TIME Magazine noted PH President Marcos Jr. attempts to rehabilitate the name of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., and that his win in the elections was thanks to the "whitewashing" of his family's plunder of the country.
In the PH, hellish heat to continue through May. The country's weather agency warned that "temperatures could reach over 40 degrees Celsius in the coming weeks."
The most affected regions are Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Zamboanga peninsula, Soccsksargen, Cordillera Administrative Region and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
The PH military alarmed by the "more than 4,600 Chinese nationals have reportedly enrolled in a private university and rented homes in various locations in Tuguegarao [Northern Philippines]."
Who needs spies when you gladly welcome them as 'students'?
I doubt the PH, the world's top importer of rice, will achieve rice self-sufficiency under a president who failed to deliver on his promise to bring down the price of rice to PhP20 per kg.
PH Congress orders arrest of religious leader for snubbing hearings. Pastor Apollo Quiboloy of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) refused "to cooperate in a Senate probe on allegations of sex trafficking, rape and other abuses leveled against him by former followers." Quiboloy is a wanted man in the United States and is a friend of former president Duterte.
More Filipinos are migrating. Nearly 49,000 Filipinos hold Canadian study permits in 2023, an increase of around 50% from 2022, when around 24,000 Filipinos had permits to study in Canada. "This makes the Philippines the 3rd largest foreign student population in Canada in 2023, second to China (102,000) and India (427,000)."
PH Vice President Sara Duterte accused of carrying out extrajudicial killings while she was Davao City mayor. An ex-cop said "she and her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, were the masterminds behind the execution of 10,000 people in the city."
The JN.1 COVID variant entered the PH as early as Nov. 16. The government is only telling us now. Poor monitoring and disclosure are not good public health practices.
Google PH says "SIM registration" was the most searched in news in the country. The top 3 most searched shows or series were K-drama "Duty After School," Filipino drama "Maria Clara at Ibarra," and another K-drama "Moving."
This line proves that the SIM Registration law is ineffective against spam, "Globe said it was aware of rising cases in the wake of stricter SMS regulation through the SIM Registration Act."
It's looking more and more like the PH government pushed for this law for surveillance of its citizens.
Grab PH should not be allowed to buy Foodpanda PH because that would create a virtual monopoly in online food delivery services. Grab PH already controls the 4-wheeled-vehicle ride hailing market when it bought Uber PH.
The PH is still among the world's most dangerous places to be a journalist, especially radio journalists. The latest documents show that "261 journalists murdered in connection with their work, with no one held to account in 204."