投稿者: Carmela Fonbuena in Manila
The Philippines is uniquely exposed to the surging oil price caused by the war in the Middle East. The government is facing protests and widespread angerJayson Naga is a tricycle taxi driver on the streets of Manila. In a normal day he brings home P500…
Vietnamese authorities said the typhoon was the most devastating storm to hit the country this yearThe death toll from Typhoon Bualoi in south-east Asia has risen to more than 30, as heavy rains continued to lash the region.In Vietnam, authorities said…
Supporters say her drug smuggling conviction embodies the deepest fears of families in a country that sends millions of workers abroad each yearAfter 14 years on death row in Indonesia, Mary Jane Veloso arrived in Manila on Wednesday to the tight embra…
Swifties from across the country are spending big so they can travel to see star’s Eras tour in Japan, Singapore and AustraliaFor Allan Villa, seeing Taylor Swift live in concert is an unmissable experience, worthy of the backbreaking travel that will …
Dante Addug called his partner as water entered the Gulf Livestock 1 cargo ship but family has not heard from him sinceThe last time the captain of the Gulf Livestock 1 spoke to his partner, Typhoon Maysak was battering the ship and water was already f…
Woman, 38, who travelled with the only victim to die outside China and Hong Kong, is no longer infectious, says doctorThe first case of novel coronavirus in the Philippines – a Chinese tourist from Wuhan who had been travelling with a man who died of t…
Australian federal police say livestreaming of children performing sexual acts marks ‘alarming shift’ Australian paedophiles are paying as little as A$15 for children to perform sexual acts online while being filmed in the Philippines, according to the…
Philippines organisers admit ‘inconveniences’ have seen teams stranded at airports and players underfedThe organisers behind the Southeast Asian Games have apologised after complaints emerged of football teams sleeping on floors, airport delays and ath…
The Westpac bank scandal has brought the role of financial institutions in enabling child sexual abuse into sharp reliefOn 25 October plainclothes police barged through the red door of a family home in a dense neighbourhood in Rizal, a province two hou…
Bahareh Zare Bahari was subject of Interpol arrest warrant after criticising regimeThe Philippine government has granted asylum to an Iranian former beauty queen and critic of the Iranian regime after she was stranded for four weeks in an airport.Bahar…
Oscar Albayalde denies allegations he profits from drug deals arranged by corrupt officers in 2013The chief of police in the Philippines has stepped down after facing historical accusations in the Senate that he protected officers who had resold confis…
Allan Hyrons, 70, and Filipina wife Wilma were taken by armed men on Friday night in Mindanao regionA British national and his Filipina wife have been abducted from a resort in the southern Philippines.Allan Arthur Hyrons, 70, and his wife Wilma Paglin…
Brandon Lee, dubbed an ‘enemy of the state’ on social media, is in a critical condition after the shooting in northern Ifugao provinceAn American human rights volunteer tagged an “enemy of the state” on social media in the Philippines has been shot fou…