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US Correspondent for @dwnews 🇵🇭+🇩🇪 Tweets mostly in English. Sometimes in Tagalog/German. Views mine, whose did you come for?

Washington D.C.
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@janelledumalaon
Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
You know, he COULD just stand and take questions from the press, instead of getting all his security to push us aside. Will he answer questions if he becomes president?
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
What happens when house-to-house campaign volunteers for two different presidential candidates meet during their rounds? Supporters of Leni Robredo and labor activist presidential candidate Leody de Guzman take a photo, united against a common opponent. (📷Herbie Docena)
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
...is that allowed on air?
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Ben Phillips
2 years
German TV news on what is happening in British politics is amazing. No need to understand German, watch to the end
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Janelle Dumalaon
4 years
Baby in the Philippines reportedly called Covid Bryant will always remember which news cycle he was born in
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chicprotagonist
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When you run out of names for your kid... 😬
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Do you speak lockdown? 🇩🇪: Soft lockdown, lockdown light, hard lockdown, shutdown, Ruhetage 🇵🇭: General community quarantine (GCQ), enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), modified general community quarantine (MGCQ),extreme enhanced community quarantine (EECQ) 🇬🇧: Tiers 1-4 🤔
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
From another angle. Unclear whether Bongbong Marcos is staying in Ilocos Norte or going back to Manila. He would not say.
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
What a luxury, being able to forget Covid like that
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Mikhail Flores
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Duterte: "The hottest issues are West Philippine Sea, ayuda and --- [what’s the other one?] [Official: COVID.] --- ah itong COVID. Oh well." Full speech here;
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Cue jokes based entirely on his mom's Filipino accent yawn I'm bored already
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Variety
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Jo Koy to Star in Filipino American Sitcom ‘Josep’ in Development at ABC
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Janelle Dumalaon
4 years
Rising to the challenge of the moment, the highest office in the land releases a music video
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Manila Bulletin News
4 years
WATCH: Palace releases RTVM video of the President’s aerial inspection of calamity areas | via @GenKabiling
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Janelle Dumalaon
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“The coffee shop, Silingan, opened last year and is staffed primarily by the mothers and wives, sisters and daughters of those killed since 2016, when Mr. Duterte took office.” By ⁦ @newshound16
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
Maybe call it something else
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
In this age of fake news and truly unhinged beliefs, does anyone really still find joy in April Fool's Day?
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
It’s great seeing Filipinos on my feed happy and proud for once, instead of sad, embarrassed, outraged or scared. Thanks Hidilyn Diaz 🙏🏽🥇
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Janelle Dumalaon
1 year
Trump came to a Miami courthouse, plead not guilty to 37 charges over mishandling classified docs, and left…a time as any for me to say IN PERSONAL NEWS, I’ve moved to the U.S. as a correspondent for @dwnews . And these are the kinds of stories I will get to cover. Bring it on!
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Janelle Dumalaon
5 years
Um guys?
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Every year I look forward to going home to the Philippines and seeing my family. But also to reporting while there. Realize what a privilege it was, having gotten to do that these last years. Sitting it out this time, but happy for the chances I’ve had and will have again one day
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
Spoke to @sguriev today, who argues the EU's Russian oil embargo doesn't go far enough as a way to cut Moscow's financing for its war on Ukraine 👇🏾
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Vilnius is the what now?
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Janelle Dumalaon
1 year
I think I know what I want to do for the rest of my life
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derek guy
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the best op-ed writer
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
Aaaand he's flown elsewhere to await the result. Any disappointed supporters in Ilocos Norte?
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
From another angle. Unclear whether Bongbong Marcos is staying in Ilocos Norte or going back to Manila. He would not say.
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
@WinterBiz I think we should start incorporating German cusswords in our mods, as long as they're a quote 😃
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
I made it to 36, people 🥳
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Janelle Dumalaon
1 year
@noelledeg @rapplerdotcom Dapit kasi dalawa yung G diba
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Uy verified! What happens now do I get money
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
Hello from the Philippines, which finds itself 16 days away from a national election. Thousands of supporters are gathering in 34-degree-heat in what’s expected to be the biggest rally yet for presidential candidate Leni Robredo - currently 2nd in the race.
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Finding home wherever you are can sometimes mean looking for Chickenjoy in London
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Happy vaccination day! 💉 💉 💉
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Janelle Dumalaon
8 months
US airlines are now canceling and diverting Israel-bound flights
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Some vaccination centres in Germany are going to be shut over the Easter weekend, but that's okay because it's not like this is an emergency or anything
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Ragnar Weilandt
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Kannste dir nicht ausdenken.
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
@Schmidtlepp I mean I don't have a problem with it, I just want to know for future reference 😅
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Janelle Dumalaon
1 year
You mean, like, sun is coming. Actual sun. THE sun.
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Janelle Dumalaon
4 years
Merkel-in-blue congratulates Biden and Harris
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Janelle Dumalaon
7 years
Since world leaders are here in #Hamburg , it's a good time to get your message out #G20HAM17
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Still blows my mind that the risk of getting some of it wrong (e.g. some getting vaccinated that aren’t in the current priority group) is somehow seen as worse than more people dying cause we’re not vaccinating quickly enough
@philipoltermann
Philip Oltermann
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"People are not cars": how perfectionism wrecked Germany's Covid vaccine drive
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
Today I clambered up a grain bin in South Dakota and this is also the first time I am typing this sentence.
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
A double deadline looms over Evergrande this week. China's embattled real estate giant owes an estimated $300 billion and is expected to default on bond payments...some of which are due Monday, with more coming on Thursday. @cliffordcoonan and I get into it👇🏽
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Janelle Dumalaon
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Couldn't let today's business bulletin pass without a reference to Marcos Jr.'s first, economics-heavy state of the nation address - and was able to have @iamAnaSantos and her razor-sharp analysis too! (Not everyday we have two Pinays on the show 🇵🇭)
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
Should I abandon journalism to make a film about the discovery of my own humanity with the help of this humongous dog yes or no
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
Voting in the 🇵🇭 election should not be this hard, should it?
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PJ Mariano Capistrano
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@janelledumalaon We were told that it was an option, but we are also able to wait until the machines are fixed. So some people have been waiting for hours already. One mom with a breastfeeding baby opted to go home and come back later. We were also told that our precinct will extend until 12mn.
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Janelle Dumalaon
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On a day where Belarus has jailed Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski, it's key to recognize the costs of fighting authoritarianism, and the people who continue to bear it. We spoke to @mariaressa for @dwnews DW News Asia with @BireshBanerjee2 . Full talk here:
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
The memory of eating out for the first time in seven months will sustain me in moments of despair
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Janelle Dumalaon
4 years
And now the weather
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Janelle Dumalaon
1 year
For @dwnews I spoke to Philippine foreign affairs secretary @SecManalo about what it means to balance US-China ties at a time of increasing tensions in the South China Sea and a growing US military presence in the country. Watch here —>
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Janelle Dumalaon
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Protesters start to gather in front of the Commission on Elections the morning after the vote, decrying Marcos, Duterte, and voting irregularities
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
When most of the stories are depressing, but one or two aren’t.
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
From @raffylerma , a photo that captured the human suffering in Duterte's drug war, not a month after he became president.
@raffylerma
Raffy Lerma
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I will never forget July 23, 2016, at 1:29am, precisely six years ago today.
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Janelle Dumalaon
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Chinese-Americans waiting for Xi Jinping to arrive in San Francisco.
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Janelle Dumalaon
5 years
Always astounds me whenever the reaction to being called out for racism is “no, that wasn’t racist, you just didn’t get it”. #Hornbach tweets saying this was really about the poorer quality of life in urbanized settings is a patronizing masterclass in it
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Thank you to the somewhat cloudy mirror window at the vaccination center for enabling me to take a souvenir of my second jab. And thank you, obviously, to science 💉💉💉
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
The European Union is sanctioning China over human rights abuses against the country's Uighur Muslim minority. @TheresaAFallon and @cliffordcoonan break down what it all means on @dw_business . Full interview here:
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Is there like some weird billionaire conference in space
@CBSNews
CBS News
3 years
Richard Branson will fly into space on July 11, beating rival Jeff Bezos by 9 days
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
What the buck!
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Janelle Dumalaon
5 years
I’m confused by this #berlin #BVG
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Janelle Dumalaon
4 years
The glass dividers in the studio give me strong The Prestige vibes ⁦ @sjbeardsley
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
There’s an ice cream place near me in Berlin that does ube ice cream - but I’ve been told the pandemic has made it harder to source it from the Philippines. Enjoying it while it lasts 😭
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Janelle Dumalaon
4 years
And that’s it from us @dw_business at #Davos20 . Here’s me and @BenFajzullin on standby for our final recap - addressing the (height) inequality along the way!
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
Nobel Peace Prize Winner @mariaressa opens her keynote at the @DW_GMF . “What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?”
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Janelle Dumalaon
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Some actual footage of #Zetsche practicing his departure from Daimler in 2019
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Posting just cause no one can see this yellow on the radio
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
I am old enough to remember a restaurant in Manila called Spam Jam that only served Spam recipes (like Spam nuggets or Spam Caesar salad). It was weirdly expensive.
@MorningBrew
Morning Brew ☕️
2 years
Absurd stat of the day Canned meat is the food trend you've been sleeping on. Spam sales hit a record high for the seventh year in a row, the CEO of parent Hormel said.
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Janelle Dumalaon
5 years
Are they calling it mediapioneer because Deutsche Welle is taken?
@perlberg
Steven Perlberg
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The only media news that matters today: a German news startup announced its headquarters will be “Germany’s first editorial ship” — floating every day on the River Spree near the Reichstag
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Janelle Dumalaon
4 years
Yes having spent so much on visas and being required to undergo repeated, intrusive checks into my financial and travel history in my lifetime, I have little sympathy for such reactions
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Janelle Dumalaon
5 years
Starting this first day of our all-new night broadcasts with these fine gentlemen of DW! Wide awake with @pablofoleyelias and @wnglucroft
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
As someone who left the Philippines to go to Germany...I...uh.
@40PercentGerman
Nic Houghton
2 years
Come to Germany! Don't expect us to make it easy for you 😉
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Janelle Dumalaon
4 years
Seeing news of how indigenous people have reportedly approved the construction of the Kaliwa Dam on their land. Somehow the people themselves are hardly quoted in the articles I've seen. Here's a report from when I went to see for myself what they thought
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
"Pag-asa" means hope, in case you need an on-the-nose metaphor
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The Philippine Star
3 years
The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) on Friday announced the passing of Philippine Eagle Pag-asa, the icon of conservation efforts in the country.
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Janelle Dumalaon
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Last show for the year, BOY BYE to 2020
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Janelle Dumalaon
4 years
When the videowall goes dark behind you and you realize it’s finally Friday! #tgif #tv #weekend
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Berlin‘s unique baby names per borough. Shoutout to Baby Dienstag of Pankow, today’s your day! I mean tomorrow. Tomorrow’s your day
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diese [RU- Hippie]
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Dit is Berlin Dikka
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Janelle Dumalaon
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"Welcher Lockdown (what lockdown?)" is trending in Germany. Have been wondering whether we're in the hammer bit or the dance bit, or is that no longer a thing?
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tagesschau
3 years
Beschlusspapier: Lockdown soll bis April verlängert werden #CoronaBeschr änkungen #Lockdown
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Janelle Dumalaon
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Good morning from the #WEF19 in #davos , where this ridiculously picturesque view belies increasing worry over an inequality-driven social backlash in this here age of globalization (the longer I typed this tweet, the less it fit the picture but I can’t turn back now)
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Fri-yay radio face, can’t drop the mic, it’s mounted on 🎤
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Janelle Dumalaon
4 years
Congratulations Fuggers!
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Steven Arons
4 years
The people of this Austrian town seem to have put an end to years of ridicule. thanks for flagging @borisg_work
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Janelle Dumalaon
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Left-wing alliance Bayan says: statement: “The current Philippine election tally is the result of a failed political system, massive disinformation, vote-buying, red-tagging, political repression, and a non-transparent voting.“
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Janelle Dumalaon
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Protesters start to gather in front of the Commission on Elections the morning after the vote, decrying Marcos, Duterte, and voting irregularities
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Janelle Dumalaon
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From half a year ago, when ⁦ @migsbustos ⁩ showed us around ⁦ @ABSCBNNews ⁩. The specter of a shutdown for the Philippines‘ biggest broadcaster was already looming then - but I didn’t actually think it would happen. It’s a dark day for #PressFreedom . #NoToABSCBNShutDown
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Janelle Dumalaon
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This week at @dw_business ❇️ 🇩🇪 first ever class action-style suit vs VW ❇️ WeWork=NotWorking ❇️70 Years of PRC 🇨🇳 ❇️WTO rules vs. EU over ✈️ subsidies ❇️US stocks ⬇️ cause weak economic data, then ⬆️ cause that could mean rate cut, but ⬇️overall Weekend: (See below)
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Janelle Dumalaon
4 years
Overheard a girl in the Berlin subway saying “bacon cheeseburger? Does that even exist?” and I’m wondering whether life’s just a game to her
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Janelle Dumalaon
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Google doodle for Philippines' big day
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Janelle Dumalaon
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#Siemens vs. #FridaysforFuture activists topped our bulletin tonight for @dw_business . Watch our report here:
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
You know what I didn’t even want chips that much anyway
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Janelle Dumalaon
4 years
Merkel ends speech saying the challenges should not be given up on - it would be the wrong signal to send 75 years after WWII. Standout statement for me remains support for the impatience of the youth, an indirect jab at Trump calling them prophets of doom.
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Janelle Dumalaon
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#BlackLivesMatter protest on Berlin Alexanderplatz
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Janelle Dumalaon
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We made it into 2020, guys. Happy new year everyone!
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Anti-China protestors making themselves heard close to the APEC summit venue - just not to Xi Jinping, who is meeting Joe Biden in a country estate about 40 minutes from here.
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Janelle Dumalaon
1 year
Robot dogs must mean I’m back in Barcelona! At the #mwc23 for ⁦ @dwnews
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Janelle Dumalaon
2 years
Do I want to know
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Janelle Dumalaon
4 years
I’d prefer not to, thanks
@rapplerdotcom
Rappler
4 years
Filipinos should just accept President Rodrigo Duterte's sexist jokes during a situation briefing on typhoon devastation in Luzon because it's his way of coping with adversity, said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday, November 16. READ:
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Janelle Dumalaon
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@bettinamak Tocilooooog from last week
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Janelle Dumalaon
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Biden namechecks the Philippines, says defense coooperation with Manila remains ironclad in joint press conference with visiting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
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Janelle Dumalaon
7 months
We now know that Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping are set to meet at the APEC meeting in San Francisco - they will sit down together on November 15. Here is my report on why both sides are feeling more pressure to manage their fraught relationship.
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Ah I see we have reached the Rezo stage of the election cycle
@rezomusik
Rezo
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Lass mal wieder über Politik reden. Da steckt ne Menge Arbeit und über 140 Quellen drin. Viel Spaß.
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Me talking about Angela Merkel like she’s not there
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Janelle Dumalaon
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Ron DeSantis officially drops out of the race - with no clear path forward to the nomination, staying in the running would have made little sense.
@RonDeSantis
Ron DeSantis
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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Me and this working cat hero
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Janelle Dumalaon
3 years
Since my dad just got his first Sinovac jab today, this is the line I am choosing to focus on: "despite the apparently poor results in stopping infections, the Sinovac vaccine... appears to offer remarkably good protection against severe disease and death."
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