#ThewRap: Things you need to know, December 18, 2017

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#ThewRap: Things you need to know, December 18, 2017
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Tropical Depression Urduja (Kai-tak) made landfall for the 6th time early Monday morning, December 18, hitting Taytay, Palawan.

According to authorities, landslides triggered by Urduja, which dumped nearly 2 months’ worth of rain in Guian, Eastern Samar, have killed 26 people so far with 23 more missing in the eastern Philippines.

A different kind of storm continues to ravage the Philippines. The year 2017, our year-ender points out, is a period of declines in many ways.  We saw the decline of peace, human rights and respect for human life, check and balance, democracy, independence and sovereignty.

Congress, with very little debate, approved the extension of martial law in Mindanao. 

We also saw cases filed against the administration’s critics and the setbacks in cases filed against personalities involved in multi-billion fund anomalies.

Christmas is just around the corner. What’s in store for the country next year? 

We keep hoping as we bring you the top news of the day.

Globe ‘ready’ for faster internet but permits are ‘biggest hurdle’

The telco says ‘the cumbersome number of permits’ as well as right-of-way issues hamper its delivery of good internet service

[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Isang taon pang batas militar sa lupang ipinangako

Malinaw pa sa sikat ng araw, inilalayo ng isang taong batas militar sa Mindanao ang Pilipinas sa kanlungan ng demokrasya at inilalapit sa kahibangan ng isang diktadura

Are Duterte’s multi-million-peso intel funds achieving their purpose?

Confidential and intelligence funds, by their nature, are difficult to audit. Given significant increases in level of spending on these items, should taxpayers simply trust that President Duterte is ‘a good man’?

Duterte on same-sex marriage: ‘We can change the law’

‘Ako gusto ko, same-sex marriage,’ President Rodrigo Duterte says in his speech during a gathering of the LGBT community in Davao City

Assange told not to interfere in Catalonia – Ecuador president

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has angered Madrid by using Twitter to pump out messages of support for Catalonia’s independence drive and accuse Spain’s central government of ‘repression’

The success, influence of Trending News Portal

Part 2: TNP appears to be doing well, not just online but in the real world too. But without verification of published content, the dangers are apparent.

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ second-highest opening ever in North America

The latest installment of the epic space opera is bettered only by 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which took $248 million on its debut weekend

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