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Meeting the China Challenge: We Must Be Bolder
Meeting the China Challenge: We Must Be Bolder
An outdoor screen shows a live news coverage of Chinas President Xi Jinping delivering a speech during the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People, along a street in Beijing on March 13, 2023.
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Published at 2023-07-16 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, Opinion, Politics
Tags: COVID-19, China, Officials, Power, capital, economy, government
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
Is It Time for the Philippines’ Air Traffic Control to Be Privatized?
Is It Time for the Philippines’ Air Traffic Control to Be Privatized?
When Manila’s airspace went dark on New Year’s Day and left some 65,000 people stranded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, talks of privatizing the airport and critical services like air traffic control quickly circulated.
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Published at 2023-01-07 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, Politics, Travel
Tags: Power, System, Traffic, airport, government
Review Nuclear Power Strategies, Govt Urged
Review Nuclear Power Strategies, Govt Urged
Rep. Mark Cojuangco and Alpas Pilipinas urged the executive branch to act on President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s desire to reexamine strategies for building nuclear power plants in the Philippines.

The President said this in the light of the impending power crisis caused by the high and still-rising prices of coal and gas.
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Published at 2022-09-26 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, Politics, Technology
Tags: Power, electricity
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
Meralco Rates Lower by P0.0623/kwh in Sept. Billing
Meralco Rates Lower by P0.0623/kwh in Sept. Billing
Consumers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will benefit from a slight reduction of P0.0623 per kilowatt hour (kwh) in this September billing — summing up five straight months of tariff downtrends for this year.
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Published at 2020-09-09 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, News and Events, People
Tags: Power, electricity
The Philippines is Likely to Resort to Nuclear Power as Energy Demand Increases
The Philippines is Likely to Resort to Nuclear Power as Energy Demand Increases
Nuclear power will offer an effective solution to meet the country’s rising power demand over the coming decade, particularly as coal-fired power—which Philippines has largely turned to—comes under increasing environmental oppositions
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Published at 2020-09-08 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, Environment, Technology
Tags: Power, electricity, government, research
Manila’s Search for Energy Security
Manila’s Search for Energy Security
The Philippines has seen its needs for electricity steadily increase over the years just as the government wants to bring electricity to all the country’s 107 million residents by 2022. At the same time, the country wants to wean itself off coal-fired power plants, which have been a mainstay of domestic electricity generation.
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Published at 2020-06-21 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, Environment, News and Events, Technology
Tags: Energy, Power, electricity
Think Hard, and Think Again
Think Hard, and Think Again
Much welcome is the news that the Armed Forces, after prodding from senators, is open to reconsidering the deal that allows a China-backed telco to install communication equipment and facilities in Philippine military camps. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he’s taken note of the senators’ concerns and will look again into the agreement.
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Published at 2019-11-20 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : News and Events, Opinion, Technology
Tags: China, Chinese, National, Philippines, Power, country, technology
A Sojourner's View: Mindanao Histories and Studies
A Sojourner's View: Mindanao Histories and Studies
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 September) — A recent initiative to aggressively push for the inclusion of Mindanao’s identities, cultures, politics, languages, folkways, tales, as well as traditional conflict resolution systems, trading practices, family relations and, finally the concept of peace and development into the Philippines’ formal and non-formal educational engagements has just taken off with a proposed roadmap.
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Published at 2019-09-21 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, History, Lifestyle, People
Tags: American, Davao, History, History, Lumad, Manila, Mindanao, Power, colonial, indigenous, story, story
[ANALYSIS] Just How Bad Was Corruption During the Marcos Years?
[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.
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Published at 2019-09-19 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Documentary, History, Politics
Tags: Central, Imelda, Marcos, Martial Art, Power
30 Years Ago: Coup D'etat and People Power
30 Years Ago: Coup D'etat and People Power
February 22, 1986 has gone down in Philippine history as the day the revolution began, when then- Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Philippine Constabulary chief of staff Fidel V. Ramos publicly withdrew their support for President Ferdinand Marcos.
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Published at 2018-03-14 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Documentary, History, Stories
Tags: Power, people
'imelda: Power, Myth, Illusion' Philippine Recipes and Photos
'imelda: Power, Myth, Illusion' Philippine Recipes and Photos
This tasty tropical menu features a variety of classic Philippine dishes, including Grilled Chicken Skewers with Lime Coconut Dipping Sauce, Lumpia Wraps, Beef and Chorizo Empanadas, Asadong Manok (Piquant Chicken Stew), and Iced Melon in Coconut Milk.
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Published at 2018-03-05 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Filipino cooking
Tags: Mythology, Power, Recipes