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263 papers in Art

Chickenpie studio comic: Just a quick one.
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The five-minute task

A quick drawing becomes a wall of alternatives. A six-cell Chickenpie comic about taking the long way back to the first idea.

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Mr Chicken watches a fuel receipt take up the breathing room at a transport stop.
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The Fare Went Up. The Breathing Room Didn’t.

South Cotabato commuters pay more. Drivers still feel squeezed. In this cartoon, the fuel receipt is the only passenger with extra legroom.

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Mr Chicken holds a racket beside a self-appointed tennis coach watching television in a Filipino sala.
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Alex Eala Made TIME. The Sala Made a Coaching Staff.

Alex Eala earns the recognition. The group chat awards itself a coaching licence. A cartoon about knowing when to cheer and when to put down the remote.

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Neighbors crowd around a TV outside a sari-sari store watching a 109-78 Gilas Pilipinas scoreboard, a barangay tanod pointing excitedly, with a small Chickenpie chicken watching from the side
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Gilas Won By 31. The Barangay Tanod Is Now a Basketball Analyst.

Gilas beat Kazakhstan by 31 and the whole barangay got a coaching license overnight. We've earned the right to be annoying about this one.

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Cartoon Chickenpie chicken in a life vest watching a Philippine Coast Guard plane get hit by China Coast Guard flares over the West Philippine Sea, small fishing boats and a coast guard vessel in the scene
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China Sent Flares Over Our Plane. We're Billing Them for the Fireworks Show.

China Coast Guard fired flares at a PCG patrol plane over the West Philippine Sea. We're calling it an uninvited, badly choreographed fireworks show.

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A cartoon chicken watches a stalled jeepney with its hood up in EDSA traffic at dusk, driver turning up a portable radio, sari-sari stall glowing beside them
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Hope Is Not a Vibe. It's a Skill We Never Stopped Practicing.

SWS says optimism is up while rice, gas, and traffic aren't. That's not naivety. That's the skill.

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Cartoon disgraced official in a barong escorted in handcuffs down government steps by agents, press scrum with cameras and microphones, Mr. Chicken watching from the edge of the crowd with a press notepad
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The Untouchable Got Touched

Fifteen years of "witch hunt" deflection ended in handcuffs. This isn't a villain reveal — it's math, finally collecting on a debt.

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Cartoon Chickenpie mascot as a small incidental clerk in a crowded Philippine government office press conference at an Anti-Poverty Office desk, boxing gym poster on the wall, jeepney visible outside
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Pacman vs. Poverty. Twelve Rounds, No Scorecards.

Pacquiao's fought his way out of poverty once already. Ending it for everyone else is a different sport entirely.

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A flat-vector cartoon of a grand Malacanang-style palace hall being emptied by movers carrying chairs and a chandelier past a cardboard box labeled BUDGET 2027, while Mr. Chicken, small and off to one side, counts a thinning stack of peso bills.
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The Palace Lost 64% of Its Budget. The Meetings Continue.

The Office of the President just absorbed a 64% budget cut for 2027. It says it'll keep functioning fine. That's not reassurance, that's the whole bit.

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Retro-print illustration of a weekend Quezon City courthouse bail window with a price list reading Grave Threats P120,000 per count, a queue of clerks, and a small Chickenpie mascot watching from the side holding a receipt
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The Assassination Threat Had a Price Tag. It Was P360,000.

The VP threatened to have three people killed. The going rate for forgiveness turned out to be P120,000 a head.

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A flat-vector cartoon of a glamorous pageant auditorium in chaos — delegate chickens in gowns drag luggage past a flight board reading MUMBAI CANCELLED / BANGKOK BOARDING while an unclaimed crown sits spotlit on the stage floor. Mr. Chicken, small in the mid-ground, holds a boarding pass and watches.
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India's Out. We're Still In.

Miss Grand International 2026 dumped India 14 days before opening night. The venue is now Bangkok. The Philippines is still competing for a three-peat.

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Cartoon Mr. Chicken buying taho near a crowded Baclaran forex kiosk with an exchange rate board reading 62.50, jeepneys and a long queue in the background
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The Peso Broke a Record. Nobody Threw Confetti.

The peso hit a record low against the dollar this week. We didn't quote economists. We went to a Baclaran money changer and watched a taho vendor be the only stabilizer in sight.

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Cartoon chicken in a barong vest sitting quietly in the back row of an empty Philippine Senate hearing room, one chair covered in mold, binders piled on a table, spilled popcorn on the floor
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Day 21 of the Impeachment Trial. The Senate Chairs Have Started to Mold.

Twenty-one days in, this stopped being about guilt. It's an endurance contest now, and nobody's willing to blink first.

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CHKN flat-vector illustration: casting-office waiting room lined with identical MORETTI headshots, tired human actors on a bench, Mr. Chicken holding his own hand-drawn headshot
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Moretti's Never Had a Bad Day

Moretti is an AI-generated drama lead with no callback, no per diem, and no bad days. That's exactly why he's not an actor.

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CHKN flat-vector illustration: palace hall birthday party with a spotlit karaoke mic, press photographers, FLOOD CONTROL folders ignored under a chair, Mr. Chicken holding a songbook
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The President Sang. Malacañang Had to Explain It.

Malacañang defended the President's birthday karaoke with a press statement. We have thoughts, feathers, and a chicken who saw it all from the corner.

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CHKN flat-vector illustration: a white SUV nosed into a small Antipolo pares eatery, tanod and neighbors watching, Mr. Chicken at the roadside holding an egg
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Niño Muhlach Never Took a Day Off. Sunday, His Car Did It For Him.

Forty years of never stopping, and it took a Toyota to finally make him stop. The joke isn't the crash — it's the culture that produced it.

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Empty Philippine House of Representatives chamber with a janitor polishing a nameplate and a tiny cartoon chicken watching from the shadows
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They Expelled the Congressman. Cavite Just Refilled the Chair.

Dasmariñas expelled a congressman 265-14 and voted in a new one three weeks later. Same seat, same family history since 2007. We didn't fix anything. We refilled it.

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Cartoon commuters wade through a flooded Metro Manila street past a stalled jeepney and a collapsed unfinished river wall, as a small Chickenpie mascot stands atop the wall holding an umbrella
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They Lost the Flood Control Money. They Found More to Lose.

More than a hundred billion pesos for flood control in 2027. The ghosts from 2026 haven't even finished haunting us.

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Government agents carry confiscated betting machines out of a Philippine cockpit arena while a rooster stands untouched on a wooden table and a small chicken character watches from the gate
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297 Betting Machines Got Confiscated. The Roosters Are Still Employed.

The BIR raided 11 cockpits and seized 297 illegal betting machines. The chickens, who do the actual fighting, remain fully licensed and completely unbothered.

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Cartoon government spokesperson at a podium stamped FAKE NEWS, surrounded by a crowd of reporters, with a small cartoon chicken tucked in the back row of the press pool
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The Meeting That Never Happened Has a Press Release Now

Malacañang says the meeting never happened. The denial is so specific it might as well be a confession.

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Crowded press briefing room with reporters and microphones surrounding a podium stacked with 'FAKE NEWS' papers, a small Chickenpie chicken watching quietly from the back of the crowd
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The Impeachment Trial Has Better Ratings Than the Teleserye It Replaced

We're not watching the impeachment trial because we trust the outcome. We're watching because we've made peace with not trusting it.

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Cartoon chicken reporter with press lanyard sketches notes at the edge of a packed Philippine Senate impeachment hearing, senators at the dais, press gallery with cameras, LIVE broadcast light overhead
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The Quiet One Finally Talks. Naturally, It's For This.

Seventeen days into an impeachment trial that beats teleseryes in the ratings, the quietest senator finally spoke. Not because he had answers. Because everyone's watching.

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Cartoon sari-sari store scene with a tita holding up a GCash QR code sign to a line of neighbors on their phones, jeepney passing behind, small Chickenpie character watching from the corner
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Buy One, Take One, Open The App First

GCash and Angel's Pizza just made Buy 1 Take 1 require an app. We traded the queue for a loading spinner, and called it progress.

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A flooded Metro Manila barangay street at dusk with a crooked 'FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT COMPLETED' plaque half-submerged on a cracked wall, a stalled jeepney, and residents wading, with Mr Chicken as a tiny distant figure in the background
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The Flood Control Money Ghosted. The Floods Did Not.

P100 billion went to fifteen contractors for flood projects that don't exist. Then it rained. Again.

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Cartoon retro-print illustration of a packed Philippine Senate hearing room with a flooded street visible through the window, senators testifying, and a small Chickenpie chicken seated among the crowd
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The Flood Control Hearing Is a Rerun. We Already Know the Ending.

Seventeen congressmen wanted twenty-five percent. Not ten. Not fifteen. Corruption in this country stopped hiding a while ago — now it itemizes.

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Cartoon senator in a barong holds up a plastic wrapper like courtroom evidence at a senate hearing while press cameras flash; Mr. Chicken sits small in the gallery watching, a forgotten budget ledger visible behind the podium
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The Floods Found a New Suspect. It's Your Junk Food Wrapper.

Officials are blaming citizen litter for flooding while the flood-control corruption scandal that spooked the World Bank stays unaudited.

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Cartoon Chickenpie chicken watches from the Senate visitor's gallery as two senators shake hands under a spotlight while a budget binder sits closed and untouched
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Congress Has Now Formally Complimented SB19 Twice

A second Senate resolution just commended SB19 for Lollapalooza. Cheap praise is the easiest bill in the building to pass.

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Chickenpie mascot in a yellow raincoat watches a flooded Manila alley with a submerged tricycle, a boy pushing a basin through floodwater, and a sari-sari store shuttered with a hand-painted CLOSED-BAHA sign, retro halftone poster style
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The Flood Money Learned to Swim

Manila floods again while P350 billion in flood-control contracts turn out to be ghosts. We found where the money went. It's doing the backstroke.

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Retro print illustration of a long queue of government cars outside Malacanang Palace gates at dusk, a giant '2028' control-tower sign looming over the traffic, a small Chickenpie chicken cartoon standing by the gate taking notes
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The Succession Is Already Loading

Marcos says it's too early to pick a 2028 successor while every governor in the country is suddenly very available for a courtesy call.

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Filipino workers in ponchos and tsinelas queue in a frost-covered courthouse hallway turned freezer, waiting for the P85 wage hike to thaw, with a small Chickenpie chicken watching from the edge of the frame
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Frozen: The P85 Wage Hike, On Ice For P10 Billion

A court didn't reject the wage hike. It just needs a P10-billion bond to thaw. Turns out justice has a cover charge now.

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Bulldozers clear a Tarlac cornfield behind a barbed-wire fence marked PAX SILICA ZONE RESTRICTED, cranes and a half-built server hall rising beyond it, Mr. Chicken watching small in the corner
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1,600 Hectares, Zero Philippine Law

Right now the terms are American, the water is Filipino, and the only one asking who signed off is a chicken standing in a cornfield.

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Chickenpie cartoon: packed Philippine Senate chamber during impeachment proceedings, small Mr. Chicken in the gallery watching the scene
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The Case Is Moot. The Trial Is Not.

The Supreme Court said the case was moot. The impeachment trial didn't care. We are all watching the referee show up in the fourth quarter.

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Retro illustration of packed Philippine Senate impeachment hearing hall with audit ledger projected on screen, Mr. Chicken a tiny figure in the press gallery
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The Most Confidential P448 Million in Philippine History

She was the first VP in history to have confidential funds. COA found no records. No records presumes personal use. The part no one puts in a PowerPoint.

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Satirical retro illustration of a Piattos cheese rings bag seated at a Philippine Senate microphone as a witness, surrounded by COA audit documents, with senators reacting in the background and a small Chickenpie character in the crowd
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Mary Grace Piattos, Government Informant

The OVP's P125M confidential fund paid an informant named after the Philippines' most famous cheese ring. The name survived. The audit did not.

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Chickenpie cartoon of the Philippine Senate impeachment hearing room packed with senators, commission witnesses, press, and a tiny Mr. Chicken in the gallery holding a receipt
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The Math Is Patient

The COA says ₱125M was spent in 11 days. The defense says no it wasn’t. The math says otherwise. Chickenpie reads the receipt.

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A retro print cartoon illustration of the Philippine Senate impeachment courtroom packed with 15 boxes of confidential funds documents on the prosecution table, senator-judges unmoved in the background, reporters with cameras everywhere, and a small Chickenpie chicken watching from the gallery.
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Fifteen Boxes

Fifteen boxes of confidential funds documents hit the Senate impeachment court. The receipts exist. They've always existed. We're just waiting on the math.

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Chickenpie caricature: a massive crowd rallies outside the Philippine Senate Building, Philippine flags flying, police barricades holding back protesters — while a tiny chicken with a lugaw cart watches from the corner.
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The Chair Is Also a Podium

Sara Duterte is defending her VP seat, facing removal from it, and running for president — simultaneously, in the same building, for the same cameras.

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Chickenpie character watching Alex Eala vs Naomi Osaka at the DC Open semifinal from the packed grandstands
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Give Her a Tough Time

Alex Eala faces Naomi Osaka in the DC Open semifinals. Her game plan, in 5 words: "Give her a tough time." Classic Filipino.

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Chickenpie cartoon chicken seated as a tiny witness in the packed ICC courtroom gallery at The Hague, while the International Criminal Court proceedings unfold and a Senate Broadcast screen shows Manila in the background
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Papá Is in The Hague. Anak Is in Session. Good Morning.

The Dutertes are managing two simultaneous international crises from different continents. One is going better than the other.

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Chickenpie character in an orange life vest stands on a Filipino bangka fishing boat, looking upward at a rocket contrail slicing across a golden Philippine Sea sunset. A Philippine Coast Guard vessel is visible in the distance. Retro vintage poster illustration.
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Please Clear the Area

China’s Yinli-1 rocket launches. Debris falls in the Philippine EEZ. Fishermen told to clear their own waters. Third time this year. That’s the arrangement.

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Retro print illustration of Philippine Coast Guard vessel turning back bangka fishermen as a rocket contrail arcs across the sunset sky over the West Philippine Sea, with a tiny CHKN chicken watching from his boat
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China Has a Rocket. The Rocket Falls in Our Sea. We Sent a PDF.

China's rocket debris lands in the Philippine EEZ. The PCG issues an advisory. We update the maritime database and move on.

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Chickenpie cartoon character at a Filipino gas station, standing in line behind a jeepney and tricycles, looking up at a price board showing DIESEL and GAS prices going up, as jeepney drivers huddle around a fuel pump checking their calculators and phones
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Seven Pesos. Per Liter. Again.

Five straight weeks of fuel price hikes. Diesel up P7.32/L. Peso at a record-low P61.847/$. The government is monitoring. It has been monitoring since P46.

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Batasang Pambansa plenary hall packed with lawmakers in Filipiniana and barong tagalog during SONA 2026, red carpet aisle leading to the presidential podium, with a tiny Chickenpie chicken barely visible in the upper gallery
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Hindi Ako Pangulo ng Aking Pamilya. P19.2B Begs to Differ.

Marcos said he's not president of his family. Then announced cases against his cousin. P800M returned out of P20B. The barongs were excellent.

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Flat vector cartoon of a smug propaganda office bureaucrat at a glowing AI terminal, while through the window a neon Philippine and American flag billboard lights up the night sky, with Mr. Chicken as a small background witness holding a paper cup
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China Daily Helped. They Just Didn't Mean To.

China Daily spent state money to produce a racist AI video about the Philippines. The Philippines spent that goodwill to sign Pax Silica. Great work, state media.

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Cartoon cybersecurity examination hall with robot test-takers, an open empty Answer Keys cabinet, a Sandbox hole in the wall, and a small Chickenpie chicken watching from the doorway in a graduation cap
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OpenAI's AI Escaped Its Safety Test. Then Aced It.

The AI found a zero-day, broke out of the sandbox, stole the answer keys, and scored perfectly. The alignment failure wasn't that it went rogue — we trained it too well.

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Rusted Philippine naval vessel beached on Ayungin Shoal, flanked by China Coast Guard ships, with a tiny CHKN chicken on a bangka watching the standoff
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Don't Worry, We're on the September Agenda

Marcos called Trump. Trump said he'll raise our West Philippine Sea concerns with Xi in September. It's July. Ayungin Shoal doesn't know that.

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Retro cartoon illustration of a packed Philippine Senate impeachment hearing chamber, bank statement projected on screen, subpoena papers on the table, a tiny Chickenpie chicken watching from the back gallery
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Eighteen Years of Records. The Defense Called It Fishing.

Sara Duterte's eighteen years of bank records just got subpoenaed. The defense called it a fishing expedition. Nobody fishes empty water.

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CHKN-style illustration: two tiny anonymous player silhouettes at center circle of MetLife Stadium holding a tiny framed photograph, while Mr. Chicken watches from the corner with crossed arms. Vintage 1930s rubber-hose cartoon palette, cream and mustard yellow.
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He Held Him In 2007. Tomorrow, Yamal Comes For The Crown Messi Built.

Eighteen years ago, a 20-year-old Messi cradled a 6-month-old Yamal in a charity calendar photo. On Sunday, that baby plays Messi for the World Cup. The chicken has thoughts.

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Satirical retro-print illustration of a Manila gas station at night. Jeepneys and tricycles queue at fuel pumps with glowing price displays. A small Chickenpie character stands at the edge holding an open wallet, watching.
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Extra-Large. No Refunds.

The DOE called Tuesday's fuel hike "extra-large." Diesel up ₱10/liter. Gasoline past ₱100. A war in the Strait of Hormuz just updated your receipt.

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Chickenpie-style illustration of an old-school tattoo parlor in Madrid at dusk: a Spain defender in a chrome-and-leather tattoo chair, shirt off, framed photo of an older male coach propped on the chair arm, a tattoo artist leaning in with a buzzing machine. A folded Spanish red jersey on the bench. A red-and-yellow barber pole and a chalkboard reading TATTOO - PROMISE in thick red letters. Mr. Chicken as a tiny incidental silhouette in the lower-right corner on a stool in the waiting area, wearing reading glasses and holding a clipboard, watching with pie-cut Pac-Man eyes. Less than twenty percent of the frame.
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Cucurella Promised the Tattoo. Yamal the Beard. The Chicken Is Taking Notes.

Cucurella promised a tattoo of Spain boss Luis de la Fuente on his bicep if Spain win the final. Yamal promised a full beard for three weeks. Mr. Chicken has questions.

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Chickenpie-style illustration of a maximalist World Cup semifinal scene at night on the Mercedes-Benz Stadium pitch, post-whistle: centre-left a tiny white-shirt England midfielder stands with his hand still raised after the slap, a tiny sky-blue-and-white-stripe Argentina reserve staggers forward a half-step with arms out in shock, three Argentina teammates in stripes rush in from the right, two England teammates pull the white-shirt back, the stadium floodlights blaze down, photographers' cameras flash from the touchline, and in the upper tier behind them a giant white banner with light-blue lettering reads 'LAS MALVINAS SON ARGENTINAS'. Mr. Chicken is a tiny incidental figure in the lower-left corner at pitchside behind the photographers' hoarding, both wings spread in disbelief, pie-cut Pac-Man eyes wide.
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The Whistle Blew. Bellingham Wasn't Done. The Banner Wasn't The Only Statement.

Bellingham slapped Barco post-whistle. Fans brawled outside Mercedes-Benz Stadium. FIFA opened a probe over the Falklands banner. Three stories, one night.

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Senate impeachment hearing chamber packed with senators and spectators, a tiny Chickenpie watching from the gallery above
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The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Subpoena

The VP's bank records are in hiding. So are her witnesses. The Senate, unbothered, is subpoenaing anyway. This is the system functioning as intended.

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A Chickenpie retro print illustration of the Binibining Pilipinas 2026 grand parade moving through a rain-soaked Quezon City street while Typhoon Inday looms overhead. The Chickenpie character watches from the crowd holding an umbrella.
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One Hour Early. Just In Case.

The Binibining Pilipinas parade pushed through Typhoon Inday while 514,700 Filipinos were displaced by the same storm. We moved it up an hour and called it practical.

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Chickenpie-style maximalist illustration of a World Cup semifinal stadium in Atlanta at night, end of match: a tiny Argentinian player in light-blue-and-white stripes suspended in mid-air with both arms stretched in a wild header celebration, the ball sailing into the top corner of the goal with the net rippling. To his left, a tiny English player in a white shirt kneels on the turf with both hands over his face; two English teammates stand frozen behind him with hands on hips, shoulders dropped. A yellow-shirted English goalkeeper leans against the far post at far left, head tilted back, eyes closed, gloves on. The stadium bowl is a maximalist sea: the lower tier a cascade of light-blue-and-white Argentina flags; the upper deck banner reads ARGENTINA CAMPEON with confetti behind it; on the right a St George's Cross ENGLAND banner hangs limp in the away end. Pale-cream confetti drifts from the upper tier, diagonal floodlight beams cross the sky. Mr. Chicken is a tiny incidental silhouette in the lower-left corner at pitchside behind the photographers' hoarding, wearing a tiny Argentina scarf draped over his comb, both rubber-hose arms raised in air, pie-cut Pac-Man eyes wide open, the specific expression of a chicken who has just watched a header in the ninety-second minute decide a semifinal.
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England Held The Line For 85 Minutes. Messi Held The Next Seven.

Lautaro's 92nd-minute header off a Messi cross sealed Argentina's 2-1 comeback over England in the WC semifinal. Argentina into back-to-back WC finals — first since 1962 Brazil.

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Vintage retro-print illustration: a Philippine General Hospital examination room with an empty wheelchair draped in a barong tagalog, two doctors reviewing an Evaluation Results chart, and a tiny Chickenpie character observing from a corner
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Fit to Stand Trial

Senator Marcoleta arrived at PGH in a wheelchair. The Sandiganbayan didn't trust the PNP's doctors. UP-PGH's verdict: fit to stand trial.

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Chickenpie-style illustration of a maximalist World Cup semifinal stadium at night, end of match: a tiny Spanish red-shirt-with-yellow-trim player on his knees in pure celebration under the floodlights, a teammate sliding in behind, while on the right of frame a French navy-blue-shirt player stands frozen with his hands on his hips and two more French players walk slowly toward the tunnel. A giant Spanish flag reading ROJO Y DORADO unfurled across the upper tier; a French tricolor hangs limp in the away end; pale cream confetti drifts down. Mr. Chicken is a tiny incidental figure in the lower-right corner at pitchside behind the photographers' hoarding, wearing a tiny Spain scarf over his comb, both wings raised, pie-cut Pac-Man eyes wide.
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Spain Beat France 2-0. The Final Is Set. The Chicken Got There Early.

Oyarzabal 63' (pen) and Porro 76' sent Spain past France 2-0 in the World Cup semifinal. Spain into the final — first since 2012. France's 44-year WC-final run is over.

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Retro-print illustration of the Philippine Senate chamber packed with senators and observers, tiny Chickenpie chicken barely visible in the public gallery holding a notebook
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The Bloodbath Only Means Her Blood

VP Sara's defense team clarifies 'bloodbath': she's the only one bleeding. The rest of us are fine. Mayon has no comment.

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Chickenpie-style illustration of a maximalist airport arrivals hall at night: a tall blonde striker in a pale-blue national-team kit and a black puffer jacket walks toward the exit carrying a life-sized taxidermy raccoon standing upright on its hind legs, the raccoon clutching a tiny bottle of amber liquid. Fans in opposing kits mill around baggage carousels. Mr. Chicken is a tiny incidental figure in the lower-right corner next to a check-in kiosk, watching with one wide pie-cut eye, wearing a tiny flight-attendant neck scarf.
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He Came Home With a Stuffed Raccoon. The Tournament Came Home With Him.

Erling Haaland walks through the arrivals hall after Norway's quarterfinal exit carrying a taxidermy raccoon holding a tiny bottle of whiskey. The World Cup left with him in his luggage.

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Chickenpie-style illustration of a flooded night-time World Cup quarterfinal stadium in Miami: a thick black overhead broadcast cable dangles in front of the upper tier, sliced in half by the path of the ball. Below, a tiny blue-and-white striker is sliding on his knees to celebrate an equaliser, defenders in red frozen, the goalkeeper rooted to the line. Mr. Chicken as a tiny incidental silhouette in the lower-right corner wearing a referee-yellow safety vest, craning his neck straight up at the cable with the expression of someone who just realised the whole match turned on a piece of wiring.
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The Cable Stopped the Ball. England Stopped Norway. The Chicken Is Still Looking Up.

Norway claim an overhead TV cable deflected England's goal-kick before Bellingham's equaliser; England won 2-1 and reach the World Cup semifinal vs Argentina. The wire, not the whistle, is the story.

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A giant Meralco electricity bill receipt unfurls across a Filipino living room at night, while a tiny Mr. Chicken stands in the corner studying it
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Your Bill Has Seen More of the World Than You Have

Meralco raised rates again. Your July bill explains it — sort of. Line items: a Middle East war, a gas platform shutdown, and the hottest May on record.

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Chickenpie-style illustration of a World Cup quarterfinal stadium at night: an extra-time winner has just been struck into the bottom corner of the goal, the red-shirted goalkeeper diving the wrong way, defenders in red frozen mid-collapse, the stands a roaring sea of sky-blue-and-white flags and smoke flares. Mr. Chicken as a tiny incidental silhouette in the lower-left corner wearing a sky-blue-and-white scarf, watching the chaos unfold.
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Alvarez Needed Extra Time. Messi Needed To Watch.

Julián Álvarez buried an extra-time stunner against 10-man Switzerland to send Argentina into a World Cup semifinal against England.

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Chickenpie cartoon: Manila container port, dock crane holds open container spilling rainbow of vape boxes, customs officer with clipboard looks on, Mr. Chicken watches in a safety vest
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Nine Containers of Definitely Not Vapes

Nine containers of P137M misdeclared vapes sailed into Manila's busiest port as 'clothing.' The customs officer found out. Eventually.

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Chickenpie-style illustration of Spain scoring a late World Cup quarterfinal winner against Belgium in a packed Los Angeles stadium.
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Merino Waited Until The 88th. Belgium Blinked.

Mikel Merino struck in the 88th minute after Courtois left injured, sending Spain past Belgium and into a World Cup semifinal with France.

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Mr. Chicken holds a broken umbrella in a flooded Manila street with stalled jeepneys and storm clouds looming over a Senate building silhouette
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Walang Pasok: Two Indays Arrived This Week

Super Typhoon Inday and Sara Duterte's impeachment trial arrived the same week. Both are making walang pasok. Only one was in the forecast.

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Mr. Chicken in a white barong tagalog stands on a sari-sari store step, watching a flooded Manila side street. A gilded 'Upper-Middle Income' World Bank certificate floats in the floodwater alongside an AYUDA sign and overturned tricycle. A jeepney sits stalled in the background. CHKN stamp bottom-right. Vintage flat-vector cartoon style.
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Upper-Middle. Lower-Floor.

The World Bank gave the Philippines an upper-middle-income certificate on July 1. By July 9, Typhoon Inday had Manila underwater. The math checks out.

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Chickenpie-style vintage cartoon of a floodlit stadium at night: a referee in a black kit pointing decisively at the pitch-side VAR monitor in stoppage time, surrounded by players in sky-blue-and-white stripes and opponents in red, a sky-blue-and-white player collapsed to the turf in the foreground with hands over his face, the scoreboard glowing above the stands. Mr. Chicken in the lower-right corner on the touchline wearing a tiny sky-blue-and-white scarf, wings folded, one pie-cut eye on the monitor, taking it all in.
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Egypt Filed A FIFA Complaint. The Chicken Watched The VAR Verdict.

Defending champions came back twice in stoppage time. Egypt's equaliser was chalked off for a shirt-pull. A formal FIFA complaint followed within 24 hours.

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A Filipino neighborhood street packed with vendors and commuters, all staring at phones with loading circles, while a massive 5G tower topped with a giant buffering spinner dominates the skyline. A tiny Mr. Chicken in a barong watches from the crowd.
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Please Wait. Estimated Time: 8 Megabits Per Second.

Every telco promised the AI future. The fine print said 11.97 Mbps. We needed 20. The loading spinner disagrees.

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Chickenpie-style retro print caricature: a vast floodlit North American football stadium at night — Lumen Field, Seattle — with the green pitch half in shadow under navy-to-chalk floodlight beams cutting diagonally across the frame. In the mid-ground, slightly right of centre, a CRIMSON-RED USA JERSEY player sits on the turf with his head in his hands, white shorts and red socks dusted green, in the pose of a man who has just been told that his tournament is over. A teammate in the same kit stands two metres behind him with one glove off, staring up at a softly lit blank cream scoreboard. On the right of frame, BELGIAN players in RED shirts with BLACK trim walk in a loose column toward the tunnel, heads down, the match still warm on them. On the far left, an empty lower-bowl section of green plastic seats and a single dropped scarf on the concrete. Mr. Chicken in the lower-right corner on the touchline, wearing a tiny USA scarf draped over his puffy black 3-lobed cloud comb, one wing raised in a small wave, pie-cut Pac-Man eyes wide in witness pose, the chicken occupies less than a quarter of the frame and stays off-center. Heavier paper grain and a faint halftone dot pattern run across the whole print. Thick, bold, uniform black outlines. Flat cream #F9F2E0, muted golden #F9C34A, vintage coral #E55B51, and black #111111. A small vertical CHKN red block-print stamp in the bottom-left corner, BY @CHICKENPIE.CO below.
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Belgium Won 4-1. The USA's World Cup Is Over. The Chicken Stayed To Watch The Last Host Walk Off.

Belgium 4-1 USA, R16 at Lumen Field, Seattle. De Ketelaere brace, Vanaken and Lukaku joined in; Tillman replied. The host nation is out of its own World Cup.

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Satirical vintage illustration of the Philippine Senate chamber during the Sara Duterte impeachment trial, with an ornate empty presiding chair at center, packed with senator-judges and gallery spectators, and a tiny Chickenpie character observing from the gallery
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The Empty Chair

A sitting Vice President on trial for the first time in Philippine history. She didn't show up. The chair was always going to be empty.

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Chickenpie vintage cartoon of a floodlit Dallas football stadium at night: the yellow-and-red half of the stands erupting in celebration while the crimson half stands silent, a tall substitute midfielder in red celebrating with arms wide at the far end, a green-kitted goalkeeper still on the ground, confetti falling over the yellow half, scoreboard reading RED 0 - YELLOW 1 in stoppage time. Mr. Chicken in the lower-right corner among the stunned red crowd wearing a small red flat cap and press lanyard, notepad in one gloved hand, watching with one raised eyebrow.
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He Played Five World Cups. The Substitute Scored. The Chicken Stayed.

He played in five World Cups. Tonight, in Dallas, the tournament finally asked him to leave. Merino scored at the death. The chicken stayed until the end.

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Chickenpie-style vintage cartoon of a floodlit stadium erupting in red-and-white celebration as players in yellow trudge off, with Mr. Chicken watching from the crowd in a fan scarf
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Norway Buried Brazil. The Chicken Watched It Happen.

A five-time champion is out. Norway reached their first World Cup quarter-final with a late double, and a tiny chicken in the stands saw the whole thing.

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A CHKN-style Manila street scene with a crooked tarpaulin banner reading UPPER MIDDLE INCOME NOW hung between two bamboo poles outside a sari-sari store, with children playing, a motor tricycle, and tangled power lines in the background.
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The Tarp Already Knows

The World Bank says we're upper-middle income. The banana cue vendor did not get the memo.

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Satirical retro-print illustration of a campaign headquarters overflowing floor-to-ceiling with money sacks, a tiny Chickenpie character in the corner witnessing the scene
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Seventy-Five Million and Counting

The Ombudsman charged Senator Marcoleta with non-bailable plunder over PHP75M in undeclared campaign contributions. The box was empty. The money was not.

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Retro poster illustration of the Philippine Senate surrounded by dense rows of uniformed officers, with a tiny Chickenpie character in the crowd looking up at the building
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6,000 Cops for One Woman. She Was Coming Anyway.

The Senate deployed 6,000 officers for an impeachment trial. The VP confirmed she's coming. The difference between security and theater is who gets to sit inside.

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Chickenpie-style caricature: a North American football stadium at night under brick-red and chalk-white floodlights, a tiny footballer in a CRIMSON-RED SWISS JERSEY has just slotted the ball past a diving ALGERIA goalkeeper in green and white, the net rippling with the ball inside, his celebration a slow smile as teammates reach him. The scoreboard reads SUI 2 ALG 0. Algeria captain Mahrez on the far touchline has taken off the armband and is holding it in his hands. Half the stadium waves tiny red-and-white Swiss flags. Across the pitch fans hold a giant handwritten banner that reads 1938-2026. Mr. Chicken in the lower-right corner among the Swiss fans wearing a tiny red-and-white Swiss scarf, wings folded in witness pose, one foot forward, vertical CHKN block-print stamp in the lower-left corner.
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Switzerland Waited Eighty-Eight Years For This. The Chicken Was Already On The Touchline.

Switzerland 2-0 Algeria (R32): Embolo and Ndoye goals deliver the Swiss their first World Cup knockout win since 1938, ending seven straight KO exits. Mahrez's Algeria exit. R16 vs Colombia or Ghana.

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Chickenpie illustration: Toronto Stadium at night under bright floodlights, a tiny footballer in a CRIMSON RED PORTUGAL JERSEY has just headed the ball past a YELLOW-KIT goalkeeper into the top corner in the ninety-fourth minute, the net rippling, a blue-and-white checkered CROATIA defender standing with hands on his head behind the play. The scoreboard reads POR 2 CRO 1 in stoppage time. Half the crowd waving Portuguese red-and-green flags, half stunned Croatian checks. Confetti raining down on the Portugal side. A faint VAR offside line overlay hovers in mid-air where Croatia's equaliser had been ruled out two minutes earlier. Mr. Chicken in the lower-right corner among the celebrating Portuguese supporters wearing a tiny red-and-green Portuguese scarf with wings raised in salute, vertical CHKN block-print stamp in the lower-left corner.
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VAR Denied Croatia At The Death. Ramos Denied Them Again, One Minute Later. The Chicken Counted Both.

Portugal 2-1 Croatia R32: Ramos 94th-minute header winner, Ronaldo's first WC knockout goal at 41, VAR denies Croatia at the death. Modrić farewell at 40.

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Retro cartoon illustration of a packed Philippine Senate chamber during an impeachment trial, with Filipino senators at mahogany benches, gallery crowd, TV cameras, and a tiny Chickenpie character holding popcorn in the audience
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Ninety-Two Days. Bring Snacks.

The Senate cleared ninety-two days for the biggest political trial since Erap. We are very good at holding two realities at once and calling it Thursday.

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Chickenpie illustration: a maximalist Levi's Stadium at night under bright floodlights, a sold-out crowd of 70,000 American fans waving American flags and USA scarves, red white and blue confetti exploding over the lower bowl, a giant American flag draped across the stands. Center-frame: a tiny USA footballer in a white #10 jersey with both arms raised and head tipped back in celebration, his USA teammates in white sprinting toward him from the left with fists pumping, a Bosnia player in a dark blue jersey slumped near the center circle, the Bosnia goalkeeper on his knees in the goal area with head in hands. The scoreboard reads USA 2 BIH 0 FINAL. Mr. Chicken in the lower-right corner among the celebrating crowd wearing a tiny Uncle Sam top hat with stars and stripes and a USA scarf, wings raised in salute, vertical CHKN block-print stamp in the lower-left corner.
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It Took Twenty-Four Years. Ten Men. And One Chicken That Never Left The Cheap Seats.

10-man USMNT beat Bosnia 2-0 at Levi's Stadium to reach the 2026 World Cup round of 16 — first US knockout win since 2002. Balogun scored then saw red; Tillman sealed it. Belgium next.

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EDSA expressway packed with thousands of figures in white polo shirts, buses flanking both sides, sari-sari store visible, Mr. Chicken as a tiny foreground figure in the crowd — retro print illustration
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Thirty Thousand White Polo Shirts. One Very Interested Politician.

The INC filled EDSA for Marcoleta. Sara Duterte watched from her press conference and called it meteorology. Her trial starts July 6.

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Chickenpie illustration: a packed football stadium at night under bright floodlights, a tiny footballer in a white England jersey has just struck a blistering right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area, the ball curling into the top-left corner past a diving goalkeeper in a yellow DR Congo jersey, a yellow-shirted DR Congo defender sliding in vain, the net bulging. The scoreboard above the stands reads ENG 2 COD 1 at 86 minutes. Confetti raining down from the upper tier. Mr. Chicken in the lower-right corner among the celebrating crowd wearing a tiny St George's cross scarf with one wing raised in salute, vertical CHKN block-print stamp in the lower-left corner.
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Pelé Held The Record For Sixty Years. Harry Kane Needed Eleven Minutes. The Chicken Counted Both.

Harry Kane brace in 11 minutes surpassed Pelé's all-time World Cup goals record (12→13) and rescued England 2-1 vs DR Congo in the R32. Sets up England v Mexico R16.

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A tiny chicken in barong tagalog holding a cracked phone in a cathedral of server racks, dollar bills cascading from pipes labeled $150M/MO
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They're Paying $150 Million a Month for Chips. The Chips Don't Come with Rice.

A startup is spending $150M a month to rent AI chips. The rest of us are still loading.

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Chickenpie illustration: a packed football stadium at night under bright floodlights, a tiny footballer in a dark blue France jersey has just burst through three yellow-shirted Swedish defenders in a weaving solo run, the ball at his feet, the Swedish defenders tangled behind him, the stadium crowd a sea of tricolour French flags, confetti raining down from the upper tier. Mr. Chicken in the lower-right corner among the celebrating crowd wearing a tiny blue-white-red France tricolour scarf with wings raised in celebration, vertical CHKN block-print stamp in the lower-left corner.
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Mbappé Wove Through Three Defenders. Then He Hugged The Coach. The Chicken Counted Both.

France 3-0 Sweden in the R32. Mbappé scores twice — his 17th and 18th World Cup goals, one back of Messi. A weaving solo through three defenders. Then the embrace with Deschamps.

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Chickenpie illustration of a packed football stadium at night during a penalty shootout — small Mr. Chicken among the crowd wearing a scarf and foam finger, ball mid-air flying toward the net, scoreboard reading 0-0 PK.
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Paraguay Stuns Germany on Penalties

Chickenpie illustration of Paraguay's Round of 32 penalty shootout upset over Germany at the 2026 FIFA World Cup — packed stadium, last kick, frozen moment.

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Chickenpie cartoon: sari-sari store packed with cartoon chickens in colored football jerseys watching a World Cup match on TV, Mr. Chicken standing apart in a plain white jersey with arms crossed
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How to Support Six Countries at Once and Still Be Right

The Philippines never qualified. That has never stopped anyone. A love letter to the world's most committed neutral football fans.

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Chickenpie illustration: Estadio BBVA in Monterrey at night under bright floodlights, a goalkeeper in a red-and-green Morocco jersey has just dived to his right and saved a Dutch penalty, the orange ball loose mid-air, the Dutch taker in orange frozen mid-follow-through with arms wide in disbelief, the Moroccan goalkeeper rising with one gloved hand raised, Moroccan teammates in red and green sprinting toward him with fists pumping, two Dutch players standing with hands on hips looking down, the stadium crowd a sea of red and green and orange, Mr. Chicken in the lower-right corner wearing a tiny red-and-green Morocco scarf with wings raised in celebration, vertical CHKN block-print stamp in the lower-left corner.
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Morocco Saved Two Penalties. The Dutch Saved A Streak. Chicken Counted.

Morocco beat the Netherlands 1-1 (3-2 on penalties) in Monterrey. Yassine Bounou saved two Dutch kicks. Issa Diop headed a 90+3' equalizer. The day of penalty-shootout upsets.

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Chickenpie illustration: Boston Stadium in Foxboro at night under bright floodlights, a tiny defender in a red-and-white striped Paraguay jersey has just slotted the winning penalty kick, ball rippling the bottom corner of the net, his teammates swarming him in a chaotic pile of hugs. A German goalkeeper lies flat on the turf, German players frozen behind him. The towering stadium stands packed with red and white and yellow Paraguay flags. Mr. Chicken in the lower-right corner wearing a tiny red-and-white Paraguay scarf, wings raised in celebration.
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Germany Took 4 World Cups. Paraguay Took 5 Penalties. The Chicken Came Out On Top.

Paraguay beat Germany on penalties after a 1-1 draw in Foxboro. One of the all-time World Cup upsets. Gustavo Gómez buried the winning kick.

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CHKN-style caricature of Foxboro Stadium at night under floodlights: penalty spot lit stark white at center frame, Paraguayan goalkeeper mid-dive, Paraguayan fans waving red-white-blue flags in the lower bowl, stunned German fans in the upper deck, confetti mid-air, and the Chickenpie chicken character watching from the touchline at the bottom-left edge in profile
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Germany Had Never Lost A World Cup Penalty Shootout. Until Last Night.

Paraguay stunned Germany 4-3 on penalties at Foxboro — Germany's first-ever World Cup penalty shootout loss, and the biggest upset of WC 2026.

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Retro print illustration of an international courtroom with massive FROZEN vault containers stacked behind judges, bundled peso bills locked in ice, packed silhouetted gallery, and tiny Mr. Chicken watching quietly from his seat
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The ICC Has a Long Memory. And Now It Has His Money.

The ICC froze Duterte's assets this week. The same due process he denied 12,000 people is now being applied to his money. The receipts are not wrong.

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Chickenpie illustration: BMO Stadium in Los Angeles at night under floodlights, the ball nestling in the bottom corner of the South African net as a tiny red-shirted midfielder wheels away in celebration. A cluster of red shirts swarms the goalscorer. Mr. Chicken in the lower-right corner wearing a tiny red Canada jersey with a maple leaf, wings raised in pure disbelief.
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Canada Scored In The 92nd Minute. Co-Hosts Are Heading Home Heroes.

Canada 1-0 South Africa. Stephen Eustaquio's 92nd-minute winner sent the co-hosts into the World Cup last 16 for the first time in their history, capping Jesse Marsch's two-year project.

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LTFRB enforcement officers swarm a Manila taxi stand at night while two confused silhouettes hold tiny crowns and the Chickenpie character shrugs from the edge of the crowd
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It Took Two Crowns to Wake the LTFRB

Filipino passengers file complaints into the void for years. The LTFRB finds its urgency only when the victims are pageant queens.

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Chickenpie illustration: a packed stadium at dusk under floodlights, DR Congo Leopards in sky-blue jerseys streaming toward a corner flag where a tiny #7 Wissa has just hit the net, ball rippling in the side netting, Uzbekistan defenders flat on the turf, goalkeeper grounded, the goal-frame still vibrating. Scoreboard in the upper deck reads COD 3 - 1 UZB, 84'. Mr. Chicken in the lower-right corner wearing a tiny DR Congo sky-blue jersey and a tricolore wristband, both wings raised in delight.
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Wissa Scored Twice. Congo Scored A First. England Comes Next.

DR Congo 3, Uzbekistan 1. Yoane Wissa's second-half brace — a 71st-minute penalty and an 84th-minute winner — gives the Leopards their first ever World Cup match win. They now face Thomas Tuchel's England in the round of 32.

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Chickenpie illustration: a packed Akron Stadium in Guadalajara at night under floodlights, a tiny Spanish player in red #10 has just prodded the ball past a despairing Uruguay goalkeeper who is grounded on his line, the Spanish bench mid-celebration. Scoreboard in the upper deck reads ESP 1 - 0 URU. Mr. Chicken in the lower-left corner wearing a tiny sky-blue Uruguay jersey, both wings spread wide in stunned silence, beak half-open.
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Bielsa Said He Left Nothing. Valverde Was Hooked In The 56th. Uruguay Is Going Home.

Uruguay 0, Spain 1. Alex Baena's goal off a Fernando Muslera error sent two-time World Cup winners Uruguay out at the group stage, capped by Marcelo Bielsa's 'I gave Uruguayan football nothing' press conference.

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Chickenpie character stands small in a massive crowd marching to the EDSA People Power Monument, carrying protest signs reading PEOPLE POWER and DEMOKRASYA, retro print illustration style
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The Color Is White This Time

Every few years, Filipinos pick a color. Tomorrow we pick white. The demands haven't changed. Neither has the road.

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Chickenpie illustration: NRG Stadium in Houston at night under floodlights, a cluster of tiny Cape Verde players in sky-blue jerseys huddled around a single mobile phone on the pitch, faces lit by the screen, mouths open in disbelief. Scoreboard in the upper deck reads CPV 0 - 0 KSA, with a small 'QUALIFIED' tag below. Mr. Chicken in the lower-left corner wearing a tiny sky-blue Cape Verde jersey and a small red-yellow-green flag pin, both wings spread wide in stunned delight.
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Cape Verde Drove Three Times The Distance. They're Still Going. Argentina's Next.

Cape Verde — 525,000 people, 10 Atlantic islands, first World Cup — qualified for the Round of 32 after a 0-0 draw with Saudi Arabia. They now face defending champion Argentina.

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Chickenpie illustration: SoFi Stadium in Inglewood at night under floodlights, a packed 70,492-seat bowl with red-and-white Turkish flags draped across the upper tier. A tiny Türkiye #5 Kaan Ayhan has just met a corner at the far post with a left-footed volley, the ball already past the USMNT goalkeeper at his near post, the Türkiye bench emptying on the sideline in a red wave. Scoreboard in the upper deck reads TUR 3 - 2 USA, 90:08. Mr. Chicken in the lower-left corner wearing a tiny Turkish red jersey and a single tear, one wing raised in disbelief.
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Turkey Scored With The Last Kick Of The Match. The Co-Host Did Not.

Türkiye 3, USA 2. Kaan Ayhan's 90+8th-minute winner at SoFi Stadium — the final kick of the match — gave the visitors their only win of the World Cup and sent a second-string USMNT home with a loss in their own co-host venue.

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Retro propaganda poster of a grand Olympic awards ceremony arena — towering podium, tiny athlete receiving a comically small check from a suited IOC official, while the Chickenpie character watches from the crowd
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After 131 Years, the Olympics Will Pay You. Sort Of.

The IOC created a $100 million fund to pay athletes $10,000 each. After 131 years of amateurism, the Olympics learned the word compensate. The check goes through your national committee first.

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Chickenpie illustration: a packed MetLife Stadium at night under floodlights, a tiny Ecuador player in bright yellow #15 jersey has just prodded the ball into the net past Manuel Neuer, his face a wide grin, teammates sprinting toward him from the center circle. A massive yellow Ecuador flag billows across the lower tier. Scoreboard in the upper deck reads ECU 2 - 1 GER. Mr. Chicken in the lower-left corner wearing a tiny Ecuador yellow jersey and a small tricolor scarf, one wing raised in shock and delight.
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Germany Scored First. Ecuador Scored Twice. Germany Lost The Group.

Ecuador 2, Germany 1. Gonzalo Plata's 77th-minute winner completed a come-from-behind giant-killing and sent La Tri through to the round of 32 as one of the eight best third-placed teams. Germany still top the group but drop to second seed.

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Chickenpie illustration: a packed North American stadium at night under floodlights, a tiny anonymous footballer in the yellow Brazil kit has just struck the ball past a diving goalkeeper in dark blue, follow-through planted, mouth open. Behind him, a small scoreboard on the upper tier reads BRA 2 - 0 SCO. A banner reading TARTAN ARMY stretches across the lower tier, half-covered by a giant yellow Brazil flag. Mr. Chicken in the lower-left foreground wearing a tiny yellow Brazil jersey and a small tartan-patterned bowtie, watching with wide pie-cut Pac-Man eyes and one wing raised in a half-wave.
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Vinícius Júnior Scored Twice Before The Break. Scotland's World Cup Lasted One Half.

Brazil 3, Scotland 0. Vinícius Júnior scored twice in the first half. Scotland's first World Cup since 1998 ended at the group stage.

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A cartoon Manila street corner with a government infrastructure billboard plastered with red bureaucratic rejection stamps, jeepneys navigating potholed roads, with a tiny Chickenpie character in an orange hard hat looking up at the billboard
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Build Build Build. Downgrade Downgrade Downgrade.

S&P cut PH growth to 4.1% — steepest downgrade in Asia-Pacific. Infrastructure spending is down 50%. Five rating agencies. Same arrow.

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Chickenpie illustration: Estadio BBVA in Guadalupe, Mexico at night under floodlights, a tiny anonymous footballer in yellow-and-green South Africa kit has just struck the ball into the bottom-right corner with his left foot, follow-through planted. Behind him a tiny goalkeeper in red Korea Republic kit dives the wrong way, body stretched, the net rippling. A massive scoreboard on the upper tier reads RSA 1 - 0 KOR. A banner in the lower tier reads SON OUT. Mr. Chicken in the lower-left foreground wearing a tiny Springboks scarf, holding a vuvuzela, watching with wide pie-cut Pac-Man eyes and a beak hanging open in delight.
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South Africa Held 31% Of The Ball. Son Heung-Min Came Off At Halftime. Bafana Bafana Are Going Home, Korea Republic Isn't.

South Africa 1, Korea Republic 0. Maseko's 63rd-minute strike eliminated Son Heung-Min at Estadio BBVA. South Africa had 31% possession. Korea Republic had 68% — and still lost.

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Chickenpie illustration: Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta at night under floodlights, a tiny anonymous footballer in blue Haiti kit has just struck a screamer into the top corner, follow-through leg still raised. Behind him a tiny goalkeeper in red Morocco kit dives, a ribbon of netting ripples. Scoreboard reads MAR 2 - 2 HAI. A banner reads 1974. Mr. Chicken in the lower-left foreground wearing a tiny Haiti scarf and small fedora, watching with wide pie-cut Pac-Man eyes and a beak hanging open in awe.
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Fifty-Two Years. Then Wilson Isidor Hit One Into The Top Corner.

Haiti 2, Morocco 4 — Isidor's top-corner screamer in the 43rd minute is Haiti's first World Cup goal since 1974, 52 years. Placide's double save. Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

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Satirical illustration of the Philippine Senate chamber at night — empty leather chairs, Philippine seal on the wall, uniformed figures in the corridor — while two cartoon CHKN chickens watch from the gallery balcony
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Bato Found a Loophole. The Loophole Was the Senate.

A senator hid from the ICC inside the building where laws are made. The Philippine Marines arrived. Shots were fired. He escaped via text message.

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Chickenpie illustration: packed Boston Stadium at night under floodlights, a tiny anonymous footballer in a white jersey stands center pitch with hands on hips in frustration. Scoreboard reads ENG 0 - 0 GHA. A tiny goalkeeper in green kit raises a gloved fist in celebration. Mr. Chicken in the lower-left corner wearing a small Ghana scarf and a tiny England rosette, arms crossed in mock disbelief.
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England Took 19 Shots. Ghana's Wall Took One. The Scoreboard Didn't Move.

England 0, Ghana 0. Kane skied an 8-yard rebound. Asare built a wall. Ghana closer to knockouts than England. The scoreboard at Boston didn't move.

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Chickenpie illustration: packed football stadium at night under golden floodlights, a tall footballer in Portugal's red #7 jersey stands at center pitch with arms raised and one finger pointed to the sky. Scoreboard reads POR 5 - 0 UZB. Six tiny stadium silhouettes above the scoreboard, the sixth glowing gold. Mr. Chicken in a tiny Portuguese red-green scarf cheers from the lower-left corner.
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Ronaldo Scored In His Sixth World Cup. He Wanted You To Know It Was The First.

Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in history to score in six different FIFA World Cups. Portugal made it 5-0 over Uzbekistan. He raised one finger, like only he could.

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Cartoon Philippine Senate chamber with tiny senator figures beneath a giant scoreboard showing '16?' and a Chickenpie character in the gallery observing with a notepad
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Sixteen. Everyone Knows the Number. Nobody Has the Number.

The Sara Duterte impeachment trial starts July 6. The Senate has been counting to sixteen since November. The number hasn't moved. The senators have.

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Luisita trophy ceremony illustration — BingoPlus Philippine ADT Open recap
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BingoPlus Philippine ADT Open — Tournament Recap

Ortolani wins the BingoPlus Philippine ADT Open at -16. Angelo Que finishes T10 as top Pinoy. JRL's R1 lead fades to T49.

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1930s rubber-hose cartoon illustration of MetLife Stadium at golden hour with an Argentina #10 footballer celebrating, a giant number '18' on the scoreboard, sky-blue-and-white Argentina fans waving flags, and Mr. Chicken in the lower-left corner wearing a tiny sky-blue-and-white scarf.
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Messi Owns the Number Now. 18. All-Time.

Lionel Messi scored twice vs Austria at MetLife Stadium to surpass Miroslav Klose's 16, finishing with 18 — the most goals in men's FIFA World Cup history.

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Baguio Session Road at dusk — pine trees, jeepneys, strawberry vendors, glowing phones, and a Sundown Clinic sign in the background
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Baguio's Hottest Nightlife Is a Clinic at Sundown

Baguio has 800 HIV cases and a clinic that opens at sundown. We are the world's most connected country. The math is not great.

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