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Author: Louie Encabo

New Zealand 
April 3, 2018April 13, 2018

Erwin Tulfo’s New Zealand Visit Leaves Behind a Cloud of Misinformation

Posted By: Louie Encabo 4515 Views ambassador gary domingo, erwin tulfo, featured, Filipinos in New Zealand, Louie Encabo, migrate to new zealand, new zealand, nina mabatid, pinoycare, pinoycare visa center inc

He is known for his hard-hitting style of broadcast journalism, exposing scalawag cops and publicly shaming errant taxi drivers, proclaiming it to be public

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The Philippines 
April 1, 2018April 21, 2018

Mocha Uson: The Philippines’ Queen of Fake News

Posted By: Louie Encabo 5053 Views fake news, featured, Louie Encabo, mocha uson, pcoo, pinoytrending, rodrigo duterte, verifiedph

Today is widely known in the Western world as “April Fool’s Day”, a day where peers pull practical jokes on each other and spread

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The Philippines 
March 29, 2018April 2, 2018

Activism is Not Terrorism

Posted By: Louie Encabo 3483 Views activism in the philippines, featured, Louie Encabo, myles albasin, new people's army, rodrigo duterte, student activism, terrorism

If you had been travelling during the 28th and 29th you would have noticed the heightened security measures in airports, seaports and checkpoints on

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The Philippines 
March 27, 2018April 3, 2018

Closing Boracay: What is Duterte up to?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 2047 Views boracay island, chinese foreign investments, chinese invasion, featured, foreign control, Louie Encabo, oligarchy, rodrigo duterte

The only bigger mess than the green algae which pollutes Boracay Island is the uncertainty over its future.

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The Philippines 
March 25, 2018April 2, 2018

The Ruin of Boracay

Posted By: Louie Encabo 3246 Views boracay island, eco-tourism, environment, environmentalism, featured, Louie Encabo, pollution, rodrigo duterte, roy cimatu, tourism

Its pristine beaches and sugary, white sand gave it worldwide recognition as one of the world’s best tourist destinations, but today the island of

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Editor's Notes 
March 24, 2018March 24, 2018

From University Town to Ecotourism City

Posted By: Louie Encabo 2867 Views burgos promenade, don luis burgos, dumaguete city, eco-tourism, environmentalism, featured, felipe remollo, jackie veloso antonio, Louie Encabo, tourism

The City of Dumaguete in the Philippines’ Visayas region is in a tough spot to compete as a prime tourist destination due to its close

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Editor's Notes 
March 22, 2018March 22, 2018

Five Star Ambitions: An Interview with PAL’s Jose E.L. Perez de Tagle

Posted By: Louie Encabo 2332 Views featured, jose perez de tagle, Louie Encabo, philippine airlines, tourism

It was once Asia’s largest and most modern air service, but due to decades of mismanagement and taking a big hit in the 1997

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The Philippines 
March 13, 2018March 14, 2018

Who Let the Dogs Out?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 2674 Views featured, kerwin espinosa, Louie Encabo, operation tokhang, peter co, peter lim, rodrigo duterte, war on drugs

The war on drugs is arguably the strongest campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency, this is proven by the intense police crackdown on the

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Editor's Notes The Philippines 
March 10, 2018March 15, 2018

A Glimpse of the Past in Silay City

Posted By: Louie Encabo 5118 Views Louie Encabo, negros occidental, Silay City, tourism, travelling to the philippines

You can be forgiven for thinking that the city of Silay in Negros Occidental is merely the place you land in to get to

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Editor's Notes The Philippines 
March 6, 2018

Sugar & Romance: The Pioneer Families of Negros Occidental

Posted By: Louie Encabo 8977 Views experience the philippines, Louie Encabo, negros, negros occidental, tourism

In the belly of the Philippines lies a province rich in history, as well as in sugar. Dubbed, “the sugarbowl” of the country, Negros

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