カテゴリー: Philippines
Former senator was arrested after launching inquiry into ex-president’s brutal war on drugs, now an ICC investigationThe most prominent critic of the former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called “war on drugs” has been granted bail, after mo…
Survivors in the Philippines hold prayers and light candles to remember the more than 7,000 dead or missing in one of the strongest storms ever recordedSurvivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan will hold prayers and light candles in the Philippines to commemor…
Killer of Juan Jumalon, 57, pretended to be a listener to enter home studio in Misamis Occidental provinceA radio anchor in the southern Philippines has been fatally shot by a man inside his studio in a brazen attack witnessed by people watching the pr…
The Sierra Madre, deliberately marooned by the Philippines in 1999, is crumbling but repair is being made impossible by an effective blockade by BeijingIt is perhaps the most unlikely kind of military base. For more than two decades, a second world war…
The Philippine coast guard claims that ships were ‘bumped’ by Chinese vessels in incidents close to outposts in the Spratly IslandsManila has summoned Beijing’s ambassador after accusing China of “illegal and dangerous” behaviour that resulted in two c…
Day commemorating 1986 People Power Revolution omitted from official list of holidays for 2024 The Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, has dropped a public holiday marking the anniversary of a revolution that toppled his dictator father, further…
President Ferdinand Marcos said the incident in waters off Scarborough Shoal was under investigation, but urged people to refrain from ‘speculation’Three fishers died after a Philippine fishing boat collided with a foreign commercial vessel in the disp…
Tensions over the resource-rich region are intensifying as China attempts to cut access for nations with competing claims, such as the PhilippinesIn shaky camera footage, a member of the Philippine coast guard can be seen dipping below the waters of So…
Philippines says it ‘strongly condemns’ move at Scarborough Shoal which prevents its fishing boats from gaining accessThe Philippines has accused China’s coast guard of installing a “floating barrier” in a disputed area of the South China Sea, saying i…
The dropping of charges against Ressa and Rappler, the news website she founded, is the latest legal victory for the Nobel laureate Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa has been acquitted of her final tax evasion charge in the latest legal victory for…
Elden Chamberlain, 60, who is being held on drug charges he denies, will take on the country’s main drug enforcement agency in his defenceAn internationally respected British public health consultant, who has been in Philippines jails for more than two…
China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan all have claims over the area, and tensions often threaten to boil overThe South China Sea is one of the most strategically and economically important waterways in the world. In 2016 more tha…
Researchers used genetic analysis to identify species that cannot be distinguished by appearance aloneSeven new leaf insect species, known as “walking leaves”, have been discovered.The insects exhibit a sophisticated “twigs and leaf-like” camouflage al…
We would like to hear from people in the Philippines on Marcos Jr, the South China Sea and their hopes for the futureFollowing Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s landslide win in last year’s Philippines presidential election, the son of the former dictator has insi…
Vessel becomes potential flashpoint as Beijing orders Philippines to remove wreck housing marines in South China SeaAn international row is growing between the Philippines, the US and China over a rusting ship that has been turned into a crucial milita…