Category: Philippines
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Two Filipino seafarers were killed when an Iranian attack struck a Saudi-owned tanker. They had no stake in the war. A quarter of the world’s merchant crews are Filipino, and nothing in the system produces a finding when one of them is killed.
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House prosecutors called Sara Duterte’s own defence spokesman as their witness, and the impeachment court immediately declared him hostile. He was her chief of staff at the education department when the 112.5 million pesos moved.
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Monsoon rains and Tropical Storm Kujira have killed at least 23 people and affected nearly 586,000 across the Philippines. Why the storm is not the whole cause, what actually kills people in these events, and what “affected” measures.
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Another shipment of suspected US electronic waste has been intercepted at Subic, the latest in a dispute running since March 2025. Why the Basel Convention makes this legally awkward, what “urban mining” means, and why a court ruling is the reason customs cannot simply seize the cargo.
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Ten dead in Baguio, five of them children, and 14 across the Cordillera. Why landslides kill at night, and the part of these disasters that isn’t natural.
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The US has formally requested the extradition of Filipino pastor Apollo Quiboloy on sex-trafficking charges. What extradition actually involves, and why cases involving religious leaders are handled carefully.