July 1 is the Philippine Air Force's 76th anniversary. We'll see if the new Secretary of Defense (Gibo Teodoro) actually signs the contract.
"For #Manila, it is a question of strengthening its defensive capacities, particularly in the face of the rise in tension with #China, whether around the question of #Beijing's #SouthChinaSea claims, as Sino-US tensions around #Taiwan."
Just great, first the super typhoon and now this 😔 And that is NOT a "slight increase".
"#Phivolcs also observed a slight increase in #SulfurDioxide emissions in the past two weeks. From an average of less than 3,000 tons per day between April 1 and May 21, the average rose to 5,360 tons per day between May 22 and June 1." #Philippines#Volcanoes
"#MANILA, #Philippines – Residents of the municipalities of Balete, Laurel, and Agoncillo in #Batangas province reported volcanic smog or #vog on Sunday morning, June 4, coming from Taal Volcano.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (#Phivolcs) said in a Sunday afternoon advisory that the vog was due to the #volcano’s 'increased and continuous degassing' or emission of gas."
"The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said in a Monday morning bulletin that there is 'current unrest driven by shallow magmatic processes,' which could lead to phreatic or steam-driven eruptions, or 'even precede a hazardous magmatic eruption.' "
“With #MayonVolcano now on Alert Level 2 and #TaalVolcano on Alert Level 1, flights have been prohibited from operating 10,000 feet from the surface and advised to avoid flying close to the #volcano’s summit as ash from the sudden phreatic eruption can be hazardous to aircraft,” CAAP said in an advisory #Philippines
"#MANILA, #Philippines – “Significant” volcanic smog or #vog has hit areas surrounding #TaalVolcano in the province of #Batangas since Tuesday, June 6, due to the volcano’s ongoing degassing or emission of gas."
In the #Philippines, June is the #Independence month of the nation from the conqueror #Spain (Spaniards). The Philippines then was only the regions of Luzon and Visayas, and were under the control of Spain for 300 years.
There was also an anti-Spanish revolutionary secret society founded on January of 1982 called the «KKK».
What is the «KKK»?
The «KKK» (Baybayin-Tagalog: ᜃᜃᜃ), or «Katipunan» (Baybayin-Tagalog: ᜃᜆᜒᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜕), stands for «Kataástaasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan ng̃ mg̃á Anak ng Bayan» or «Kataástaasang, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng̃ mg̃á Anak ng Bayan». It translates into English as the «Supreme and Honourable Association of the Children of the Nation».
(In Baybayin-Tagalog, it is written as: «ᜃᜆᜀᜐ᜔ᜆᜀᜐᜈ᜔ ᜃᜄᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜅ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜆᜒᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜅ ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜈ᜕» or «ᜃᜆᜀᜐ᜔ᜆᜀᜐᜅ᜔ ᜃᜄᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜅᜅ᜔ ᜃᜆᜒᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜅ ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜈ᜕» respectively.)
Attached is the first flag of the «KKK» / «Katipunan».
@ryan#AltText4You
First photo:
PINOYS: WE DON'T WANT MAHARLIKA
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Negative 70%.
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Sinisilip ng liderato ng Senado ang pagpasa ng Maharlika Investment Fund bill bago matapos ang sesyon sa Hunyo 2. Ito'y lalo't sinertipika na ng pangulo bilang urgent ang panukalang batas.
Comment by Western Klein Talens: Bv ka robin!!! Lahat ng gustuhin ng presidente susundin mo?
Manila was ravaged by WWII, battered by both Japanese troops and so-called friendly fire from U.S. artillery barrages. At least 100,000 civilians were killed in the capital of the Philippines, which was at the time a U.S. colony, and large parts of its cultural heritage were destroyed. Yet the history books barely mention this. The former chief of the LA Times' Manila Bureau, Bob Drogin, went back to the city to uncover the story.
Is there any mobile app that allows you to identify Southeast Asian plants/trees? The winds outside our cottage were so strong today that now I have a fallen branch with a spray of flowers that I need to identify. #Philippines#TootSEA
comfort room or C.R. This is your “restroom” (also abbreviated as “R.R.”), “toilet”, or “lavatory”.
haggard. Police on motorcycles.
calling card. The same as a business card.
commute. The use of public transportation.
maniac (pronounced as man·nyak not mey·nyak). A pervert.
motel. Love hotel or sex hotel. You should use “inn”, “BnB”, or “lodging” if a love hotel is not what you meant. Although, there are motels with family rooms. Still…
apartment. Houses that looks identical and are only separated by a shared firewall.
condo, condominiums. Refers to homes on high rise buildings. If you are from Korea, you call this an “apartment”.
condotel. A low-rise condominium that only rent units like in a hotel.
computer shop. An internet café. In the 90s and early 2000s, it was originally called LAN café, iCafé, computer rentals.
rugby. Rubber cement.
rugby boys/girls. Young kids who are addicted to the smell of rugby (see #13). These kids are high, avoid and report them if you see them, even during broad daylight. (Even us locals avoid them.)
carnap/carnapping. Vehicle theft.
civilian clothes. Casual clothing.
plainclothes. This is the word that refers to officers hiding among the crowd.
nosebleed. When one is having difficulty conversing in English (or another language) with another person. (Similar to the Japanese anime nosebleed, though the usage/context is different.)
scotch tape. Adhesive tape. Originally a trademark of 3M.
xerox. Photocopy. Originally a trademark of, well, Xerox. They lost their trademark for it in the Philippines.
Francis Caiga, an Ateneo de Manila University political science graduate, managed to get the Quezon City local government to create new pedestrian lanes in key junctures along Katipunan Avenue at the corners of Rosa Alvero and F. Dela Rosa in just a week. #CommutersNaman#philippines#news