Source: The Washington Post By Emily Rauhala March 4 Relatives and friends of victims of extrajudicial killings leave Manila’s Baclaran Church for a vigil Feb. 17, 2017. (Jes Aznar/For The […]
Source: The New York Times By AURORA ALMENDRALFEB. 28, 2017 Jhay-ar Tumala, left, who has tested positive for H.I.V., talking with a doctor in Manila this month.CreditJes Aznar for The […]
Source: BBC Jurgen Kantner was abducted from his yacht off Malaysia’s Sabah state in November. His companion Sabine Merz’s body was later found on the boat. A deadline for a […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while addressing families of the 44 Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) members who were killed in a 2015 police operation. Jan. 24, 2017. (Reuters Photo) The Philippines’ controversial President Rodrigo Duterte, known for his extrajudicial killings of drug dealers, insulted on […]
Source: Reuters Around 100 armed men with links to Muslim rebels stormed a prison in the southern Philippines on Wednesday, killing a guard and freeing more than 150 prisoners, some […]
Source: BBC The President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has confirmed to the BBC that he shot dead three men while mayor of Davao. He said: “I killed about three […]
Source:BBC Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he has promised God he will clean up his famously vulgar language. Arriving in his home city of Davao after a trip to Japan, […]
Source: Time By Mari Yamaguchi / AP (TOKYO) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, speaking in a country that is a staunch U.S. ally and hosts 50,000 American troops, said Wednesday that he wants his country to be free of foreign troops, possibly within two years. “I want to be friends to […]
Source: Asia Times: While it is understandable that the Philippines needs to be less dependent on its American ally and to revive its frayed ties with China, its neighboring superpower, from a Vietnamese, and even regional, perspective Duterte’s volte-face shift from Washington to Beijing is unusual, if not incomprehensible, for a […]
Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia to mount joint air patrols to guard against common threats Image Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, left, and Delfin N. Lorenzana, right, Republic of the Philippines, Secretary of National Defense pose for a group picture after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) […]
Source: The New York Times MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines apologized to Jews worldwide on Sunday after his remarks drawing comparisons between his war on drugs and the Holocaust set off outrage. Mr. Duterte said his apology was intended only for Jews. He lashed out again at […]
Source: Asia Times So when Duterte embarked on his global diplomatic debut, attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, many were expecting a more subdued and statesmanlike Duterte. Instead, the world witnessed a Hyde and Jekyll diplomatic behavior. Duterte, who accepted the Philippines’ (rotational) chairmanship of the regional […]
Source: Time By Vijay Joshi and Jim Gomez/Associated Press VIENTIANE, Laos — A summit of Southeast Asian leaders to discuss issues ranging from terrorism to South China Sea tensions opened Tuesday, overshadowed by the Philippine president’s intemperate comments in his debut appearance at the annual meeting. The insult was made more […]
Source: Asia Times: About 50 heavily armed members of the Maute group, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, raided the local jail in the southern city of Marawi on Saturday, freeing eight comrades who were arrested barely a week ago, police said.Twenty other detainees, held for other […]
Source: CNN Here’s one kid who’ll probably learn to fly before she can crawl. After being born four hours into a flight from Dubai to Manila, baby girl Haven has been gifted one million air mile points. Haven’s mom went into labor more than five weeks early while flying on an aircraft […]
Source: Associated Press By JIM GOMEZ MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The presumptive Philippine president-elect has blasted the country’s dominant Roman Catholic church as “the most hypocritical institution” and accused some […]
Source: Time Per Liljas / Zamboanga Islamist extremism is growing in Mindanao, with serious security implications for the region and beyond Musa Muhammad stands at the site where 400 Islamist […]
Source: BBC By Aileen Adalid My “how I quit my job to travel” story is different. I’m from a developing country with a “powerless passport” — as a Philippine citizen […]
http://www.npr.org/player/embed/424980005/427842172 Source: NPR Help Wanted: The Philippines Needs More Exorcists Alvin Bailon and his wife were at their wits’ end last September. Their 12-year-old son, an honors student, had begun […]
The Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group has handed over dozens of firearms to authorities, as part of a peace deal signed last year. The handover of assault weapons, including mortar and rocket launchers, was attended by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III at a ceremony on Tuesday at a rebel camp […]