State-run China Daily’s “Media Unlocked” social media push is getting significantly more traction on TikTok, just months after uploading content to the short-form video platform.
A good tourism campaign is not about having the catchiest slogan, former senator and former tourism chief Richard Gordon said on July 4 as he weighed in on the “Love the Philippines” controversy.
Economist Solita “Winnie” Monsod gave a mark of 30 out of 100 to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. over his failure to address high prices of commodities, and lashed out at the appointment of disbarred lawyer Larry Gadon as anti-poverty czar.
Disbarred lawyer Larry Gadon said the Supreme Court’s decision to disbar him was not a big thing as he had not been practicing law since 2015.
For the record, the Marcoses returned to the Philippines in 1991. In fact, Imelda Marcos and Bongbong Marcos both ran in the elections of 1992, with the latter winning for the congressional seat of Ilocos Norte’s second district. They were already bodily present in the country when the tax case was heard in court.