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Passersby Save Vendor from Heartless Enforcers Who Wanted to Take Her Vegetables

Several passersby save vendor from heartless enforcers who wanted to confiscate her vegetables because she’s selling them without a permit. The video has gone viral, especially because it happened on Christmas Day!

Heartless Enforcers Try to Take Vendor’s Vegetables

There are many rules that local government units impose to ensure order in society. One of these rules is for vendors to obtain the necessary permits before they can sell anything.

passersby save vendor — Photo credit: Michael Pinero

Though many vendors do that, especially those with market stalls, it’s also a reality that there are many ambulant vendors who sell without permits.

What they’re doing is against the law, yet many people also empathize with them. And even if what they’re doing is, technically, illegal, there are many who would readily ask law enforcers to turn a blind eye because they’re just trying their best to earn money for their families.

That’s what happened in Dumaguete City on Christmas Day.

Passersby banded together to save a vendor from heartless enforcers who wanted to confiscate her goods.

These people knew that the woman didn’t have a permit to sell and shouldn’t be selling, yet they begged the two law enforcers to let the woman go. The two men, however, insisted on doing their jobs and catching this woman.

Desperate to keep the goods that she spent precious money on, the woman refused to let go despite being cornered. The passersby shouted to the enforcers, asking them to let her go and simply forgive her.

Many were saddened that it happened on Christmas Day – and some of the people who knew the woman could be heard telling the enforcers that the woman had just gotten better from some illness.

The post quickly went viral, with many netizens expressing anger over the enforcers’ treatment of this woman.

Others said that they would have gladly helped out by buying the woman’s vegetables.

“Kung isa ako sa nanjan, bibilhin ko nalang yan tatawad nalang ako paghindi kaya ang presyo para tigilan nila si nanay kawawa naman,” one netizen wrote.

Many also pointed out that though she’s an illegal seller, she’s not harming anyone. These guys should have gone after the snatchers, thieves, and other bad elements instead.

Here’s the heartbreaking video:

Do You Need a Permit to Sell Vegetables?

In most places, selling requires a permit. That means anything, including vegetables!

But some local governments also allow farmers and small-time vendors to sell without any permit. However, the laws vary among localities.

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Woman Receives Two National IDs, While Others Haven’t Even Received One

A woman receives two national IDs – and many others aren’t happy about her “good fortune” because they haven’t even received one.

Woman Receives Two National IDs (Duplicate)

Many people view the Philippine national ID processing system as a failure because they haven’t received their IDs even after several years or that it took so long to receive the ID that their appearance already changed..

Recently, the government offered Filipinos a printout of the digital version of the ID, but you have to be the one to have it laminated. It’s just printed on paper.

But while so many people haven’t even received their national IDS (or even the printout) yet, there’s one woman who received a duplicate of hers!

Niña Lomangaya is one of the luckiest people in the Philippines as some netizens joked that she’s receiving “special treatment” from the PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority) because of the two national IDs.

Lomangaya told Bayan Mo, Ipatrol Mo that she had received her first national ID last September 2022. She recalls applying for the national ID in July 2021. So, that alone made her a lucky citizen because it only took a little over a year for her to receive her government-issued ID.

Photo credit: Niña Lomangaya / Bayan Mo, Ipatrol Mo

But she was surprised when she received another ID, apparently a duplicate of the first one, on March 9, 2023.

Confused over the situation but also honest about having two IDs, Lomangaya posted about her unique experience – and this soon got the PSA’s attention.

The government agency provided an official statement to Bayan Mo, Ipatrol Mo. In this public statement, PSA thanks them for reaching out to the office and informing them about the situation.

The government agency explained that they are now conducting an investigation over the matter and will contact Lomangaya to address her concern.

What to Do with a Duplicate National ID?

The PSA instructs citizens to surrender the copy or duplicate in the rare chance that they might also receive a second national ID.

woman receives two national IDs — Photo credit: Bayan Mo, Ipatrol Mo

You can surrender the duplicate at the nearest PSA office or contact them through:

Hotline via 1388
Email: info@philsys.gov.ph
Facebook page: PSA PhilSys Official

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“Yaya” Ad Goes Viral over Requirement for University Diploma and Teaching Experience

A “yaya” (nanny) ad recently went viral over the requirement for university diploma and teaching experience! And while the salary is certainly quite good (nearly 3x) the standard rate, many netizens still think it’s degrading to college graduates…

What do you think?

University Diploma and Teaching Experience for “Yaya”

Being a “yaya” or nanny in the Philippines isn’t exactly considered a good job. After all, the pay is quite low and many aren’t even treated well.

Although most get free food and accommodation, many aren’t provided enough meals – and a lot don’t have the same food that their ward/s or employers eat.

Also, the nannies are usually on-call nearly 24/7, and they aren’t paid for the overtime hours they spend taking care of their ward.

Recently, there’s a nanny ad that has gone viral on Reddit. It’s reminiscent of the “yaya” ad post that required the nanny to have extremely high beauty standards.

In this new viral ad, the family offers a salary of Php15,000 to their prospective nanny. Now, that’s actually a great thing (for this part, at least)! The post declares that the nanny will work in Makati, so this isn’t an OFW posting for work abroad.

The post also declared that the nanny will be given free food and will have two days off a month.

What irked netizens is that the yaya is required to have a college degree and teaching experience! This person is supposed to be responsible for the education of a 5-year-old.

At this rate, the salary is actually good, yet many netizens felt that it was “degrading” to college graduates who are supposed to find a job within their career path.

“Why in the world would anyone need a university degree to be a yaya? It’s basically babysitting. These people who want university degrees and only give 2 days off a month amaze me with their entitlement,” one netizen commented.
“This is basically a live-in job, like you’re on-call 24-7. They have no control over their time. At least blue collar workers can get away from their job after 5pm and actually go back to their families,” another wrote.

What’s the Minimum Wage in NCR?

According to the National Wages and Productivity Commission of the DOLE (Department of Labor and Employment), the minimum wage for domestic workers in the NCR (National Capital Region) is Php6,000 per month.

Meanwhile, workers in the Non-Agriculture sectors have a minimum wage rate of Php570 per day, and the other sectors at Php533.

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Pinays Join in Breaking the Guinness World Record for Multilingual Reading

Two Pinays join in breaking the Guinness World Record for Multilingual Reading – and they received recognition for helping the international team achieve this feat.

Isn’t that wonderful?

Pinays Help in Breaking the Guinness World Record

We are all in awe of people who are able to break world records, particularly when the feat is recognized by the experts in the field – the Guinness World Records.

Filipinas Maria Corazon Cabrera and Janine Cabrera Mendoza (Maria’s daughter), participated in the multilingual reading aloud relay broke the Guinness World Record for Multilingual Reading last February 26, 2023 at the Bib Sophia library in Schaerbeek, Brussels.

Photo credit: Philippine Embassy in Belgium

The new world record was achieved by the international team by doing the relay with 65 languages, with the team comprised of children and parents from different schools in the community.

They broke the previous record held by the Museum of Islamic Culture in Qatar for reading in 55 languages.

To ensure that the new world record for “most languages used in a reading relay” is authentic and official, the event was judged by a jury of experts, including professional translators from the European institutions as well as professors and staff from the universities of Ghent, Brussels, Louvain-la-Neuve, and Antwerp.

For this event, participants were tasked to read one sentence from “Mister René,” a book written by Leo Timmers about the Belgian painter Rene Magritte.

In the reading relay, the participants had to read in these different languages, with just a maximum of 10 seconds of waiting time in between.

Aside from Filipino, languages used to read the line from the book include Welsh, Hebrew, Swahili, Akkadian, and Urdu.

It was another Filipina, Ms. Maria Alicia Reyes Amarga, who attested to the correctness of the Filipino translation that the Cabreras read during the event.