Hope For Mindanao
New peace pact paves the way for the establishment of a new autonomous region.
IRIN
Broader Access to Paediatric Cancer Drugs
Philippines: Improved access to treatment for paediatric cancer, a leading cause of death in children aged 1-14.
IRIN
OMG! Eat-Your-Vegetables
Philippines: Government launches nationwide media campaign to lift the consumption of fresh produce and fight malnutrition among young people.
IRIN
Cash For Work Goes Mobile
Using mobile phones to send cash to relief operations to disaster-hit Philippines.
IRIN
South China Sea Diplomacy: More Needs to Be Done
Diplomatic tensions among China, the Philippines and Vietnam over the South China Sea are showing signs of abating, however short-lived they may turn out to be.
ZHA DAOJIONG for Pacific Forum CSIS
Mourning the Norway Killings
For all our differences, there are more things that hold us together than keep us apart.
MARCK RIMORIN
Psst, Don't Tell Americans about the Philippines
Keep your country secret. That is my advice.
JOE AMERICA
The Slaves That Gave the English Their Cuppa
Here’s some history – kidnapping and slave labour in Muslim Philippines to satisfy English demand for tea.
SUN
No Divorce in the Philippines, But Lots of Mistresses and Paramours
Divorce hits the latest rehashed headlines in a country perennially stuck in backwardness.
BONGV
The Wretched Acts of Domestic Worker Abuse
Some people think they have the carte blanche to treat foreign live-in help in barbaric ways. And sometimes the law lets them get away with it.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Can You Empower Women with Cash?
Cash transfer programmes target women in belief that communities will benefit and men are irresponsible with money.
IRIN
Farmers Rained Out
Recently displaced farmers hit by flooding in the Philippines.
IRIN
Mindanao “Worst” Ever Flooding Due to Water Hyacinth
Dislodged by weeks of heavy rain in their natural habitat, the plants had at one point blocked up to 2km of the Rio Grande river.
IRIN
Celebrate Philippine Independence Day? No, Thanks.
The modern Filipino remains a serf to the ruling oligarchy, incompetent, lazy, uninspired and dull.
BONGV
Pinoy Sunday – Walking a Mile in Their Shoes
A touching movie that lets us vicariously walk several miles in two Filipino migrant workers’ shoes.
AU WAIPANG