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'Monster' Chinese Ship Joins Swarm
'Monster' Chinese Ship Joins Swarm
THE world's largest coast guard ship has joined other Chinese vessels that have been swarming near the Ayungin Shoal, which is inside the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ). According to United States-based national security expert Ray Powell, the CCG (China Coast Guard) 5901, nicknamed "the monster" because of its size, joined another CCG vessel.
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Published at 2023-07-15 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Legal, Politics
Tags: China, Chinese, South China Sea, country, international, sea
International Tourism Receipts Rocket Nearly Eightfold to over $1.4B
International Tourism Receipts Rocket Nearly Eightfold to over $1.4B
International tourism receipts clocked in at $1.415 billion last year, marking a 7.690-fold increase over $184 million in 2021, albeit still a 71.2 per cent decrease from 2019’s record $4.919 billion, according to the Ministry of Tourism’s Tourism Indicators 2022 report.
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Published at 2023-03-14 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, Recreation, Travel
Tags: Chinese, Tourism, international
What Media Missed in BBM's Trip and NAIA's Slip
What Media Missed in BBM's Trip and NAIA's Slip
The state visit of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. or BBM to Beijing on January 3 to 5, and the New Year's Day shutdown of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), closing our airspace to all aircraft and damaging our reputation in travel and business circles worldwide.
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Published at 2023-01-08 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, News and Events, Politics
Tags: China, Marcos, NAIA, President, airport, international
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
WTTC: PH Travel & Tourism Lost $37B from Pandemic
WTTC: PH Travel & Tourism Lost $37B from Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the Philippine’s Travel & Tourism sector last year wiped out $37 billion from the nation’s economy and caused two million to lose their jobs. This was the finding the World Travel & Tourism Council’s annual Economic Impact Report (EIR) today, June 2, revealed. The annual EIR from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) reveals the sector’s contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped 41.4%.
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Published at 2021-06-02 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, News and Events, Recreation, Travel
Tags: COVID-19, Global, Tourism, international
NAIA Terminal 3 to Resume Int'l Flights Starting July 8
NAIA Terminal 3 to Resume Int'l Flights Starting July 8
International flights will resume at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on July 8, Wednesday. The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) made the announcement over the weekend.
"After temporarily closing its doors in March 28 this year, NAIA Terminal 3 will finally open its gates to resume international flight operations beginning 12:01AM of July 8, 2020," it said.
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Published at 2020-07-05 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, News and Events, Travel
Tags: international
TELUS International Philippines Supports Adat B’laan’s Cultural Pride
TELUS International Philippines Supports Adat B’laan’s Cultural Pride
As the youth of Adat B’laan, an indigenous group in South Cotabato, experience increased exposure and enjoy the benefits of modernization, embracing mainstream society practices has sometimes taken priority over knowing and understanding their ethnic language, rituals and traditions. In the past few years, this has resulted in the cultural erosion of the Adat B’laan.
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Published at 2019-08-28 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, Culture, People
Tags: community, culture, international
Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta
Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta
The Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta is an annual event that occurs between January and February in Clark Freeport Zone, Angeles City, Pampanga. It features multicolored hot air balloons with more than a hundred balloon pilots from around the world. This four-day hot air balloon event is the biggest and longest-running aviation sports event in the Philippines.
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Published at 2018-03-12 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Documentary
Tags: balloon, international
Review: 7107 International Music Festival
Review: 7107 International Music Festival
MANILA, Philippines – To put the 7107 International Music Festival together, it wasn't enough to invite one or two big-name artists, have the show at all the usual big-ticket venues, and then be done with it. The show had to be unlike anything the Philippines had ever seen – a large-scale festival in the mold of Coachella in the US, and Glastonbury in the UK.
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Published at 2018-02-23 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Documentary, Entertainment
Tags: Festival, international, music
10 Contemporary Filipino Artists to Know
10 Contemporary Filipino Artists to Know
With the exception of a few established artists on the international stage, the Filipino art scene was long confined to an insular environment – until about a decade ago. After a 50-year hiatus, the Philippines participated in the 2015 Venice Biennale with a national pavilion, which drew attention to the region and brought a new wave of local artists into the limelight. We profile ten contemporary Filipino artists you should know.
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Published at 2018-02-06 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Arts
Tags: Contemporary, artist, international