Philippines

Allowing military and police forces to enter University of the Philippines campuses could put students and activists at risk and endanger academic freedom.

But we should treat the announcement with caution, given that few promised Chinese infrastructure projects have yet eventuated.

The Philippine president has ordered his security unit not to cooperate with those probing their use of an unapproved China-made vaccine.

Rights groups said the Indigenous people had been “red-tagged” after opposing a local dam project. It’s the latest in a string of high-profile police incidents.

Guilty or not for exacerbating the suffering of Filipinos in 2020, Duterte is facing potentially tougher challenges in 2021.

But many obstacles lie in the way of international accountability for President Duterte's bloody "war on drugs."

A new slate of arrests follows weeks of baseless accusations by the Duterte administration that political opponents are associated with terrorist groups.

The glacial pace of the city's reconstruction could fuel disillusionment among the region's population.

A November incident holds important lessons about the militant group’s changing operations, as well as how to counter them.

Local officials have driven the Philippine president’s deadly drug war by ramping up anti-drug operations in exchange for political support.

Drivers have pushed back against a forced modernization scheme which the government says is needed to bring the iconic vehicles up to modern standards.