Felino "Jun" Palafox, Jr.

23/09/2026

19/09/2026

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard!

Bingbong Policarpio Salazar,
Vincent Ty

12/09/2026

Different Mindset. Different Outcome.

For roughly ₱112 billion ($2 billion) in a span of 13 years, Japan built a long-term solution: the world’s largest underground floodwater diversion facility.

Meanwhile, the Philippines spent around ₱132 billion ($2.2 billion) in the past three years on ayuda alone (food or cash relief).

One invests to prevent the problem.
The other keeps paying for the consequences.

11/09/2026

11/09/2026

🇯🇵 At 4:00 PM, Nagoya was hit by the heaviest single-hour deluge in over 130 years. Water rushed through the streets, threatening to paralyze the city.

Most places would have drowned. Japan just activated its quiet titan.

A massive underground rainwater control reservoir running approximately 50 meters below the surface. Stretching roughly 5 kilometers long with an inner diameter of nearly 6 meters, it functions as a giant deep-tunnel holding tank for torrential urban runoff, pumping it away to the ocean at fifty tons a second.

By 8:00 AM the next morning, the sun was shining. Delivery carts rolled down dry pavement. The streets weren't just functional they were spotless. No mud, no wreckage, no trace of the storm.

True strength isn't fighting the flood when it arrives. It's building the solution long before the sky ever breaks.

11/09/2026

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has opened the UAE’s new government season with a clear message to his teams: aim higher and work toward making the UAE government the best in the world.

Details - https://dubaiofw.com/hh-sheikh-mohammed-pushes-uae-government-to-be-the-best-government-in-the-world/

The Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai met ministers and senior officials during the annual New Government Season Meeting 2026–2027 on September 9.

The meeting reviewed achievements from the previous government season and outlined priorities, projects, and areas of focus for the months ahead.