Philippines
Philippines president buys a little time by ending Cha Cha reforms and reshuffling cabinet
By Keith Morgan, February 8, 2000
In mid-January, Philippines president Joseph Estrada moved to defuse an increasingly dangerous confrontation with the political opposition headed by former president Cory Aquino and Catholic Archbisho...
Fifty truckloads of jellyfish reveal a jittery political atmosphere in the Philippines
By Celeste Lopez and Peter Symonds, January 7, 2000
Public response to a widespread power blackout at the end of last year speak volumes for the tensions and nervousness within ruling circles in the Philippines and the growing loss of confidence in the...
Overloaded ferry sinks in the Philippines killing at least 42 people
By Keith Morgan, December 31, 1999
The sinking of the Filipino ferry M.V. Asia Korea at dawn on December 23, near Bantayan Island off Cebu province, is a further tragic indictment of the widespread practice across Asia of overloading a...
The Philippines:
Why 60 people died in the Cherry Hills housing estate
By Celeste Lopez, September 8, 1999
As many as 109 people died in the Philippines when Typhoon Olga provoked torrential rains and flooding throughout much of South East Asia in early August. The areas worst affected were Manila, Pampang...
Estrada embarrassed by proof of Marcos billions
By Keith Morgan, July 20, 1999
A series of six articles by journalist Donna S. Cueto of the Philippines Daily Inquirer, exposing the extent of the Marcos fortune, has thrown the Estrada administration into its greatest political tu...
Wage freeze hits Philippine workers and poor
By Keith Morgan, June 24, 1999
Philippine President Joseph Estrada, popularly known as “Erap” (Buddy), came to power last year in a populist campaign. He presented himself as a “friend of the poor”. In May, ...
First execution in the Philippines in 23 years
By Peter Symonds, February 6, 1999
For the first time in 23 years, the death penalty has been carried out in the Philippines. Leo Echegaray, 39, died shortly after 3 pm local time yesterday, having been injected with lethal chemicals a...
