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Philippines shuts schools as heat in capital busts 1915 record
Published on 28/04/2024
» The Philippines will halt in-person classes at public schools on Monday and Tuesday amid rising temperatures that reached a record in the capital Manila over the weekend.
Philippine jeepney drivers protest shift to EV-powered minibuses
Published on 18/12/2023
» Philippine jeepney drivers started a 12-day strike on Monday to protest the phaseout of the iconic public transportation that would give way to carbon-free mini buses.
Three killed in Philippine university shooting: officials
Published on 24/07/2022
» Three people were killed Sunday in a rare shooting at a university in the Philippine capital Manila, officials said, in what appears to have been a targeted assassination.
Son of Philippine presidential favourite kicks off Congress campaign
AFP, Published on 25/03/2022
» LAOAG (PHILIPPINES) - Thousands of supporters turned out in the northern Philippines Friday as the eldest son of presidential election favourite Ferdinand Marcos Junior launched a campaign for Congress.
Pandemic exposes inequalities for marginalised
Oped, Published on 31/03/2021
» The precarious situation of marginalised communities has increased dramatically during the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic has brought home the need for access to government assistance, which is often not forthcoming and leads to dramatic consequences including increased suicide rates.
A taste of the Philippines
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 16/10/2020
» Filipino cuisine is utterly delicious yet somewhat tricky because there are so many versions of each specific dish that you'll find all around. Take something like the well-known and beloved adobo, a dish that both Filipinos and non-Filipinos have fallen in love with. Adobo can be cooked with a variety of meats like chicken, pork and even squid, and depending on how you like it or if you're Filipino, how your mum or grandmother cooked it, you're used to adobo being dry and pasty or wet with a little bit of soup. There's not just one correct way to cook Filipino dishes so it may be difficult to please everyone. However, Viva Filipinas could be the restaurant in the City of Angels that changes all of that.