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Category: Philippines
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The Under-the-Radar Filipino Island That Evokes 1970s Bali
A guide to Siargao, a surf spot turned luxury escape, with insider tips on where to find powdery beaches and coconut slushies.
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‘Bona’: A Filipina Superstar Wreaks Vengeance in a Two-Fisted Melodrama
Recently rediscovered and now digitally restored, Lino Brocka’s 1980 movie, starring Nora Aunor, opens for a week at Metrograph.
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Smartmatic Executives Charged With Bribery of Philippine Official
The Justice Department said the executives from the voting technology company had funneled at least $1 million to obtain a contract to provide voting machines in the 2016 Philippine elections.
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What Meltdown? Crypto Comes Roaring Back in the Philippines.
Two years after the cryptocurrency market crashed, internet cafes for playing crypto-earning video games are opening and farmers have started harvesting virtual crops from the games for income.
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Taylor Swift’s Singapore Shows Stir Anger in Southeast Asia
The country is defending paying the pop star to play nowhere else in Southeast Asia. Thailand’s prime minister said the price was up to $3 million per show.
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Philippine Poverty and Farm-Based Economy Have Roots in Colonial Era
Decades after independence, the Philippines lacks the kind of factory economy that has lifted up other Asian nations, tying millions to farm work.
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Workers on a Philippines Coconut Farm: Born Poor, Staying Poor
In the groves of the Philippine island of Mindanao, people living in rural areas struggle to feed themselves in the same way as their ancestors.
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How ‘Barbie’ and Blackpink Entered South China Sea Map Spat
Vietnam banned the film over its apparent use of a Chinese map showing disputed territory. Blackpink concerts may be next. Here’s what the fuss is about.
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A Rodeo Festival in the Philippines Celebrates Cowboy Culture
In the Philippines, men and women compete in an annual rodeo that celebrates a thriving cowboy culture with roots in the Spanish and American colonial eras.
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In ‘Horse Barbie,’ Geena Rocero Recounts a Modeling Life Like No Other
A candid new memoir by Geena Rocero, a model and producer who started her career on the pageant circuit in her native Philippines, recounts the pleasures and pitfalls of living openly.
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‘I’m an Electric Lampshade’ Review: My Accountant, the Pop Star
The New York Times – Movies:A 60-year-old retiree travels to the Philippines to follow his dreams of stardom in this documentary.