Philippines' Marcos Signs $9 Bn Wealth Fund into Law

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Tuesday signed into law a bill creating a $9 billion sovereign wealth fund aimed at boosting economic growth and infrastructure spending, but critics warned it will be prone to misuse.

Continue reading (431 words, one picture)

Published on 18/07/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: Business, Politics
Tags: Marcos, economy, government

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.

Continue reading (585 words, 2 pictures)

Published on 11/07/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: History, Politics
Tags: China, Chinese, Manila, Marcos

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.

Continue reading (619 words, one picture)

Published on 23/06/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: Business, Environment, News and Events
Tags: Marcos, President, agriculture, farming, production

Volcano Eruption Displaces Thousands, Can Last for Months

A gentle eruption of the Philippines’ most active volcano that has forced nearly 18,000 people to flee to emergency shelters could last for months and create a protracted crisis, officials said Wednesday.

Continue reading (753 words, 3 pictures)

Published on 14/06/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: Communities, Environment
Tags: Albay, Marcos, Mayon Volcano, Volcano

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.

Continue reading (603 words, one picture)

Published on 23/05/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: Business, Environment, Technology
Tags: Ayala, Energy, Foreign, Ilocos, Marcos, windenergy

Marcos Concludes 'productive' US Trip, Bags over ₱72 Billion-worth of Investment

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said he had a “very productive” bilateral meeting with the officials from the United States during his visit there this week. “Our discussions were very productive”

Continue reading (400 words, one picture)

Published on 04/05/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: Business, Politics, Technology
Tags: Marcos

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.”

Continue reading (701 words, one picture)

Published on 05/05/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: History, News and Events, Politics
Tags: China, Defense, Marcos, President, Taiwan

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.

Continue reading (782 words, one picture)

Published on 08/01/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: History, Politics
Tags: EDSA, Marcos, Power

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.

Continue reading (1,031 words, one picture)

Published on 08/01/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: Business, News and Events, Politics
Tags: China, Marcos, NAIA, President, airport, international

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.

Continue reading (849 words, one picture)

Published on 22/09/2020 by puertoparrot
Categories: History, Opinion, Politics
Tags: Marcos, President

'Horrors' of Martial Law Remembered in Rallies

Wearing face masks and holding placards and streamers, hundreds of protesters on Monday joined the nationwide protest actions on the 48th anniversary of the declaration of martial law by the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Continue reading (599 words, one picture)

Published on 22/09/2020 by puertoparrot
Categories: Communities, History, Opinion
Tags: Duterte, Iloilo, Marcos, country

[ANALYSIS] Just How Bad Was Corruption During the Marcos Years?

Marcos does have a legitimate Guinness World Record to his name: “Greatest Robbery of a Government” to the tune of $5 billion to $10 billion. This record has yet to be beaten. Yet so many myths about the Marcoses still abound.

Continue reading (1,411 words, one picture)

Published on 19/09/2019 by puertoparrot
Categories: Documentary, History, Politics
Tags: Central, Imelda, Marcos, Martial Art, Power

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.

Continue reading (1,088 words, 3 pictures)

Published on 04/02/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: People, Stories
Tags: Bizarre, First Lady, Imelda, Marcos