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Philippines Launches Website on South China Sea Arbitration Win
Philippines Launches Website on South China Sea Arbitration Win
The Philippines on Wednesday launched a website containing "official information" about Manila's arbitration victory against Beijing in their South China Sea territorial dispute. Marking the seventh anniversary of the July 12, 2016, ruling that voided China's sweeping claims over the contested waterway, the site's launch represents the latest effort by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s administration to firm up Manila's position in the dispute.
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Published at 2023-07-11 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : History, Politics
Tags: China, Chinese, Manila, Marcos
Bongong Warns Soil Quality 'under Threat'
Bongong Warns Soil Quality 'under Threat'
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the quality of soil in the Philippines was “under threat” and warned that “more serious consequences” could happen if the country failed to address the issue. About 75 percent of the Philippines’ “total crop land is vulnerable to erosion in various degrees, with agriculture losing about 457 million tons of soil annually.
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Published at 2023-06-23 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, Environment, News and Events
Tags: Marcos, President, agriculture, farming, production
160MW: Philippines' Biggest Wind Farm Rises
160MW: Philippines' Biggest Wind Farm Rises
Investments in renewable energy in the Philippines just got a boost, with the inauguration of a 160-MW wind farm in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte on Friday. ACEN Corp’s 34 wind power generators in the area, built at the cost of Php11.8 billion (about $211-million), is currently the Philippines’ biggest wind farm.
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Published at 2023-05-23 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, Environment, Technology
Tags: Ayala, Energy, Foreign, Ilocos, Marcos, windenergy
Marcos Says PH Bases Could Be 'useful' if Taiwan Attacked
Marcos Says PH Bases Could Be 'useful' if Taiwan Attacked
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Thursday that granting U.S. access to Philippine military bases was a defensive step that would be “useful” if China attacked Taiwan. “Now there’s an additional aspect to it,” he said. “And that is … tensions across the Taiwan Straits seem to be continuing to increase. Then the safety of our Filipino nationals in Taiwan becomes of primordial importance.”
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Published at 2023-05-05 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : History, News and Events, Politics
Tags: China, Defense, Marcos, President, Taiwan
For Most Filipinos, 'People Power' Revolt Now Just a Distant Memory
For Most Filipinos, 'People Power' Revolt Now Just a Distant Memory
Thirty-three years is a long time to keep a legacy alive. In the case of the popular "People Power" revolt in 1986 that ousted a brutal regime in the Philippines, the interlude has made it a cause for disappointment and a reminder of everything that has gone wrong in the country since then.
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Published at 2023-01-08 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : History, Politics
Tags: EDSA, Marcos, Power
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
Marcos’ Fake Anniversary
Marcos’ Fake Anniversary
The Marcos dictatorship was built on a structure of falsehoods. Even the date that Ferdinand Marcos chose to remember the start of martial rule, and thus of his so-called New Society, was fake. It was picked for numerology’s purposes: 21 was a multiple of 7, his favorite number. But in fact the “autogolpe” or self-coup that Marcos had been planning for years was finally imposed on Sept. 23, 1972.
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Published at 2020-09-22 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : History, Opinion, Politics
Tags: Marcos, President
11 Bizarre Things You Didn't Know about Imelda Marcos
11 Bizarre Things You Didn't Know about Imelda Marcos
Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines, is perhaps one of the most controversial female public figures of modern times. Imelda, now 88, had power and wealth as the wife of late Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled for two decades (1965-1986). She is admired for her glamour, yet despised for her extravagance. She is sometimes compared to Marie Antoinette. Here are 11 bizarre things you might not know about her.
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Published at 2018-02-04 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : People, Stories
Tags: Bizarre, First Lady, Imelda, Marcos