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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

With Growing Pressures, Can the Philippines Sustain Its Marine Reserves?

In the town of Pilar in the central Philippines, a community of 11,308 residents looks after one of the most successful marine protected areas in the country: the Pilar Municipal Marine Park (PMMP). Established in 2005, the 179-hectare (443-acre) park stands out among the thousands of MPAs in the Philippines, which experts say are only protected on paper.

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Published at 2021-07-04 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Communities, Environment, Travel
Tags: Island, System, community, coral, country, fish, fishing, government, marine

PH Bureau of Customs Leaks Data Due to Poor Security

“Another one bites the dust. Hey I’m gonna get you too, another one bites the dust”, says the lyrics of the most iconic of all Queen songs “Another one bites the dust”. This is also what Phantom Troupe, a group of Filipino cybersecurity enthusiasts, has been telling poorly secured government websites and servers since the start of the pandemic last year.

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Published at 2021-03-13 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Legal, Politics, Technology
Tags: Customs, Philippines, Pinoy, System, government

BIR to Adopt New Electronic Audit System

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is developing a new electronic no-contact audit procedure to maximize tax payment compliance and reduce the incidence of corruption.

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Published at 2020-12-03 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Business, Legal, Technology
Tags: BIR, System

Education in Philippines

The education system of the Philippines has been highly influenced by the country’s colonial history. That history has included periods of Spanish, American and Japanese rule and occupation.

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Published at 2020-09-19 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Education, Society
Tags: Education, System

Headlines 3 Million Students Still Unenrolled: 'Lost Generation' Must Catch Up

When the Department of Education (DepEd) began the virtual enrollment of millions of students in June, Janet Villamar, 44, braced for a conversation any parent fears. Like millions of others, her family was being buffeted by the perfect storm of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economically devastating lockdown. Her husband, who had been eking out a daily income from selling old bottles to neighbors, was now cloistered at home.

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Published at 2020-09-12 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Education, Society, Technology
Tags: COVID-19, Education, Kids, Philippines, School, System, children, students

More Filipinos Could Have Antibodies for the Virus

We’re in a catch-22 situation. I can understand the dilemma of the government on how to proceed in responding to the COVID-19 crisis. The pandemic has put the Philippines and most countries in a defensive position. That’s what the rules on preventing pandemics mandate—to be proactively defensive.

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Published at 2020-06-30 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Business, News and Events, Society
Tags: COVID-19, Defense, System, government, students

Modernizing Baybayin

Are we ready for the enormous changes Baybayin may bring in our culture and daily living? Will Baybayin be suitable for the modernized lifestyle of the Filipinos?

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Published at 2018-08-27 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Culture, Lifestyle, Opinion, Society
Tags: Baybayin, System

Capisaan Cave System: Fifth Longest Cave System in the Country

Capisaan Cave is located in Barangays Capisaan and Alayan in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya. It is the fifth longest cave system in the country and ranked among the best. It is considered as a geologist’s paradise. The subterranean river in this cave has a length of 4.2 kilometers from the Lion Entrance (named as such because the rock looks like an image of a lion).

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Published at 2018-03-08 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Documentary
Tags: System, caves

Apo Reef

Apo Reef is a coral reef system in the Philippines situated on the western waters of Occidental Mindoro province in the Mindoro Strait. Encompassing 34 square kilometres (13 sq mi), it is the world's second-largest contiguous coral reef system and the largest in the country. The reef and its surrounding waters are protected areas in the country administered as the Apo Reef Natural Park (ARNP). It is one of the best known and most popular dive sites in the country.

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Published at 2018-02-15 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Documentary, Travel
Tags: Apo Island, System, coral

Pldt : to Spend P500 Million for Submarine Cable

[PuertoParrot] This is by no means a commercial. It's news that we want to share. Internet is a problem in the Philippines, the speed of it. PLDT is planning to enhance that speed. This article explains it.

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Published at 2017-10-14 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Business, Technology
Tags: Cable, PLDT, System