Philippines

Authorities say crew members told the operator they were experiencing bad weather.

Authorities in the Philippines say the death toll from last week's ferry fire has risen to 76.

The country's Coast Guard said Saturday that search and rescue operations led to the discovery of more bodies.

Over 130 passengers and crew members were on board the vessel when it left the Philippine capital of Manila.

... on the podcast today are from different parts of the world.

When I say different parts of the world, I mean outside of the Philippines.

We've got Hong Kong, we've got Denmark, we've got East Coast US, and it makes me wanna ask, like what do you think the best time zone is? When you think about all of the activities, [coughs] and I know so many of the activities is kind of US-centric when you're a big sports fan.

Like as a sports fan, the US dominates, like it's the best time zone.

Tho- tho- those TV shows that launch Sunday night US time, your Game of Thrones, that's a 9:00 PM, uh, block, that, that HBO block, which I think everything's fucking on demand now, so it doesn't matter.

But that's, uh...

What time is that? Uh, that's, that's noon Philippines.

That's not a bad time zone as well to consume shit.

As Brendan says, it's very strong in Thailand.

It also has Indonesia, Philippines, and Cambodia.

When Brendan's talking about government intervention, that would be here in Malaysia.

It's based in Malaysia.

So their role there is critical.

And that's where you probably would see the... rationale for government intervention in both Malaysia and potentially Thailand as well.

The other domestic markets like Indonesia and Philippines are much smaller because those airlines are, those countries are much smaller.

So they don't really have a critical, you know, too big to fail role in those domestic markets, I would say.

And you are? From everywhere.

I'm from the Philippines.

I was born there.

Puerto Rico and Jamaica.

Tell you guys how

we met.

No, I was born in the Philippines, like I said, but raised here in Orlando, not too far from here.

Was raised with my mom, dad, older sister.

In sports, China's men's basketball team has reached the quarterfinals at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games.

As winners of the group, after thrashing defending champions the Philippines 105-61, the Chinese squad won all three group games.

Competitions in the last eight will begin on Wednesday.

The Asian Games open on Saturday.

The mediation panel's recommendations will not be legally binding and are expected to take about a year.

In the southern Philippines, voting in the first parliamentary election for the autonomous Bangsamoro region has begun under heightened security after three people were killed and 15 wounded in violence yesterday.

Authorities say voting has proceeded smoothly with extra checkpoints and security forces deployed.

Nearly 2.4 million voters in the Muslim-majority region are registered to elect an 80-member parliament which will choose a chief minister.

The mediation panel's recommendations will not be legally binding and are expected to take about a year.

In the southern Philippines, voting in the first parliamentary election for the autonomous Bangsamoro region has begun under heightened security, after three people were killed and 15 wounded in violence yesterday.

Authorities say voting has proceeded smoothly, with extra checkpoints and security forces deployed.

Nearly 2.4 million voters in the Muslim-majority region are registered to elect an 80-member parliament which will choose a chief minister.

Thailand earnings have improved, but economic growth is still soft.

Vietnam continues to deliver very strong growth, while Philippines faces inflationary and monetary tightening pressures.

Finally, I think when you look at the whole of ASEAN, we see three regional teams that cut across borders.

financials and capital management, energy security, and the impact of potential super El Nino.

So I get to see some, some really good golf.

Um, But yeah, my career path, gosh, I played overseas basketball in the Philippines for a little bit.

And that was kind of like my first stepping stone off the island, you know, and had to sit bench because I didn't have any Filipino descent at the time.

So freshman year was a little rough, a lot of kind of figuring things out.