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Philippines has potential for 21GW wind power by 2040: World Bank

MANILA: The Philippines has the potential to install 21 gigawatt of offshore wind power by 2040, equivalent to about a fifth of its electricity supply by then, according to a study released by the Department of Energy and the World Bank on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Philippines' poll body throws out last petition against Marcos

The Philippines' poll body on Wednesday cleared a major legal hurdle in frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s path to the presidency when it dismissed the final petition calling for his disqualification from the May 9 election.

Reuters

SC order against internship for students who studied medicine in China and the Philippines: Minister

CM had taken up the issue with PM Modi: Ma. Subramanian

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Unbearable hours, threats of being fired: the abuse of migrant interns in Japan

People across Japan have been shocked and outraged by a video showing a group of people beating a man from Vietnam who was working in the country under a scheme called the Technical Intern Training Program. This program grants visas to people from across Asia to work and gain technical…

France 24

Philippines ambassador to China 'Chito' Sta. Romana dies

The Philippines' ambassador to China, Jose Santiago “Chito” Sta

The Independent UK

Philippine Independent Bookshops Become Targets of Red-tagging

The targeting of Popular Bookstore and Solidaridad is the latest in a long and brutal history of red-tagging and state repression of dissent and critical thinking in the Philippines.

The News Lens

Where is John Darwin now? Divorce from Anne, online romance with new wife and Philippines move

ITV's The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe launches is being repeated this week and revisits the John Darwin canoe man scandal

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Religious whipping marks Good Friday in Philippines

Catholic zealots in the Philippines whipped their backs bloody and raw on Good Friday, as the fervently religious country marked Easter with gruesome displays of faith.

Bangkok Post

Daily Dose Ep 1020: Cong protest against Karnataka minister, 6 dead in Andhra fire

Anwiti Singh brings you the news from Delhi, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, and the Philippines.

Newslaundry

Death Toll from Philippines Landslides, Floods Hits 115

The death toll from landslides and flooding in the Philippines triggered by tropical storm Megi hit 115 on Thursday, official figures showed, as more bodies were found in mud-caked villages. Scores of people are still missing and feared dead after the strongest storm to strike the archipelago nation this year…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Search is on for 103 missing after Philippine storm kills at least 138

The Philippine military and aid workers pledged on Thursday to keep searching for 103 people missing after tropical storm Megi ripped through central areas this week, burying many under landslides and killing at least 138.

Reuters

Thailand lags SE Asia peers in tourism recovery

Two years after tourism in Southeast Asia ground to a halt, travellers are getting back on planes as entry and Covid-19 quarantine rules are lifted in the region, but a full recovery will be slow and some long-time hotspots like Thailand are falling out of favour.

Bangkok Post

Thousands displaced after typhoon Megi hits Philippines

Philippine authorities on Wednesday struggled to distribute aid to tens of thousands of displaced people sheltering in evacuation centres after typhoon Megi triggered landslides in coastal provinces that left 56 dead and dozens missing.

Reuters

Search and rescue efforts bolstered in Philippine disaster

Philippine officials say at least 56 people have been killed and 28 remain missing in landslides and floods after a summer tropical depression unleashed pounding rain in the central and southern Philippines

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Death toll from Philippine landslides, floods rises to 43

Philippine officials say at least 43 people have been killed and 28 remain missing in landslides and floods after a summer tropical depression unleashed pounding rain in the central and southern Philippines

Bangkok Post

Search for landslide survivors as Philippine storm toll hits 28

Rescuers hampered by mud and rain searched Tuesday for survivors of landslides that smashed into villages in the central Philippines, as the death toll from tropical storm Megi rose to 28.

Reuters

Philippines rescuers race to find survivors after storm wreaks havoc

Rescue teams in the Philippines faced a race against time on Tuesday in the search for 28 people missing and feared dead, after tropical storm Megi unleashed heavy rains and deadly landslides in southern and eastern areas of the country.

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Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle review – Japanese soldier’s never-ending war

Robust, old-fashioned anti-war epic tells the true story of the soldier posted to the Philippines in the second world war, who refused to surrender until 1974

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Search for Survivors in Philippine Villages Hit by Landslides

Rescuers hampered by mud and rain searched Tuesday for survivors of landslides that smashed into villages in the central Philippines, as the death toll from tropical storm Megi rose to 27. More than 17,000 people fled their homes as the storm pummeled the disaster-prone region in recent days, flooding houses,…

The Independent UK

Flooding, landslides kill at least 25 people in Philippines

Heavy rains caused by a summer tropical depression have killed at least 25 people in the central and southern Philippines, mostly due to landslides

Bangkok Post

Philippines reports 21 dead in landslides after tropical storm Megi

MANILA: The Philippines has recorded at least 21 deaths from landslides caused by tropical storm Megi, a local disaster agency said on Monday.

Reuters

Tropical storm Megi hits Philippines, leaving at least 25 dead

Philippine authorities said on Monday at least 25 people had died in landslides and floods caused by tropical storm Megi as it hit the eastern and southern coasts of the Southeast Asian country.

Financial Times

The Chinese companies trying to buy strategic islands

Small businesses from China have scoured the globe for important strips of land. Are they trying to make money or are they a front for Beijing?

Tribune News Service

Horrific Bataan Death March commemorated on its 80th anniversary

Paul Ruiz didn’t always have an easy time growing up as a Filipino American in the Bay Area.

Bangkok Post

The crisis of unintended pregnancy

Mother and daughter, Liza and Agnes, living in a small seaside community of St Bernard in the Philippines, recalled the day Super Typhoon Rai made landfall. When I visited them, they told me that when the typhoon hit, the wind sounded like a thousand horses thundering through the community and…

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