New #words enter #English from #ESEA countries ( predictably many of them are about #food 
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BBC NewsGigil, alamak among new words in Oxford English DictionaryThe Oxford English Dictionary has added new untranslatable words from South East Asia.
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I didn’t know this. What was Franco’s reaction, I wonder. If any. #WWII #españa #spain #franco #japan #phillipines https://mastodon.social/@onthisday/114210360969184463
MastodonOn This Day In History (@onthisday@mastodon.social)Today in 1945, 80 years ago: in Manila (Philippines), the Japanese army carries out a massacre of Spaniards.
#OnThisDay
I don't know where this hospital is ... but ... FREE VODKA!
Japan’s Shigeru Ishiba to Warn Trump Against Asia-Pacific ‘Power Vacuum’ https://www.byteseu.com/682727/ #AsiaPacific #China #Defense #DonaldTrump #Japan #JapanMilitary #NationalSecurity #NorthKorea #Phillipines #ShigeruIshiba #SouthChinaSea #U.S.PresidentTrump
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attempt number x, I have sent again an email to the privacy commission of philippines, I have also sent an email to CERT-PH. #privacy #disclosure #responsible #phillipines #CERT #dataprotection #infosec #privacycommission
I don't think I'm the only one here, who has sent an email to the National Privacy Commission of Philippines and this for months trying to close an exposed bucket, since September exactly I'm trying to close or block this bucket, but they tell me to make a “formal complaint”.
by the way, as I responsibly disclosed to you the bucket is still “exposed”, I asked you for an update on this situation and never received an answer.
going live today and 9pm everyone
@oppresseddynastyent on tiktok find me #newyear #letsgo #TikTokLIVE #LIVE #LIVEhighlights #livestream
#tiktok #vibewithme #fyp #fypシ #phillipines
a pretty major volcanic eruption in the phillipines just happened...
Why is violence against #EnvironmentalDefenders getting worse? Five things to know
Maxwell Radwin
11 Sep 2024
"In January 2023, two men mysteriously disappear after speaking out against pollution from a controversial iron ore mine in Michoacán, Mexico.
"The following March, climate change protesters in Austria and Germany are beaten and pepper sprayed, and some have their homes raided by law enforcement.
"In September, a pair of youth environmental advocates are abducted by armed men and interrogated for days about their work fighting construction of a new airport in the Philippines.
"All across the world, environmental defenders continue to experience censorship, threats, physical attacks, kidnappings, disappearances and even death because of their work fighting climate change, deforestation, pollution and other environmental issues.
"Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, more than 1,500 environmental defenders have been killed for their work, according to Global Witness, a human rights and environmental NGO. The figures for 2023 look like more of the same. At least 196 people were killed last year defending the environment, up from 177 in 2022. And those figures are considered a low-end estimate."
#EnvironmentalActivists #WaterDefenders #EnvironmentalJustice #GlobalWitness #Mongabay #ReaderSupportedNews
#IACHR #ExtractiveIndustries
#Mining #Logging #LandDefenders #WaterIsLife #HumanRights
#Capitalism #Greed #Corruption
#CorporateColonialism #LatinAmerica #Phillipines #India #Indonesia #Honduras #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #PublicOrderAct #SilencingDissent #HR9495 #CriminalizingDissent
Mongabay Environmental News · Why is violence against environmental defenders getting worse? Five things to knowIn January 2023, two men mysteriously disappear after speaking out against pollution from a controversial iron ore mine in Michoacán, Mexico. The following March, climate change protesters in Austria and Germany are beaten and pepper sprayed, and some have their homes raided by law enforcement. In September, a pair of youth environmental advocates are abducted […]
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His #documentary on the #Aswang Phenomenon from the #Phillipines
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ePhqoyLpXQ
"Why did a Canadian make an aswang documentary and create The Aswang Project? The simple answer is because nobody else did. Also, Philippine Mythology is awesome! When I first became interested in Filipino #Folklore back in 2004, I was shocked to find that there was no standardized educational resource for this part of Philippine history. More so, that the information regarding the aswang was inconsistently recycled and scattered. I wished I could find a single resource as a jumping off point to learn more about the history, evolution and societal impacts of the aswang. This is why I made “The Aswang Phenomenon” documentary.
The documentary was a labour of love and I had no idea how it was going to be received. After a short festival run, the documentary was released to the public on October 31, 2011. Three and a half year on, I can’t express my gratitude to those who have embraced the documentary and shared it with others. It is included in university libraries all over the world and has become a staple in many college courses in the Philippines. It is approaching 2 million views on YouTube and has spawned thousands of online comments and discussions."
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Sara Duterte: 'If I get impeached, then that’s my end' https://flip.it/1anac- #news #phillipines
RAPPLER · Sara Duterte: 'If I get impeached, then that’s my end''I really believe that I have reached the point of no return.... They are really going after me,' says the Vice President
[The Slingshot] When will our patience with Sara snap? https://flip.it/cSK4DC #new #phillipines
RAPPLER · [The Slingshot] When will our patience with Sara snap?In the end, Sara’s warning will prevail: Hindi pa kayo nakakita ng kalaban na katulad ko. You have never seen an opponent like me. But who will deliver us, ordinary people, from the evils of Rodrigo and Sara Duterte?
Report highlights disproportionate killings of #IndigenousEnvironmentalActivists
PBSNewshour, Nov 16, 2024
"Leaders at the United Nations’ #COP29 #CimateChange summit are being pressed this year to address the rising threats to #environmentalists and defenders of #HumanRights. Ali Rogin looks at the challenges facing these activists around the world and speaks with Laura Furones, a senior adviser at the environmental watchdog and advocacy group Global Witness, to learn more.
Watch / read transcript:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/report-highlights-disproportionate-killings-of-indigenous-environmental-activists
PBS News · Report highlights disproportionate killings of Indigenous environmental activists
Missing voices: The violent erasure of land and #environmental #defenders
September 2024
"This report and our campaign are dedicated to all those individuals, communities and organisations bravely taking a stand to defend human rights, their land, and our environment.
"Last year [2023], 196 people were murdered for doing this work.
"We also acknowledge that the names of many defenders who were killed last year may be missing, and we may never know how many more gave their lives to protect our planet. We honour their work too."
Read their names here:
https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/environmental-activists/missing-voices/
Global WitnessThe violent erasure of land and environmental defenders | Global WitnessLand and environmental defenders faced brutal silencing tactics in 2023, with a record year for killings in Colombia and criminalisation cases across the world
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From the Bretton Woods Project: Continued #FossilFuel investments
"In terms of its direct lending, the [#WorldBank] ’s investments in #FossilFuels have been criticised for undermining climate goals – with the Bank continuing to fund a considerable number of fossil fuel projects in the years after the Paris Climate Agreement was signed in 2015, which saw countries jointly commit to limit average global temperature rise to 'well below 2°C” relative to preindustrial levels. Despite the Bank’s recent climate commitments (see Observer Spring 2018), CSOs remain concerned that the Bank lacks a comprehensive approach to align its entire lending portfolio with the Paris Agreement. In addition to project finance for oil and gas infrastructure, there are other remaining types of Bank investments that are a cause for concern. The IFC now invests nearly 50 per cent of its portfolio in FI, and a lack of sub-project disclosure in these investments makes it difficult to assess the exposure of these investments to fossil fuels, including coal (see Governance above). However, CSO research has linked IFC FI investments to the construction of 19 new coal-fired power plants in the Philippines, while another report found IFC FI investments linked to 41 new coal plants between 2013 and 2016. While the IFC announced a new Green Equity Strategy in October 2018 that will require new FI clients to divest from coal over time, this policy will not affect past FI investments (see Observer Winter 2018).
"CSOs are also concerned that the World Bank has thus far not developed a framework to assess the climate impacts of its Development Policy Finance. CSO research has found that in some cases, these contain ‘prior actions’ that benefit the fossil fuel and extractive industries. Finally, the Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) has in recent years provided a number of guarantees that have backed fossil-fuel projects. According to CSO research, in FY16, MIGA did not support a single renewable energy project: '[its] guarantees to energy were worth $1.9 billion … of which $0.9 billion went to fossil fuel projects', with the rest going to projects such as hydropower dams, often with detrimental environmental and human rights impacts."
Report from #OilChangeInternational
Cross Purposes: After Paris, Multilateral Development Banks Still Funding Billions in Fossil Fuels
October 12, 2017
"A new report shows how multilateral development banks, including the World Bank, gave over $9 billion in funding for fossil fuel projects in 2016, nearly all of it following the Paris Agreement being reached and despite claims that they were acting on climate and adjusting their investment strategies."
https://www.oilchange.org/publications/development-banks-still-funding-fossils/
#Phillipines is among the most vulnerable to online threats, mainly from #Chinese Hackers.
This Philippines Army is recruiting IT professionals as part of their #CivilianDefence strategy.
We have seen a similar approach in #Taiwan & #Ukraine.
Comment your strategy.
https://restofworld.org/2024/philippines-civilian-tech-cyber-attacks/
Rest of World · The Philippine army is recruiting young tech civilians to fight cyber attacksThe country is among the most vulnerable to online threats, many of them from China. To fight back, the army is recruiting IT professionals.
US-Marcos Regime Prioritizes Military Task Force “Ayungin” Amid Successive Typhoons Devastating Local Communities: NDFP
Statement of the NDFP International Office
November 21, 2024
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines International Office (NDFP IO) condemns the US government’s creation of their so-called “Ayungin Task Force”, aiming to enhance military interoperability between US and Philippine forces in the South China Sea, at a time when thousands of Filipinos are suffering from the devastating impacts of consecutive typhoons.
While the US government justifies this move as part of ongoing military cooperation under the Mutual Defense Board-Security Engagement Board (MDB-SEB) and the Bantay Dagat framework, it is clear that the real priority of the US is to further its imperialist interests in the region, rather than addressing the urgent humanitarian crisis that has unfolded in many parts of Luzon in the past few months. Putting US forces in Ayungin intensifies tensions between China and the Philippines with the latter obviously being used as a US pawn to provoke Chinese armed response. The creation of a military task force focused on military operations in the Ayungin shoal serves the US imperialist agenda and puts the Filipino masses at risk of destruction greater than that wrought by any supertyphoon.
The NDFP IO stands in solidarity with the Filipino people who continue to bear the brunt of successive disasters exacerbated by climate change and the inept response of the Marcos Jr. government. While thousands of Filipinos are left to suffer in the aftermath of six typhoons that hit the country in a month, the US government prioritizes military buildup in the South China Sea, showing a shocking disregard for the urgent humanitarian needs of the Filipino people.
Thousands of Filipinos are still reeling from the devastation, with entire communities displaced, lives lost, and essential infrastructure destroyed. Despite the dire needs of affected communities, the US-Marcos regime continues to invest in military escalation instead of urgently directing resources toward humanitarian aid and disaster response. More troubling is how the US, in collusion with the Marcos Jr. administration, has been using “disaster response” as a pretext to justify continued combat operations in Albay and many other places across the country.
The NDFP IO calls on the Filipino people to reject this dangerous focus on military cooperation with the US and instead demand immediate compensation and aid for the victims of typhoons and flooding. The Filipino people deserve to have their needs prioritized – shelter, food, healthcare, and genuine support for their recovery – not to be further subjected to geopolitical maneuvers in the midst of devastation and calamity.
US-Marcos Regime Prioritizes Military Task Force “Ayungin” Amid Successive Typhoons Devastating Local Communities:vNDFP
Statement of the NDFP International Office
November 21, 2024
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines International Office (NDFP IO) condemns the US government’s creation of their so-called “Ayungin Task Force”, aiming to enhance military interoperability bet
abolitionmedia.noblogs.orgUS-Marcos Regime Prioritizes Military Task Force “Ayungin” Amid Successive Typhoons Devastating Local Communities: NDFP – Abolition Media
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