カテゴリー: Philippines
Accusation against former Philippines president increases pressure on successor Ferdinand Marcos Jr to allow access to international criminal courtA Philippines former police colonel has testified that Rodrigo Duterte’s office offered police up to $17,…
Former president to run for mayor of Davao amid fight for power against formidable Marcos familyFormer Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, 79, returned to politics this week when he registered to run as mayor in his family’s stronghold, Davao city. I…
Apollo Quiboloy is also wanted in US on charges of sex trafficking, including of children, and bulk cash smugglingAn influential Philippine pastor who is wanted by the FBI for sex trafficking children has registered to run in the senate election despit…
Former president to run in his home city of Davao despite ICC’s investigation into possible crime against humanityThe former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, whose anti-drugs crackdown is being investigated by the international criminal court as a…
Report reveals how US Christians, Catholic schools and Islamists fight sex education, LGBTQ+ and equal rightsExtreme religious groups and political parties are targeting schools around the world as part of a coordinated and well-funded attack on gender…
Apollo Quiboloy, who is also wanted in US on child trafficking charges, hands himself over to police after ultimatumAn influential pastor wanted in the US on child trafficking charges has been arrested in the Philippines, after a 16-day manhunt across …
Anger is rising at Indonesia’s new administration – while Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Laos and Brunei are all led by the children of former leadersIn early August, against a backdrop of deadly student-led protests, Bangladesh’s prime minister …
Arrest warrant was issued for Guo, who is accused of having links to Chinese criminal syndicates, after she failed to appear before a Senate inquiryAlice Guo, a fugitive former mayor of a town in the Philippines accused of having links to Chinese crimi…
Analysts warn that the dispute over Sabina Shoal could lead to an even more drawn-out struggle between Manila and BeijingHopes that tensions in the South China Sea might ease have been short lived. Just weeks after the Philippines and China struck a de…
Guo, who is accused of having criminal ties in China, has said she is facing ‘malicious accusations’Alice Guo, a fugitive former mayor in the Philippines accused of having links to Chinese criminal syndicates, has been arrested in Indonesia, according …
Researchers warn Asia will become an increasingly dangerous place to live until fossil fuels are replacedThe “hyper-violent” Typhoon Gaemi was made fiercer and more likely to strike by the climate crisis, scientists have found. They said “Asia will bec…
Two-minute incursion by military surveillance aircraft comes amid regional tensions in Asia-PacificJapan has condemned an unprecedented violation of its airspace by a Chinese military aircraft as “utterly unacceptable” and a threat to its security.The …
Intensifying struggles with China are playing out on the doorstep of the almost 400 Philippine civilians on remote Thitu IslandFrom the sandy beaches of Thitu Island, blue waters stretch for as far as the eye can see. It feels like a tranquil paradise:…
Manila alleges ‘harassment’ in past week, including deploying flares just 15 metres away from its aircraft in latest confrontation on strategic waterwaySouth China Sea: a visual guide to the key shoals, reefs and islandsThe Philippine government accuse…
Alice Guo, a mayor with alleged links to China, denies any wrongdoing amid human trafficking investigation sparked by raid on compound in her townThe controversy surrounding wanted Filipino mayor Alice Guo has taken another dramatic turn, with governme…