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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.

By J. Hoberman

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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.

By Katie Robertson

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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.

By Eli Tan and Jes Aznar

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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.

By Mike Ives Muktita Suhartono and Camille Elemia