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  Duterte’s strong-man approach remains popular but ineffective Our Correspondent 13 hr ago 3       The Philippines is in danger of regaining its decades-old title as the sick

South China Sea tensions soar as Philippines authorise drills without Beijing’s permission THE PHILIPPINES has authorised oil exploration in the South China Sea region without cooperation with Beijing in a

Duterte Yields to Reality on South China Sea     President Rodrigo Duterte’s September 23 appeal for international backing for the 2016 Court of Arbitration backing for the Philippines against

  Philippine President okays ‘Belt-Road’ city on nearby island Aug 18 1       By: Jens Kastner There is an increasing concern in Taiwan that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte

  Attack on telecoms providers could aid a crony Our Correspondent Jul 30 2       Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s use of his State of the Nation Address this

THE CHINESE ARE ENTERPRISING PEOPLE KEEN TO SET UP CHINA TOWNS AND MINDANAO IS SHORT OF RESIDENTS WITH THE SKILLS AND FORTUNES TO DEVELOP THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND THAT HAS A

  President’s address amid coronavirus crisis Our Correspondent 1 hr         With his economy slipping into negative territory and with 86 percent of the nation’s 109 million

      The severe lack of medical workers threatens the country’s campaign to curb the transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and has compelled hospitals and medical facilities

Philippine Online Gaming: Hostage to China A lucrative forex earner depends on keeping Beijing happy   Gaming and diplomacy are not obvious bedfellows, but between China and the Philippines their

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(3rd UPDATE) Here are the countries with travel restrictions still in place as of Sunday, July 5       TRAVELING IN A PANDEMIC. Outgoing passengers line up at the

Manila’s Airport Allows Resumption Of International Flights byAndrew Curran May 13, 2020 3 minute read     Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport has begun to unwind a temporary ban on

  A Confluence of ugly events cuts into Philippine president’s aura of invincibility Our Correspondent 2 hr 1     The ambush and murder of four Philippine military intelligence soldiers

  Controversial figure floats to the top in Manila Philip Bowring 2 hr 1     Much attention has rightly been paid internationally as well as locally to the criminal

Amid pandemic, SE Asian nations warn of ‘alarming’ South China Sea incidents James Pearson Reuters26 June 2020       FILE PHOTO: President Rodrigo Duterte speaks after his arrival in

  Southeast Asian parliamentary group calls out Philippine leader’s ‘unprecedented crackdown’ on opposition politicians. by Ted Regencia 25 Jun 2019     The report also noted that the president or

PHILIPPINES   The experts also call on the International Criminal Court to ‘expedite and prioritize the completion of its preliminary examination of the situation in the Philippines’   Rappler.com  

Country’s largest organisation of lawyers, activists vow to question constitutionality of some provisions of the bill. by Ted Regencia 9 Jun 2020     Protesters move along a major highway in

THE POOR WILL STARVE BECAUSE THE MARKETS ARE CLOSED – BUSINESSES CLOSED INCLUDING THE BANKS ALL BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO GO INTO TOWN  HOW WILL THE POOR

CLEARLY THIS IS LINKED WITH THE CHINESE AND OR RUSSIANS TO REPLACE THEM IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER. DUTERTE THE PRESIDENT SAID HE COULD HAVE BETTER RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA AND

 UK and the Philippines trade. UK exports of goods and services in 2013 were about £510 million. Bilateral trade in 2014 was USD 1.2 billion with UK good exports to Philippines valued at USD 601.2.29 Oct 2019 PHILIPPINES, UK WORKING

More Filipinos distrust China — Pulse Asia poll July 26, 2019 | 7:42 pm     AKBAYAN GROUP at the Chinese Consulate in Makati City on July 12, 2018. — PHILSTAR/KRIZ

  The island has reportedly been swarmed by hundreds of Chinese vessels.   Mr Duterte said at a press conference: “I will not plead or beg, but I am just

    Under court rules, any matter under consideration before a nation leaves the court is still under its jurisdiction [Jerry Lampen/Reuters] MORE ON PHILIPPINES Malaysia: Mahathir asks China to define

Strong quake strikes off Philippines, tsunami warning withdrawn   Neil Jerome Morales 2 MIN READ WORLD NEWS DECEMBER 29, 2018 / 4:22 AM / UPDATED 22 MINUTES AGO    

Philippine Rights Commission’s Landmark Climate Change Inquiry  December 20, 2018  294 By: Beatrice C. Tulagan         The Philippines Human Rights Commission is mounting an audacious challenge to

  Chinese President Xi Jinping’s whirlwind state visit to the Philippines has left the country with a massive traffic jam, an agreement for joint exploration of the oil and gas

The Poverty Line set at P100,534* peso, per capita income,a year in 2014.   The Radical24th Nov 2018   This was a 78% increase since 2013. * £1478 at todays

  To jointly create a golden age of China-Philippines relations   By Zhao Jianhua (People’s Daily)    09:36, November 21, 2018   As neighbors separated by only a strip of water, China and

    Pragmatic cooperation benefiting Filipinos and Chinese     By Ding Zi, Wang Fang, Zhang Zhiwen  (People’s Daily Online)    17:42, November 21, 2018   Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the Philippines will enhance

  Circus Time in the Filipino Legislature    October 22, 2018 637 By: Our Correspondent     There have now been two and a half years of President Rodrigo Duterte’s

Marcos the Plagiarizer  September 8, 2018  705 By: Our Correspondents         The late strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos, who was driven from power and the country in 1986

Duterte Resuscitates Disgraced Philippine Ex-president Arroyo  July 30, 2018  506 By: Criselda Yabes         Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has known all sorts of coups. She was in the throes

Manila’s Troubling Subservience  June 1, 2018  239 By: Philip Bowring         “Thanks to their social condition and their number in that time, the Spanish domination met very

Philippine Supreme Court Ousts Chief Justice Duterte Called an ‘Enemy’  May 12, 2018  767 By: Buena Bernal         The ouster of reformist Supreme Court Justice Maria Lourdes

Duterte Takes on the Filipino Press  May 8, 2018   By: Purple Romero         It has become a habit for Maria Ressa, the embattled CEO of the

Philippines: Duterte’s Bloody War on His Own People   21st March 2018 Increasingly authoritarian President Rodrigo Duterte is planning to classify hundreds of leftists as terrorists as he cracks down

A reign of terror: Extra-judicial killings in Duterte’s Philippines Dorothy Guerrero from Global Justice Now discusses the brutal history of extra-judicial killings under Duterte’s watch. March 19, 2018  9 min read   

Philippine Catholics protest drug killings, death penalty   Reuters Staff 3 MIN READ WORLD NEWSFEBRUARY 24, 2018 / 9:33 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO   MANILA (Reuters) – Around

Duterte’s lethal misogyny  0       BY RACHEL A.G. REYES, TMT ON FEBRUARY 20, 2018 RACHEL A.G. REYES HIS joke starts with the generals. “The generals don’t even go to

Rodrgio Duterte tells soldiers to shoot female rebels in the vagina Notorious firebrand President of the Philippines once more courts controversy with violent, misogynistic remark to troops Emily Rauhala  8

AS  35% of CHILDREN UNDER 5 DIE IN THE PHILIPPINES.   NO FREE NATIONAL HEALTH – POOR PUBLIC HEALTH – POVERTY-  WITH OBSCENE WEALTH INEQUALITY, AND A LACK OF TRANSPARENT

Nearly 40 feared dead in Philippines shopping mall blaze   Davao official says chances missing people survived are ‘zero’, after blaze trapped workers inside the four-storey building on Saturday  

  More than 100 feared dead and dozens missing in Philippine flash floods   Rescue workers evacuate flood-affected residents in Davao on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao CREDIT: MANMAN DEJETO/AFP  

Philipines prepared for ‘worst-case scenario’ after 733,000 given dengue vaccine that could worsen disease   Government school immunisation programme Harriet Agerholm  @HarrietAgerholm  The Independent Online   A student grimaces as

Children’s rights in the Philippines Early years   © UNICEF Philippines/2008/Francia   Give children the best possible start in life.   VERY FEW CHILDREN GET A HEAD START IN LIFE

      Drug raids illegal, say 2 SC justices   By: Marlon Ramos – Reporter  Philippine Daily Inquirer / 07:28 AM November 22, 2017 ORAL ARGUMENTS Solicitor General Jose Calida and human

Duterte’s Year as ASEAN Leader  November 16, 2017 By: Purple Romero         President Rodrigo Duterte, who took over the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations