Asia · Monday, 9 November 2026
Philippines
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,188 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Rubio says Trump's war against Iran not 'necessarily popular' but needed to stop a nuclear threat (manilatimes.net)
- Trump says likely to meet Putin, Xi in China (manilatimes.net)
- Judo king Riner joins fight for French presidency (manilatimes.net)
- HEADLINES: Defense witness fails to match lot to SALN | November 10, 2026 (manilatimes.net)
- BI intercepts 'phantom citizen' linked to double murder at NAIA (tribune.net.ph)
- Businesses want BI to review immigration fee (philstar.com)
- Lula vai defender multilateralismo contra mudanças climáticas na COP 31, na Turquia (noticiabrasil.net.br)
- Escala 5x2 começa em dezembro e empresas aguardam regulamentação (uol.com.br)
Survey · 2023 87% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone+0.7positive minus negative words per 100usually +1.0The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.2× usual3.3 words per 1,000usually 2.8The GDELT Project
- Fear0.8× usual0.2 words per 1,000usually 0.3The GDELT Project
- Anger0.8× usual2.1 words per 1,000usually 2.7The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual5.6 words per 1,000usually 5.8The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.2× usual10.1 words per 1,000usually 8.4The GDELT Project
News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.
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Issues people are looking up
The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.
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Provincial Government of Tarlac, Public domain Rising
Rising on Google
Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 1 November 2026, in most of the country’s regions.
By category
Business & economy
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Nature, climate & disasters
NASA, LAADS Web, HDF File processed by Supportstorm, Public domain Ziko van Dijk, CC BY-SA 4.0 AHI imagery from JMA's Himawari 8 Satellite, CC BY 4.0
Crime & justice
Supreme Court of the Philippines, Public domain Rising
Books, arts & history
J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain Rising
Fashion & beauty
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Department of Tourism - Zamboanga Peninsula Office, Public domain
Food & drink
Dave Pullig, CC BY 2.0 Original uploader was TalShiar at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 2XXXX
Dorota Trupp, CC BY-SA 2.0
Gaming
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Movies & TV
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Music
Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 1LANY
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Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Harper Lay, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Politics & world affairs
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Society & beliefs
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Sports
Inside Arkansas, CC BY 4.0 Breakout
Pikraken, CC0 Breakout
Maybemintz, CC BY-SA 4.0 Breakout
Tech & AI
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Gio Antonio, Public domain
Travel & places
Patrick Roque, CC BY-SA 4.0 UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0 Mike Gonzalez ( TheCoffee ), CC BY-SA 3.0
Industries here
Media & entertainment 31Sports & fitness 13Government & public sector 12Music 10Tech & software 1
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Politics in the news
- Protests in the news2reports of events, mostly in English9 Nov 2026 · usually 2 a dayThe GDELT Project
- Violence in the news5reports of events, mostly in English9 Nov 2026 · usually 13 a dayThe GDELT Project
Economy
- Inflation6.3%Jul 2026 · −0.2 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment4.7%Jun 2026 · ±0.0 pts since May 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Central bank rate5.50%Oct 2026 · +0.50 pts since Sept 2026BIS
- Real house prices-6.0%Q2 2026 · −7.6 pts since Q1 2026BIS
- GDP growth4.4%2025 · −1.3 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment7.0%2025 · +0.1 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- Currency vs the euro70.712PHP per euro9 Nov 2026 · euro −0.8% since 2 Nov 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Education
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Clinical Psychology
Society
- People online67.3%2024 · −10.6 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change33.1%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority76.7%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1Doctor X: Mafia in White
2Balaraw: Blood Island
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3Dead-End Job
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4Lupin
5Take Charge of My Heart
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7The Master Cutter
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8100 Days of Deception
9Shadows of the Ten Ninja
10Mommy Guard
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Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Surviving Hurricane Otis
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2The Addams Family
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3Evil Dead Burn
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4Final Destination Bloodlines
5Black Adam
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6The Addams Family 2
7Annabelle: Creation
8Nowhere to Run
9The Conjuring
10Collision Course
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
1Mariah Deborah
2SHEAN
3Adéla
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6Olivia Rodrigo
7Ashe
8RAPROJECT SIX
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Apple Music · 2026-11-10
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1Barangay Love Stories
2Papa Dudut Stories
3Kwentong Takipsilim Pinoy Tagalog Horror Stories Podcast
4Sitio Bangungot - Pinoy Horror Stories for Sleep Podcast
5Dear MOR
6Rotten Mango
7The Morning Rush
8The Mel Robbins Podcast
9Ka Istorya Horror
10MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Show the top 100
Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-10
Data credits: Apple Music · Apple Podcasts · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.