In recent months, the Marcos-Duterte alliance has appeared to start falling out. Some examples of this are Marcos's slashing of the Vice Presidential confidential funds (while maintaining those of the president), accusations of drug usage between both parties, and Duterte pushing for Mindanaoan secession.

In the Philippines, minimum wage hikes are assessed and legislated on a regional basis by regional wage boards. Last February 2024, the Philippine Senate approved a national minimum wage hike for private sector workers nationwide. If passed, this would be the first national wage hike since the establishment of the regional wage board system in 1989.

In Midland, there is no such thing as material pain and suffering. There is no starvation, all injuries are tended to, and efficiency is maximized. In exchange, conformity is extremely enforced. People are prohibited from acknowledging differences in society as well as forming any personal attachments to other people, all aesthetic things without practical value (e.g. music, snow) are banned, and any collective memory of rebellion against Midland is lost. Anyone who chooses to rebel or acknowledge any differences among people is severely punished, and repeat offenders are exiled and forgotten by society.

Technological solutionism is the belief that every problem has a digital solution

A citizen's assembly is a panel of ordinary citizens to deliberate on issues and provide policy recommendations. These policies are usually brought to a national referendum. Prior to this, all policy judgments, recommendations, and selection are left to legislation.

Political turncoats are individuals or groups within a political system who change their allegiance from one party or ideology to another during their term in office. In the Philippines, switching political party affiliation is permissible if it occurs within 6 months before or after an election.

In recent years, sports organizations such as the NBA and MLB have endorsed and allowed its players to openly endorse and invest in online sports betting platforms such as DraftKings and BetMGM. 

More recently, the NBA announced its plans to add betting features directly in the NBA app.

In the National Basketball Association (NBA), there are awards to recognize the best players in the league every season, including the All-NBA Teams, Defensive Player of the Year, and Most Valuable Player, among others. Determined by media corporations and journalists, these awards are also requirements for players to be eligible for the largest contracts possible.

In response to a trend of star players choosing to sit out multiple games, the NBA recently implemented a 65-game rule, which enfor

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) allow student-athletes to transfer to other schools in their leagues via a "transfer portal.” After transferring between schools, student-athletes are required to wait one year of “residency” before being allowed to compete for their respective schools. Additionally, student-atheletes transferring within the UAAP lose one year of playing eligibility, while those transferring between 

Proprietary trading occurs when a financial institution invests in stocks, bonds, or other instruments using its own capital to generate profit instead of relying on commissions from trading on behalf of clients. 

One of the main strategies of proprietary trading include arbitrage, where firms look for temporary inconsistencies in asset prices across different exchanges and capitalize on these differences to make a profit.

Credit Suisse was a global investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland. In the past decade, it experienced a number of high-profile scandals and significant losses. In the fourth quarter of 2022, Credit Suisse faced a series of client withdrawals worth $121 billion USD over rumors that the bank would collapse. 

In March 2023, Switzerland’s regulatory authorities allowed global banking rival UBS to merge with Credit Suisse for about $3.3 billion USD without the s

A bail-in provides relief to a financial institution on the brink of failure by requiring the cancellation of debts owed to creditors and depositors. A bail-in is the opposite of a bailout, which involves the rescue of a financial institution by external parties, typically governments, using taxpayers’ money for funding.

You are in your mid-30s. You have been in a serious relationship with your significant other for the past 9 years. You have landed your dream job at your preferred company, but the position requires you to move halfway across the world. After discussing this with your partner, you both came to an agreement that pursuing a long-distance relationship would not be successful.

During a heated argument, you and your significant other of a year decided to end your relationship. After the breakup, you seek comfort from your childhood boy bestfriend with whom you have had a purely platonic relationship. While comforting you, your boy bestfriend admitted that he had feelings for you all these years. The next day, your significant other apologizes and asks to get back together.

A regional minimum corporate tax rate is a minimum rate of tax on corporate income regionally agreed upon and accepted by individual jurisdictions. Each country would be eligible for a share of revenue generated by the tax. These typically apply to foreign companies. .

Armenia has been making several attempts to distance itself from its long-time ally Russia. Some examples include Armenia's ratification of the Rome Statute to join the International Criminal Court, hosting a joint military exercise with the United States, and announcing that they are considering joining the European Union. Russia has condemned most of these decisions.

Historically, Russia provides massive military support to Armenia. These include providing arms, establishing bases in Armenia,

In December 2023, Japanese steel manufacturer Nippon Steel proposed to buy out U.S. Steel for $14B. The move has been opposed by President Joe Biden.

The proposed acquisition also beat out other bids by major US steel companies Nucor and Cleveland-Cliffs. The proposed acquisition by Cleveland-Cliffs, for example, would have given the firm 100% control of blast furnace steelmaking in the US.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi.