Sound used as a weapon in China’s WPS aggression puts focus on LRAD

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 01/18/2024

MANILA, Philippines—  China’s use of sound as a tool to stake its baseless claim to owning nearly the entire West Philippine Sea (WPS) has put the spotlight on the technology behind the Long Range Acoustic Devices or…

Southeast Asia rank: PH 2nd to worst in Grade 5 students’ reading, math skills

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 01/26/2023

MANILA, Philippines—As most Grade 5 students in the Philippines and its poorer neighbors do not have the minimum reading and mathematical skills expected at the end of primary education, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) stressed the…

SIM registration, meant to fight scams, now being used for fraud

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 01/13/2023

MANILA, Philippines—The SIM Registration Act is said to be the way to curb scams, but since the mandated listing started, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said there are new crooked schemes related to the registration that Filipinos…

Burning photos to eating soba noodles: The different ways the world celebrates New Year

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 12/30/2022

MANILA, Philippines—As most COVID-19 restrictions were already relaxed all over the world, some eight billion people are expected to celebrate the New Year in a brighter mood. But behind the fireworks that are set to lighten the…

Immaculate Conception: What is it and why is it important for Filipinos?

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 12/08/2022

MANILA, Philippines—December 8 is the day to celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, but there are people who still regard the celebration as the day the Blessed Virgin conceived Jesus, while some take it…

PH poverty: You’re not poor if you spend more than P18.62 per meal

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 08/22/2022

MANILA, Philippines—With the government’s food threshold, Imelda Mendez, 42, who spends P25 for her lunch—a cup of rice and a viand of vegetables—is not considered poor. Last Aug. 15, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said the food…

‘Revolting’: 29,000 teachers left out after PS-DBM bought pricey, outdated laptops

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 08/09/2022

MANILA, Philippines—“Sad and even revolting.” This was how the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) described the purchase of “outdated and pricey” laptops, which the Department of Education (DepEd) received from the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget…

Fighting online evil: New law offers hope for PH kids’ protection

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 08/04/2022

MANILA, Philippines—“Horrifying.” This was how Sen. Risa Hontiveros described the experiences of children who fell victims to online sexual abuse and exploitation, stressing that a law is “absolutely and urgently needed.” Hontiveros, who filed the proposed law…

High inflation: Your P1 is now worth only 87 centavos

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 07/07/2022

MANILA, Philippines—While President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed disbelief at the June 2022 inflation rate announced by state statisticians, saying that “we’re not that high,” the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) declared that it “stands by its data.” The…

Corruption scandals under Duterte: From whiff to helplessness

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 09/16/2021

MANILA, Philippines—The transition of President Rodrigo Duterte from tough talk to seeming helplessness against corruption was palpable. The President, who once declared he won’t condone even a “whiff” of corruption, has been drawn to saying “you cannot…

COVID test costs: Windfall for the rich, plague for the poor

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 09/06/2021

MANILA, Philippines—One of the surest ways for businesses to rake in profits is to have a captive market but as the Philippines and the rest of the world grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, a huge portion of…

Delta: When being young is no longer a protection

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 08/23/2021

MANILA, Philippines—Recent data on coronavirus infections are belying the previously widespread belief that the young, especially children, were at a lower level of risk. Numbers available everywhere, including the Philippines, showed that children were increasingly becoming infected…

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