University of the Philippines, Diliman

Indigenous Struggles: A Shortfall of Philippine Democracy

The Philippines opened the 30th Southeast Asian Games this year with a performance celebrating the country’s indigenous cultures. A day earlier,...

In a world of increasing political polarization, a fast-growing group of people from media and academe are pushing back in the United States in...

The 30th South East Asian Games (SEA Games) hosted by the Philippines in 2019 have caused social cleavages to resurface at a time when the host...

Last September, I started a new job in Manila City. Despite having lived right next to it for all of my adult life, spending most of my waking...

Thailand is the country that has had the most number of coups in modern history. This says a lot about how troubled Thai politics is and how deep...

Much like the warring families in George R.R. Martin’s bestselling fiction series Game of Thrones, Juan Guaidó and Nicolás Maduro have...

Ras al-Ayn bombing on October 10, 2019. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. When United States President Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of...

President Rodrigo Duterte. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Ten years ago, on November 23, 2009, 58 people—32 of them journalists—were...

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