
Poverty, Basketball and Hip-Hop: The Ingredients To Filipino ‘Hypebeast’ Culture
“(Because of basketball and hip-hop) it’s not really hard to influence Filipinos in like streetwear/hypebeast culture,” Macatangay laughed.

“(Because of basketball and hip-hop) it’s not really hard to influence Filipinos in like streetwear/hypebeast culture,” Macatangay laughed.

BEIRUT, LEBANON — A thick cloud of smoke, screams and shaky camera footage is what thousands saw on social media Tuesday after a horrifying explosion in Beirut, which killed at least 135 people and injured more than 5,000, but reports say the death toll could be more. Informational graphics have

Graphic by Sakura Siegel.

Disclaimer: Adrienne is a Filipino-American. PHILIPPINES — In Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, character Padme Amidala — a senator and mother of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa — once said “So this is how liberty dies… with thunderous applause.” But, in the Philippines, it died in a quiet courtroom

This is a developing story and will be updated with new information. Check back later for more. President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the Anti-Terrorism bill on Friday despite concerns stated by the United Nations and online protests. This law will create an anti-terror council to carry out arrests of accused





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