Happy Mother's Day from Wazzup Pilipinas!

Wazzup Pilipinas!

Mothers love us unconditionally. They uplift us when we’re down and remind us of the grace of humility when we excel. They make us better people. They are one of God's greatest gifts to us, and Mother's Day is a good time to express our gratitude to them.

For the record: traditional Mother's Day in the Philippines is on the First Monday of December. But the truth is you can never have enough days for Moms, so why not observe both the Hallmark Holiday and the traditional Filipino one!

This is an opportunity to honor and celebrate the mothers, grand-mothers, sisters, daughters and best friends - all of the beautiful nurturers and care-takers - in your life!

Mothers unconditionally loves, cares and sponsors the highest possibilities for us. She is the face of love, heart of love, body of love in the manifest world. She is a fierce champion, loving friend, supporter, cheerleader and clearest mirror back to us of the greatest version of ourselves. She awakens us to our own goodness and possibilities for our life that are bigger than we can see for ourselves. She provides us not just with the physical resources we need to thrive but the encouragement and safe place to land that fosters our courage to play and risk big.

Mother's Day changed when I married my wife. I saw my wife become what God created her to be. She helped me step back and see the whole divine picture.

It's not just about the mom who packed your lunches for grade school or picked you up from a friend's house in the middle of the night.

It's about the mom who made you, who grew you, who birthed you into the light. It's about the mom that woke up 483 times to nurse you, to change you, to care for your every whine.

If we're not careful, we might forget that mothers are the vessels of life. They kept us alive. They allowed us to thrive.

So don't just thank your mom for the love. Thank her for everything. Because without mothers there wouldn't be anything.

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there. You have the hardest and most rewarding job in the world. To my beautiful wife, and mother of my three gorgeous children, Hannah Krystelle, Hezon Kyle and Hansel Kyro, I thank you all for being the blessings in my life.

Duterte Cayetano Miting De Avance at Quirino Grandstand

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An estimated 700k people flocked at the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta to attend the Miting de Avance of Rodrigo Duterte and Alan Peter Cayetano. Simultaenously also happening is also a gathering of a mammoth crowd at the Crocodile Farm in Davao.

People were mostly wearing red shirts having printed images of Duterte proudly shown an flaunted for the world to see. I am just not sure if these numbers are really for Duterte since there are also many people who are just curious of what will transpire at the Miting de Avance.

Duterte had a lengthy speech after a song number of Freddie Aguilar who sang a familiar tune but with lyrics customized for Duterte's campaign. Duterte also showed off two of his pretty daughters in the middle of his speech before he ends it with the endorsement of other candidates running for different position which included Amado Bagatsing  for Mayor of Manila, Cesar Montano for the Aangat Tayo partylist, Greco Belgica for Senator, Sandra Cam for Senator, Raffy Alunan for Senator, Francis Tolentino for Senator, Martin Romualdez for Senator, Roman Romulo for Senator, Gen. Santiago for Senator, Gen. Sammy Pagbilao for Senator, the Cancer partylist, ACP Partylist, Global Partylist, PBA Partylist, One Pacman partylist, and a lot more. We also noticed celebrity Julia Barreto on stage. Kat de Castro, daughter of former Vice President Noli De Castro and has an ABS-CBN show of Swak na Swak, was moderating the presentation of candidates.

Surprisingly, he even endorsed Manny Paquiao eventhough Pacman is allied with Jejomar Binay.

It is just a shame that there were fake postings on social media that came out showing off  photos claiming coming from the Duterte-Cayetano event, which were later proven false and merely photos grabbed from other events that happened at different dates. Why do they have to come out with fake photos if their event is really strong? Are these the works of Duterte supporters or the detractors trying to confuse the public?

I must really say that Duterte is crude, rude, harsh, and major disconnect with what he's actually done in Davao, but he now undoubtedly got the people interested with this crazy and lewd style of attitude.

COMELEC Says There's Nothing Wrong With Negative Political TV Ads Involving Children

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The TV networks say they complied to the Fair Elections Act which says they would not discriminate in the airing of political ads. Thus they do not admit to any fault with allowing the broadcast of the ad involving children.

"The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) clarified that it does not have the authority to approve political advertisements on television. The poll body only regulates the duration, and not the content, of political ads on TV. However, they find nothing wrong with the ad. "Sa dinami-dami ng mga eleksyon na pinagdaanan natin, ang dami-dami nating nakikita na mga negative ads talaga."

"Grace Poe, a former chairwoman of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB), also says there is nothing wrong with the ads using children reacting to what Duterte said."

"Parang yung pagmumura, lewd jokes, and unbelievable promises of change ni Duterte, some people do not find anything wrong with them."

"Yung mali ng pag-gamit ng mga bata nakita ninyo pero yung mali ng pagmumura sa Sto. Papa, pagpapakyu, pagju-joke about rape, pagpilit ng paghalik sa babae hindi niyo nakita?"

"The children were purposely used to hammer the message that they should always be part of the consideration in our choice of leaders of the country not only because it is for their future but also because they will emulate these leaders. Besides, the children were shown in a positive light and all pertinent laws were strictly followed."