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Philippine and Taiwanese Coast Guard officials met in Manila this week to discuss potential maritime security cooperation activities.

If the Pacific is the world’s greatest ocean, then the Philippines is one of its best-kept secrets. However, you’re not going to see much of a country comprising 7,641 islands on a road trip. Any serious tour of the Philippines will inevitably involve a sailing of some kind.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been scrambling to quell public outrage over the massive corruption blamed for substandard, defective or nonexistent flood control projects.

According to the Philippine National Police, 119 rallies were organized by the Catholic Church, civil society movements, and others,

Key stakeholders from the medical, government, and private sectors convened to advance stroke care delivery in the country and

China’s coast guard said it had driven away multiple Philippine vessels and taken “control measures”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Chairperson Don Artes said on Friday that an average of 3.6 million vehicles pass through Metro Manila roads daily this year, with traffic volume expected to rise further during the holiday rush. Artes noted that this marks an increase of more than 10% from the daily average of 3.

A Filipino-led team from Ateneo de Manila University and the Manila Observatory developed a new physics-based algorithm to track elusive, rain-triggering "shear lines," aiming to advance weather forecasting and early warning systems in the Philippines.