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Veganism in the Philippines is an interesting topic. Ostensibly, the Philippines look like they’ll be an easy country to travel to as a vegan . But in reality, it’s super hard to find vegan food in the Philippines. Why is this? And more importantly, how can you conquer the Philippines as a vegan? Is It Easy to Be Vegan in the Philippines? On the surface it looks veganism in the Philippines will be easy: Firstly, with English being one of the official languages of the Philippines (the other one is Tagalog), many Filipinos speak English, and many of them speak impeccable English. There is much much less of a language barrier here compared to say  Japan , Thailand or even Italy Secondly, with Filipino cuisine (wrongly) not renowned as first-class, there’s less chance of vegans having that fear of missing out on the ‘must eats’ that they might have in other countries with more famous cuisines (like Japan, Thailand or Italy haha) Thirdly, the Philippines are a collection of beautiful, trop

One of the features of the ever more connected car is that carmakers are increasingly ‘over the air’ in charge of many functions, writes Brian Byrne. In the same way that we have got used to the operating systems in our phones and computers being automatically updated across the internet, this is happening in many of the latest new cars which are ‘always on’ connected to base by proprietary online systems. For extra services owners can subscribe via a monthly fee. But that electronic ‘street’ is very much a two-way thing, and the extra services can be disabled if the subscription is ceased.  Ford is one manufacturer looking at bringing that control a step further. In the US is is trying to patent a system for disabling a car over the air if the buyer hasn’t kept up repayments on the vehicle. The company’s application for a patent titled “Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle” was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last week. Looks like the ‘Repo Man