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Fourteen Votes, Ten Boxes, an Unsigned Trade Deal, and Two Apps That Went Dark — This Week in the Philippines #47 (opens the original)
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In this edition:⚖️ Fourteen votes, not sixteen — Sara’s new math📦 ₱7 billion and ten boxes — a secretary on overtime🇪🇺 An FTA without a signature — GSP+ runs out in 2027💻 Reddit and Discord go dark — then come back📰 News In Brief: Ayungin resupply stopped, NCR wage hike🎉 Feel Good: Mary Jane walks free, Yulo twice<a class="button primary" href="https://thisweekph.substack.com/su
Another School Shooting, a Split Bangsamoro Parliament, and Sara Duterte’s Net Worth — This Week in the Philippines #46 (opens the original)
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In this edition:🏫 Banga school shooting leaves three dead🗳️ BARMM elects first parliament, no majority⚖️ Sara Duterte’s SALN and the 16-vote fight📰 News In Brief: Romualdez jailed, Duterte at ICC🎉 Feel Good: soft tennis medal, two Filipino films💬 Iba Naman: Physical 100 goes to Italy, MexicoSubscribe now<hr /
A Former Speaker’s Heart Picks Its Moment, Two Senators Discover Singapore, a Defense Chief Reads China’s Homework Aloud, and 76 Filipinos Don’t Come Home — This Week in the Philippines #45 (opens the original)
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In this edition:🏥 Romualdez arrested, hospitalized within the hour — doctors can’t agree on who saw him first✈️ Cayetano siblings fly to Singapore mid-probe — and fly home three days later📝 Teodoro reads China’s note aloud in Seoul — Koreans loved it, Beijing did not🔥 Ferry fire death toll rockets to 76 — deadliest Philippine maritime disaster in years📰 News in Brief: Marcos in Indi
A Defense Lawyer Turns Hostile Witness, an Arrest Warrant Lands on the VP, Central Luzon Floods for a Third Time, and Manila Breathes Somebody Else’s Smoke — This Week in the Philippines #44 (opens the original)
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In this edition:🌊 Central Luzon floods for the third time this month — 33 dead, a bridge down, and a “no fast solution” from DPWH⚖️ Duterte’s own defense team confirms the prosecution’s case — Poa says zero pesos went to the AFP’s youth summits🚨 A QC court orders Duterte’s arrest, in a case that isn’t the impeachment — grave threats, a separate courtroom, the same terrible week😷 Indonesia’s forest fire
A Second Aide Says Yes, the Peso Runs Out of Floor, and ₱735 Billion Gets Flagged Before a Single Vote — This Week in the Philippines #43 (opens the original)
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In this edition:⚖️ A second OVP aide backs the first one’s story — Duterte “knows,” he told the court, step by step💸 The peso runs out of floor at ₱62 — a record most Filipinos will feel before they see it📊 A ₱7.2-trillion budget starts with a warning label — ₱735 billion already flagged for political insertion🎬 Feel Good: poverty hits a historic low, and Filipino myth lands on the big screen worldwide</p
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