Philippines

Nardo Samson posing with granddaughter Kiara Bautista, May 2017.

Looking For A Bed For Daddy Lolo: Inside The Philippines' COVID Crisis

3:53pm May 07, 2021

by Julie McCarthy

In Manila, a family unites to secure care and treatment for Daddy Lolo, their beloved grandfather. Along the way, they witness just how ill-equipped the country is to manage COVID.

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Overview of Whitsun Reef in the South China Sea and Chinese vessels moored in the waters surrounding the boomerang-shaped coral reef on March 23.

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Chinese Ship Deployment Roils South China Sea

9:25pm March 26, 2021

by Julie McCarthy

China has provoked international alarm by massing ships in the South China Sea near a reef claimed by both China and the Philippines. Manila protested, calling for the flotilla's immediate withdrawal.

Some of the 220 Chinese vessels are seen moored in early March at the Whitsun Reef in the South China Sea.

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Philippines Calls On China To Remove Massive Fishing Fleet At Disputed Reef

12:34pm March 22, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Manila says 220 fishing vessels believed to be manned by China's maritime militia were observed anchored side by side at the disputed Whitsun Reef earlier this month.

Typhoon Goni downed electric posts in Tabaco, Albay province, in addition to causing deadly flooding and storm surge when it struck the Philippines on Sunday.

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Powerful Typhoon Goni Slams The Philippines, Leaving At Least 10 Dead And 3 Missing

7:54pm November 01, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

The storm, with maximum wind speeds that made it the most powerful of the year, made landfall on the populous island of Luzon on Sunday and is weakening as it heads toward Vietnam.

Nurses clap after Kym Villamer and her colleague Dawn Jones sing "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" at New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital's new COVID-19 ward.

Family Ordeal Catapults A Young Filipina To The U.S. — And The Pandemic Front Lines

3:24pm September 24, 2020

by Julie McCarthy

Quimberly 'Kym' Villamer, a nurse at a hospital in New York City, shares what it was like to grow up in the Philippines while her parents worked in the U.S.

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Facebook says the fake accounts it removed focused mainly on Southeast Asia. But they also included some content about the U.S. election, which did not gain a large following.

Facebook Removes Chinese Accounts Posting About Foreign Policy, 2020 Election

6:34pm September 22, 2020

by Shannon Bond

Most of the operation's activity focused on Chinese interests in the South China Sea but also included some content about U.S. politics.

An unoccupied lifeboat drifts near Kodakarajima island. Japanese authorities are racing to find dozens of missing sailors from a cargo ship that sank in a typhoon.

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2nd Crew Member Found Alive From Cattle-Carrying Ship That Sank Off Japan

12:11pm September 04, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Another typhoon is bearing down on the search area as rescuers rush to find more survivors from the Gulf Livestock 1, which went down Wednesday with 43 crew and some 5,800 head of cattle aboard.

Ros Jane walks with her child by the railway near her home in Manila. She became pregnant at age 16.

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PHOTOS: Why The Philippines Has So Many Teen Moms

5:51pm August 21, 2020

Each year, 1.2 million Filipina girls between the ages of 10 and 19 have a child. The government is trying to change things. But the pandemic has made matters worse.

Maria Ressa, CEO of the Rappler news site, leaves a Philippine regional trial court after being convicted for cyber libel on June 15. Ressa, a veteran journalist and outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, is the focus of A Thousand Cuts, a documen

Philippine Journalist Maria Ressa: 'Journalism Is Activism'

8:26am August 06, 2020

The documentary A Thousand Cuts focuses on how Ressa and her Rappler news organization navigate Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's attacks on the press. It will be released in the U.S. Aug. 8.

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A protester wearing a face mask demonstrates against the Philippines' new anti-terrorism law on July 4, in Quezon city, Metro Manila. Earlier this month, President Rodrigo Duterte approved a law that critics say could lead to more human rights abuses.

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Why Rights Groups Worry About The Philippines' New Anti-Terrorism Law

5:14pm July 21, 2020

by Julie McCarthy

Petitions have piled up at the country's Supreme Court to overturn the new legislation championed by President Rodrigo Duterte, which could jail suspects without charge for weeks.

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