Edmat
Hi I'm Ed Mat of the Philippines....
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Bulok na sistema.
02182026 wed di pa nadumi
Monday, February 16, 2026
02172026 tue holiday
Gerttude Belle Elion
Dual sss pension.
Utang ay dapat bayaran.
Sunday, February 15, 2026
Pagsisisi
Fix first
DepEd Philippines, READ THIS COMMENT. RESPECTFULLY, PRIORITZE THIS IN YOUR REFORM AGENDA.
Buried in the comments of my previous post - about fixing the classroom first before even thinking about making the calendar trimester - is a list that says more about Philippine education than any press release.
Smaller classes. More teachers. More staff. More classrooms. Teacher assistants for Grades 1 to 3. Books and learning materials that actually exist. A student system that works. Fewer seminars. More time to teach. Parents who stay involved. Early grades focused on reading, writing, and basic math. School schedules that respect children.
This is more of a damage report than a wishlist.
Every line points to a system running on overload. Too many students in one room. Too few adults to help. Too little space. Too few tools. Too much paperwork. Too little teaching.
This is what policy keeps skipping.
While offices probably debate trimesters, classrooms deal with numbers that do not fit chairs. While memos may talk about “strategic shifts,” teachers talk about missing books, broken systems, and days eaten by reports and seminars that never reach the classroom.
That comment does not ask for slogans. All it asks is better condition for teachers and learners.
You cannot speed up a class that is already drowning. You cannot compress learning when basic reading and math are still shaky. You cannot demand better results from teachers while giving them larger loads and shorter deadlines.
A trimester system does nothing for any of the problems listed in that comment. It does not reduce class size. It does not hire teachers. It does not build rooms. It does not produce books. It does not fix broken systems. It only changes the calendar.
That is why this comment, among many other comments, matters. It stays where learning actually happens. Inside the room. At the desk. On the chair that may or may not exist.
If DepEd wants a real reform plan, it is already written. It is in that comment. And all the comments under that post.
Fix class size. Fix staffing. Fix space. Fix materials. Fix systems. Fix time for teaching.
Do that first. Everything else is performance.
Thank you, teacher Esie Castro.
02162026 mon happy bday pogi
₱๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฒ: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ
₱50,000 a month sounds like you’ve “made it.” Upper-middle. Comfortable. Safe. Or so we’re told.
But the payslip tells a different story.
Before you even touch your money, the system does. Mandatory contributions and income tax quietly carve out ₱7,008 every month. No consent. No negotiation. Just compliance. What’s left? ₱42,992, your so-called take-home pay.
Now let’s reality-check that number:
๐ฏ Rent or housing amortization.
๐ฏ Electricity, water, internet.
๐ฏ Transportation.
๐ฏ Food that keeps getting smaller and more expensive.
๐ฏ Healthcare (ironically, despite PhilHealth).
๐ฏ Family support, because in the Philippines, one salary rarely feeds one person.
Suddenly, ₱42,992 doesn’t look like “comfortable.” It looks fragile.
Supporters will say: “That’s the price of nation-building.” Fair enough.
But here’s the uncomfortable follow-up: ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ?
๐ซ Public transport is still broken.
๐ซ Hospitals are overcrowded.
๐ซ Flood control projects unfinished, or worse, nonexistent after the ribbon-cutting.
๐ซ And corruption cases that drag on longer than the daily commute.
Working Filipinos don’t just pay taxes; we prepay hope.
๐ Hope that roads improve.
๐ Hope that healthcare works when we need it.
๐ Hope that the next deduction finally translates into dignity.
Yet every month, the same question quietly echoes in millions of households: “๐๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐?”
This isn’t about refusing to pay taxes. It’s about demanding accountability. Because taxation without visible results isn’t patriotism; it’s attrition.
The Filipino worker isn’t asking to be rich. Just to breathe. To save. To live without one emergency away from collapse.
So let’s ask the question that really matters, without sugarcoating, without spin:
๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ‘๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐’ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ’๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ?
#PoliticsPH #WorkingFilipino #TaxReality #SahodVsGastos
#MiddleClassStruggle #WhereDoOurTaxesGo #AccountabilityNow
Saturday, February 14, 2026
02152026 sun nakadumi nahihilo si mama
Proverbs 22:6
Last clear chance.
Hit and run.
Friday, February 13, 2026
02142026 happy valentine
Walang ipon bakit?
Thursday, February 12, 2026
02132026 fri hol pque. Mama di pa nakadumi
Be an instrument of justice.
Ang batas ay dapat naghahanap ng taong walang kasalanan.
Pinagbintang
Cedula sa guro yearly alisin. Holdap yan.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
02122026 thu nakadumi
Acid reflux
Alamin muna ang dahilan para mas madaling mahanap ang solusyon sa Acid Reflux.
Sa totoo lang, mas mahalaga ang lifestyle modifications kaysa puro gamot ang iniinom.
Kasi kahit anong gamot pa ang inumin, kung hindi babaguhin ang mga nakasanayan tulad ng pagkain, oras ng tulog, at daily habits, wala rin pagbabago at babalik at babalik din ang sintomas.
Anticipated question:
“Saan po nabibili ang lifestyle modifications?”
Sagot:
Hindi po ito nabibili sa botika, grocery, o online shop. Ito ay ginagawa, hindi binibili.
Kailangan itong isabuhay araw-araw… tamang pagkain, tamang oras ng kain, pag-iwas sa trigger foods, at maayos na tulog.
At kung makulit ka pa rin at tanong nang tanong… “Ambot sa imo, waray pisot!” … yan ang madalas sabihin ng yaya ko kapag makulit at paulit-ulit ang tanong ko. ๐













