Philippines
Typhoon causes widespread destruction in the Philippines
By John Roberts, September 30, 2009
A major storm struck the Philippines last Saturday killing at least 250 people and causing over 435,000 to flee their flooded homes.
Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, 1933-2009
Part two
By Joseph Santolan, August 5, 2009
Corazon Aquino, former president of the Philippines, died of colon cancer on August 1. She had scarcely been dead for thirty minutes when eulogies and encomia began to flood the mainstream media.
Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, 1933-2009
Part one
By Joseph Santolan, August 4, 2009
Corazon Aquino, former president of the Philippines, died of colon cancer on August 1. She had scarcely been dead for thirty minutes when eulogies and encomia began to flood the mainstream media.
Summary executions mount in Philippine city
By Dante Pastrana, April 21, 2009
The number of extra-judicial killings of suspected criminals in Davao city has risen to 888 since 1998. The consensus of human rights organisations is that the murders are the work of a death squad ac...
Rising unemployment and poverty in the Philippines
By Dante Pastrana, April 6, 2009
Under the impact of the global recession, Philippine growth rates slowed from 7.3 percent in 2007 to 4.6 percent in 2008 and a further steep decline is expected this year.
ASEAN summit: amid talk of cooperation, economic rivalry on the rise
By John Chan, March 5, 2009
The annual summit of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Bangkok last weekend followed what is becoming a familiar pattern at top-level international gatherings. Amid a sharp downtu...
Sharp economic downturn in the Philippines
By Dante Pastrana, December 9, 2008
Three months after the eruption of the global financial crisis, the Philippines confronts a rapidly worsening economic outlook.
Philippines: Employee association presses for quick electricity privatisation
By Dante Pastrana, November 15, 2008
Several articles published last month in the Philippine media confirm that the privatisation of the country’s electricity grid is proceeding with the complicity of the employee association MINTREA. ...
Philippine government renews its communal war in Mindanao
The US role
By Dante Pastrana, September 29, 2008
An offensive by the Philippine military to seize areas of southern Mindanao island controlled by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is now in its seventh week.
Philippine power grid privatisation threatens jobs and conditions
By Dante Pastrana, September 9, 2008
The Philippine House of Representatives has approved a bill granting the private National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) a franchise to run the country’s electricity transmission gri...
Escalating political murders in the Philippines
By Dante Pastrana, October 17, 2006
The death toll of political activists has continued to mount in the Philippines. On September 20, eleven gunmen, wearing bonnets, black shirts and combat boots, barged into the backyard of Christopher...
Arroyo administration abandons 30,000 Filipinos trapped in Lebanon
By Dante Pastrana, August 15, 2006
An estimated 30,000 Filipino workers, mostly women employed as domestic helpers, have been trapped in Lebanon during Israel’s month-long offensive. According to the Philippine department of fore...
