Tag: Philippines
Children in typhoon-hit areas face food shortages, mental distress
Some 450,000 children now living in fear and isolation, experiencing hunger and distress as they miss out on school
Photo gallery: Typhoon ‘Ulysses’ leaves thousands homeless in Philippine capital
Houses submerged and thousands of Filipinos were stranded on rooftops
Filipino and Brunei cardinal-designates not attending Vatican consistory, priest says
Last month, the pope announced a consistory for the creation of 13 new cardinals
‘Quinta’ and ‘Rolly’: Two storms a week apart in Philippines
What was first a mild storm actually turned out to be the tracer for a super hitter
Liberalization of Philippines’ rice industry sees local farmers losing out
Influx of cheap imported rice has resulted in steep dive in price of unhusked rice grains
Silence and cover-ups: Some very uncomfortable truths
We can speculate that manipulative forces in society welcome and promote such attitudes of collective silence, docility, moral decay, hypocrisy and social ignorance
Journalism: Most dangerous job in the Philippines
The truth hurts, they say, so authorities and tycoons warn journalists to keep a lid on it
Former rebel fighters in Mindanao start building peace in war zones
I am still a warrior, but now a warrior for peace, says former rebel commander
Catholic churches in Philippines damaged by super typhoon
Masses temporarily celebrated outside church in the city of Tabaco and other devastated churches in Bical region
Gnashing teeth as Duterte bares governance black hole
Excuses for Philippine president’s absence from the job during super typhoon were found more than wanting
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