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Format changes. Philippine Football Federation and Liga Futbol Inc. decided on shifting the season back to an intra-year format, starting in February. Due to the sudden withdrawals of Azkals Development Team and United City at the tail-end of the previous season, the league will be looking to increase number of teams from current 5 to a number ranging up to 16, the highest ever in the PFL.
Crime in the Philippines. A boat belonging to the Philippine National Police at the Iloilo River in Iloilo City. Crime is present in various forms in the Philippines, and remains a serious issue throughout the country. Illegal drug trade, human trafficking, arms trafficking, murder, corruption and domestic violence remain significant concerns.
The Philippines is a typhoon -prone country, with approximately 20 typhoons entering its area of responsibility each year. Locally known generally as bagyo, [3] typhoons regularly form in the Philippine Sea and less regularly, in the South China Sea, with the months of June to September being the most active, August being the month with the ...
Seal of the Philippine Navy on a dark blue field. 2005–present: Flag of the Philippine Air Force: Seal of the Philippine Air Force on a blue field. 2004–present: Flag of the Philippine Marine Corps: Coat of arms of the Philippine Marine Corps on a blue field, flanked by ribbons bearing the organization's name in English and motto in Tagalog.
Examples of corruption in the Philippines include graft, bribery, cronyism, nepotism, impunity, embezzlement, extortion, racketeering, fraud, tax evasion, vote buying, lack of transparency, lack of sufficient enforcement of laws and government policies, and consistent lack of support for human rights. [4]
This list of expressways in the Philippines is currently composed of ten controlled-access highways that connects Metro Manila to the provinces located in north and south Luzon. While not all expressways are interconnected, there is a plan to connect all expressways to form the Philippine expressway network .
On March 11, 2024, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Toni Yulo-Loyzaga and the European Union launched the €60 million (P3.67 billion) "Green Economy Programme for the Philippines" in the form of a grant from 2023 to 2028 to mitigate environmental degradation and combat climate change to foster economic growth and social ...
While considering the Philippines' income level, the nation is achieving 87.8% of what should be possible based on its resources (income) for primary education but only 70.2% for secondary education. Affordability. A prevalent issue the Philippine educational system continuously encounters is the affordability of education.