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Feel the heat
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Feel the heat

If you don't duck into airconditioned shelter, a few minutes in this cloying miasma will leave you drained, with barely enough energy to pointlessly flap your sodden shirt front against your sticky skin. Gasping, like the rest of us, "ang init!"
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Alan Robles
HUMOR: Govt plans to demolish Intramuros to ease traffic

HUMOR: Govt plans to demolish Intramuros to ease traffic

According to totally unreliable source and vague spokesman Duane Gollum-Dumayo, “planners looked at the Port Area map and they saw this huge 64-hectare congested riverside walled neighborhood blocking the route and they said, what's that? Let's blow it up!"
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Alan Robles
HUMOR: Philippine wildlife and lowlife - the lame duck
Satire

HUMOR: Philippine wildlife and lowlife - the lame duck

Petrus Cayetanix Bombasticus is a species of lame duck prone to flapping
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Alan Robles
HUMOR: A boom with a view
Satire

HUMOR: A boom with a view

If you're going to build a hot spring spa, why not build it on a huge source of hot springs? And lava?
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Alan Robles
HUMOR: AI designed to analyze Philippine elections keeps laughing hysterically
Satire

HUMOR: AI designed to analyze Philippine elections keeps laughing hysterically

An Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent created to analyze Philippine elections keeps bursting into hysterical laughter, its designer complained.
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Alan Robles
HUMOR: 10 REASONS why a standee of Tatay Mamamatay is as good as or even better than the original
Satire

HUMOR: 10 REASONS why a standee of Tatay Mamamatay is as good as or even better than the original

If you really love Rodrigo Duterte and you want to bring him home, what better way to do it than through the Carton Network?
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Alan Robles
HUMOR: Our president is a lizard, or is our president a lizard?
Satire

HUMOR: Our president is a lizard, or is our president a lizard?

In 2017, I wrote this for a certain giant broadcast network whose management took one look at it, swallowed its tonsils and heroically decided to take it down at once.
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Alan Robles
HUMOR: Troubleshooting Philippine democracy
Satire

HUMOR: Troubleshooting Philippine democracy

Your system of government giving you problems? Call up product support! We'll give you the answers!
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Alan Robles
CONSUMER DEFENSE: Our Panasorry nightmare

CONSUMER DEFENSE: Our Panasorry nightmare

Why you might want to think carefully before buying a Panasonic refrigerator
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Alan Robles
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