Facebook Avatar is Trending as Users create their own images

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Mark Zuckerberg: *creates fb avatar for people to enjoy. Not harming anybody*

Pee-noise on twitter: Puro Avatar umay (shows immense toxicity so that they feel validated as "superior" while in reality just an ersatz feeling that border sociological cliche.)

"Puro Avatar" is trending in the Philippines. Just wow. Can't you just let people enjoy things? Ang cute cute kaya! Saang part 'yung cringey?

Please stop making it a bad thing. It's totally harmless. The world is already in a bad state esp. our country. Lots of people are dealing with anxiety and depression. Making those avatars is just a simple joy for others. Kung naiirita ka, mag-deactivate ka. That simple. Lol!

Is it harming anybody? NO. Then do a little favor and allow the people that are out of your business to enjoy the little things.
Yes, freedom of speech is nice and all but also shut the f*ck up sometimes.

This avatar trend will die down eventually. If your concern is "puro avatar" all over your newsfeed, hide them. Or don't open the app altogether for the time being.

The Covid-19 situation is stressful already... let people enjoy these little things. Okay?

Secretly, I love it when something trends coz I'll have something to post on my blog. You could all just look at it then move on with your lives. So if puro avatar nasa Facebook, no biggie. Maybe, that's how they cope up with this fvckup society.

Lumalabas ang creativity ng mga users on how they see themselves. There is nothing bad about it. Have fun with puro avatar!

I enjoyed creating one for myself, even more so seeing others' works

National Live Events Coalition PH participates in Global Red Campaign

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The National Live Events Coalition PH (NLECPH), an alliance of various sectors from the Live Events community comprising Theater and the Performing Arts, Freelance Creative and Production Workers, Social and Weddings events, Gigs and Music Festivals, AVL (audio video lights) coverage and staging / fabrication suppliers, Agencies and Activations, Concerts, Conventions, Tradeshows and Venues will take part in an awareness campaign about the plight of the Live Events Industry.

Aptly titled: GLOBAL RED, this worldwide campaign in raising awareness of the plight of LiveEvents industry impacted by CoVid-19 on a global scale will be held on September 1, 2020.

The peaceful campaign in lighting arts and music venues in red started in Germany on June 22, 2020 called Night of Light. It quickly spread throughout the UK and Ireland thru a campaign called Light It Red and Red Alert with #WeMakeEvents. South Africa followed suit with #LightSARed. On September 1, 2020 the North American leg
will commence headed by Live Events Coalition USA.

NLEC PH’s campaign representing the Live Events industry in the Philippines and South East Asia will co-occur on that date to harmonize the cause worldwide.

The façade of the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Main Building, Philippine International Convention Center, Fort Santiago, De La Salle Universities and several establishments & landmarks all over the Philippines will be illuminated in red color.

Our local campaign participation will kick off with a ceremonial lighting of the CCP Main Building façade followed by a convoy
motorcade of technical service providers, commencing from the CCP route via Roxas Boulevard ending in TM Kalaw, Manila.

In order to raise awareness in the Philippines, the NLEC-PH is encouraging technical providers and rental companies to join in the campaign “Light up in Red” on the same date and time in support for all live event stakeholders.

The CCP fully supports these initiatives; and, as convenor of the Association of Philippine Performing Arts Spaces (APPAS), enjoins all its member-art spaces to participate in solidarity with NLEC-PH and the live events industry.

The Live Events industry is a wide network of collaborators - planners, organizers, suppliers, talents, and freelancers. The industry was the first to be impacted by the CoVid-19 crisis and is projected to be the last to restart around the world.

NLEC-PH is the first multi sectoral alliance in Asia formed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its critical impact on the live events industry.

NLEC continues to amplify the voices, to empower, and to be advocates for every event practitioner.

While the NLEC-PH has made strides in coordinating with the government (with DOT, DTI, DOH and the Congress) in seeking support for the industry, thousands are
still unemployed and companies are still struggling. Millions of our counterparts across the globe in the live events industry are currently seeking aid, unemployment benefits and assistance from their respective governments.

Live Events is a global industry.

NLEC PH is in solidarity with the following organizations and movements currently raising an awareness campaign about the plight of the Live Events Industry:
#WeMakeEvents (United Kingdom)
Portuguese Association of Technical Services for Events (APSTE)
Live Events Coalition (USA)
Luz Ao Invisiveis (Brazil)
LightSARed (South Africa)
Freelancers Make Theatre Work (United Kingdom)
IATSE (USA and Canada)
#LetTheMusicPlay (United Kingdom)
#SoundOfSilence (Netherlands)

New Philhealth Chief is Suspected Davao Death Squad Member Dante's Gieran

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With regards to former NBI Director Dante Gieran being appointed as new Philhealth head

Just look at that photo and his fist bump....He is obviously a DDS.

Duterte's strategy is to appoint trusted allies, especially the ones from Davao, regardless of the lack of qualifications, in order to have loyal friends to protect him from any future uprising. Observe that majority of his cabinet members are from the military, or the ones who supported him throughout the past years or during his campaign for President, and the ones he could easily control. Survival instinct is priority regardless if the appointed ones are not fit for the job. So what do you expect of performance if most are not qualified and were brought out of retirement?

Naturally he'll pick his friends, who will be his ally. It doesn't matter to him if they"re old and nearing senility, still need to be trained or tutored of how to do their job, what matters most is his primary objective - keep every agency of the government under his control.

Gieran was pointed as a member of the Davao Death Squad (DDS) as accused by Edgar Matobato, a self-confessed member of the DDS, who once testified that Gieran led the capture and killing of a man who was fed to a crocodile.

Even when he was still mayor of Davao City, President Rodrigo Duterte was at the receiving end of allegations pertaining to violations of human rights.

He has long been linked to the infamous Davao Death Squad (DDS), a vigilante group alleged to be behind the extrajudicial killings in Davao City.

Matobato claimed that Duterte and his son, Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, were behind some of the killings.

If the accusations is true, there could be other crimes committed by Gieran.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.abs-cbn.com/amp/news/09/15/16/dutertes-nbi-chief-linked-to-slay-of-man-fed-to-crocodile

https://rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/timeline-witness-lists-alleged-killings-duterte-davao-city

Philhealth is back to negative.