Woman killed, placed in icebox after trying to collect debt ( www.gmanetwork.com )
'iPhones for everyone:' Apple's premium device tops Home Credit's phone sales in 2023 ( www.rappler.com )
Francisco Motors Harabas to return as commercial EV ( autoindustriya.com )
Sofitel Manila, magpapaalam na matapos ang limang dekada ( www.gmanetwork.com )
WotL: 'Global boiling' ( www.youtube.com )
Nuclear power back on the table? Pangilinan-led Meralco, US firm push forward with full feasibility study ( www.philstar.com )
Monthly random discussion - May 2024 ( lemmy.world )
Welcome to the RD thread!...
On Labor Day, Marcos orders review of workers' minimum wage ( www.rappler.com )
An Imelda 2.0, even more powerful ( www.manilatimes.net )
FIRST lady Liza Araneta-Marcos' reputedly expensive public relations project — an hour-long interview with broadcaster Anthony Taberna — intended to portray her as a wife passionately protective of her husband's dignity and as a no-nonsense, down-to-earth, apolitical President's wife, has seriously backfired....
'Pay day every day' may become Shangri-La Group, BPOs' secret to happy employees ( www.rappler.com )
Only 1,500 cyclists on EDSA daily, says MMDA. Another bike count says it's more like 7,000. ( www.rappler.com )
Acting Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairperson Romando Artes has, since March, been stating that “only 1,586 cyclists” traverse the major thoroughfare EDSA on a daily basis....
Art is…pre-approved? Filipinos online slam BGC for Banksy Universe promotion ( www.rappler.com )
MMDA mulls removing bicycle lane from EDSA ( www.philstar.com )
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is exploring the possibility of removing EDSA’s bicycle lane as part of a study the MMDA is conducting with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to consider an exclusive motorcycle lane along the highway....
Leni Robredo hosts lecture re: state of PH education @ UST ( youtube.com )
Hey phlemmies, first post. This didnt seem to get posted here and I don’t want to interact with Reddit anymore, so apologies if this is a topic retread / repost....
Don't call it 'dirty ice cream,' entrepreneur urges ( news.abs-cbn.com )
“Yung ating ice cream ay napakalinis naman talaga. Kasi tinitiyak natin ang kalinisan, kasi unang-una, ang kumakain po niyan ay mga anak ko, pamilya ko at publiko. At saka siyempre ayaw naman din natin gumawa ng hindi malinis kasi kapag nagkaroon ng problema sa labas, e tayo rin ang mamo-mroblema diyan, tayo rin ang sasagot,...
PDP without 'Laban' endorses Go, Dela Rosa, Tolentino for 2025 polls ( www.rappler.com )
Phillip Salvador is also joining the party....
You Can Donate Copies of "Some People Need Killing" to Libraries—Here's How ( www.wheninmanila.com )
On Press Freedom, News Coverage, and Its Effects on Readers
I recently saw a discussion where someone mentioned how the Philippines’s level of press freedom lets our media freely report on whatever they want. As a side effect, a lot of the negative news can easily make their way abroad and give foreigners lasting impressions on the country. There is also the appearance that PH is...