Sep 3, 2024 · Vice President Sara Duterte, who attended the congressional deliberations on the proposed 2025 budget of her office on August 27, repeatedly refused to answer lawmakers’ questions regarding...

Aug 30, 2024 · Vice President Sara Duterte attends a budget hearing for the Office of the Vice President on August 20, 2024. MANILA, Philippines — The term "shimenet" is making the rounds on the internet as...

Sep 4, 2024 · What’s all the fuss about ‘shimenet’? The word has been all over Philippine social media, ever since an August 27 hearing on the budget of the Office of the Vice President.

Sep 22, 2024 · VP Sara Duterte is now getting a taste of her own medicine. Where before she and her ilk would use congressional hearings to put critics to shame, she now finds herself at the receiving end of...

Sep 5, 2024 · Shimenet was being used to replace song lyrics or words in conversations like “uminit,” “sumayaw,” or just about anything. Shimenet is a catch-all, it sounds like a verb in the past tense, or a...

Sep 4, 2024 · What’s all the fuss about ‘shimenet’? The word has been all over Philippine social media, ever since an August 27 hearing on the budget of the Office of the Vice President. Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/shimenet-trend-sara-duterte-ovp-budget-hearing-2025/

Aug 29, 2024 · Vice President Sara Duterte may have contributed a new “word of the year” with her response to a question by Rep. Arlene Brosas during the House of Representatives’ hearing on the OVP budget: “Shimenet”

Sep 4, 2024 · The hilariously coined catcall “shimenet” is the newest pop culture buzzword in the wake of Vice President Sara Duterte’s bungled five-hour theatrical performance before the House. At the moment, the exact definition of “shimenet” is …

Sep 2, 2024 · In response to a series of questions by House Assistant Minority Leader Arlene Brosas on how the P125-million confidential funds in 2022 were spent in just 11 days, Vice President Sara Duterte responded, “She may not like my answer.

Jan 1, 2025 · Sara Duterte: The ‘Shimenet’ saga and beyond. Vice President Sara made headlines repeatedly in 2024 with her fiery rhetoric and polarizing remarks, turning Senate and House budget deliberations into must-watch spectacles.