The Manila North Cemetery, where Michelle Sambalilo was abandoned as a young child, is a sprawling, trash-strewn squatter camp where thousands of people eat, sleep and play among acres of colorful crypts. Rescued […]
Philippines’ ‘Trump’ appears to win presidential race as rival concedes
Rodrigo Duterte, a tough-talking mayor who has drawn comparisons to Donald Trump, appeared to have won the Philippines’ presidential election Monday as he piled up a large lead in unofficial returns and a […]
As Philippines election nears, front-runner Duterte makes many shudder
The applause was so loud you could feel its rhythm in your heart. “Duterte! Duterte!” chanted a crowd of hundreds of thousands packed into Manila’s Luneta Park on a warm, breezy Saturday […]
In the Philippines, the Marcos name is back, even as memories of the dictator have faded
In the Philippines, the Marcos name is back in vogue. For two decades, the dictator Ferdinand Marcos pilfered billions from the country’s public coffers; his government reportedly tortured opponents by shocking them […]
The Donald Trump of Asia? Brash, unrepentant mayor leads Philippine presidential race
Gina Lopez is hardly the kind of person you’d expect to support a presidential candidate who has endorsed vigilante death squads, made disturbing comments about rape, and vowed to kill his own […]
In the Philippines, ‘a government with heart’ versus the rule of the fist
The Philippines’ presidential elections are on Monday, and the country is in the grip of election fever. In Manila, campaign posters flutter from overpasses, newspapers carry breathless headlines about polls, and coffee […]
A heavy price paid for botched terrorist raid by Philippines and U.S.
(By David Cloud and Sunshine de Leon) Before dawn on Jan. 25, a Philippine National Police commando team crept toward a thatched hut in the marshy jungles of Mindanao. They were hunting […]
Storm Kills 22 in the Philippines
Typhoon Hagupit weakened into a tropical storm Monday as it continued its slow march across the Philippines, leaving at least 22 people dead in its wake according to Red Cross. The storm […]
Evacuation effort credited with minimizing typhoon casualties in Philippines
Government officials and aid workers on Tuesday credited a major evacuation effort for helping to avert more severe casualties as Typhoon Hagupit, now downgraded to a tropical storm, barreled through the Philippines, […]
Philippines typhoon downgraded, but death toll rises to at least 22
Typhoon Hagupit weakened into a tropical storm Monday as it continued its slow march across the Philippines, leaving at least 22 people dead in its wake, according to the Red Cross. The […]