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General Douglas MacArthur’s Personal Airplane Flies Again

When president Harry S. Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur, then commander of the United Nations Command forces fighting during the Korean War, on April 11, 1951, for “failing to respect the authority of the President” the famed Army leader flew home from Japan aboard his personal airplane, a Lockheed Constellation he dubbed “Bataan”.

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Published at 2023-06-30 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : History, Stories

Tags: Bataan, MacArthur, President, flight

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

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

Crime, Corruption, Inflation

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr. should stop being the Mr. Nice Guy of the Philippines. He should start taking decisive, even harsh actions on the following:
1. A creeping crime wave
2. Rampant corruption
3. A stubborn raging inflation

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Published at 2023-03-07 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Legal, Politics

Tags: President, corruption, crime, inflation

The Power of Millennial Votes in Southeast Asia

In early 2019, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines will go to polls in elections that will either continue the populist/authoritarian dynamics that has gripped the region, and the world, over the past few years or begin to halt it. All three countries have reached a critical crossroad with poll choices that could influence the destiny of the country for decades to come.

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Published at 2023-03-05 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Opinion, Politics, Society

Tags: Duterte, President, country

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

Manila Receives Precision-guided Missiles from Washington

The United States handed over to the Philippines Monday a package of precision-guided missiles, munitions, and other military assets and systems as part of its commitment to help the country boost its capability in fighting terrorism, especially in Mindanao.

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Published at 2020-11-23 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : News and Events, Politics, Technology

Tags: President

One More Chance?

Rocked by a P15-billion (probably more) anomaly, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. is in a rut. Imagine the great Westerns showing the cowboy buried with only his head sticking out of the ground? That’s pretty much the type of hole corrupt officials dug up for the PhilHealth.

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Published at 2020-10-09 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Health, Politics, Society

Tags: President, government

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

Philippines President Pardons U.S. Marine Convicted of Killing Transgender Woman

The president of the Philippines on Monday pardoned a U.S. Marine who was convicted of killing a transgender woman.

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Published at 2020-09-08 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Legal, Politics

Tags: Duterte, President

De Lima in Detention: 'Don’t Trust, Don't Fear, Don't Beg'

“I’m friendly to them, but not too friendly. I never engage in any real, much less lengthy, conversation with any one of them.” The senator, who entered her third year in detention on drug trafficking charges in February, said she didn’t dare partake of food rations from her custodians, either.

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Published at 2020-06-21 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : News and Events, Politics

Tags: President

Cops Seize E-cigarettes; Legal Basis Questioned

In just three days after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered a ban on electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use in public, the police in Central Visayas had already confiscated at least 230 vaping gadgets.

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Published at 2019-11-24 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Legal, Politics

Tags: Duterte, Police, President, Tobacco, cigarette, e-cigarette, government, vaping

100,000 Maranao Sign Petition to Halt Planned Military Camps in Marawi

Increased military presence in the war-ravaged city may rile up residents' cultural and religious sensitivities, and take up land that has historic meaning to the Maranao people, the petitioners say

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Published at 2019-11-18 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, News and Events, Politics

Tags: Maranao, Marawi, President, petition

Duterte Assures Support to Rebel Returnees

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Sept. 20 (PIA) -- President Rodrigo Roa Duterte assured government support to rebel returnees. President Duterte led the decommissioning of 727 members of the KAPATIRAN and the demilitarization of 337 turned over firearms of the said group.

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Published at 2019-09-21 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, News and Events, Politics

Tags: Department, Duterte, President, government

Philipine President Signs Law Punishing Sexist Slurs, Cat-calling, Wolf-whistlin

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law penalizing such slurs as well as cat-calling, wolf-whistling, and other forms of sexual harassment in public places.

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Published at 2019-07-17 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Legal, News and Events, Politics, Society

Tags: Duterte, President