On a recent Tuesday night, around 20 people crowded into the second floor of Joniel Bon’s newly opened internet cafe in Quezon City, 10 miles from Manila. Seated at computers with 34-inch curved monitors, they began playing video games such as Heroes of Mavia and Nifty Island, as music from Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 […]
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What the Philippines Is Doing About South China Sea Tensions
With China aggressively asserting its claims on the South China Sea, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines spent his first year on the job beefing up Manila’s alliance with its oldest ally, the United States. Now he is shoring up support from a wider and new network of partners. Mr. Marcos is adding […]
Read MoreWith an Orange-Tufted Spiderhunter, Birder Breaks Record for Sightings
On Feb. 9, Peter Kaestner stood in the shadow of majestic Tinuy-an Falls on the Philippine island of Mindanao, on the cusp of a record he’d spent seven decades chasing and worried that he’d arrived too late. For years, nobody alive had seen and identified more bird species than Mr. Kaestner. A retired American diplomat, […]
Read MoreTaylor Swift’s Singapore Shows Stir Anger in Southeast Asia
Taylor Swift has descended on Southeast Asia, or one small part of it at least: All of her six sold-out shows are in Singapore, the region’s wealthiest nation. Many of her fans in this part of the world, which is home to more than 600 million people, are disappointed. But the Singapore leg of Ms. […]
Read MoreSilly Nissan Z And GT-R Owners Trigger Needless Pile-Up While Running Red Light
Silly Nissan Z And GT-R Owners Trigger Needless Pile-Up While Running Red Light | Carscoops <!—-><!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> These drivers discovered that if you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes https://www.carscoops.com/author/bradcarscoops-com/ <!––> by Brad Anderson February 15, 2024 at 15:04 <!– –> There’s nothing like going on a cruise with your friends and enjoying […]
Read MorePhilippine Poverty and Farm-Based Economy Have Roots in Colonial Era
Rodino Sawan stepped into the wire harness and dug his toes into the muddy track that threads the sweltering plantation. He pushed forward, straining against the cargo trailing behind him: 25 bunches of freshly harvested bananas strung from hooks attached to an assembly line. Six days a week, Mr. Sawan, 55, a father of five, […]
Read MoreWorkers on a Philippines Coconut Farm: Born Poor, Staying Poor
Like most of the those working in the coconut groves that fill out the northern lip of the Philippine island of Mindanao, Diego G. Limbaro has never imagined another life. His father pulled himself up the skinny tree trunks of the surrounding plantations, wielding a machete to detach coconuts. So did his father’s father. Such […]
Read MoreWhat It Feels Like To Be the Target of China’s Water Cannons
The Filipino fishers on wooden boats waved at our vessel, a Philippine fisheries boat, from less than a mile away, but no one on our ship dared to move. Encircling us were two Chinese Coast Guard ships and five Chinese militia vessels. Then came the water cannon. One of the Chinese Coast Guard ships had […]
Read MorePhilippine Ship Is an Unlikely Outpost That Is Angering China
For more than two decades, it has been an unlikely flashpoint in the South China Sea: a rusty, World War II-era ship beached on a tiny reef that has become a symbol of Philippine resistance against Beijing. The Philippine government ran the vessel aground in 1999 on the Second Thomas Shoal, a contested reef 120 […]
Read MoreUkraine Accuses Russia of Deadly Strike on Civilian Ship in Black Sea
Ukraine said on Wednesday that a Russian missile had struck a civilian ship while it was moored in a port in the Black Sea region of Odesa, killing a port pilot on board and injuring three crew members and a port worker. The Ukrainian southern military command said in a statement that an anti-radar Russian […]
Read MoreHow Long Will Divorce Remain Illegal in the Philippines?
Nearly 15 years ago, Mary Nepomuceno separated from her husband. She remains in limbo because divorce — and the possibility of a new marriage and a clean slate in life — is forbidden by her country’s laws. Thousands of people like Ms. Nepomuceno are trapped in long-dead marriages in the Philippines, the only country in […]
Read MoreThe Philippines’ Tension With China Crosses New Line in South China Sea
The video may seem too simple, too understated to mark a serious international incident in the South China Sea: a quick clip of a diver using a knife to cut a section of rope underwater. But that diver was with the Philippine Coast Guard, and the rope was part of a sea barrier placed by […]
Read MoreThe Philippines’ Tension With China Crosses New Line in South China Sea
The video may seem too simple, too understated to mark a serious international incident in the South China Sea: a quick clip of a diver using a knife to cut a section of rope underwater. But that diver was with the Philippine Coast Guard, and the rope was part of a sea barrier placed by […]
Read MoreBlasting Bullhorns and Water Cannons, Chinese Ships Wall Off the Sea
The Chinese military base on Mischief Reef, off the Philippine island of Palawan, loomed in front of our boat, obvious even in the predawn dark. Radar domes, used for military surveillance, floated like nimbus clouds. Lights pointed to a runway made for fighter jets, backed by warehouses perfect for surface-to-air missiles. More than 900 miles […]
Read MoreBYD Is Now Conquering Southeast Asia, Accounts For 26% Of All EV Sales
BYD Is Now Conquering Southeast Asia, Accounts For 26% Of All EV Sales | Carscoops <!—-><!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> BYD has partnered with local distributors throughout Southeast Asia to rapidly introduce its range of affordable EVs https://www.carscoops.com/author/bradcarscoops-com/ <!––> by Brad Anderson 2 hours ago <!––> <!– –> BYD is adopting a similar approach to Japanese car […]
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