Noel Ortega

From the house of Hufflepuff.
Ex Philippine Airlines 🇵🇭 and Emirates 🇦🇪 flight steward. Entrepreneur. UP CMC alumni. I love cinnamon in my coffee... ☕

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@inquirerdotnet Why cover? Show these bastards their faces....

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Topography of the Philippines 🇵🇭

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@jesusfalcis Sasakit nanaman po tuhod ni Jinggoy, mapapa luhod nanaman sya... 🤣🤣🤣

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A groundbreaking genetic study has discovered that the Ayta Magbukon people of the Philippines possess the highest levels of Denisovan DNA ever found in any human population today.

Researchers examined the genomes of nearly 120 Indigenous ethnic groups across the Philippines and found that the Ayta Magbukon — who primarily live in the Bataan Peninsula — carry significantly more genetic material from the extinct Denisovan subspecies than even the Papuan Highlanders of New Guinea, who previously held the record.

Denisovans were an archaic human group first identified in 2010 from a single finger bone found in Siberia’s Denisova Cave. They interbred with both Neanderthals and early modern humans tens of thousands of years ago, leaving traces of their DNA in various present-day populations. The Ayta Magbukon stand out because they preserve the strongest known signature of this ancient interbreeding.

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Ang di makaintindi ewan ko na lang 🙃
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@PhilippineStar I'm proud Hufflepuff 💛

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@PhilstarNews Leni 💗

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Happy Birthday po. 🥳🙏🎂💗🌷

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@AcervoWormtail Yes im rooting for him!

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The highest quality video of the moon was just released… this is so beautiful.

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The Philippines is a fantastic example of how deep and fast the drop in fertility is nearly everywhere on the planet.

Just last week, on March 30, 2026, the Philippine Statistics Authority released the 2025 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS). The total fertility rate for the last three years has reached 1.7 children per woman, a dramatic fall from 4.1 in 1993, and well below the replacement rate (around 2.1 for a country like the Philippines).

Since the NDHS computes the total fertility rate over three years, and it is dropping quickly, the total fertility rate for 2025 alone should be around 1.6, the same level as in the U.S. Let me repeat this: the Philippines and the U.S. have roughly the same total fertility rate.

But U.S. income per capita is about 7.3 times the Philippine income per capita (when adjusted for purchasing power parity). Or to put it differently, Philippine income per capita today is the same as the U.S. had in 1910. In that year, the total fertility rate of the U.S. was around 3.5. At the same level of income per capita, the Philippines has a total fertility rate that is less than half.

In some more urban regions, such as Calabarzon, the total fertility rate is 1.3. Historically, the rest of the country has followed the patterns of regions like Calabarzon with some lag, so the most likely scenario is that in a few years, the Philippines will have a total fertility rate of around 1.3 as well.

Compared with the United Nations World Population Prospects (WPP), the Philippines is now at the fertility level the WPP had forecast for 2047, despite the aggressive reduction it made to the Philippines’ forecast fertility between 2022 and 2024.

The Philippines is interesting because, compared with other Asian countries, it is a relatively religious and rural country without the Confucian obsession with education found in China or South Korea.

It is also a country that many still associate with high fertility. Just yesterday, one reader left a comment on my previous post on fertility, using the Philippines as an example of high fertility, that “refuted” my claims. No, it does not.

Finally, three technical points.

First, I am reporting total fertility, not completed fertility (and yes, I am keenly aware of the difference between the two). Looking at age-specific fertility rates suggests that completed fertility for younger women will actually be below the current total fertility rate.

Second, no, emigration does not matter here. I am talking about fertility rates, not birth rates.

Third, the official release:

https://t.co/jlzpYOsYYk

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@radarph_media Clue please... 🤔😁🥳

[Global Statistics @Globalstats11]

Top 20 Most Mysterious Unsolved Disappearances 🕵️‍♂️

1. 🇲🇾 Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 🛫
2. 🇺🇸 Amelia Earhart ✈️
3. 🇺🇸 D.B. Cooper 🪂
4. 🇬🇧 Mary Celeste Crew 🚢
5. 🇺🇸 Jimmy Hoffa 🕴️
6. 🇬🇧 Madeleine McCann 👧
7. 🇺🇸 Roanoke Colony 🏝️
8. 🇬🇧 Flannan Isles Lighthouse Keepers 🗼
9. 🇦🇺 Harold Holt 🌊
10. 🇩🇪 Lars Mittank 🏃
11. 🇺🇸 Sodder Children 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
12. 🇺🇸 Springfield Three 👩‍👩‍👧
13. 🇺🇸 Tara Calico 🚲
14. 🇦🇺 Beaumont Children 👦👧👦
15. 🇺🇸 Maura Murray 🚗
16. 🇬🇧 Franklin Expedition 🧭
17. 🇫🇷 Louis Le Prince 🎥
18. 🇺🇸 Yuba County Five 🚙
19. 🇹🇭 Jim Thompson 🌴
20. 🇦🇺 Frederick Valentich 🛩️

Note: This list highlights some of the most famous unsolved disappearance mysteries in history, including individuals, groups, ships, aircraft, and expeditions.

Source: The Charley Project / FBI Cold Case Files. This list is curated based on historical records from The FBl (Vault), Interpol, and The Charley Project, which tracks over 10,000 cold cases

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Weirdest Everyday Sights Around The World

1. 🇮🇳 India - Cows in traffic
2. 🇯🇵 Japan - Sleeping in public
3. 🇺🇸 United States - Massive grocery stores
4. 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Bikes everywhere
5. 🇨🇳 China - Pajamas outside
6. ��🇹 Italy - Loud conversations
7. 🇦🇺 Australia - Giant house spiders
8. 🇦🇪 UAE - Supercar police
9. 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Bell-wearing cows
10. 🇰🇷 South Korea - Matching couple outfits
11. 🇧🇷 Brazil - Everyday beachwear
12. 🇩🇪 Germany - Strict recycling rules
13. 🇹🇭 Thailand - Tangled street wires
14. 🇫🇷 France - Dogs in restaurants
15. 🇲🇽 Mexico - Street food everywhere
16. 🇳🇴 Norway - Babies sleep outside
17. 🇵🇭 Philippines - Packed jeepneys
18. 🇹🇷 Turkey - Tea everywhere
19. 🇮🇸 Iceland - No mosquitoes
20. 🇮🇩 Indonesia - Family on scooter

Source: TheTravelTinker

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