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Marcos Jr. and Sandro Marcos Are the Top Two “Pork Barrel Kings” in Congress; Family Business Is Thriving
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Marcos Jr. and Sandro Marcos Are the Top Two “Pork Barrel Kings” in Congress; Family Business Is Thriving

Father and Son Lead All House Members in “Allocable” Budget Funds; Investigators Note This Is Interesting Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat Father and Son Lead Philippines in Budget “Allocables”: A Family Achievement MANILA — Representative Sandro Marcos, son of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., received the highest “allocable” fund allocation from the 2025 General Appropriations …

Philippine Learning Poverty Is at 91% and the Education Secretary Has a Plan That Will Take a Generation
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Philippine Learning Poverty Is at 91% and the Education Secretary Has a Plan That Will Take a Generation

The Students Who Cannot Read at Minimum Proficiency by Age Ten Will Define the Philippines’ Economic Future Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat Philippine Learning Poverty: 91 Percent and the Generation It Will Affect MANILA — The World Bank’s learning poverty metric — the percentage of children unable to read and understand a simple text …

Philippines and China Are Having Another South China Sea Confrontation and Both Sides Have Issued Statements
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Philippines and China Are Having Another South China Sea Confrontation and Both Sides Have Issued Statements

The Territorial Dispute That Has Produced More Press Releases Than Resolutions Continues Its Productive Pattern Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat South China Sea Update: Confrontation, Statement, Protest, Repeat MANILA — The Philippines and China have had another confrontation in the South China Sea, specifically at or near the contested Second Thomas Shoal where a …

Fitch Downgrades Philippines Outlook to Negative, Government Clarifies This Is Actually Quite Positive When You Think About It
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Fitch Downgrades Philippines Outlook to Negative, Government Clarifies This Is Actually Quite Positive When You Think About It

Marcos Administration Explains That “Negative” in Credit Rating Context Means Something Completely Different From What It Sounds Like Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat Fitch Downgrades Philippines Outlook to Negative, Government Clarifies This Is Actually Quite Positive When You Think About It MANILA — Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook on Philippine sovereign debt from …

Valenzuela Unsolicited Advice
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Valenzuela Unsolicited Advice

Dapat Ganito… The Torrent of Unasked-For Wisdom in Valenzuela’s Streets and Homes The Karuhatan Palengke (Market) Produce Policing You’re selecting tomatoes at the Karuhatan market. A stranger, an elderly woman, reaches over and grabs your wrist. “Huwag ‘yang mga ‘yan, malambot na. Dapat ‘yung matigas, kulay pula talaga.” (Not those, they’re already soft. You should …

Pasay Art Scene: Aggressively Conceptual Sculptures That Force You To Wonder If Your Entire Existence Is a Failed Critique of Industrial Rebar
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Pasay Art Scene: Aggressively Conceptual Sculptures That Force You To Wonder If Your Entire Existence Is a Failed Critique of Industrial Rebar

Where Every Piece Is Both Meaningless and Profound, Depending Entirely On How Aggressively You Stare At It The Triumph of Unmeaning Pasay’s aggressive commitment to high culture is nowhere more evident than in its public art installations. The city has aggressively embraced “Conceptual Modernism,” which, in Pasay terms, translates to large, confusing metal structures placed …