2017/05/11 |
Big Business Wins in the Philippines: The Rise and Fall of a Maverick Environment Minister
After a 10-month battle to shut down polluting mines, Philippine environment secretary Regina Lopez lost her post last week.
2017/05/08 |
Philippines Claims 'Wrongful Portrayal' of Drug-Related Killings at UN Review
United Nations Human Rights Council members have raised concerns over alleged torture, extrajudicial killings and human rights abuses in the Philippines despite its delegation's claims that there are “no state-sponsored killings.”
2017/04/14 |
Sorry ISIS, Philippines is No Place for A Caliphate
Observers thought the 'imminent' IS province in Mindanao may lead to the establishment of a new Southeast Asia-based caliphate, but they neglect socio-economic realities in the southern Philippines
2017/04/06 |
FEATURE: Who’s Afraid of the Filipino Poor? The Story of a Mass Occupation
Never has the government and its shelter agencies faced such a confrontation with its poorest citizens.
2017/03/25 |
'Lock Them All Up': Mass Imprisonment in US and Philippines
New mass incarceration policies in both the Philippines and the United States threaten to erode years of progress, writes Sally Tyler.
2017/03/15 |
Duterte’s Populism and Philippine Foreign Policy: Implications for China-Philippines Relations
Duterte may not be able to sustain his bold and acerbic style of conducting foreign policy.
2017/03/09 |
CARTOON: Philippines Senator 'Will Rot in Jail' - Duterte
'There is no doubt that our president is a murderer and a sociopathic serial killer,' said Philippine Senator Leila de Lima before being arrested on Feb. 24.
2017/01/16 |
Why China Is Wooing Southeast Asia’s New Strongman
Improved government relations with fiery Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte are key to securing dominance in the South China Sea.
2016/12/23 |
Duterte’s Year of Living Dangerously
It has been a year of tectonic change in the Philippines.
2016/10/21 |
World Responds to Xi-Duterte Meeting
Experts and academics weigh in as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ends his China visit with a series of surprising announcements, including a 'separation from the U.S.'
2016/06/30 |
Duterte Takes Philippines Office Under Fear and Accusations
The new president says he knows the limits of his authority and the legal boundaries, but observers think otherwise.
2016/06/28 |
Philippine President-Elect Takes on Catholic Church Over Birth Control
Filipino politicians have avoided clashing with the Catholic Church in the past, but the country's president-elect doesn't seem to be too concerned.