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TWITTER - Social media lit up with accusations that the 2015 UAAP Cheerdance Competition was rigged after the much-hyped UP Pep Squad delivered on the floor, but not on the rankings.

I'm still rooting for a technical mistake in the announcement. Something is obviously and terribly wrong somewhere. #UAAPCDC2015

— Renier Louie B. Bona (@renierbona) October 3, 2015

Honestly, it should be 1.UST 2.UP 3.others😂 OR 1.UP 2.UST 3.I really don't care #UAAPCDC2015

— Kyle D (@putthisinmind) October 3, 2015

My reaction when they announced UP as the 2nd runner up #UAAPCDC2015 pic.twitter.com/ZGUgWv07uy

— Jhap Estepa (@Jhaaaap) October 3, 2015

Reaction ng UP Pep upon announcement, sobrang heart breaking. You guys deserve a higher place!! #UPPepSquad #UAAPCDC2015

— Jepoy (@jernarvasa) October 3, 2015

UP deserves higher placement. #UAAPCDC2015

— Neil Baquiran (@tahoboi) October 3, 2015

Though i'm a thomasian, i know that UP deserves a higher spot. #UAAPCDC2015

— Kumander (@dendenyumol) October 3, 2015

Umm, transparency please. What were the basis again? #UAAPCDC2015

— Mhem Solania (@meirneyangelie) October 3, 2015

In terms of difficulty and creativity, UP is still the champion. ❤️🏆✊🏼 #UAAPCDC2015

— Gabiola (@marcogabiola) October 3, 2015

Though the scoring system of the UUAP CDC is vauge, this is the first time it came under major scrutiny among the students of participating universities. The National University won three-peat while UST placed just between NU and UP.

MANILA — It seems that all the bashing she has been receiving has finally got to It's Showtime's Pastillas Girl.

Whose side are you on?

Angelica Jane Yap, dubbed as 'Pastillas Girl', took to her Twitter account how it pains her to see such awful things being said about her online.



She stated that all she wanted was to find new love and heal the broken heart her ex-boyfriend had left her with, and that she didn't mean to oppose their rival show's 'AlDub'.

The 21-year-old added that she was sick of all the comments about her being not a good example, the promiscuous person netizens are making her out to be, and a copycat.

She went as far as pointing out that Yaya Dub, the other half of Eat Bulaga's trending love team, is not so original herself and is just copying international YouTube sensation, Miranda Sings.



Ms. Pastillas also posted a Miranda Sings video, seemingly making people see the similarities with the YouTuber and Maine Mendoza's KalyeSerye character.

The tweets have since been deleted.

ML - The #ALDUBMostAwaitedDate hashtag might win a Guinness World Record for "Fastest Rising Worldwide Trend."


The trending topic broke 10,000,000 after 14 hours according to most statistic-publishing websites which led the Guinenss World Records to consider awarding it with the "Fastest Rising Worldwide Trend" award.

"We are still going to look at the possible loopholes in this such as duplicate accounts and tweets that aren't related to the topic, but we'll have a statement soon enough," said Michael DiCarso, the Guinness World Records head for ASEAN records.

AlDub is a fictional supercouple pairing of Alden Richards and Yaya Dub from the Philippine daytime variety series Eat Bulaga!

TWITTER - "Even Manila Link is more credible than ABS-CBN News," said one of the many fans of the fictional AlDub couple.

The #2 news source in the Philippines came under fire as they published obvious clickbait headlines targeted at Vice President Binay's forum at UPLB on September 15. ABS-CBN News claimed that students of UPLB shouted "trapo" instead of "sample" and that the Vice President felt disrespected by the questions and "allegations" by the students of the esteemed University.

Here's an open letter that was posted on Twitter.:



#ALDUBMostAwaitedDate breaks 10M goal
AlDub beat their own record by taking the hashtag to 10,000,000+ tweets on Twitter. Most of their fans were reportedly ecstatic at yet another ABS-CBN mishap claiming that Manila Link is more credible than the "almost satire" news company.

"Buti pa AlDub 10 million tweets? Eh yung ABS-CBN? Nag-ttrend nga, against naman sa kanila," said one of the many AlDub fans on Twitter whose timeline contained many retweets of AlDub-related tweets claiming that she has no time for her personal life and has neglected feeding her children their lunch because she wanted to watch AlDub on TV.

UPDATE: ABS-CBN Posts Their Apology
In a five paragraph "apology" letter that did not contain the word "sorry," ABS-CBN attempted to put a stop on the bad publicity with their smugly written damage control. You can read it on their website.

ML - In a shocking turn of events, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) has announced that they will start reducing the internet speed of customers that complain about them online.


The largest telecommunications company in the Philippines released a statement to the press after "enduring cyber bullying on Facebook and Twitter." "We are going to throttle customers who publicly bully PLDT as a whole," said Julian Vega, a spokesperson for PLDT.

The issues began when Facebook users began posting complaints on the comments section of the PLDT Home Facebook page's posts. You can view the PLDT Home Facebook page here.

After the announcement, no complaints have been made publicly so far, but a PLDT in-house technician that refused to be named said that they're cross-examining the names of the customers to the names that they post with on Facebook.

"Kung ang subscriber name niyo ay name niyo din sa Facebook, wag na kayo mag-post ng reklamo. Babagal ang internet niyo," said the technician.

ML - Kathryn Bernardo has expressed her intentions to undergo leg reconstruction surgery this coming September after being dubbed the "Sakang Queen."


The 19-year-old actress has been on the receiving end of cyber bullying ever since photographs of her "sakang" legs surfaced on the internet. Social media has dubbed her the "Sakang Queen of the Philippines," which infuriated her fans, friends and family.

"[Kathryn] has considered not wearing pants or wearing longer skirts, but the management agreed that it's not her style. That's why [she] is going to go through with the leg reconstruction surgery," said a source close to Bernardo.

Her fans took to Twitter to defend her plans to reconstruct her legs saying that, "she's still the real Filipina beauty because she's not mixed unlike other the [expletive] and ugly Filipina teen celebrities from ABS-CBN."

Known as the "Teen Queen" of Philippine showbiz, FHM UK placed her on "The Top 10 Hottest Nations in the World" list, representing the country at fifth place alongside French-Filipina actress Solenn Heussaff in July 2014. A year after her recognition from FHM UK, Bernardo was ranked 17 behind former Japanese AV Idol Maria Ozawa for the FHM Philippines 100 Sexiest Woman 2015, which won by Jennylyn Mercado.

More on this story as it develops.

TWITTER - It now appears Twitter is using its legal authority to crack down on these tweet-stealers. A number of tweets have been deleted on copyright grounds for apparently stealing a bad joke.

As first spotted by @PlagiarismBad, at least five separate tweets have been deleted by Twitter for copying this joke:

saw someone spill their high end juice cleanse all over the sidewalk and now I know god is on my side

— uh (@runolgarun) July 9, 2015

Olga Lexell, who, according to her Twitter bio, is a freelance writer in LA, appears to be the first person to publish the joke on Twitter. In a tweet posted this afternoon, she confirmed that she did file a request to have the tweets removed.

I simply explained to Twitter that as a freelance writer I make my living writing jokes (and I use some of my tweets to test out jokes in my other writing). I then explained that as such, the jokes are my intellectual property, and that the users in question did not have my permission to repost them without giving me credit.

She added that most of the accounts that were reusing her tweets without accreditation were "spam accounts that repost tons of other people's jokes every day." This also isn't the first time Twitter has complied with a request like this: Lexell tells The Verge that she's filed similar requests for other jokes. Twitter staffers typically remove the offending tweets "within a few days" without asking Lexell any follow-up questions.


Twitter, like many companies that host content from users, has an entire system for handling claims of copyright infringement. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Twitter is provided "safe harbor" from copyright claims so long as it does not try to protect infringing material. Typically, claims concern embedded media like photos and videos, or they're for tweets that link to other websites that are illegally hosting copyrighted material, like movies. It's rarer for a DMCA request to involve the actual text of a 140-character tweet.

Anyone can submit a claim through Twitter's web form, and Twitter staffers weed through the claims to decide which appear valid. If it decides to follow through with the request, Twitter can then remove or delete the tweet. The company's policy is to then give the offending user ten days to file a counter notice. Twitter also publishes DMCA requests publicly on the website Chilling Effects, though records of this particular claim do not appear to be on the site yet. Twitter declined to comment for this story.

Of course, it should come as little surprise that people and corporations have tried to use DMCA takedowns for illegitimate reasons. Most recently, The Sunday Times tried to use DMCA to block criticism of one of its articles, and GoPro was accused of trying a similar tactic to cut down on negative reviews.

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FACEBOOK - A screen cap of an argument among students sparked the debate whether theology and science shouldn't mix together in schools.

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Pro-God
The pro-God stance argues that schools should not teach science, especially the Big Bang Theory, as the root of men and all creations. "We don't care what facts they have, we have the Bible," said one netizen in response to the viral screen cap.

Pro-Science
The pro-Science stance argues that teaching God as the root of all creations disqualifies and "disrespects" other beliefs. "Science has facts, these religious people should know how to respect facts. Whenever we try to argue with them, they just say 'bla bla bla, you're going to hell,'" said Martin Baltazar in a Facebook post.

Celebrities have been tagged on both Facebook and Twitter, but no big names have chimed in on the debate so far.

MANDALUYONG - A sales lady for a popular mall in Mandaluyong was reportedly fired after calling a transgender "ma'am-sir."

The sales lady, who we'll call "Karen" as she refused to give her real name, got into a quarrel with a transgender in the popular Mandaluyong mall. The transgender, Adrian Gonzales, born male, was window shopping in the lady's footwear area when Karen called her attention.

According to Gonzales, it was in the Alexander Wang isle.

"Nag-lalakad ako, minding my own business, tapos tinawag ba naman niya (Karen) ako. 'Ma'am-sir, Alexander Wang. 50% off po.'" ("I was walking, minding my own business, then she (Karen) called for my attention. 'Ma'am-sir, Alexander Wang. 50% off.'")

"I was very offended. I've already transition from male to a female, then she'd (sic) disrespect me by calling me ma'am-sir? Where's the professionalism?" Gonzales filed a complaint against Karen who was then released from her post this afternoon after a mutual agreement with the mall.

Bystanders during the quarrel said that Gonzales immediately raised her voice at Karen and feinted slapping the security guard who was attempting to separate them from each other.

Netizens have already come in defense of Karen, who they think is the one being oppressed in the situation. One user from Twitter posted: "I don't know the entire story, but Karen seems to be the one being bullied, so I will side with her."

Gonzales, who made public comments about the mall on her Facebook account has since switched off her social network profiles including her Instagram and Twitter accounts to avoid "being bullied."

TWITTER - The Dallas Mavericks owner accidentally posted a screen cap of his email tab during the DeAndre Jordan free agency fiasco. Look at it in its entirety here!

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Reality TV superstar Kim Kardashian, 34, and hip-hop icon Kanye West, 38, already have a daughter, North, who turned 3 just recently.

The addition of Bruce to the West family is seen by many as a homage to Caitlyn Jenner's previous name Bruce. Caitlyn who transitioned to a female was Kim Kardashian's adoptive father.

ML - Twelve year old Kapamilya Child Actress Andrea Brillantes famously known for her role as “Annaliza” is the hottest trending talk about as of today when an alleged scandalous one minute video of the actress popped up and went viral.

It now grabs the number one spot as the most trending topic in Twitter wherein floods of posts and reactions from Netizens are keep on rising. Majority of the netizens are now puzzled whether the alleged scandal is true or just made up by someone to destroy the actress’ good image. According to some reports the video was first uploaded in her Facebook fan page until it spread and became viral.

There are also rumors that Andrea’s cellphone was stolen which is not yet proven. There’s still no statement from the child actress’ side but her fans are continually giving their utmost support reminding everyone to stop sharing and spreading the alleged video.

Computer technicians around Metro Manila have denied fixing a laptop or computer from the Brillantes family. The same went for phone technicians.

For a short span of type, the term "Ryzza Mae" also trended on Twitter which confused netizens. The Eat Bulaga child star, however, does not have a scandal contrary to what most are spreading. More on this story as it develops.

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TWITTER - The Biebs is at it again with an attempt to take over the #CanadaDay trending topic on Twitter with his own #BieberDay.


Uh-oh. Justin Bieber just can't stop making everything about him, can't he?

MOSCOW - With Vladimir Putin's ongoing campaign against Russia's freedom of speech, he has requested access to Google, Facebook and Twitter's user data. Failure to comply with the Russian leader will result in the ban of the three websites in the country.

According to The Huffington Post, Vadim Ampelonskiy spoke with CNBC on Friday. The spokesman for Roskomnadzor said, "Such correspondence is regular in dealing with foreign internet companies. Usually after sending official requests and letters, we can see some positive movements and progress in communication. Roskomnadzor hopes this time all the compailes will respond again and will fulfill those requirements, which were asked many times before."

Observers have reported that this is one more step towards an authoritarian government that has been progressing since 2012. The reason why the country is requesting access to sensitive data is not yet known to the public.

Daniel Bryan is one of the most well-known and beloved wrestlers of the modern age and made 2014 his year after he finally won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 31 in a Triple Threat Match against Randy Orton and Batista. Shortly after that, he has not been able to wrestle due to multiple injuries since June.

Bryan made a return to WWE in late 2014 after the downfall of Triple H and Stephanie McMahon's "The Authority" faction to add insult to injury but only temporary as they would return to power under a month later.

Next year, on WrestleMania 32, he was able to capture the elusive WWE Intercontinental Championship to cap off his career as we would soon find out that it was his last title.
It was announced today (Australian time) through Twitter that Bryan, after consulting his doctor due to sudden numbness in his arm, has been forced to retire due to not being medically cleared much like Edge before him in 2011.

LONDON - After apparently announcing his leave from One Direction, Zayn Malik has backtracked and confirmed to the Directioners that it was just one big April Fools' prank.

Zayn Malik told reports that it was all a dare from his fellow One Direction members that escalated into a worldwide trend that swept social media including Twitter and Facebook. He has, however, announced on those same platforms that he will be returning to the band after taking a break with his love interest.

See the screenshot of Zayn's tweet below:

MAKATI - Michelle Liggayu, popularly known as Mich of the duo 'Jamich', has been under fire since the death of her boyfriend and fiancé, Jam Sebastian, last March.

The YouTube sensation went under scrutiny in comments on social media regarding her happy photos showing her with friends and frolicking on the beach while the love of her life was in his sickbed.



More criticisms broke out when Jam passed away. Mich uploaded a video of herself crying while 'reminiscing' her good times with her partner of six years, and the couple's followers found this unusual and disturbing. Many have commented that they would not have been able to find the strength to go online, much less post videos and updates; some felt that this was an act of hypocrisy—that Mich was milking her fiancé's death for her to gain more popularity.



While fans openly defended Mich against bashers during those critical times, a lot of them are now in doubt whether they had been right by doing so. It was rumored that she is in a newfound relationship with Neo Domingo, another internet celebrity and a friend to the couple, when pictures of them together started making rounds on Facebook.

Mich kept mum as suspicions of her relationship with Neo beginning way back when Jam was still alive also spread like wildfire, but is now breaking her silence by confirming the issue.

"Alam ko po hindi maganda tingnan, alam ko tingin nila mali. Ang sakit nga ng mga sinasabi nila, eh. 'Mich Bitch' daw, ganyan. Malandi daw. Pero 'di nila alam kung gaano kahirap," Mich said. "Hindi ko kasalanan na naghanap ako ng ibang... source, ng pagmamahal... na 'di maibigay sakin ni Jam nung mga times na 'yun." ("I know it doesn't look right, I know it seems wrong. They say a lot of hurtful things about me like 'Mich Bitch', those kind of stuff. They say I'm a flirt. But they don't know how difficult it all was for me. It wasn't my fault I had to look for another... source, of love... which Jam couldn't give me during those times.")

Mich also addressed her loyal fans, hoping they would understand and support her with whatever makes her happy. "Sa mga fans ko po, sana maging happy na lang kayo for me. Minahal ko naman si Jam. Pero tapos na 'yun, nagpapahinga na siya with God and His angels. Magpasalamat na lang siguro tayo na okay na siya at ako okay na rin. May nagmamahal pa rin sakin. Alam ko gusto ni Jam 'yun." ("To my fans, I hope you will just be happy for me. I loved Jam. But that's in the past now, he's already in the care of God and His angels. Let's just be grateful that he's okay now and I am, too. Someone still loves me. I know Jam would like that.")

Would she be making a new short film anthology with her new boyfriend and call their tandem 'NeoMich'? To that she laughingly said, "Naku, tingnan po natin. Sana suportahan din nila the way na sinuportahan nila ang Jamich." ("Oh my, maybe someday. I hope they support us the way they supported Jamich.")



Mich is the remaining half of the couple that became known for their short films on YouTube that they wrote, directed, and played in themselves. Jam passed away last March after battling with lung cancer for a year.

CAMBRIDGE - It’s been 2 days since “the dress” emerged from Tumblr, with several folks difference of opinion whether or not or not the dress was black and blue or white and gold. The story of the dress has been lined by nearly each major news channel and newspaper. Harvard scientists set to urge in on the action with a study to ascertain the distinction within the those that saw black and blue, and people UN agency saw white and gold.

Harvard study reports show that folks UN agency see the dress as ‘black and blue’ had a smaller p*nis than people who saw the dress as ‘white and gold’. Harvard scientists set to assemble one hundred folks and asked them whether or not they thought the dress was ‘white and gold’ and ‘black and blue’. The tests showed that thirty six of the one hundred folks saw the dress as ‘black and blue’.

Scientists then proceeded to check those people and complete that thirty three out of the thirty six people that saw black and blue, had a mean member size of four.6 Inches, whereas those UN agency saw white and gold averaged a member size of five.3 inches.

Harvard scientists set to require the studies additional and square measure presently attempting to seek out alternative variations within the 2 teams.

LOS ANGELES - Most people who are connected to social media are aware that self-proclaimed genius human being, producer and rapper Kanye West hates paparazzi. However, we’ve learned that paparazzi isn't the sole issue the polemical rapper hates. In an interview earlier this morning, Kanye West his hate for the social media web site Twitter just because he cannot follow himself. Wow! Kanye West has all the right to hate Twitter, doesn't he?

Those who are acquainted with Twitter understand that you just cannot follow your own account; and all of us here couldn’t consider a good reason why any typical human would need to follow themselves, however of course, this is the great Kanye we’re talking concerning here.

"I don’t often use Twitter since I can’t follow myself,", said Kanye West, “I solely use Twitter to not foil my voluminous followers… I ought to have additional [followers] tho', real talk, what’s wrong with y’all?” finished the rapper.

I mean, what's wrong with the man? Last month, he criticized his daughter North for crying while he was playing his Yeezus album in his home, and then this. Kanye West presently has eleven million followers on Twitter and solely follows one person back, are you able to guess who? That's right, Kim Kardashian-West.

Kanye West also considered the idea of creating his own on-the-cloud Twitter-like website where he's the only one you can follow, so he can ultimately follow himself. We don't expect Twitter to permit users to follow themselves within the future, however, we will not be shocked if they solely enable Kanye West to follow himself. Leave the man be! He's a genius.