Time Magazine honored journalists with its Person of the Year award. The list of journalists include Maria Ressa, founder of the investigative Rappler Media in the Philippines. Ressa and Rappler have been covering extrajudicial killings in the country, part of President Rodrigo Duterte's so-called war on drugs.
"What is my sin? Did I steal, even one peso? Did I prosecute somebody whom I jailed," Duterte said. "My only sin is the extrajudicial killing," he said, without elaborating.
As the city struggles to recover from the Marawi siege, a five-month occupation by a pro-ISIS group that killed civilizations and destroyed homes, many in the LGBTQ community say the city is now too dangerous a place for them.
Glady Lee was 2 years old when her parents left the Philippines for the US, unable to take their children with them. The pain from that time can still feel raw.
Climate change-related disasters have the potential to disrupt access to caregivers, assistive devices and medical supplies, which many people with a physical disability depend on, says Alex Ghenis of the Berkeley, California-based World Institute on Disability.
This year’s Goldman Environmental Prize for Europe and the Island Nations went to a Filipino who took on the neurotoxin lead in paint and a French safe fishing activist who launched a campaign to end deep-sea bottom trawling in the EU.
It has a proper name. Now, the Amazon rainforest has been granted personhood in Colombia in a court ruling that also orders government officials to reduce deforestation in the Amazon region.
Nicole Ponseca, founder of Maharlika and Jeepney in the East Village, wants Filipino food to stand on its own two feet in the American market. Unlike what some of her contemporaries have said, she thinks America is ready for offals.
This is not the first time the United States has shown concern about President Rodrigo Duterte, who is notorious for his defiance of international pressure.
To grow, blossom or bloom — this is what the Filipino word, lumago, means in the Philippines’ national language. But for the women of Lumago Designs, the word has symbolic meaning, as well.
Delivering in one of the world's most crowded maternity wards may be miserable, but the birth control these women can access afterward makes it worth it to them. Maybe, they say, they won't have to come back, or at least so soon.
The Catholic Church urges ‘natural family planning’ and says it has 98 percent effectiveness. A medical expert says it is closer to 80 percent — and that is in societies where a woman is able to say no to a partner's demands for sex.
There's a whole culture in the Philippines that's evolved around people working on a New York time zone. They don't just live on US time, they live in US weather, and US culture.
What’s a bunch of trees worth? Well, if they save your town from the storm surge of a huge typhoon, you might say they’re invaluable. That’s what happened to the community of General MacArthur, in the Philippines, and its fate holds a lesson for coastal communities around the world.
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Lifestyle & Belief
A Filipino restaurant owner says shame may be one reason authentic Filipino food has not become mainstream
PRI's The World
February 13, 2014
Nicole Ponseca, founder of Maharlika and Jeepney in the East Village, wants Filipino food to stand on its own two feet in the American market. Unlike what some of her contemporaries have said, she thinks America is ready for offals.
Arts, Culture & Media
Why is it so hard to find a good Filipino restaurant?
PRI's The World
February 06, 2014
It's tough to find a Philippine restaurant in the US, and most likely you've never been to one. But maybe some day soon, you'll get the chance.
Global Politics
US intelligence report: Philippines' Duterte a threat to democracy
Reuters
February 21, 2018
This is not the first time the United States has shown concern about President Rodrigo Duterte, who is notorious for his defiance of international pressure.
Culture
These women in the Philippines scour a dump site for trash to turn into 'something beautiful'
GlobalPost
December 11, 2017
To grow, blossom or bloom — this is what the Filipino word, lumago, means in the Philippines’ national language. But for the women of Lumago Designs, the word has symbolic meaning, as well.
Development
In this Manila 'baby factory,' why women put up with crowding four to a bed
PRI's The World
March 09, 2015
Updated
Delivering in one of the world's most crowded maternity wards may be miserable, but the birth control these women can access afterward makes it worth it to them. Maybe, they say, they won't have to come back, or at least so soon.
Economics
Climate change, meet your apocalyptic twin: oceans poisoned by plastic
GlobalPost
December 13, 2016
How throw-away plastic could alter humanity as we know it.
Health
The debate over 'natural family planning': Does it work?
PRI's The World
March 09, 2015
Updated
The Catholic Church urges ‘natural family planning’ and says it has 98 percent effectiveness. A medical expert says it is closer to 80 percent — and that is in societies where a woman is able to say no to a partner's demands for sex.
Politics
A bill to allow divorce in the Philippines could mean freedom for some women in New York
PRI's The World
June 05, 2018
The Philippines is the last country in the world that does not allow divorce.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Living on Call Center Time in the Philippines
PRI's The World
August 12, 2013
There's a whole culture in the Philippines that's evolved around people working on a New York time zone. They don't just live on US time, they live in US weather, and US culture.
Science, Tech & Environment
Saved by the Mangroves? A Philippine town dodges Haiyan's storm surge
PRI's The World
November 29, 2013
What’s a bunch of trees worth? Well, if they save your town from the storm surge of a huge typhoon, you might say they’re invaluable. That’s what happened to the community of General MacArthur, in the Philippines, and its fate holds a lesson for coastal communities around the world.