Philippines
More than 750 dead after tropical storms batter the Philippines
By Dragan Stankovic and Peter Symonds, December 4, 2004
Two tropical storms that caused flash floods and landslides have devastated large areas in the northern Philippines this week. The death toll could reach more than 1,000 as rescue workers continue to ...
Philippines government to withdraw troops from Iraq
By Laura Tiernan, July 16, 2004
In another blow to the Bush administration and its occupation of Iraq, the Philippines government, one of the staunchest US allies in the “war on terror”, has begun withdrawing its militar...
Arroyo sworn in for second term as Philippine president
By Peter Symonds, July 2, 2004
Nearly two months after the Philippine elections, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was sworn in for a second term as president on Wednesday. While she used the occasion to make a series of populist promises, h...
Philippine election reveals widespread political alienation
By John Roberts and Peter Symonds, May 10, 2004
Filipinos go to the polls today to vote for the next president as well as more than 17,000 positions at the local, provincial and national level, including the House of Representatives and half of the...
Bush’s Philippines model for Iraqi “democracy”
By John Roberts, October 29, 2003
In the course of his address to the Philippines Congress on October 18, George Bush invoked the Philippines as an example of US-sponsored “liberation” and democracy.
Military mutiny in the Philippines: a sign of deeper political tensions
By John Roberts, July 31, 2003
A mutiny by 300 junior officers and soldiers of the Philippine Armed Forces rapidly came to an end on Sunday after failing to attract broader support either within the military or the population as a ...
Philippine military implicated in brutal murder of human rights activists
By Dante Pastrana, June 6, 2003
Mounting evidence has emerged in the Philippine media that the military was directly involved in the brutal murder of two human rights activists—Eden Marcellana, secretary-general of Karapatan (...
Philippine president renews her pledge of loyalty in Washington
By John Roberts, May 28, 2003
In the nineteenth century, at the height of the British Empire, a stream of potentates, maharajas and other assorted dignitaries made their way to London to pledge fealty to their colonial masters, to...
Setback for US plan to send combat troops to the Philippines
By Dante Pastrana, March 14, 2003
Washington’s plans to deploy more than 1,700 US troops in a joint operation on the southern Philippine island of Jolo suffered a setback earlier this month when Philippine President Gloria Macap...
US troops to be involved in combat operations in the southern Philippines
By Peter Symonds, February 22, 2003
In a major escalation of the US military presence in the Philippines, the Pentagon plans to send up to 3,000 personnel to take part in a joint operation next month with the Philippine army against the...
US prepares further military exercises in the Philippines
By John Roberts, December 27, 2002
When 1,300 US troops started arriving on Basilan Island in the southern Philippines in February, both Washington and Manila were at pains to declare that their presence was part of a limited training ...
The Philippines pushes for a leading role in the US "war against terrorism"
By John Roberts, November 25, 2002
In the wake of the Bali bombings on October 12, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo is aligning her administration even more closely with Washington and pressing ahead with “anti-terrorist”...
