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After nearly four years off the same stage, BTS returned in blockbuster fashion on March 21 with BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG, drawing an estimated 260,000 fans to Gwanghwamun Square and millions more through a global stream on Netflix. 

Before sunrise, neighborhood ovens across the Philippines are already humming—dough proofing, trays filling, and the unmistakable scent of pandesal drifting through streets from Cuenca, Batangas to Kamuning, Quezon City. 

Residents in some of the country’s most isolated communities are now paying dramatically less for clean drinking water, with prices slashed by more than 50 percent under government programs tied to Executive Order 22 of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Mactan-Cebu International Airport is tightening its grip as the country’s second-busiest gateway—and increasingly, its most efficient transfer hub—linking travelers across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao with growing speed and precision.