by Eliza Lim | Apr 27, 2021 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Instead of the usual keys and box containing small change from the previous trip or pasada, Daniel donned his face mask, grabbed a cardboard sign, and gripped an empty plastic container. His route and destination have changed since the national government imposed a...
by Diego Magallona | Dec 16, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Activists in the Philippines are under siege. The country is now the most dangerous place for environmental activists, with 30 killed in 2018 – more than anywhere else in the world. And environmental defenders aren’t the only ones being targeted. Under Duterte’s...
by Diego Magallona | Dec 9, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
The Philippines opened the 30th Southeast Asian Games this year with a performance celebrating the country’s indigenous cultures. A day earlier, indigenous Aeta communities were given a notice evicting them from their ancestral lands. These Aeta families – up to 500...
by Edcel John Ibarra | Dec 2, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
A review of salient cases that have been considered by the Supreme Court suggests a judiciary largely unwilling to rule against the president. Three years in his term, President Rodrigo Duterte has already sworn in three chief justices of the Philippines’ Supreme...
by Kimiko Gata | Nov 27, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
In the Philippine Politics, you either belong to a “Dilaw” [Yellow] camp or to a DDS [Diehard Duterte Supporter] camp. “Dilaw” is the disparaging term for the critics of the country’s leading opposition party, the Liberal Party (LP). While “DDS” is associated with the...
