BTS exhibit comes to Gateway Mall, Quezon City starting May 17.
"Having captivated audiences in Malaysia, Japan, and Thailand, the B★VERSE exhibit now makes its way to the Philippines — thanks to a collaboration with The Fact Music Awards (TMA), YiZ Entertainment, and Araneta City."
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).
PH's biggest bank BDO thinks charter change is not necessary to attract foreign investments. The move is also unpopular among Filipinos with 74% saying the Constitution should not be amended. Others believe that the real motive of charter change is to lift the one-term limit of the president.
As Filipinos commemorate the 38th anniversary of the People Power Revolution, Cebu wants others to know about the city's historical role in the country's anti-Marcos campaign.
The PH's Liberal Party "will field former senators Kiko Pangilinan and Bam Aquino, and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno as opposition candidates. Leila De Lima, a former senator, also said that the party will try to convince former vice president Leni Robredo to run for senator."
Pests destroy rice fields in Mindanao, Philippines
"Zamboanga del Norte's agriculture chief says armyworms have so far damaged at least 445 hectares of the province’s more than 16,000 hectares of rice fields in at least seven municipalities and Dapitan City."
#Rappler, a #news organization in the #Philippines, has set up a community for their readers based on #matrix. Neat to see that happen in the more or less mainstream. Maybe I'll give Matrix another look. I've wanted to use it but never had a use case. #matrixchat
After 1.5 years without an agriculture secretary, Marcos Junior finally appoints one. Francisco Laurel is president of 100-vessel-strong fishing company Frabelle Corporation and contributed PHP30 million to the election campaign of Marcos Junior.
The New Yorker interviewed Patricia Evangelista, one of Rappler's best investigative journalists, on the occasion of the publishing of her book Some People Need Killing.
"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal#SecondThomasShoal#Philippines
The #BrahMos aren’t the only mid-range missile systems on Philippine soil in April 2024.
In mid-April, the #UnitedStates’ 1st Multi-Domain Task Force deployed the Mid-Range Capability (MRC) missile system to Northern #Luzon for military exercises. #Balikatan2024
I looked over the book this morning and it looks like a must-read, demonstratingh the power of individuals/small groups to positively & substantially influence the world, locally & beyond. 👍️ 🙏