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PinoyBuilt Daily Briefing, March 24, 2026: Marcos Declares Energy Emergency as Iran War Squeezes OFWs, Oil Supply, and the Global Filipino Economy

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Philippines • March 2026. PinoyBuilt Daily Briefing March 24 2026: Energy Emergency, OFW Crisis, Job Market, Iran War Impact on Filipinos. pinoybuilt daily briefing, filipino american news, ofw middle east crisis, philippines energy emergency, iran war filipinos, fil-am news march 2026, job market gallup survey, marcos executive order 110, strait of hormuz oil crisis, filipino diaspora, overseas filipino workers, seafood city, daly city, chicago filipino, bayanihan. DAILY BRIEFING • MARCH 24, 2026 Marcos Declares Energy Emergency as Iran War Squeezes OFWs, Oil Supply, and the Global Filipino Economy A national energy crisis declared in Manila. 2.4 million Filipinos in the Middle East brace for the worst. And in the US, a Gallup survey reveals the bleakest job market outlook in years. Today's briefing for the global Filipino. PinoyBuilt Daily Briefing — keeping the global Filipino informed and connected. ...
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How Trump and Republicans Are Redrawing America’s Political Maps — And Why It Matters

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Whether you're a first-generation immigrant who journeyed here from the Philippines, a second-generation Filipino-American born and raised in the U.S., or like me—a 1.5-generation Filipino—you belong here.  Published on How Trump and Republicans Are Redrawing America’s Political Maps — And Why It Matters In the United States, every 10 years after the Census, congressional and legislative district lines are redrawn. This process—known as redistricting —is meant to ensure that political representation reflects population changes. But more often than not, redistricting turns into gerrymandering , where the party in power manipulates maps to lock in political advantage. This week, CNN reported that Texas Republicans now have a clear path to redraw congressional maps , thanks to Trump’s continued influence and pressure on GOP lawmakers. On the other side of the country, California Democrats are preparing to redraw their own maps in response, escalating what some call ...
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From Marcos to MAGA: Leaving the Philippines in 1976 and Watching Authoritarianism Rise Again in Trump’s America

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On August 19, 1976 , my sister and I left the Philippines. | JFR Perseveranda We loved our homeland—but under Ferdinand Marcos’s martial law, opportunity shrank and fear grew. My parents chose the uncertain promise of the United States over the certainty of repression back home. Nearly half a century later, on August 19, 2025 , I look at America and feel a familiar unease: the slow normalization of authoritarian habits, the kind my family fled. Joy Perseveranda, Edward Sumagui, David Dayan & J.F. Perseveranda 1976: What We Left Behind Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972 . By 1976, we lived with shuttered newsrooms, curfews, arrests without charge, and an economy sinking under cronyism and debt. Friends disappeared; student leaders were surveilled; truth became dangerous. In everyday life, it meant whispers in place of conversations, careful glances at checkpoints, and a constant calculation of risk. We learned as children what our parents never wanted to t...
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