Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has the Senate. The ongoing tally of yesterday’s midterm elections shows that a majority of those likely to win the 12 available national Senate seats are allied with the controversial head of state. https://coconuts.co/manila/news/dut...tvqMEx73fdR3JuV_E6qrDJC16-EXhzYG8DzjlDSLstD8A
That's the Phils even further down the plughole then. Chinese must be rubbing their hands together. Maybe this is the future.... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/sout...-gang-threatens-chaos-cambodian-province-rift
My last flight with Cebu Pacific was, I guess, about 8 years ago. There was an in-flight game, "hold up an item beginning with a certain letter of the alphabet", everybody was holding up sweaty Shoes, and similar items. The first passenger to hold a shoe in the air won a cheap nylon Cebu Pacific carry bag. I wish I could forget.
There are two airlines I would never voluntarily fly with: Cebu Pacific and Ryanair and for pretty much the same reasons. More often than not though, I've found that between Davao and Cebu and between Davao and Manila, the cheaper flights were offered by PAL
More good news for Manila. House of Estrada falls in May 2019. https://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2019/230478-house-of-estrada-falls-may-2019-polls MANILA, Philippines (4th UPDATE) – The king has been dethroned. Challenger Isko Moreno Domagoso was proclaimed the winner of the mayoralty race Tuesday evening, May 14, dislodging reelectionist Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada. With all votes canvassed, Moreno had 357,925 votes against Estrada's 210,605 votes. Former mayor Alfredo Lim got 138,923 votes. Of Manila's 977,465 registered voters, 675,125 voted. Moreno's running mate Honey Lacuna edged out former Manila 5th district representative Amado Bagatsing, Estrada's running mate. Lacuna got 394,766 votes, while Bagatsing got 267,286 votes. https://www.rappler.com/nation/poli...sults-manila-erap-loses-isko-moreno-new-mayor
Ive watched for years how corrupt politics have treated the poor masses here. I have many examples but one of the best is how the poor were so badly robbed and cheated out of world donations after Yolanda and the Bohol earthquake. Billions of Pesos. Perhaps it`s time for a new regime? Personally,I do not care as it`s none of my business. We are nothing more than guests that decided to stay a bit longer and we have zero rights to views about how things are run here. What will be will be.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Candidate becomes Palawan town mayor after winning ‘best of three’ coin toss A candidate became the mayor of the town of Araceli in Palawan after she won a coin toss today. Sue Cudilla, Araceli’s former mayor, defeated the incumbent mayor Noel Beronio when they had a coin toss at a little past 3pm, reported Rappler. The toss didn’t occur once; it was a best of three, meaning Cudilla won the game twice. The win was decided by a coin toss because Beronio and Cudilla got the same amount of votes in this week’s election — https://coconuts.co/manila/news/can...FZ0t9MRcLmIZBys6W1XLqiBHPwGNO-huVq9G8LfjIo8-k