In the PH, the hit song "Pantropiko" was the first song composed by Angelika Sam Ortiz, a film major. Already with 45M streams on Spotify and 16M views on YouTube, the summer-themed song has made PH girl group BINI the most popular P-Pop group in the country, even more popular than SB19 and BGYO.
#BostonWeekend - its the Cambridge-Somerville #Asian Festival 2024 - Friday evening with a film screening, dumpling making demo, kid friendly art activities, and food tasting Friday evening in #CambridgeMA and Saturday afternoon more food and dance in #SomervlleMA, culminating in a parade and #Holi color-throwing. Note that Saturday, #Porchfest is concurrent, expect crowds to impact travel. https://sites.google.com/view/csaf2024 (2/?)
Volleyball is becoming more popular in the PH. 17,834 fans trooped to the Araneta Coliseum for the PH's PVL semifinals games while 19,505 watched the UST-La Salle women’s Final Four clash at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Meanwhile, the PBA (PH pro men's basketball league) struggles to fill stadiums.
PH tells China to leave Panatag Shoal, also known as Scarborough Shoal, which is a high-tide elevation located just over 120 nautical miles off the coast of Zambales. According to international law, the shoal is within the PH's exclusive economic zone (220 nautical miles).