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The Philippines is emerging as a regional template for modern emergency response, with Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam looking at the country’s next-generation 911 system as they explore upgrades to their own aging emergency communications infrastructure.

What began as a one-person coffee business during the pandemic has grown into a nationwide enterprise employing thousands of workers, proving that a small startup can build a bigger business by widening access to opportunity.

Millennials—generally defined as those born between 1981 and 1996–have spent most of our lives in transition. We went from analog television to streaming, from snail mail to beepers, text messages, Skype, and Zoom. We were raised on our parents’ promise of stability just as the internet began selling us freedom, leaving us between two worlds.

The Manila Electric Co., the country’s largest power distributor by sales that is better known as Meralco, has placed its personnel on standby as heavy rains from the southwest monsoon threaten to cause power interruptions and other electricity service concerns across its franchise areas.