Boring: harassment-drill-protest-infinitum. The sequence is very dull and never-ending! 😡

Major Jerome Jacuba, whom President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordered reinstated after he was discharged due to his blindness, dons his new rank during today's AFP anniversary celebration.

Marcos, at the AFP's 90th anniversary celebration said "claims that portray our country as a training hotspot for terrorism" not acceptable.

Here's the part of that speech: "We also reject in the strongest terms the recent misleading claims that portray our country as a training hotspot for terrorism. For years, we have acted decisively to dismantle terrorist networks, to secure communities, and to sustain our hard-earned peace. To dismiss these gains with unfounded speculation is not acceptable."

For your weekend reading! https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/china-troll-army-philippines-infinitus-marketing-solutions/

What a year it has been! It did feel like the midterm polls happened a long time ago. Here's of this year's political dramas @here https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/podcasts-videos/biggest-political-stories-philippines-2025/

https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/opinion-philippine-defense-posture-without-america/

LOOK: Philippine Secretary for Foreign Affairs Maria Theresa Lazaro visits Myanmar. Lazaro is concurrently the ASEAN Chair's Special Envoy to Myanmar.

Lazaro says she met with the State Security and Peace Commission’s Acting President Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, PM U Nyo Saw and FM U Than Swe.

"We exchanged views on geopolitical developments, the political situation in Myanmar particularly the ongoing elections, and the priorities of the Philippine chairship of ASEAN, as well as the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus."