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The Beauty of Mayoyao
The Beauty of Mayoyao
Mayoyao, despite the beauty of the place and the innumerable attractions (waterfalls, rivers, unexpected corners, an abandoned "Spanish trail," a magic stone, indigenous funerary monuments and some inhabitants very proud of their culture and ready to help and inform the foreigner), hardly any tourists come.
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Published at 2022-09-26 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Culture, History, Travel
Tags: Mayoyao, Spanish
IN NUMBERS: Filipino Journalists Killed Since 1986
IN NUMBERS: Filipino Journalists Killed Since 1986
At least 195 journalists have been killed since 1986, based on data from the NUJP. The Philippines has not always been a safe country for journalists. Even after the dictatorship of late tyrant Ferdinand E. Marcos, suppression and impunity continued to haunt media workers in different parts of the country.
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Published at 2022-07-21 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : History, Politics
Tags: journalism, media
PH 2021 Population Growth Lowest in 7 Decades
PH 2021 Population Growth Lowest in 7 Decades
The Philippines' population for 2021 increased by 324,000 or a mere 0.3 percent compared to the 2020 data of 914,797 births.
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Published at 2021-12-28 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, History, Society
Tags: growth, population
Wonder where World War III Might Break Out? Try Taiwan
Wonder where World War III Might Break Out? Try Taiwan
A clear and troubling consensus has emerged in the American national security community that the Taiwan Strait is the most likely place for a major war to erupt between the United States and China; that it might start soon, and that such a conflict might quickly escalate into a nuclear confrontation.
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Published at 2021-07-21 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : History, News and Events, Politics
Tags: American, China, Chinese, Foreign, Pacific, Power, Taiwan, international
Philippine-American Friendship Day: Ties That Bind
Philippine-American Friendship Day: Ties That Bind
The celebration of Philippine-American Friendship Day evolved from the previous years’ observance of the fourth of July as Independence Day. This day in 1946 marked the end of US sovereignty: the American flag was lowered just as the Philippine flag was raised in a ceremony at the Luneta.
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Published at 2021-07-03 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Culture, History, Opinion
Tags: American, Friendship Day
Xi Kickstarts a Jittery CCP’s Second Century
Xi Kickstarts a Jittery CCP’s Second Century
Chinese President Xi Jinping this week presided over the 100th birthday of the Chinese Communist Party to praise the most dramatic rise out of poverty of any country in world history and to say China would take no stick from anybody.
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Published at 2021-07-04 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : History, Politics
Tags: China, Chinese
Memory of Pinatubo Wrath Preserved in Pampanga
Memory of Pinatubo Wrath Preserved in Pampanga
How could they forget the terrifying moments when the bright, rainy afternoon of June 15, 1991, suddenly turned into a very dark night and mud rained down from the sky? How could they forget how the subsequent lahar flows buried densely populated communities in a blink of an eye? This was the primary reason why the Center for Kapampangan Studies at the Holy Angel University (HAU) in Angeles City decided to establish a Pinatubo Museum in 2016.
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Published at 2021-07-03 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Culture, Environment, History
Tags: Kapampangan, Pampanga, Pinatubo, Volcano, river
Former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III Passes Away
Former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III Passes Away
Former President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III has passed away, former Malacañang officials said Thursday morning.

He was 61.
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Published at 2021-06-24 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : History, Politics
Tags: Aquino
Mindanao in Pictures: 2001 to 2021 (Part 10 of 10)
Mindanao in Pictures: 2001 to 2021 (Part 10 of 10)
It has been exactly 20 years since our first dispatch. Along with our stories, we were also busy taking pictures of Mindanao’s major events. Twenty years of reporting Mindanao, 20 years of documenting Mindanao in stories and photos. Join us as we journey across Mindanao from 2001 to 2021.
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Published at 2021-06-02 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, History
Tags: Mindanao
Mindanao in Pictures: 2001 to 2021 (Part 9 of 10)
Mindanao in Pictures: 2001 to 2021 (Part 9 of 10)
It has been exactly 20 years since our first dispatch. Along with our stories, we were also busy taking pictures of Mindanao’s major events. Twenty years of reporting Mindanao, 20 years of documenting Mindanao in stories and photos. Join us as we journey across Mindanao from 2001 to 2021.
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Published at 2021-06-02 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, History
Tags: Mindanao
Mindanao in Pictures: 2001 to 2021 (Part 8 of 10)
Mindanao in Pictures: 2001 to 2021 (Part 8 of 10)
It has been exactly 20 years since our first dispatch. Along with our stories, we were also busy taking pictures of Mindanao’s major events. Twenty years of reporting Mindanao, 20 years of documenting Mindanao in stories and photos. Join us as we journey across Mindanao from 2001 to 2021.
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Published at 2021-06-02 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, History
Tags: Cotabato, Mindanao
Mindanao in Pictures: 2001 to 2021 (Part 7 of 10)
Mindanao in Pictures: 2001 to 2021 (Part 7 of 10)
It has been exactly 20 years since our first dispatch. Along with our stories, we were also busy taking pictures of Mindanao’s major events. Twenty years of reporting Mindanao, 20 years of documenting Mindanao in stories and photos. Join us as we journey across Mindanao from 2001 to 2021.
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Published at 2021-06-02 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, History
Tags: Mindanao
Mindanao in Pictures: 2001 to 2021 (Part 6 of 10)
Mindanao in Pictures: 2001 to 2021 (Part 6 of 10)
It has been exactly 20 years since our first dispatch. Along with our stories, we were also busy taking pictures of Mindanao’s major events. Twenty years of reporting Mindanao, 20 years of documenting Mindanao in stories and photos. Join us as we journey across Mindanao from 2001 to 2021.
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Published at 2021-06-02 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, History
Tags: Mindanao
Mindanao in Pictures: 2001 to 2021 (Part 5 of 10)
Mindanao in Pictures: 2001 to 2021 (Part 5 of 10)
It has been exactly 20 years since our first dispatch. Along with our stories, we were also busy taking pictures of Mindanao’s major events. Twenty years of reporting Mindanao, 20 years of documenting Mindanao in stories and photos. Join us as we journey across Mindanao from 2001 to 2021.
Continue reading (509 words , 11 pictures)
Published at 2021-06-02 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, History
Tags: Mindanao
Mindanao in Pictures: 2001 to 2021 (Part 4 of 10)
Mindanao in Pictures: 2001 to 2021 (Part 4 of 10)
It has been exactly 20 years since our first dispatch. Along with our stories, we were also busy taking pictures of Mindanao’s major events. Twenty years of reporting Mindanao, 20 years of documenting Mindanao in stories and photos. Join us as we journey across Mindanao from 2001 to 2021.
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Published at 2021-06-02 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, History
Tags: Mindanao