The power of social media platforms

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Social media offers a platform to help people in many ways.

The incredible power of social media in campaigns, including advocacies, surpassed our expectations, and paved the way for social change.

However, engage with an open mind and know our limits. If the other does not listen, then use other means of continuing the advocacy. We may not be able to change one mind, but there are thousands more with more open minds that we can influence. 

The most vulnerable, and gullible,  communities are most likely not active on social media. But I believe that as much as it is important to build the advocacy from the ground up, trickling down is just as effective. We need to start somewhere. 

I would really want campaign efforts to reach out also on indigenous people and other minorities. They are experiencing many things these days that access to online presence would be needed to empower them. Awareness of the current events and issues is essential for them to make well-informed decisions and actions.

The pandemic brought us to embrace the digital world yet some of us suffered from mental breakdown because of the harsh social media environment itself. 

We must use all kind of means to amplify and improve our efforts to reach out especially now that we are in a digital era. Using the means of social media will help reach wider audience to discuss issues and matters.

We must reach out more specifically to remote areas in all provinces, especially in Mindanao and Visayas. The majority of them are poor, and some of them do not have access to sound and accurate information.

Professionals needs to promote credible sources of information. They also need to connect to the government. We need the help and support of the national government to combat disinformation... However, not if they are the real.source of disinformation and fake news.

If we're united and if there's something that universalizes our efforts just like our public social media posts, we can have much wider reach. 

I think we also need to reach the older generation; to let them know that there will be people that can listen to them.

Being socially connected to others can ease stress, anxiety, and depression. By posting positivity quotes, and uplifting message for everyone, we can.somehow reduce the stress many are experiencing... especially with this incompetent government.

One way is to collaborate with experts who can verify/validate the information....not former military men who are not qualified or able to come up with sensible and intellectual moves. We should tap pool of researchers and connect with other expert organizations to help combat fake information. This is a very important factor for socmed platforms.

Let us cater more conversations and amplify voices of our professionals, regardless of their expertise. Also silence those who.only seem to be spreading false information.

Institutions and individuals must work hand-in-hand for us to recover, bounce back and combat disinformation and spread awareness through social media.

it is hard to combat disinformation pero with proper way of informing, educating, and guidance, correct information will pave its way.

Our maximum effort would help a lot. Would it be ambitious, if we would also collaborate with other influencers in Youtube, Tiktok and celebrities. 

The messaging should be clear, accurate, updated. And they should be pathways through which people can access better resources.

It is ambitious as it may be, but I agree that It will surely be helpful to have the help and the reach of these known creators, too.

We hope that as we continue the discourse, we also continue to create safe and inclusive spaces for everyone in the community to share their stories of hope. 

Efforts need to be relatable. People tend to support campaigns if there are compelling stories or narratives behind them. More so if they are something from true-to-life experiences. 

Proof of Life effort of Malacañang shows how Duterte is copying the Marcos playbook

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Ferdinand Marcos at a 1980s press conference denied rumours that he was sick. He turned out to be suffering from complications due to lupus.

Questions on the President’s whereabouts earlier surfaced after his public address was postponed twice.

The Palace, care of Bong Go, recently released “proof of life” of Rodrigo Duterte amid rumors he was sick or dying. 

A video showing Pres. Rodrigo Duterte exercising was posted this Saturday morning by his ally amid questions about his whereabouts and health condition as the country faces a surge in #COVID19 cases. 

While many Filipinos are once again suffering form lockdowns, curfew and other interventions made by the Duterte Government due to the increase of COVID-19 cases, he is there showing proof of life in a motorcycle and jogging around Malacañang.

Meanwhile, VP Leni Robredo’s team or should I say the OVP, started mass testing and incentivize those who are afraid of getting tested by giving basic needs to assure that Filipinos have food on their table, setting up isolation facilities and other services for the frontliners.

You see the contrast of leadership. Just think.

Kung pinoprotektahan nila laban sa Covid19, bakit siya lumalabas pa? Samantalang magsalita lang sa harap ng camera ay hindi pwede.

Kaya naman palang tumakbo, bakit yong uupo at magsasalita lang hindu nya magawa? Inutil ba?

Siya ba talaga yan? Eh ang daming impersonator na kamukhang kamukha niya. Palpak talaga mag isip at kumilos. 

So.. Duterte who doesn't like wearing masks while speakng in meetings, and hardly wears a face shield in public spaces.. wears both while jogging and at home? Peculiar.

Hindi siya yan. Madilim na nga, tapos naka full facemask at faceshield pa... Also, amputi niya ah! At ang payat! Hirap na nga mag-lakad iyan. Parang biglang lumiksi siya! May himala!

Marcos loved to portray himself as a strong and powerful man as he ruled the Philippines for more than two decades, but under all the pretense was an ailing man desperately clinging on to power.

I remember Marcos doing a shadow boxing to show media that he is okay. Months later after EDSA People Power people found out tons of medical equipment and machines in his room at Malacañang. 

October 29, 1985 - Government TV showed President Ferdinand E. Marcos jogging and putting a golf ball in an attempt to refute reports that he is suffering from a serious illness.

Aprl 10, 2021 - Malacañang, care of Bong Go, releases photos and videos of Duterte doing a Marcos-style jogging?

Parang the more they show proof of life, talagang mas mapapadoubt ka na peke.

Senator Bong Go , while you are at it , why don’t you post a photo of the president with his shirt rolled up, showing his “abs”. Marcos had one before.

Seems like Duterte is the copycat in the making. Way to go, Rodrigo!

Trying hard ipakita na healthy. Sana trying hard mag serbisyo na lang.

Ay kung kakayahan sa pag jogging lang naman ang patunay na buhay ang presidente at husay ng performance, si Manee Pakyaw na iboboto ko sa 2022. Ay Isa pa palang unqualified to become president yang boksingerong iyan. Wala na bang matino at karapat-dapat sa posisyon?

We are in serious trouble. That they need to show Duterte walking and jogging at night in leather shoes is not right. I believe the President is seriously ill and they are covering it up. A ruderless country means no one is in charge and we are at the edge of chaos.

Palace said, reason why we don't see the president its bec of the pandemic /ecq.... he needs to protect himself.

But he jogs outside his house? If he can afford an expensive motor bike, he can purchase indoor exercise equipment too.

I think, this video will lead to more speculations. Whoever thought of this....wrong move.

Isang beses na lang isang linggo magpakita e di pa magawa? Pero malakas daw at eto pa nag ja jogging! Di kailanagan ng mga Pilipino ang ganyan. Daming problema ng bansa yan lang ang kayang gawin?

We always see & hear #DutertePalpak struggle while talking & walking and then all of a sudden, he moves oh-so-sprightly while jogging in the wee hours of the morning. It’s a body double. No fucking doubt. Fo shizzle ma dizzle.

The cadence, the posture... so different from that of... 

Is it safe to presume this not who they say he is?

The joke is on whoever leaked this video.

Di ba mas risky yan kaysa dun sa gumawa siya ng live na statement para sa taong bayan? O sige kahit man lang para dun sa mga ubod ng samba sa kanya, na itinuturing na siya ang the best in the solar system, may risk po ba yun kahit sandaling FB live lang or Zoom or Teams... anyare?

Another kanin na may kandila na naman ito... Andaming arte... Kung nagawa nila ito, bakit hindi pa magpalabas ng video dispelling all the rumors going around? If this is how government deals with issues, hindi nakapagtataka we are in this shit.

Don't expect wise logical moves from them. It's their nature.

Anyway, kahit maayos naman yung kanyang kalusugan, ang problema talaga ay yung kanyang makademonyong pag-iisip at sobrang katamaran.

Hindi namin kailangan ng buhay na pangulo. Kailangan namin ang nagtatrabahong pangulo.

Nakakaawa na tayo Pilipinas. Ano ba ginawa natin to deserve this inutil? Parang awa mo na magresign ka na or mamatay ka na. Ibigay na sa capable hands ang liderato. Hindi ko kailangan ng video mo kahit magpatiwarik ka pa diyan, kung wala pa ring plano, you are still good as dead.

His death would mean thousands of lives saved and number of islands to be reclaimed. I am not saying it will be easy, but his incompetence would also kill us, not him and his friends. 

At least he has a senator acting as his personal assistant, aide, photographer, and provider of "proof of life" during these occasions when he seems to be hiding rumored to be undergoing medical treatment for yet unknown sickness.

And the senate president has been tolerating a senator blatantly showing no independence from the executive. 

Bar to become a Senator or Congressman, has turned out to be low, if not lower!  We yearn for those previous generations who were able to elect lawmakers of distinguished as well as of high caliber!  Let’s get out of this trap in our lifetime, can we?

So sad this is happening. Wala na ba talagang delicadeza? I miss all those lawmakers who are really doing their job for the people. And those voters that really took to scrutinize the candidates ability/qualification for the said position. To think their was no Internet before making research about a person very difficult. 

Privileged Harry Roque tested Covid-positive (again)?

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Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque confirms hospitalization due to COVID-19.

Roque has COVID (again? Buti pa sila ilang beses na na test for covid) and is in PGH.

Harry Roque got tested for COVID-19 more than 30 times. He claims that testing is “virtually free,” which only means our taxes were used for his more than 30 tests just so he can go swimming and scuba diving—while ordinary workers have to pay thousands of pesos to get tested.

For the exact number, Harry Roque was tested at least 35 times. It is so easy for him to get tested (and, as per his own words, for free) and he will never know the immobilizing anxiety of possibly contracting the disease at some point while having not enough money to get tested.

Could Roque either be lying on his first POSITIVE result, or he's lying AGAIN. That is not surprising for the "Tagapagsinungaling ng Pangulo."

We do not even know if it is severe or not. But he seems capable of giving a presscon later to announce the quarantine guidelines. So he has no severe symptoms or asymptomatic? Kasi baka may ibang mas kailangan ng hospital room dahil severe symptoms, pero naagawan.

Based on a report, PGH is at 90% occupancy rate of its COVID beds w/ many still waiting in line to get admitted in the hospital. 

So I wonder how Roque was able to secure his slot at PGH when so many are on waitlist & can't even get a slot for admission.

VIP reservation? After all, the hospital is government-owned.

Opisyal ng gobyerno si Roque samantalang ang mga nakapila mga ordinaryong tao lang.

Opisyal ng gobyerno si Roque kaya pasok agad sa ospital?

Napaka special naman ni Roque at may room agad sa PGH samantalang ang dami ng namatay dahil marami na raw hospital na hindi tumatanggap ngayon. 

How is it that Nanay Violeta (who is in critical condition) is, as of writing, still waiting in line for a hospital bed, while someone like Roque can just waltz in to Philippine General Hospital and get admitted immediately?

Violeta, who is infected with Covid-19 and was turned away by hospitals, is cared for at home by her daughters and husband on April 9, 2021 in Lipa city, Batangas province.

Benny Antiporda has antigen tests and was able to test himself and his family immediately.

Roque was immediately admitted in a hospital for COVID-19 treatment.

Ordinary Filipinos like Lailee Parreño are left with no choice but to isolate inside a car. 

Paka VIP naman gurl, porket government official ka? Suwerte ng "Tagapagsinungaling ng Panggulo"

Isipin nyo yung napakadaming nakapila sa ER, tapos may mataas na opisyal na pwedeng gumamit ng hospital room at doon pa mag-presscon mamaya, habang yung iba ay hirap na hirap makahanap ng room. Hindi ko sya maintindihan kung bakit ganyan. Sana ipaliwanag ng PGH.

I wish Roque experienced how it is to line up and wait in the PGH ER to be admitted just like any other patient. That would have been an eye-opener.