Philippine Journalist Raissa Robles Blatantly Dishonored the Filipino Culture

Philippine Yellow Journalism and Media Crisis

Manila, Philippines - A Filipino freelance journalist Raissa Robles blatantly disreputed the profound Filipino values and traditional culture as she criticized the colorful performances executed by the young talents that showcased the different cultures, customs and traditions of both Islamic and Christians  practices of the Filipino people.

    Robles took her Twitter account to dispraise and make degrading remarks about the performances made made by the young talented artists at the opening ceremony of the 30th SEAGAMES.  Robles compared the opening ceremony to a cheap barrio carnival which earned ires among majority of the people. " We have good choreographers - Steve Villaruz, Edna Vida, Noynoy  Froilan. They could have been tapped for the #SeaGamesOpening. Pucha! Parang nanonood ka lang ng Perya sa probinsya nito ( Gosh! It's like you're watching a provincial carnival ). Why did they not use some of our ballet dancers ????? "

    As far as the opening ceremony, it was very amazing, well choreographed, bright and colourful and have exceeded the expectations. The athletes were presented in a traditional "sagala" procession which turned out truly remarkable.   Traditional folk dances of different provinces were proudly shared to our fellow South East Asians.  Our local artists serenaded the expectators with our beautiful kundiman.  Indeed these are the factors that identify the citizens of the Philippine as Filipinos and these are what we value most and yet a mere Filipino journalist is trying to ruin them. It is not just the Philippine government that she is  deriding but it's the culture of the Philippines and it's people that she disrespected.

       Since the early days of the preparation of the SEAGAMES, the Philippine news agencies had been consistent on publishing fabricated and malicious articles  to discredit the administration who were working round the clock to make this sports event successfully but the media couldn't wait to witness how it would fail.


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The Protest of the Communists Epigones on Bonifacio Day

Philippine Pro-communist Protests

Manila, Philippines - As the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte commemorates the " Bonifacio  day " at the Bonifacio monument in Caloocan city earlier today, a two small groups of pro-communist protesters held their counter demonstrations at the two major streets of Manila.  The Kabattan ( youth) party list marched the streets of Carriedo and the members of Kilusang Mayo Uno ( May 1st movement ) held their nonsensical protest at the Mendiola.

     The Kilusang Mayo Uno and the infamous Kabataan party list are some of the few legal fronts of the communist rebels - the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army that have been terrorizing the remote areas of the Philippines. The rebel groups and their legal fronts are very well supported by the opposition - the Liberal Party and the Yellow community.

     The Kabattan party list frontliners rampantly carried different sorts of communist flags and one of them had a hammer and sickle on it. It is  very ridiculous that some carried signs that reads  " Kabataan, sumali sa NPA." ( Youth, join the NPA ) Really!?  Most of the youth activists of this organization are students of different government funded universities that were brainwashed by their professors who are fanatic communist symphatisers.

     The Kilusang Mayo on the other hand are a group of recruited laborers. They are the most active pro-communist protesters in the country and at the same time the most ignored.  They have been protesting in the streets since the late 70s usually every 1st of May ( Labor day )  their demands are not that consistent and often misunderstood so that's why people are puzzled to what they're are fighting for.

    Today they burned a three headed figure that has a head of  US President Trump, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and China's leader Xi Jing Ping.  They referred to it as the " three headed monters. " They burned the figure infront of the image of Andress Bonifacio. Many of them were seen carrying hammers and suckles that are made of cardboard.

     The protests made by these two pro-communist groups had caused heavy traffic
That upset the commuters.  Many have jeered against them.  So far no dispersal was done and no riots occurred.

     It is absurd to know that Philippines is the only country that has an odd demonstration wherein protesters  fight for the communist ideology while protesters from other countries particularly Hong Kong fight for the ideal Democracy.


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Philippine Veteran Journalist Maria Ressa Fell for a Meme

The Philippine Yellow Journalism and  the Media Crisis

      A meme is a an amusing photo that contains funny and yet  profoundideas or messages posted and shared on the internet.  Some are hilarious and some are way too serious. It is a one way to denounce a certain allegations.  In the amidst of the media crisis, netizens used a meme to counteract the inaccurate news published by the corporate media about the SEAGAMES to discredit the  current administration. This meme is being used by netizens to express their dismay on the media behind the fake news.  Every one knows what memes are but the veteran Journalist Maria Ressa fell for it and took it seriously.

The meme posted on social media  that triggered
Maria Ressa

Manila, Philippines - Veteran Journalist  and  Rapper's CEO  to her Twitter account to unleash her wrath towards a photo being used as a meme that is shared on social media. The meme was all about the medal tally of the different news agencies with their respective positions in the fake news category and Rappler ranks number one.  Everyone knows  it was for fun but conveys a significant meaning.  According to Ressa, the meme is use as a trick to discredit Journalist and too far from reality that misled many.  " Like when it started 3 years ago, the target is to discredit journalists and news organization.  Like using tricks like this - completely untethered to reality to reality ( fake banner added is ours ) but able to mislead and erode trust for so many"  Posted by Maria Ressa on her Twitter account on November 28.

      There's alot of response on this tweet condemning her for denying the fact that it was Rappler who made a malicious news  about serving pork to the Muslim athletes that was later on debunked.  Ressa denied that Rappler published such misleading articles though angry netizens posted a screenshot of published articles by Rappler that Muslim athletes were served pork dishes.

      Ressa superimposed a caption " fake " on the said meme. It was so funny that everyone knows that it was just a meme - a hilarious way to convey dismay on the allegations made by the different news agencies. There is no medal race for the different corporate news agencies for making fake news. It is a satirical way to combat malicious and inaccurate news.  But she is pretty accurate in one aspect, the Philippine media can't be trusted anymore.  It is more of sensationalism rather than responsible Journalism.

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A Pro-Beijing Chinese Confronts a Group of Filipino-Chinese Who were Having a Solidarity Protest for Hong Kong

Hong Kong Protests in the Philippines

Hong Kong Pro-Democracy citizens are not alone in their battle to stand against the communist authoritarianism.  The world is now standing behind Hong Kong to fight to preserve democracy.  The Pro-Democracy citizens of the Philippines are now joining the significant battle.

Makati,  Philippines  - A group of Filipino-Chinese   were confronted by a Chinese national from the mainland as they held a solidarity protests for Hong Kong Pro-Democracy protesters  in front of the Chinese embassy earlier today.  

     So far no trouble was reported after the unidentified Chinese approached and gave  a dirty finger to the group of Pro-Democracy proresters. The incident was captured by a journalist from a local online media company.  It was posted on social media that earned ires among Filipinos denouncing the unacceptable and uncivilized behavior of the Chinese national who was not even from the Philippines.

     This group decided to show their support for the brave people of Hong Kong who are resisting the encroachment of China.  They also used umbrellas with a written message  " Xi Jing Ping go away . " They also did the famous Hong Kong freedom chant slogans.  So far the simple protest turned out to be peaceful and no riot police came to disperse them.

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Carrie Lam and Leonora Robredo: The Most Hated Female Political Figures in Asia

Asian Political News

     Philippine Vice President Maria Leonora Robredo and Hong kong's Chief Executive are the most talked about and highly criticized female politicians in their own territorial domain.  They are the most despice because they are in their positions that wherein they were not voted by their own people and most of all they are being supported by the communist movements.


Manila, Philippines - Robredo and Lam are the most controversial female politicians today.  Both are being derided by the people of their own countries.  Citizens of the Philippines claimed that Robredo acquired the second highest position in the country by electoral fraud and they claimed that  Ferdinand ' Bong bong '  Marcos the progeny of the ousted President Marcos is the real Vice President.  Up to know, majority of the Philippines are still  waiting for the results of the electoral recount that are apparently being delayed by Robredo and her political allies including the communist legal fronts.

     Carrie Lam on the other hand had become embattled since the Hong Kong protests ignited after introducing the now withdrawn ' extradition bill '  Pro-Democracy law makers were against the controversial bill because this would be a one step for China to creep Hong Kong.  Many of the Pro-Democracy law makers believe that China couldn't wait for 2047 when the " One country, two systems " will expire. That's the time when Hong Kong will be officially be part of the communist China.  Lam was persistent to push the bill that led to the majority of the people of Hong Kong to go out and march on the different streets of the 18 districts of Hong Kong.  The peaceful protests escalated to violence and riots when the hard liners of the movements clashed against the  riot police and after 13 weeks of turmoil, the embattled Lam finally announced the withdrawal of the bill but it was all too late. According to one of the protests leaders Joshua Wong, the protests will go on because they have five demands and the withdrawal of the bill is just one of them.  It is now the 25th week since the protests sparked but Lam shows that she is not willing to back down and giving way to the rest of the demands will not happen.



 The Lost of Trust

     Ever since the Liberal party came into power in the Philippines after the Ferdinand Marcos was ousted, Corruption and crimes related to drugs  had drastically increased because of the abuse of the so-called " democracy"  Corrupt politicians who were allies of the Liberal party have taken the government and abiding citizens became the victims of drug addicts and other cold blooded criminals.  For 30 years, the streets of the Philippines were just not safe. Corruption and crimes brought about by illegal drugs became more rampart when Noynoy Aquino a direct blood line of former president Corazon Aquino was elected  as president.  According to allot of people, his performance as a leader was just to lame.   People grew tired of the Liberal party for mishandling the country.  People wanted someone who can end up corruption and eradicate crimes. Strongman leader Rodrigo Duterte came into power  and won that election by a landslide.  More than 80 percent of the Filipino people approve his strict diciplinary measures that remarkably lessened the cases corruption and crimes.  Despite of having a good outcome, the opposition strongly denounced  it.  This leftists group  - the Liberal party is headed by the Vice president Robredo who turns out to be the President's infamous critics.

     People using the social media condemn  Vice President Robredo for interfering with the President Duterte's   "war on drugs" wich aims to end end crimes related to drugs and hardened criminals.  She was referred to as the only "fake vice president "  thinking only the welfare of the cold blooded criminals and disregard the welfare of the welfare of the law abiding citizens.  One of the main reasons why more people hate is because she is the highest ranking member of the Liberal Party and just don't trust them anymore.  In resent major election that she headed last May, the Liberal party's senatorial candidates the " Otso direrso suffered a massive lost in the senatorial race.  Robredo became more controversial when she criticized the government's war one drugs claiming that it was a total failure and recommended to be reassessed despite of great numbers of citizens who are very much satisfied with it.  President Duterte appointment her as a drug csar to see if she could do better but after weeks, she was fired by the President for incompetence.  When it comes to the issues related to drug problem, alot of citizens think that she is smart enough to come up with a concrete solution to end crimes related to drugs. Many are just too happy she she was out of the job.

     In Hong Kong, the people's anger on Lam grew more when she expressed her strong support for the Hong Kong police despite of the great numbers of violations on the human rights not only of the protesters but also to ordinary civilians as well. She Stated that people should rely on the police force in a rough situation and no fatalities were reported yet  " we have to trust to the force and the commanders in dealing with such different situation that there have been no reported fatalities."  Said by Lam in a press conference last September 27.   On September 27 few days after the withdrawal of the extradition bill, Lam failed to gain the trust of the people and lambasted in her live  own live telecast open dialogue telling her that she wasn't fit for the job as a leader of Hong Kong and she was urged to ruesign.  On October 4, Carrie Lam implemented the "anti-mask law "  that prohibits the used of facial coverings in the public.  Thousands of citizens defied the new city ordinance and went out of the streets wearing different sorts of masks to mock Lam and up to now, protesters are still wearing masks.

    In the resent elections, the Pro-Democracy candidates won that overshadowed the pro-Beijings. 17 out 18 districts favored the pro-democrats aspirants.  This reflects how the majority of the people of Hong Kong are so dismayed with the manner of leadership of Lam.


The Support of the Communists

    Hong Kong and the Philippines are both countries that are known for their well elaborated forms of democracy.  Such political ideologies were earned from their colonizers.  The Hong Kong inherited the Democratic way of government from the United kingdom of Great Britain and the Philippines carried on the Democracy passed down by the United States of America after gaining it's indipendence. Both indipendent countries are now facing the biggest challenge and that is the " threat of communism.'

     In 1972, Ferdinand Marcos who was the President of the Philippines during that time because of the threat of communism.  The kind of communism that led to the capture of Cambodia by the communist episgones called the Khmer rouge and the fall of Saigon which was invaded by the communist Vietcong.  Philippines has it's communists terrorists, the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army. These communist symphatisers collaborated with the members of the Liberal party to destabilize the government.  The martial law was indeed a nightmare among the communist votarist and collaborators.  After Ferdinand Marcos was ousted by the Liberal party, the communist were able to creep the government and formed different kinds of legal fronts. These communist fronts are still working in shadow of the government up to now.

      In relation to the drug issues, the Communist Party of the Philippines and the NPA supported Leni Robredo when she criticized President Duterte's war against drugs though the law abiding citizens and the Pro-Democracy people condemned Robredo for making a premature critism.  " Her description on the drug war as ineffective reflects the sentiments of the majority of the Filipino people who are skeptical of Duterte's real aim but are silenced and paralyzed by the reign of terror and violence." Stated by the CPP-NPA.   " It has become crystal clear that Duterte's drug war is a big hoax. VP Robredo correctly observes that the country is now saturated with Shabu and other drugs." The communist groups added.  

     Robredo being the highest ranking official of the Liberal party makes her an effecient asset for the communist symphatisers to take down the current government.

    In Hong kong, the Pro-Democracy citizens will not accept the ideology of communist.  It is something that they will die for in order to preserve it. It wasn't the first that they help a wide protests.  In 2014, China has decided to limit the Democracy in Hong kong.  Hong Kongers can no longer vote their chief executive but will be appointed by China. People of Hong Kong strongly disagreed with the fear of communist encroachment bit by bit.  The pro-democrats people formed the " Umbrella revolution " to defy China's move to take away their freedom to vote their Chief Executive but such defiance failed.  The democratic Hong Kong since then has been ruled by pro-communist Chief Executives that are appointed by China and the people of Hong Kong specially the Cantonese speaking are so disgusted by it.

      Carrie Lam is the 4th Chief Executive of Hong Kong appointed by China since 2017.  Her biggest mistake was the proposal of the extradition bill which would allow the government to extradite a suspect of heinous crimes to the Mainland China to face trial.  Citizens of Hong Kong don't trust the Chinese the judiciary proceedings.  Pro-Democracy law makers strongly hindered the bill but Lam was supported by the pro-communists lawakers.  This led to the ongoing and the longest protests by far.  In addition, Lam fails to see the violations of human rights committed by the Hong Kong police against the people of Hong Kong.  The UN have condemned the Hong Kong police for their inhumane brutality against the young protesters but Lam prefers to support the Hong Kong police.  With all the intense protests by the people of Hong Kong, Lam remains firm and doesn't show any signs of backing down. The people of Hong Kong look at her as a puppet of the communist tyrant being used as a tool to spread communism in Hong kong.


     Robredo and Lam are now facing their toughest moments in their political careers as they both suffer the snares of the law abiding citizens and the Pro-Democracy people.  One is accused of winning the election by massive cheating and the other one  is a blind puppet being used by the communist authoritarianism.  Both are assets to the communists movements that are determined to deface democracy and both were not  elected by their own people.

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American Singer Bette Milder Named President Duterte as one of Contemptible Leaders

World Political News

The comedian actress and singer Bette Midler named President Trump and Philippine strongman President Duterte as some of the contemtible leaders of the world.  Now, she recieves backlashes from the supporters.


Manila, Philippines - Comedian singer/actress Bette Midler named President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines as one of the contemtible leaders on her Twitter account posted earlier today along with Hitler,  Putin, Trump, Stalin, Castro, Polpot, Assad, Chavez, Kim Jong Un, Mussolini, Mugabe, and Amin.

     " For Americans who think that the impeachment hearings has nothing to do with them, think again. Want to leave a door to Hitler? A Stalin? A Castro? A Duterte? A Pol pot? A Putin? An Assad? A Chavez? A Kim Jong Un? A Mussolini? A Mugabe? An Amin #Trump's is a gateway to that.

      Midler being a popular antagonist of President Trump took her Twitter account to show her somewhat dubious sentiments on the ongoing impeachment hearings of the US president and why Americans should be concern about it.  Miss Midler has earned ires among the supporters of Trump and Duterte. Many were quick to respond on her twit.  Some have agreed but more have denounced her.

     This is not the first time that Bette Midler insulted the Philippine strongman leader on social media.  In 2017, she accused President Duterte as a " murderous dictator " on her Twitter page in response to the President seranading Trump at the ASEAN summit gala dinner in Manila. " Murderous dictator serenaded Trump with a Filipino love song." she wrote.

     Well to all leaders,  it is always assumed that there will be supporters and detractors.  As for Bette Midler being a pragmatic and critical, she is entitled to her own opinion. Well, I guess even to her wrong opinion.

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President Duterte Terminated Leni Robredo as a Drug Czar

Philippine Political News

Manila, Philippines - Reported earlier by the local media, Philippine Vice President Maria Leonora Robredo was terminated by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte as the drug Czar in which he himself appointed two weeks ago.  Robredo due to the advice of her allies from the Liberal Party accepted the position as a challenge.

    Vice President Robredo as all can remember denounced and criticized the means of carrying out the relentless " war against drugs " stating that it never worked though more than 80 percent of the law abiding citizens approve it based on the survey conducted few months ago.

      President Duterte offered the position as a drug czar to Robredo to see if she could do better.  VP Robredo at first was reluctant but accepted the position as a co-chair Interagency committee on November 6.  This drew speculations from the Liberal Party that it was a tactic designed to discredit her for criticising the campaign to eradicate crimes related to drugs if she fails.

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The Last of the Sumatran Rhinoceros Dies In Malaysia

The Malaysian Wildlife News

A female Sumatran rhinoceros named Iman being the last of it's kind, died as declared by a Malaysian Zoologist.  

Sumatra, Malaysia -   Zoologist have declared that a female Sumatran rhinoceros have died and it happened earlier than expected.

     The female two horned rhinoceros named " Iman " revealed to have suffered a malignant tumor in the state of Sabah, in the island of Borneo.

     According to local reports, Iman being the last of it's kind was succumbed by uterine cancer since it was captured from the wilderness and had been experiencing an excruciating dull pain. " Iman's death  came rather sooner than we have expected, but we knew that she was starting to suffer significant pain." Stated by Augustine Tuuga, Director of the Sabah wildlife department.

     " Despite us knowing that this would happen sooner than later, we are so saddened by this news." added Christina Liew, Sabah environment minister.

     Due to the presence of uterine malignant tumor for the past few years, Iman suffered a prolonged bleeding leading  to massive blood loss - but on each occasions, wildlife officials were able to provide an appropriate medical intervention and were able to nurse her back to a healthy condition. Her eggcells were obtained by medical researchers for possible collaboration with other scientists to reproduce the critically endangered species through artificial insemination.

     Things didn't turn out to be favorable for the medical team.  The last male Sumatran rhinoceros perished in May and another female Sumatran rhinoceros died in 2017.  All of the efforts in order to breed them apparently ended up being futile.

     The Sumatran rhinoceros once abundant and roamed across the South East Asia to as far as India. Due to deforestation their numbers have drastically decreased in addition, they were haunted down be poacher8 because of their precious horns that cost a very high value in the black market.

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China Encroaches Boracay?

Philippine News

Boracay, Philippines -  A shocking photo that has been circulating on social media that shows a group of Chinese planted a Chinese flag  on the white shore of the station 2 in Boracay which drew different reactions among netizens. Alot of people find this as a challenge against the Philippine sovereignty . Alot were not too happy about it. This happened on Friday of November 15.

     Boracay has been one of the most heavily visited tourist spots in the Philippines and this is the first time that a group of foreigners planted a foreign flag in Boracay. Since the reopening of Boracay on October last year, there has been a great number of list of controversies that involved chinese citizens, including chinese owned establishments that have sprung up and the increasing of Mandarin speaking chinese laborers and business owners.

    This is similar to what happened to Prague last October when a group of pro-communist chinese disrespected the historical Lennon wall.  The group Chinese brought the ideology of communism by drawing the number 70 with red paint which referred to the 70th anniversary of of the communist China that had a Chinese flag in it.  The citizens of Czech Republic and the Pro-Democracy protesters of Hong Kong strongly condemned the Chinese group for desacrating the Lennon wall which was made  for democratic platform.

     China and the Philippines have established a good relationship since the Philippine Strongman leader Duterte came into power.  President Duterte prefers to maintain that strong bond though the two don't share the same political ideologies. Philippines is apparently a democratic nation.  Many citizens of the Philippines think Chinese are taking the advantage of creeping the Philippines which is very similar on how China encroaches Hong Kong.

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GenSan Declares Leah Navarro Persona Non Grata Over Retribution Tweet

Philippine Political News

The Counsil of General Santos declared leftist and a former singer Leah Navarro Persona Non Grata on Tuesday  after she tactlessly indicated in a now deleted tweet that the series of earthquakes that struck Mindanao last week was a " retribution  " or a punishment from God.

Manila, Philippines - Former Supreme court spokesperson Theodoro Te posted on his tweeter account on October 30 " What's with all the earthquake in Mindanao?" to which the pro-communist Navarro replied " Retribution!" that drew ire among netizens not only from Mindanao but the whole country as well.  Both tweets are now deleted.

     The word " Retribution " means punishment or reward. It was like Navarro was insinuating that the wrath of God was the cause of the series of earthquakes in Mindanao because the people there were too carnal.

     The resolution declaring Navarro as Persona Non Grata was unanimously approved by the council during it's regular session as was shown via email General Santos Vice Mayor's office.

      Navarro said that there's nothing she could do if the people of Mindanao prefer not to forgive her.

     " I apologized, deleted my tweet and regret the hurt that I caused. It's their choice not to forgive. There's nothing I can do about that." Navarro said.


     Navarro is now one of the people of the yellow community who is now being brutally attacked by the netizens as a consequence for making such malicious tweet about what happened to Mindanao similar to what happened to Yolly Ong who is now being lambasted by triggered netizens for mocking the people of Mindanao after series of strong earthquakes.

     Mindanao was jarred by very strong earthquakes on October 16 with a magnitude of 6.3, October 29 with magnitude 6.6 and on October 31 with magnitude 6.5.

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Philippine President Duterte Recieves FIFA Jersey with Number 10

The South East Asian News

The number 10 in football is one the most important role in the modern day football and players in that position more or less create goal scoring opportunities for the team

Bangkok, Thailand -  Philippines leader President Duterte recieves a football jersey 10 kit at the ASEAN summit conference in Thailand on November 3 last Sunday.  Brunei's Sultan Bolkiah also recieves a football jersey 10 kit while the rest of the South East Asian leaders recieve football jersey 9.

     There were malicious reports that President Duterte was skipped and did not receive a football to embarrass the Filipino leader. There were videos posted on social media about President Duterte being skipped as the ASEAN leaders receive their jerseys.  The video was incomplete and edited.  The video was shared by a blogger on Twitter who was apparently a leftist and loyal to the opposition.  But another video posted shows that the Philippine strongman leader was unitentionaly skipped over State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar then later on recieves his jersey kit and surprisingly it was number 10.

     The Jersey 10 is said to be lucky in football and is only given to players who have become icons, legends and star players and only few were given the honor.  Here are some of the well known football players that earned the Jersey 10.  David Silva of Manchester, Christian Ericksen of Tottenham Hotspurs, Neymar of Paris, Edein Hazard of Chelsea and Lionel Messi of Barcelona.

      Among the citizens of the Philippines, there is a profound meaning behind the Jersey 10 being given to President Duterte and Sultan Bolkiah. Since jersey 10 is for the strongest players in the football team, it is how the world recognize the Filipino President as a star player and a very powerful Asian leader.

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