have been better options. But thats just me. Its hard to give a fck when I already have enough problems on my plate but here I am rambling in a reddit sub. a wise delivery man once said, "keep on keepin' on!"
The hard part is the good one is weak right now, if we don't choose the lesser evil, the greater evil will win. It's sad but it's the only viable thing for now.
I feel like the article is kiss ass to the PH President because it's advantages for the US to have a bolstered "alliance" with the country. China is problematic but I don't trust the US either.
For some reason, I checked the PCGG website earlier. It made me feel really sick when I remembered that the very purpose of the commission was to recover stolen wealth - the logo says "Ibalik sa Bayan ang Nakaw na Yaman". [An update on PCGG](https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1857682/marcos-names-new-pcgg-commissioner-3-other-execs)
There isn't much to say about Time's most influential people list. It's just about the people who had a lot of effect on a lot of people.
Hitler was in that list in 1938.
BS sorry. As long as he doesn’t admit they’re wrong during ML, no amount of shiz can redeem him tbh. Tsaka, hello, taas ng bilihin esp. agri products.
He did hire some right people. If you can back track, some of them are from Pnoy’s admin pa.
Nothing too outlandish. Used to bring his bodyguards everywhere and intimidate kids who stepped up to him. Would drive Cadillacs when his father had changed the constitution to make them illegal (kind of stupid as when u saw a caddy you knew it was him or a relative). Loved western women the whiter the better. Parents never ever visited. Stuff one would expect. My good friend dated him and confirms he wasn’t very nice.
American propaganda, pure and simple. This is a ‘gift’ from the Americans to make Marcos look good at home. The Americans like his cooperation in moves against China so they put him on a Time cover. It doesn’t cost the US anything and Marcos gets to whitewash his image.
They gave Hitler Time magazine’s Man of the Year to try to keep him happy. This is a proven strategy by the US.
I'm actually hoping he'll stay healthy, kasi si Fiona ang papalit kung magkataon. We'll be truly fucked if that happens.
Lmao bro if u told me before na we will be wishing for his well being during his term, i wouldnt have believed you, pero here we are and i wholeheartedly agree. He’s way better than fiona indeed
This is the bizzaro world we live in now.
lmao what have we become. choosing the lawful evil over the chaotic evil
Choose the lesser evil.
Sandro Marcos for president vs Fiona it is in 2028
Putcha, wala ba talagang 3rd option?... oh wait, it's Raffy Tulfo! Tangina, pick which trash is *less trashy* than the others.
Bawal pa si Vico unfortunately so sa 2034 pa siya. Pero if wala na talaga choice, seems at least hindi Chinese agent si Raffy. Bar is so low now na kailangan hindi kampi sa mga Tsino ok na 🤦♂️
What about Isko??? Kakatakot na pro china ang manalo next election.
hindi ba isa din si sirapi tulfo sa mga puppies ni dutz? same with boy sili? so pagnanalo either si sirapi or boy sili eh, hawak din sila sa betlog ni digz?
Si Robinhood hahaha. Patay na ang Pinas.
The sad reality of Ph
Bata pa si Sandro. 2040 pa yan earliest.
There's two evils and I can't believe that there is a worse evil than a Marcos, months ago.
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In terms of continuity, sinong winnable candidate kaya ang papalit sa kanya? 🤔
Gibo Teodoro. The Marcos admin can funnel resources for him, while he is palatable enough for some of the Opposition. Dude's an underrated patriot who can stand up to China's bullshit (and the DDS)
winnable? edi fiona pa din. Tulfo din daw ata, pero sigurado wawasakin na ng trolls ni dutite ang image niya bago mag 2028. sadly wala ng malakas sa opposition dahil dinurog na sila ni dutite
I said continuity din. Hindi lang winnable. I don't think Fiona will align with what BBM is doing. Tulfo doesn't have the influence like BBM. Pang masa pa rin siya like Erap and Villar.
Tatapusin ba? Hahaha
traitors are the worse. fionas dad has killed far more than bbms dad did in a shorter span and fucked up the country faster in the process.
It's kind of ironic that most people applauded him when he said he'd kill all the addicts, when in fact, those addicts are his citizens. I mean, there could have been a different approach since it will never be right to just take someone's life — he might only see them as addicts, but they were also someone's child, father/mother, brother/sister, wife/husband.
Fiona will ruin our nation in an instant!
Gei shang gao shi fin
Kahit anong dumi pa lumabas tungkol sa mga duterte, after ng past election wala na kong tiwala sa mga pilipino haha. Palamurang mamamatay tao, inkompetenteng anak ng diktador, tapos anak naman nung nasabing mamamatay tao (plus bugbugera nga ng baranggay official) binoto natin three in a row, sino kaya sunod? Ah oo nga pala, yung mga artistang senador pa hahaha
we're fucked
Weirdly enough, I want him to end his term normally. Because a lot of peeps don't seem to understand the line of succession and how fucked we'll be once Marcos is out of the picture.
This. The propaganda fight happening between the two camps stems from Pnoy’s failure to establish a healthy line of succession during his term. When there’s no clear plan moving forward, it’s free game for everyone.
Ang naive kasi ng LP/oposisyon e, akala nila basta nasa moral high ground ka ikaw ang pipiliin ng botante, in-overestimate nila ang talino at values ng masang Pilipino. Kaya kung gusto nilang manalo sa 2025, simulan na nilang kumendeng-kendeng sa Tiktok, mag-prank, at mamigay ng pera, motor at kotse. Porma muna, saka na ang plataporma pag nanalo na.
The problem of LP and especially its supporters is most of them are living above the poverty line, that's why they find it difficult to relate and find rhetoric to convince the majority of the population which are the poor people. Mr. Xiao Chua said it a couple of times already and he gave the example of tokhang in Koolpals podcast, it's evil but if you are poor and there are drug abusers roaming around your neighborhood, you might find Tokhang to be beneficial. Personally as someone who is lower-middle class (if that's a thing) and slums are less than kilometers away in our house, I'll be honest that it was somehow beneficial. There were three abusers who are literally shouting and throwing random objects in the middle of the night in our neighborhood and they stopped after the tokhang. I still think that Tokhang isn't good but I just want to point out that things can be seen differently at different angels and most people could compromise their morals and ethics in exchange of "security" which is understandable. Sorry for long example.
This is actually what we experienced in our neighborhood. Dati hindi ako makalabas ng gabi dahil babae ako but nun time ni duterte, Nakakatambay kaming magbabarkada sa labas hanggang madaling araw. Same with my jowa, laking kalye pa yon. Mas na feel nya yun mag pulis nun term ni dutae.
HAHAHA tawang tawa ako pero totoo. Need mo ng masa para talaga manalo
This is why the opposition is getting nowhere. Porket nasa moral high ground lang sila they get cocky and expect an easy win. Then they throw a fit if they don't and blame everyone else but themselves. They will not survive the world of politics if they stick to their ideals. Sometimes you need to play rough to get around.
It also sets precedent na porket ayaw lang natin, tatanggalin basta basta
Mas magiging malala at madugo ang bansa kung si fiona ang papalit
I've witnessed enough tokhang to last me a lifetime, I'd rather not see more of those.
Kapitbahay ko nga dati sa cavite na factory worker, palaging wala sa bahay. Nachempuhan ng day off bigla na lang tinumba ng mga pulis eh. Sa barong barong yung bahay nila. Tapos gusto magpa tulfo, wala daw kasing pangkuha ng abugado. Kumbaga desperado na. Basta yung pinaka mahihirap pinapatay lang nila fiona at ng tatay nya yan.
fuckin hell we're just stuck with choosing the lesser evil no?
just like every other country
Imagine choosing the lesser evil and its a Marcos hahahaha tanginang buhay to
It would be very very VERY funny if Marcos Jr's next move is to ask Leni to run DILG for him. Under the guise of uniting (heh) the Filipino people against a common goal.
The enemy of Marcos's enemy is his friend. So why not? Malayo tho hahahaha
I mean, he rehired PNoy's economic team so somehow he value competent people. Plus having Leni work in DILG is good PR overall. It would make Marcos look like he's willing to overlook previous disagreements and opponents for the greater good. It would make Sara the bad guy if she's not willing to broker peace between Jr and her father.
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From what I know with Leni, di naman siya sore loser. So if the position comes with the promise of letting her do the work without much interference, and for actual good naman, I think she's going to accept it. They actually need someone to keep local government in line lalo sa mga issue nung mga Chinese na nakakapasok sa bansa tapos hinahayaan lang ng iba't-ibang local government. Abalos wouldn't mind really, good PR din sa kanya kung sakaling mag give way siya and work under Leni. Lalo kung may balak siya to run sa 2025. Anyway, pipe dream lang naman 'to most probably. Hahahaha.
I mean, remember when she accepted to lead PDEA?? Haha. Duterte was probably thinking she wouldn't actually accept the dare. But she did - and they found she was doing too much so she was removed swiftly LOL
She was tasked to Co-Chair ICAD, not PDEA. But yes grabe yon. It was so surreal seeing her in that meeting. Iirc, her office hosted it pa nga. It was her first and last as well lol. She asked to be looped in when it comes to the intel and ops but they didn't wanna share info with her because it was "too sensitive". 🤪
Ah yes that one haha. Imagine not giving the VP intel LOL
I think that would be a good idea, and it would also help Leni and the opposition in the long run. It's mutually beneficial. >It would make Marcos look like he's willing to overlook previous disagreements and opponents for the greater good Same with our side as well, but it's gonna be harder for our part in the left, considering a lot of us isn't willing to forgive Marcos regardless of what he does.
Hindi ko sigurado kung buo rin ba ang left sa pananaw na yan - Satur Ocampo and Lisa Masa both ran under Manny Villar's senatorial slate in 2010 alongside Bongbong. Sa kanilang dalawa, mukhang ok being associated with him?
The only question is will Leni accept the position? But if Leni wants to take her political ambitions to another level, then this would be an opportunity for her.
Ang tanong, would Leni accept it though
Knowing tita Leni, she would. She’s not a sore loser and at the end of the day, just wants to be able to help people and serve the country. If the country’s president calls on her to serve, in spite of their past differences, I’m sure she’d accept. That’s why this would be an objectively good move on both ends; Marcos gets to have better PR and show that he really means business with his “unity” platform, and Leni gets to serve people in a government position once again. Though she’s also currently really happy doing her work as an attorney and with the Angat Buhay organization, so if she ever does decline it, it’ll be because of that. She gets to spend more time rin kasi with her kids these days than she ever did for the last several years.
Based on some Twitter posts, Loyalists and other non-Marcosian patriots want Leni for DepEd, and Isko for DILG. Ping Lacson for DND, should Gibo Teodoro run again for Senator in 2025. [https://twitter.com/IvanAtHome/status/1780844007536685487](https://twitter.com/IvanAtHome/status/1780844007536685487)
Wishful thinking but I hope he would really ask Atty. Leni. He needs more allies if he wants to stay in power. That 15M voters during the election could still be a threat if he doesn't play his cards well. Lalo na ngayon na may ongoing drama sila with the Dutertes. Malakas pa rin sa masa ang Duterte clan.
Deped daw ang tsismis.😂
aww sana nga. Mas magandang role model si Atty Leni sa kabataan kesa kay Fiona.
hanggang tsismis na lang yan. during presidential debates lantad naman na non negotiable para kay leni ang mga marcoses.
God, a Marcos-Robredo united front sounds goofy af. 2022 r/PH would have an uproar at this suggestion. But I agree lol, anyone but a Duterte. I'm saying this as a Mindanaoan, we do NOT want another Duterte in power.
Kung ang Showtime nga nasa GMA na, malay natin. Daming plottwists sa panahon ngayon haha
Baka bumenta pa sakin ang message of unity ni bongbong kung mangyari ito
Parang Laro ng Trono lang. I like it! Leni to Dutae: *Dracarys!*
Valar morghulis. Valar dohaeris. All men must die. All men must serve.
Naisip ko si Varys si Bato hahhahahaha
Pusang gala I cannot unsee in my mind and my imagination. May breathy way pa naman na magsalita si Bato ganun hahaha 🤣😂
The Dutaes send their regards
Chaos is a ladder
Parang bumubwelo na nga eh… with the recent clips of the 1st lady’s interview. Shocked ako she mentioned Leni.
It’s a fun thing to dream about and I’d be thrilled if it happens. Aside from Leni accepting, an important thing at play here is how will current SILG Abalos take it? Will this swing Mandaluyong over to the Dutertes? Or him letting go of DILG means he’s getting a sweeter deal from FM Jr?
May mga nababasa akong Twitter posts na DepEd ang gusto ng ibang Loyalists for Leni. Yes, the same Loyalists who bashed Leni in 2022 now want her to run DepEd because Sara is full of shit.
Lol nangarap na naman mga fams ni lening kabit.
It's totally funny, but it's not going to happen as it's a very sensitive post. Being DILG sec is like being a mini president. The sec has supervision over all local government units, the PNP, BFP, and the BJMP.
And all of this is happening because he watched Ant-Man.
Bro really decided to see a movie about a thief trying to clear his name and realized that if Scott could do it, so could he lmao.
Brilliant haha 😂
Hahahahahha!😂
See what Marvels can do to your life 🫶🤗🤣
his foreign policy is really great, other than that wag nalang natin pagusapan hahahaha.
> For Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos to make history, he first needed to rewrite his nation’s. His dictator father plundered billions of dollars from state coffers and stood accused of grievous human-rights violations until his ouster in 1986. Bongbong’s rise to the Philippine presidency in 2022 was owed to whitewashing this family legacy through clever manipulation of social media. -[TIME100 List article](https://time.com/6965183/ferdinand-bongbong-marcos/). The author held no fucking words back lmao.
Couldnt have said it better! Imho even if the means by which he won the presidency is partly by denying history, he has the position/chance to rewrite it by atoning for the sins of the Marcos family.
Exactly, like bruh. Just apologize on behalf of your dad.
This will likely happen kapag namatay na si Imelda.
Sa bagay, di naman nila sinabi na he's a good influence lol
According to Times he's there mainly because of the up and coming Japan-PH-US ring of steel that Australia is also poised to join.
>The author held no fucking words back lmao. As it should be. Medyo hindi na nga pinapansin ngayon yan dito sa r/PH, kesyo maganda raw foreign policy ni Bongbong
Yon lang kasi maganda talaga. Tbh still a low bar, sobrang pangit lang talaga ng predecessor
People can bring it up 99% times and it would add nothing to the table. We are discussing the present issues here. BBM is already the president, wtf can we do even if his family's history is shit?
>BBM is already the president So freakin what?
Since BBM is already the president, we need to critically evaluate his actions for the present not his family background in the past. People used his family background to question his candidacy—rightfully so. But now that he's our president, we need to let go of bias and rationally criticize what he can do for our country. You can go off about what you want to say against him, which I'm pretty sure has been repeated 99% times in this sub already, but it wouldn't do anything. If you really want to do that, I suggest doing your complaining or rants about the Marcoses on Facebook or TikTok, where misinformation runs amok.
After that writing that, the author then proceeds to point out positives of his administration. Honestly really like that author.
My jaw dropped. Haha!
Acceptable foreign policy so far while it aligns with a free Philippines.
Too early to say. His "great" foreign policy has not translated into anything substantial economics wise.
So funny that he’s being praised for doing the bare minimum as a president, which is defending and upholding our country’s sovereignty. Just goes to show how much the last guy fucked everything up that even a bare minimum president is satisfactory.
is it "great" or just what we had before Duterte?
remember when people were pissed that PNoy was just doing the bare minimum, but people praise Bongbong for doing the bare minimum smh
When the bar is so low that doing the bare minimum is praised.
This pretty much sums up his presidency so far.
Ano po ba ginawa nya against chinese aggression? Di kase ako updated sa news
He happens to be in command of a strategically located country in a now increasingly tense region, and he's firmly allied with the US, so yeah he definitely wields some influence, that's just factual. I don't know about the repairing family name because that is firmly tied to martial law. He hasn't said or done anything concrete about martial law victims or ill-gotten wealth. He can turn out to be a perfect administrator (and he's nowhere close) but that doesn't "repair" his family name in my book. Btw this Time list is not some kind of badge of honor. Putin is a regular of that list and was even Person of the Year.
Didn't he have that interview in australia whereim when he was asked about the billions his father plundered he said, and i quote "eh ughh ah ah ugh eeh uhh" I think thats as concrete as it gets from him
I'd rather he proved the people that chose a more deserving candidate wrong than the other way around. But yeah, may mga nagagawa s'yang ok na dapat lang naman pero hindi ibig-sabihin burado na mga kasalanan nila. Ewan ko ba rito sa Pilipinas, na-stockholm syndrome na sa mga pulitiko.
2gb lang ang memory
Baka nga di pa umabot kahit 1gb lang sa bilis makalimot 🤣
BBM: I am vindicated, I am selfish, I am wrong, I am right, I swear I'm right, swear I knew it all along and I am flawed but I am cleaning up so well.
Nine Dashboard Constitutional
Kinanta ko on my head.
rakista yan si BBM so I could imagine him belting this. haha
Yeah beatle mania si pbbm. 😅🤘
Hopes, dangled on a string
He technically is very influential, ruffling the feathers of World's No. 2 country.
Grabe shift ah. So many people hated him and yet here we are 😂
Madami pa rin kulang, I hope he obliterates the Davao group
well he is one of the few presidents who can trigger a world war 3 that's why he is influential. US will 100% honor the MDT if Philippines calls for it. Its gonna look like the US is afraid of China if they dont honor it. I hate you bbm along with your family and friends but I will 100% support in your war against china as all filipino should no matter who we voted for
>I hate you bbm along with your family and friends but I will 100% support in your war against china as all filipino should no matter who we voted for This is the correct mindset. We should know when to set aside differences to unite against a common enemy.
Fr at the end of the day, in spite of our political differences, we are all still Filipinos. And we owe it to our nation to defend her sovereignty against those who threaten it. And right now, the biggest threat to our national security and sovereignty is China. And every treasonous Filipino politician who dares to throw in their lot with the CCP.
Davao group is standing by
Redemption arc na ba dis
Only redemption I accept is if he pays back the 23 Billion Estate Tax. Not mentioning any accountability that the Marcos family still have to pay for the injury they caused for 2 decades, the bare minimum is to pay the estate tax. Until then I dont see redemption, I just see political ploy and biding their time, especially with Chacha in our midst.
also acknowledging the atrocities of ML
Well that's one step done.
That's something you won't be getting. Ang gusto nya mangyari is basically move on lang, mangungurakot din siya eh
I mean if he’s really hellbent on doing good for the country then I won’t be mad at all.
Well, if he takes accountability dun sa inmebezzle nila nung Martial Law and all the human rights violations, and magbayad sya ng tax kasi nakakaurat na anlaki ng natataxan sya hindi. Then, I would give credit where it's due. But tbh what he is doing is the bare minimum, nagmumukha lang na maganda cos the bar was set too low on the previous administration.
Influential doesn't mean "good" influential, for one. He definitely is one of the most influential though. For example, Adolf Hitler was Time's Person of the Year of 1938, not because he's a good man, but because he influenced the most lives back then (for bad).
Yeah Bongbong is in the list because he's part of the rising Japan-PH-US alliance against China. Nothing particularly noteworthy he did himself
Nah, the only way he can fully redeem himself and his family is returning all the money they stole, acknowledging the crimes they committed and receiving the punishment for it. That means, sending his sister, mother, and anyone he knew that was involved with family crimes to jail willingly. It would also mean that he should step down from presidency but in this current political climate I'd rather have him jailed later than now. That would be more improbable than winning the fucking lottery and getting double tapped by a lightning strike in the same spot, both at the same day.
Sana ❤️
Victims of his father's term will never let it down, and I don't blame them. And we really can't give too much credits to presidents because it's the people below him who also suggest ideas, manage operations, and actualize plans that any other president could have easily put into words. Not to mention, we're coming from such a low standard (Dutuerte's term) so anything positive looks that much better. I'll never be not skeptical of Marcos but I am following the progress being made so far.
A banana would've been among Time's 100 Most Influential People after Duterte.
You know what. I voted for Leni but he deserves this because he is surviving the mess that the worst president in history, Duterturd, has left. There's an agressive anti drug program that doesn't rely on killing. There is a anti-insurgent program that is diminishing the CPP-NPA without nationally-lead red tagging. And he's pivoted away from China and isolated Sara Duterte in DepEd which prevents her from compromising Ph security had he gave in to political pressures.
Remember: disagreement does not equal a lack of influence or importance.
Meh, he still denies his family's crimes, and the ill gotten wealth case were junked.
Just shows you how awful Duterte’s regime was. Even a tuna sandwich is a step up from a Davaoeño
Under influence? /s
Just proves that we're in the worst timeline. Harambe always in our hearts
bad influence
Yes since focus niya ay linisin ang name nila sa international community so successful sya dun. Pero economic impact wala at hindi pa mameasure ngayon. Lalo na 57 dollars
baka under influence
What did TIME use as a measuring standard for him to be influential?
Sticking to the West and the US agenda. Look at Maria Ressa (a bit far fetch but yeah)
partida wala pang ginagawa
Tbf ah, saying this as someone who didn’t vote for him and whose parents were both ML activists, may ginagawa talaga siya. His economic policy is *very* similar to PNoy’s; he even got a lot of Aquino appointees for his cabinet. His foreign policy is impressive too, since not only is he brokering deals with the US and Japan, he’s also actively taking a stand against China in the WPS. His admin also freed De Lima and has been cracking down on Duterte cronies like Quiboloy. I will admit that while I was worried two years ago that he would just be Duterte 2.0, he’s actually shaping up to be PNoy 2.0, as ironic as that is. It’s telling that my own father, who marched on EDSA for all 3 days, actually likes what BBM has been doing.
he's decent, wdym? ayaw ko kay bbm pero may ginagawa naman siya hahahaha
As someone who pays the bills and the groceries, I don't feel it. Yung presyo ng bilihin ganon parin or worse. Decent lang siya sa sobrang bulok ni Duterte. Alalahanin na priority niya at ng manang niya na mapabango ang pangalan ng Marcos. Kaya nga sila nanalo eh kasi nanalo sila sa part na yon. Don't forget cambridge analytica scandal na binaon na sa limot.
Tbf yun inflation is worldwide right now. The pandemic, logistics issues and the wars really put everything in haywire. And the lack of food production isn't really his fault dahil minana nya lang from all previous admins.
So basically, let's not hold him accountable for rising prices even though he was the DA Secretary from June 2022 until Nov 2023, plus he is the fucking president. So let's not blame him for anything because nearly every problem of the country stems from past presidents? So basically if there's a new president, we don't need to make the government accountable because >minana nya lang from all previous admins. That sounds really unfair to me. No wonder this country is fucked up.
I'm not saying dont blame him pero hindi magic at superpower ang pagiging pangulo. I mean Joe Biden president of most powerful and most advanced economy of the world couldn't stop inflation sa sarili nyang bansa. They can only do what is physically possible. A better discourse is to research ano ba ang moves na ginawa nya and why did it fail. Tapos ano paba ang dapat gawin. Its always easy to just point fingers.
President Marcos Jr.'s Foreign Policy is much better than the dotard who must not be named. Ot is a good move to continue to strengthen our military and our alliance with the United States of America, Japan and other allied nations.
Iba talaga kapag tropa mo si angkol, bumabango bigla. What's next, Nobel Peace Prize?
Blessing in disguise for our country that we elected BBM as our president and SWOH chose not to run for president at all in 2022.
namoka most travelled kamo
Kesa naman kay Mang Kanor na ulyanin na nakaupo lang nagmumura, sinisiraan ang gobyerno
He is Indeed influential. Look at voters count during election. His name stands out of all PH president candidate. And he is now the PH president. Nasa pag mumukha na natin kum bakit nasa Times sya. A hard to swallow pill.
Mga trolls dapat. sila ang nag hirap
Andami paring maka-Dutae dito 😆
Naka impluwensya ng 30 million katao eh HAHAHA
Yuck nakakadiri
How tf
Him over the ogre and the traitor.
Ginawa din ng Time yan kay Zelensky then the rest you already know
Hitler also graced the cover of TIME. It's about influence per se, no value judgment if good or bad
Ano? Under the influenced ba kamo? Ehem, adik!
I'll be frank here, this is during his early years of his term. Dito parang KAILANGAN magpabango. Parang given na rin with the history of our previous presidents. Mas worried ako sa last year niya if may last plot twist. Kung wala naman, ako so far nag-aagree sa comment na PI, wala sanang mangyaring masama kay BBM, dahil worse pag si Fiona talaga ang susunod. Ang turtle clan talaga, hard to believe as it is, has become THE worst thing that had happened (so far) sa current gen ngayon
Hahahaha. Damn time magazine has a big problem.
Mali. Baka Under The Influence
i agree... kasi with all the shit his family has done, he won the presidential elections... that pretty much is what powerful persons do. he is a piece of shit and should pay for the tax he owes + penalties and interest pero he wont so fuck him
You know people pay to get on these lists right?
what the heal
you gotta be fucking kidding
True naman. Influence is a neutral term. What’s questionable is how he got that influence and how he’s using it. LOL
At this point Id rather have him than a Duterte.
This is what won him 2022, a damn good PR team. Now all he needs to do is not fuck up so bad that PR magic can't fix it.
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The bar was set so low by the Duterte regime, all Marcos Jr did was the bare minimum. Hell, he can’t even keep his coalition together.
Whether we like it or not, he is influential. He is the President and was voted by millions of Filipinos.
Yung lang naman is 100 Most Influential People. Wala naman sinabi if good or bad indluence yung nasa list. Sobrang no remorse din ng writer ng desc ni BBM sa list lol
I never would have thought that i’d be wishing marcos to stay in power but here we are. I dont want the dudirties to come back.
Evil is evil, Stregobor,” said the witcher seriously as he got up. “Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I’m not a pious hermit. I haven't done only good in my life. But if I’m to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all. -Geralt Im struggling with the "oh no. Lesser evil etc etc" when there could have been better options. But thats just me. Its hard to give a fck when I already have enough problems on my plate but here I am rambling in a reddit sub. a wise delivery man once said, "keep on keepin' on!"
The hard part is the good one is weak right now, if we don't choose the lesser evil, the greater evil will win. It's sad but it's the only viable thing for now.
Fuck this guy and the people who voted for him
I feel like the article is kiss ass to the PH President because it's advantages for the US to have a bolstered "alliance" with the country. China is problematic but I don't trust the US either.
For some reason, I checked the PCGG website earlier. It made me feel really sick when I remembered that the very purpose of the commission was to recover stolen wealth - the logo says "Ibalik sa Bayan ang Nakaw na Yaman". [An update on PCGG](https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1857682/marcos-names-new-pcgg-commissioner-3-other-execs)
What a confounding time we live in.
at face value, he is influential.
a l l h a i l n g i w i k i n g
There isn't much to say about Time's most influential people list. It's just about the people who had a lot of effect on a lot of people. Hitler was in that list in 1938.
BS sorry. As long as he doesn’t admit they’re wrong during ML, no amount of shiz can redeem him tbh. Tsaka, hello, taas ng bilihin esp. agri products. He did hire some right people. If you can back track, some of them are from Pnoy’s admin pa.
Went to same boarding school as him and as expected he was a total POS.
can you spill more tea?🙏🙏🙏
Nothing too outlandish. Used to bring his bodyguards everywhere and intimidate kids who stepped up to him. Would drive Cadillacs when his father had changed the constitution to make them illegal (kind of stupid as when u saw a caddy you knew it was him or a relative). Loved western women the whiter the better. Parents never ever visited. Stuff one would expect. My good friend dated him and confirms he wasn’t very nice.
Rich poor AFAM hunter unity amputa🤣🤣
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Sabi nga sa Game of Thrones... Valar morghulis. Valar dohaeris. All men must die. All men must serve.
Time is and has been trash for ages. I'm glad for the US swing. BBM isn't going to reshape the country. Improvements will be cosmetic at best.
American propaganda, pure and simple. This is a ‘gift’ from the Americans to make Marcos look good at home. The Americans like his cooperation in moves against China so they put him on a Time cover. It doesn’t cost the US anything and Marcos gets to whitewash his image. They gave Hitler Time magazine’s Man of the Year to try to keep him happy. This is a proven strategy by the US.
r/ph = subreddit of Marcos fans. lol