President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. recently expressed disappointment that the Philippines never operated the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), the multibillion-dollar project initiated during his father’s administration. During a visit to the Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Institute, the President said the Philippines had already developed a pool of nuclear experts before the project was abandoned....
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There’s no way home for some residents of 4 Marawi villages
MARAWI CITY, Philippines—Bantog Panomblayan firmly stomps on broken red tiles abandoned on the ground. “Eto na ngayon ang bahay ko,” he says. “Na-mimiss ko nga ‘to. Nu’ng nakita ko, parang sumama loob ko.” (This is my house now. When I saw these tiles, I felt angry. I miss my home.) The house is gone. Only...