Teka Teka

Relishing in the fame of his hit Netflix movie, Baron says he’s using this second chance to push for a more holistic approach to drug addiction. Lucky for him, the government is listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For most of this year, Filipinos either survived without white or yellow onions, or paid a lot more for them. And yet our neighbors in Southeast Asia, though grappling with high global inflation too, are not seeing the shortages or sky-high prices we are. For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

COVID-19 isn’t the only pandemic we’re facing. Recent studies found that the pandemic-induced mental health crisis among Filipino youth never went away even as pandemic restrictions were lifted: it only got worse.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month, we learn how everyone from personnel in barangay health stations to ophthalmologists in city hospitals, to people from private foundations, to researchers at biotech companies, can work together to save our vision.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, the Teka Teka News team takes you on an immersive audio tour of the Komikero Komiks Museum, which reopened its doors in September after pandemic restrictions forced its closure in March 2020. What can these comic books tell us about our history and culture?For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Architect Mia Quimpo shares how tropical architecture can be the answer to making our homes and urban centers more disaster-resilient.Looking back on tropical architecture for future-forward spacesFor more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

US Vice President Kamala Harris renews the superpower’s commitment to the Philippines on a highly charged trip to Palawan. For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Senator Risa Hontiveros says she unearthed a plot by Chinese syndicates that recruits Filipino workers, in turn forcing them to lure foreigners into dubious cryptocurrency schemes.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This bill is proposing to tax all online services and subscription-based streaming services to raise much-needed public revenues. Problem is, experts say the burden will only be passed on to consumers.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former US President Barack Obama holds his foundation’s first Democracy Forum in New York, with activists and leaders like former VP Leni Robredo sharing their hard-won insights. For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For World Diabetes Day, we speak to Johanah Co, who has been living with diabetes for 21 years. From constantly checking her blood sugar to planning the food she eats, she lets us in on her daily routine, and tells us what we can do to make life easier for people like her.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The stakes couldn't be higher for the Philippines as the world deliberates on climate compensation at the UN's climate summit this year. We speak to Atty. Tony La Viña, a climate justice advocate who was part of the Manila Observatory's delegation to COP27.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, the world population crossed a staggering milestone: 8 billion humans. And the symbolic 8 billionth baby was actually born here in the Philippines, at least according to the Population Commission.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s a perennial issue year after year: the families of overseas Filipino workers have to wait months to get their balikbayan boxes for Christmas. Or sometimes it does arrive, spoiled and looted.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a male-dominated sport, how do we create more opportunities for women and inspire more girls to take a step and be part of change? First female PBA coach Mau Belen, women’s advocate Mariana Lopa, and PWD athlete Kat Tan discuss their experiences and strategies in transforming the women's basketball landscape in the Philippines. Go Hard GirlsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carljoe Javier gives his thoughts on how society looks at art, film and music. And how this affects public support–or feeds the lack thereof. For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Few countries take Christmas as seriously as the Philippines – but with inflation set to peak this December, Filipinos are in for a sparse holiday season. For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Percy Lapid’s killers are finally facing charges after an up-and-down investigation, but the bigger questions remain: How could a kill order have come from inside the national penitentiary? What’s wrong with our prison system?For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At Harvard, disinformation researcher Jonathan Ong and former Vice President Leni Robredo discuss concrete ways to counteract malevolent influence campaigns in the country.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Usapang Econ podcast returns for another season! Listen to economists JC Punongbayan and Cherry Madriaga as they talk about what it will take to improve the agriculture sector of the Philippines.Listen to Usapang EconSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all wish to live in ideal cities where we have better transportation systems, easier access to our needs and more space to grow our talents. In this podcast episode we help you paint a clearer picture of that ideal estate, especially when it comes to giving culture a physical space in our society.Listen to Estate of Mind See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it mean to have gender equality in volleyball and empower the next generation of players? In this episode takeover by Go Hard Girls, host and women's advocate Ceej Tantengco talks to Creamline Cool Smashers player Jia de Guzman in celebration of International Day of the Girl.Listen to Go Hard Girls See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MapaKalamidad.ph believes that when we share what we see, everyone can stay informed to avoid danger and to reduce risk together. In this episode takeover by A Better Normal podcast, we talk about how we can map out our own rescue during calamities.Listen to A Better NormalSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More than two million Filipinos have visual impairments as of 2018, according to the Philippine Eye Disease Study by the Philippine Eye Research Institute. In this episode takeover by A Better Normal podcast, ophthalmologist Dr. Jubaida Aquino talks about how to avoid blindness through early screening.Listen to A Better Normal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We listen in on the annual Jaime V Ongpin Seminar, as notable journalists discuss the challenges of working in an era marked by impunity and disinformation.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week, President Xi Jinping cemented himself as the most powerful leader China has seen in decades. He now has virtually unchecked control of the whole country. In this episode, we ask: What does this mean for the Philippines?For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The police kill one black person every four hours in Brazil, and they are two and a half times more likely to shoot a black person to death in the US. Affected communities tell their countries’ leaders at the UN Human Rights Council: “Do more, and do it fast.”For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Make-A-Wish Philippines executive director Aleah Ortiz walks us through what we can do to help make children’s wishes come true–and arm them with a little bit of hope for the future. For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Full speed ahead,” President Marcos directed the Department of Transportation at his first State of the Nation Address. Transport Secretary Jaime Bautista outlines how he plans to carry that out. For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Widespread backlash has forced the senator to quickly walk back his comment on banning Korean dramas. But he did get an important discussion going: what can we do to help the local entertainment industry? For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The high-profile illegal drug case against Juanito Jose Remulla III has once more shone a spotlight on the justice system. Will it treat the justice secretary’s eldest son the same way it treats thousands of low-level drug offenders?For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What used to be a P200 fare for a 15-kilometer trip can now set you back around P800. We’re sure you noticed it too. What is the LTFRB doing about this?For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Completely unacceptable.” Some members of the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations called the government out over how long former senator Leila de Lima has been incarcerated even without a verdict, and the plight of thousands of other persons deprived of liberty.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first 100 days of a presidency are watched carefully because they often set the tone for the rest of the term. We listen in as the Stratbase ADR Institute holds a forum to discuss the wins and the missteps of the current administration. For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. heralded his hundredth day in office by inviting controversy and questions over his decision to fly to watch the F1 Grand Prix in Singapore in the middle of a crisis. In this op-ed podcast, Roby Alampay reflects on why it should all matter to Filipinos. For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dressed in her Sunday best for a plane ride, an older lady would tell a stranger through her limited English what was going on back home in Iran. "Iranian people, very good. Government bad." But the winds of change are blowing.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another day, another journalist killed with impunity. It’s gotten to a point where the embassies of Canada and the Netherlands have had to issue statements warning of a “chilling effect” on local media.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this excerpt of Catch Me If You Can, sociologist Andoy Evangelista and film director Rod Singh talk about the role of the LGBTQIA+ community in the 2022 elections. For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WEnergy Global has a dream: use smart microgrid systems to bring clean, reliable electricity to more than 30,000 people in Palawan. Kids want to keep studying, and mothers want to open their sari-sari stores a little longer. Except…red tape is getting in the way.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amid acclaim for her recent Time100 Impact Award, Broadway star Lea Salonga urged more support for pandemic-hit creative industries. For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So many questions, but we home in on the two biggest ones: Can a president just up and leave without informing the country or leaving someone in charge? And were public funds or resources used for this trip?For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New data aggregated by Packworks from sari-sari stores tells an interesting story about why sales of hygiene and self-care products–and not canned food–spike immediately after major disasters.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Researchers warn that a subvariant of Omicron is demonstrating an alarming ability to dodge immunity. For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this excerpt of Catch Me If You Can, we hear from the person behind the Twitter alter account @supernegatrona as he talks about how he influenced the presidential bid of VP Leni Robredo.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time and time again, the Sierra Madre breaks the megastorms rolling in from the Pacific Ocean before they hit us in Luzon. Super Typhoon Karding was just the latest example.For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A panel of history professors sounds the alarm over what students are learning – or not learning – about Martial Law. President Marcos Jr. attended the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week, marking a triumphant return to the city – and his mother’s extravagant ways. For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Marcos Jr. attended the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week, marking a triumphant return to the city – and his mother’s extravagant ways. For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez is now presidential chief of staff, after resigning in the wake of the sugar fiasco. Wait, what’s the difference? Won’t he be doing the same job, more or less? For more from the PumaPodcast team, find us on these platforms:FacebookInstagramTwitterTiktokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We go behind the scenes of an outfit that was creating attack memes against Bongbong Marcos during the 2022 elections. Listen to excerpts of the new episode of Catch Me If You Can with Jonathan Ong.Listen to Catch Me If You Can Episode 4: Trolls for LeniSpotifyApple podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The victim was arrested shortly after the declaration of Martial Law in September 1972. He was ordered to give his captors information about the CPP/NPA which he didn't have, under threat of being beheaded just like a man in another cell; and of his friend being killed. "I demanded to have a lawyer represent me, but they claimed they were the law since martial law was already declared then," he wrote. He was freed in 1973, but by the 1990s, when he executed his affidavit, he said he still carried the scars of torture. "All that I seek now is truth and justice, just like the fate of my fellow ex-detainees, dead and alive."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.