Placing entire communities under lockdown have been the go-to response for many countries to the COVID-19 pandemic. This measure is effective in curtailing the
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Philippines: Overcrowded jails are COVID-19 disasters waiting to happen
The Philippines has claimed the unflattering distinction of having the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the entire South-East Asian region. At the time
Philippines: No security measures can trump the basic human instinct to survive
On the 1st of April, dozens of residents from Sitio San Roque in Quezon City staged a demonstration asking for food assistance from their
The VFA fiasco exposes President Duterte’s heavy-handed approach to decision-making
After going back and forth countless times, it seems President Rodrigo Duterte has finally decided to revoke the Philippines’ Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with
Simon Bridges and his National MPs are fraternizing with staunch acolytes of Duterte’s brutal drug war
Signalling the start of their 2020 election campaign, National Party leader Simon Bridges and several of his party colleagues are making a working visit
Taal’s eruption exposes the Duterte administration’s lack of preparedness for disaster relief
In Philippine politics, disaster relief can make or break a politician’s career. Take for instance the response the previous Aquino government had in the
Despite Duterte’s rhetoric, the Philippines is still and always have been an American semi-colony
President Rodrigo Duterte has never been shy to voice out criticism towards the United States. In 2016 he called their former President Barack Obama
Innocent lives were lost and families torn apart for a drug war that only culled 1 percent of the drug trade
Vice President Leni Robredo, a member of the main opposition Liberal Party (LP), was surprisingly appointed to co-chair the Duterte administration’s Inter-Agency Committee on
Martial Law in Mindanao: What did it achieve?
As the clock struck midnight on the final day of 2019, Filipinos not only welcomed in a new year but also the end of
Explaining Duterte’s fixation with ABS-CBN
As the year draws to a close, the fate of the country’s largest media conglomerate is basking in uncertainty. ABS-CBN Corporation, with a recorded