One last look at Asia’s 2024 winners and losers
Diverse, mixed democratic trajectories for a diversity of democracies in Asia characterised 2024.
Philippines
Trafficked wombs
The case of the trafficked Filipino women and their wombs is different from other trafficking cases as it involves medical procedures and babies coming into being. “Wombs for…
Suspected Chinese drone retrieved from Philippine waters piques Navy
While the drone was unarmed, its recovery raised concerns due to its potential use in intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) operations.
Wage hike granted in 2024 benefits 5M workers in 14 regions in the Philippines
Data from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) showed that 4,907,584 minimum wage earners have been granted daily wage increases ranging from P21 to P75.
Busting the myth that Filipino food is unhealthy
Is Filipino food unhealthy? It’s easy to think so, given how it’s popularly served. Even the foreign branches of Filipino and other food chains and brands come with vegetable…
Yearender: Day of reckoning dawns for Duterte drug war
In recommending charges against the former president, the House quad committee asserted that, for the victims of extrajudicial killings, the drug war constituted “a profound and…
Philippine budget critics: Veto still left ‘pork’ intact
Among the items that were widely criticized was the public works budget that was bloated by almost P289 billion, and for deleting the P96-billion proposed subsidy for the…
340 firecracker-related injuries logged in the Philippines so far, says health department
The figure is 34 percent lower compared to the 519 cases recorded in the same period last year.
Overseas Filipino worker involved in death of Kuwaiti child ‘an isolated case’
According to reports, the Filipino domestic worker allegedly placed the Kuwaiti child inside a washing machine at her employers’ residence. The parents, alerted by the child’s…
Philippine lawmakers propose probe into fake, malicious social media posts
The congressmen said the rapid growth of social media platforms has allowed the dissemination of content that can mislead the public, damage individual reputations, raise distrust…