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Moro refugees: A life constantly under threat 28 Oct 2011 | 06:44 pm
To say that Unsay and his fellow villagers are used to a life of constant displacement is inaccurate. “We are forced to lead this kind of life,” he said.
Wikileaks: How the US really views the Philippines 7 Sep 2011 | 03:29 pm
Kristie Kenney was the first female United States ambassador to Manila, a fact that endeared herself with Filipinos during her diplomatic tour in the Philippines from 2005 to 2009. After all, what mal...
New hope, new fear for Mindanao 25 Aug 2011 | 03:36 pm
Four days after President Benigno Aquino met in Tokyo with leaders of the rebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the main Muslim separatist group in the Philippines, a series of firefights betwee...
Rebels Reject Plan for Filipino Muslims 24 Aug 2011 | 02:13 am
Islamic rebels in the southern Philippines have rejected a proposal by the Philippine government to offer what it calls “genuine autonomy” for Filipino Muslims, saying Tuesday that it “does not addres...
Art pricks Philippine sensitivities 18 Aug 2011 | 03:28 pm
It was an unprecedented moment in Philippine art history. There it was splashed on national television, a huge phallus attached to a wooden ashtray - the kind that is sold by sidewalk vendors in touri...
Controversial Art Exhibit Is Shut Down in the Philippines 10 Aug 2011 | 12:50 am
Officials shut down a controversial art exhibition on Tuesday following a storm of public protest that included criticism from President Benigno S. Aquino III, who called the artwork offensive to the ...
Philippines Stands All but Alone in Banning Divorce 18 Jun 2011 | 12:18 pm
When citizens of the small Mediterranean nation of Malta voted in a referendum last month to legalize divorce, they reignited debate in the Philippines, one of the last countries, along with Vatican C...
Brocka Lives: The enduring relevance of Lino Brocka 22 May 2011 | 12:22 pm
Brocka Lives from Carlos H. Conde on Vimeo. A look back on the legacy of filmmaker Lino Brocka, 20 years after his death. Written and directed by Carlos H. Conde. Shot and edited by Ayi S. Muallam....
The Female Factor: In Philippine Newsrooms, the Women Rule 17 May 2011 | 02:58 pm
“You cannot explain the rise of the women journalists without talking about martial law,” said Inday Espina-Varona, a journalist since the Marcos era who now runs the citizen-journalism program of ABS...
Children and schools caught in Philippine conflicts, and the UN is concerned about AFP tactics 13 May 2011 | 04:17 pm
What happened to two tribal schools in Surigao are emblematic – and in some sense an extreme case study – of a phenomenon in the Philippines and elsewhere of government and rebel forces occupying scho...
