An archipelago of 7,600 islands, where South-East Asia meets the Pacific. The Philippine Islands are the large islands of Luzon and Mindanao, and the collection of smaller islands between, known as the Visayas, with Palawan far to the west. 🇵🇭
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👉 1:03 Introduction and Titles
👉 2:07 History
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Being on the boundary of several tectonic plates, the Philippines is home to many active volcanoes, including the current Mount Mayon eruption and the Mount Taal eruption. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 was the second largest volcanic eruption of the twentieth century. The Philippines is also in the path of almost every Pacific Typhoon, and Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in 2013 Leyte resulted in thousands losing their lives and millions homeless. 🇵🇭
The climate of the Philippines is tropical, with a Tropical Rainforest climate in the east, a Tropical Monsoon climate in central areas and a Tropical Savannah climate in the far west, and sheltered parts of Luzon. 🇵🇭
Manila is the national capital, and home to almost one-third of the country's estimated 110 million population. Cebu City and Davao City are the two other large population centers. 🇵🇭
Filipinos (known locally as Pinoys) are a unique blend of Austronesian Island people with Spanish names that speak American English, as a result of the Philippines being ruled during colonial times by Spain and the USA. Because of their connections with the USA, many Filipinos or their sons and daughters have gone on to famous careers in entertainment, such as Lea Salonga, Lou Diamond Phillips, apl.de.ap, Arnel Pineda, Enrique Iglesias and Monique Lhuillier. Their most famous sports champion is undoubtedly Manny Pacquiao, the only boxer in history to win a championship in eight weight categories. 🇵🇭
Most Filipinos are Catholic, a result of centuries of missionary work during the Spanish colonial period. Despite colonialism, however, all Filipinos speak one or more of the 180 native languages and dialects, with Tagalog and Cebuano making up half of all speakers. The Filipino language (along with English) is the official language, and is a standardised form of Tagalog. 🇵🇭
More than 10% of Filipinos live and work abroad in an attempt to overcome the difficult economic situation for most in the country. Most merchant ships around the world have majority Filipino crews, while the women find work as domestic maids, nannies and nurses. Many Filipinas look abroad to marry and succeed as many Western men admire them for their famous beauty. 🇵🇭
The economy of the Philippines is about one-third agriculture, with rice being the main subsistence crop. Electronics and high tech have recently made in-roads and are now the largest exports. Government corruption, and poor infrastructure, however, hold back the country from fulfilling its potential, where neighbours like Malaysia and Taiwan have succeeded. This corruption reached its height during the rule of Ferdinand Marcos, and his wife Imelda Marcos, who had a collection of thousands of shoes from the embezzlement of the public purse, while millions lived in poverty. 🇵🇭
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Saturday, November 11, 2023
PEF eyes 3 M trees near PH Eagle nesting sites under Project RegAIN
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) aims to plant and nurture at least three million native tree species and fruit trees near Philippine Eagle nesting sites in three years under its Regenerative Agroforestry for Indigenous Well-Being and Nature or Project RegAIN.
THE Philippine Eagle Foundation aims to plant trees for Philippine Eagles under its Regenerative Agroforestry for Indigenous Well-Being and Nature or Project RegAIN. (Keith Bacongco)
Dr. Jayson Ibañez, PEF director for breeding and conservation, said the project hopes to regenerate 1,500 hectares of forests to bring back degraded ecosystems due to human activities.
The project, he added, is not just for the benefit of the critically endangered Philippine Eagles but also for other animal species as well.
He explained that the regenerative agroforestry intends to restore what had been lost due to human encroachments and sustainable land uses.
“The project has five key outcomes: Improving soil health, enhancing water retention and quality, conserving biodiversity (including expanding Philippine Eagle habitats), promoting ecosystem health and resilience, and sequestering carbon,” the PEF project briefer read.
It added that forest restoration is seen as a solution to address these issues and support sustainable development goals, combat biodiversity loss, and mitigate climate change impacts.
“The goal of the project is to restore key areas that are currently grasslands and brushlands in indigenous territories adjacent to Philippine eagle nesting sites using community-based afforestation and agroforestry. This initiative involves planting native trees and fruit trees in designated restoration areas.”
Many former forests, Ibañez added, have lost their quality of soil. Thus, the project, he said, intends to bring back quality of soil as well as restore lost biodiversity.
The native wildlings were collected by the partner indigenous communities and will be planted in the eagle nesting sites in reforestation sites in this city, Davao de Oro, North Cotabato, and Bukidnon.
Recently, PEF project partner Reduce, Reuse, Grow, Inc., visited the newly inaugurated central nursery for the project at the Philippine Eagle Center in Barangay Malagos this city.
Reduce, Reuse, Grow Inc. is a reforestation company that helps enterprise-level clients counteract their operation's environmental impact by planting a plant with each high-volume transaction made.
Among the tree species to be planted are banaba, bagtikan, bangkal, maluggay, narra, ous, pili, red lauan, white lauan, ulayan, and ylang-ylang.
The project will incentivize the participation of at least 180 indigenous families and their communities, the PEF briefer said. “Additionally, agroforestry practices will contribute to food security, income generation, and cultural spaces for indigenous well-being."
Davao flood victims get timely help from Pulong
Nov 10, 2023 08:53 PM
AT A GLANCE
The office of Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte has been able to assist over a hundred families in the city that were affected by flash floods earlier this week.
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The office of Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte has been able to assist over a hundred families in the city that were affected by flash floods earlier this week.
Duterte, better known as "Pulong" to his constituents, oversaw the distribution of food packs and plus other forms of assistance to the affected residents.
The second-termer's assistance and outreach program is dubbed the “Pulong Pulong ni Pulong”. The latest beneficiaries happened to be families that were displaced due to flash floods triggered by heavy rains that began late Wednesday and continued until Thursday morning (Nov. 8 to 9).
“'Action always beats intention' is what the members of the Pulong Pulong ni Pulong always keep in mind. We acted quickly to assist as many Dabawenyos as we can. While the flooding has subsided, we are continuously reaching out to the displaced families,” Duterte said.
According to reports, the heavy downpour which caused the flooding affected at least six barangays. These were Matina, Bago Gallera, Tugbok District, Talomo Proper, Matina Aplaya, and Maa.
Many residents had to climb on rooftops as floods quickly inundated their homes.
Pulong, a former House deputy speaker, is the son of former president Rodrigo Duterte.
Pederson raises Scandinavian hopes at The Annika
Nov 11, 2023 10:48 AM
AT A GLANCE
Denmark's Emily Kristine Pederson shot a five-under 65 to seize a two-stroke lead at the LPGA Tour's The Annika tournament on Friday, Nov. 10.
MIAMI (AFP) -- Denmark's Emily Kristine Pederson shot a five-under 65 to seize a two-stroke lead at the LPGA Tour's The Annika tournament on Friday, Nov. 10.
Pederson leads Japan's Minami Katsu with Jasmine Suwannapura of Thailand three shots off the lead.
The event was rebranded this year to be named for Swedish legend Annika Sorenstam, who won 72 LPGA titles, including 10 major crowns.
And, heading a strong field, Pederson has a chance to become the first Scandinavian to win the event at Belleair, Florida.
The 27-year-old from Copenhagen had an eventful round at the Pelican Golf Club, with eight birdies and three bogeys.
Pederson, who grabbed attention with only the second hole-in-one in Solheim Cup history in September in helping Europe retain their title, again showed her ability to rise to the big occasion.
"I think maybe when the gun is to my head a little bit it sharpens my focus and I can't think too far ahead, about what's happened in the past and what's going to happen," she said.
"I can think a little bit more about what is right in front of me. When I get nervous I try to break my day down and break the holes down and I think that's maybe what helps me," she added.
Pederson, whose six professional wins have all come in Europe, said she had been impacted by increased wind on the back nine.
"I started really well, five-under on the front nine. Holed some good putts...I had a few good rolls to start with.
"Then I think it got a little bit more windy out there and my back nine was not as I hoped. I hit a few uncommitted golf shots that I'm a little bit mad at myself about - that happens.
Hopefully I can commit a bit more tomorrow and keep it going on the whole round," she said.
Katsu, an eight-time winner on the LPGA Japan Tour, made five birdies but was slightly undone by bogeys on the par-four eighth and 16th.
Suwannapura, searching for her third win on the LPGA Tour, got in trouble with bogeys on the 11th and 12th but delivered three birdies on the last six holes to card a five-under 65.
American Nelly Korda, the reigning Olympic champion, is seeking to win the tournament for a third consecutive year but trails by seven strokes after a two-under 68.
Her compatriot Lindy Duncan was one of six players tied four strokes off the lead after shooting 65.
France's third-ranked Celine Boutier, a four-time LPGA winner this season who came into the event as leader in the fight for the LPGA Player of the Year award, missed the cut after a two-over 72 left her on even-par.
Women dominate music's Grammy nominations, SZA tops with nine
Nov 11, 2023 08:14 AM
Olivia Rodrigo, Phoebe Bridgers and the indie rock supergroup boygenius also will strong contenders at the February 4 event in Los Angeles, where music from the blockbuster film "Barbie" will almost certainly clean up, according to the nominations list released Friday.
SZA -- the acerbic, R&B risk-taker whose layered tales of romance earned her acclaim with her debut "Ctrl" in 2017 and saw her top the charts again with 2022's "SOS" -- is poised to rule the night, with nominations spanning the categories.
And Bridgers, one-third of the supergroup boygenius with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus, earned seven nominations while the collective group earned six, both in the top fields as well as in the rock categories.
The already decorated Eilish has six chances for a Grammy thanks to her work on Greta Gerwig's summer smash "Barbie" film.
The soundtrack, which also features Dua Lipa, earned a total of 11 nominations in the major categories and the visual media fields.
Rodrigo, who already has three Grammy wins under her belt including Best New Artist, earned six nods this time around and will vie for the night's top awards.
In-demand producer Jack Antonoff scored six nominations for his work, notably with Swift and Lana Del Rey, the baroque pop singer whose album "Did you know there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd" earned her five nominations.
If Swift's "Midnights" wins Album of the Year, it would be a record-breaking fourth win of the prize for the 33-year-old, who's already the toast of the music world as she continues her monumental Eras tour.
She is currently tied as the top winner of the most prestigious Grammy with Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder.
Women on top
Jazz polymath Jon Batiste is the sole man up for Record and Album of the Year, two years after he beat out pop's royalty to dominate the 2022 gala.
He earned six nominations this go-around, as did Miley Cyrus and country singer-songwriter Brandy Clark.
Coveted engineer Serban Ghenea -- who mixed Swift's "Midnights" -- meanwhile earned seven nods.
Rising R&B star Victoria Monet also finished with seven nominations, including for the prestigious Record of the Year and Best New Artist prizes.
Industry watchers predict Ice Spice will win the latter category, after a banner year that saw the bubbly Bronx rapper go viral on loop and collaborate with Swift.
And pop futurist Janelle Monae earned her second Album of the Year nomination for "The Age of Pleasure."
Rihanna picked up a nomination for the song she worked on for the "Black Panther" sequel, but the best visual media category will likely go to one of four songs from the "Barbie" movie.
That award is for songwriters, and includes tracks performed by Eilish, Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice, Dua Lipa and Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken in the film.
Bernie Sanders -- yes, that Bernie Sanders -- has a second chance to win a Grammy in the audiobook and narration category.
The leftist senator's reading of "It's Ok to Be Angry About Capitalism" is up against efforts by Michelle Obama, Meryl Streep, William Shatner and Rick Rubin in one of the night's quirkier categories.
The Rolling Stones earned a nomination for Best Rock Song for "Angry," while Grammy catnip Foo Fighters is poised to take home prizes in the rock fields, where boygenius could also be a factor.
Dang-good music
The banner year for music's women is a long time coming for many critics of the Recording Academy -- the institution behind the Grammys -- which for many years has faced flak that it overwhelmingly honors white, male acts.
"Women had dang good music -- some of the biggest records of the year and the biggest songs," Recording Academy chief executive Harvey Mason Jr. told The Los Angeles Times.
"And our voters were obviously moved by a lot of it."
The sea change comes as scandal continues to brew within the ranks of the Academy.
In 2019, the former chief of the powerful institution, Neil Portnow, left his post after saying that women artists should "step up" if they want more recognition, comments he delivered at the #MeToo movement's peak.
This week, Portnow was sued in Manhattan for allegedly drugging and raping an unnamed woman artist in 2018.
The suit also accuses the Academy of negligence, saying it protected Portnow and dismissed accounts of his abuse. Both the organization and Portnow vehemently deny the allegations.
Be RICEponsible: Each year, wasted rice can feed 2.5 M people
Nov 11, 2023 00:04 AM
Rice is our staple food. To Filipinos, no meal is complete without rice. Unfortunately, because it is a staple, many people have developed the bad habit of taking more than enough rice on one’s plate – and leaving to waste what is not consumed.
Each Filipino wastes at least two tablespoons – or 10 grams of rice – annually. The accumulated amount can feed at least 2.5 million people each year, according to the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).
The government agency has a cost for that waste – ₱7 million worth of rice – a significant amount especially when viewed as a fund that could be used to feed more hungry people. And there are many hungry people in the population. A recent survey conducted by OCTA Research said that 11.3 million Filipino households, or 43 percent, described themselves as food-poor in the second quarter of 2023; and 3.9 million families experienced hunger in the second quarter of 2023 (16 percent of them went hungry often or always). A household is listed as having five members.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, “based on the preliminary results of the family income and expenditure survey in 2021, poverty incidence among the population was recorded at 18.1 percent,” which is 19.99 million Filipinos.
We cannot afford to waste rice. It is a situation that each of us can take an active role to solve.
Rice wastage has been traced to many bad habits, one of them, the “takaw-mata” attitude, a term describing persons who get too much food on their plates simply because it looked appetizing. Dining out at food establishments, which many now do, has also been identified as a source of rice wastage due to the minimum one-cup rice order, the “unli-rice” promo, and the food buffet.
While some may not think twice about ordering more than a cup of rice for a meal, there are many who are unable to consume a cup and leave much to be wasted. The “unli-rice” and buffet always attract the “takaw mata” attitude to add more to the waste.
Already, there are some 46 local government units that have passed ordinances for restaurants to serve half-cups of rice. To extend this practice around the country, Dr. Karen Eloisa Barroga, PhilRice deputy executive director, said the agency plans to revive Senate Bill 1863, the proposed “Anti-Rice Wastage Act” which was filed by then senator Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in 2013. The bill seeks to impose fines on establishments that refuse to serve half-cup rice orders.
The agency, which is attached to the Department of Agriculture, has also started to disseminate data on rice wastage to food establishments to encourage them to implement measures to cut the waste.
The fact that our annual rice wastage can feed at least 2.5 million people is the focus of the “Be RICEponsible” campaign launched by PhilRice last Thursday to mark National Rice Awareness Month. Presidential Proclamation No. 524 signed in January 2004 had proclaimed November for this observance. Activities during the month aim to boost awareness not only on cutting rice wastage but also on efforts to address malnutrition and poverty, and attain rice self-sufficiency.
Many of us have heard this from our elders who used to say – Finish what’s on your plate because many go to sleep hungry. Today, government agencies have placed figures that tell us how much rice we waste and how many people feel hungry more than once a day.
It is time to “Be RICEponsible!”
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