Add the trafficking of the critically endangered Philippine pangolins to the list of social ills spawned by the explosion of Philippine online gaming operators (Pogos) and the influx of Chinese workers into the country.According to a new study by Traffic, a wildlife monitoring network, 6,894 Philippine pangolins were seized between 2018 and 2019, representing over 90 percent of pangolins intercepted in the past two decades. The Philippine pangolins, thriving only in the jungles of Palawan, are
The Philippine economy is now officially in recession, the first time in nearly three decades. To be in recession, the economy must have contracted over two consecutive quarters. The earlier reported -0.2 percent GDP year-on-year growth (contraction) posted for the first quarter (Q1) has been revised with fuller data, and
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