In what appeared to be a strange exodus, people scrambled for bus rides to return to their home provinces following the declaration of a lockdown in Metro Manila. The lockdown was announced as lasting from March 15 to April 12...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced Tuesday, Feb. 11, that he will remove the state from the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the US. The move comes only six years after the two nations signed the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA)...
Early August this year, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) received information that Islamic State (IS)-linked terrorists had plotted to attack a “Crusader City” alongside business centres and some “Crusader Churches” in the Northern Luzon, Philippines. This was based...
“A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze.” For women in Saudi Arabia, there is no maze. There is only a dark room. On October 9, women in Saudi Arabia...
The midterm elections in the Philippines on May 13 catapulted to a seat at the Senate a late dictator’s daughter, who had been accused of lying about her academic background and of graft, and had denied the atrocities during her...
Rickety huts made out of wood and galvanised steel teeter above gravestones, as children play amongst garbage, open sewage, and the dead. This is a place concealed from the roving eyes of tourists to the Philippines’ vibrant capital, Manila. With...
The South China Sea has been a hotbed for aggression in recent years. The issue stems from China’s claim to the waters which border neighboring states such as Vietnam, the Philippines, and Taiwan. While these nations view the nearby waters,...
Gazing out over Subic Bay one morning last month, onlookers will have witnessed a turning of the tide. Before them was a behemoth ship – the M/V Bavaria cargo vessel – chugging away from the Filipino coast. On board were...
Rosie* (whose name has been changed for anonymity) is an 11-year-old girl with a smile that lights up a room. She dreams of getting a good education that will facilitate an upstanding career. But Rosie is not like other little...
One could quickly smell the stench of death, a sense of grief and despair. It was undeniable the moment you entered the ravaged city. Bodies of unidentified people – once vibrant human beings – were dumped in a mass grave...
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