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Richard Heydarian is a senior lecturer at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines and author of "The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China and the New Struggle for Global Mastery." Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Philippine President Fer... [1]

Obispos filipinos: ‘No voten a quien distorsiona la verdad sobre los años de la Ley Marcial’ En el aniversario de la revolución pacífica de EDSA, que llevó al derrocamiento de Marcos en 1986, el presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal, monseñor David,... [2]

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra expressed her deepest condolences following the passing of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia. [3]

Over the last three decades or so, popular causes in the Philippines have often attracted global sympathy, from international outrage at the assassination of opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. [4]

MANILA Rodrigo Duterte, the tough-talking front-runner in the upcoming Philippine presidential election, looked around the gilded chamber in the Manila Peninsula hotel where 400 of the country's top businesspeople had come to see him, and said: "Rela... [5]

MANILA -- Glenn Escalera, a 32-year-old Filipino engineer, recalls standing on the deck of a massive freighter, sailing under a pitch-dark sky off the coast of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden. [6]

When Filipinos leave their country and don't know when they might return, they often have a despedida, a farewell send-off involving food and friends. [7]

Three decades after the downfall of the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship, the specter of authoritarianism is once again haunting the Philippines, one of Asia's oldest democracies. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-05-06 · 48% match

The rise of the middle powers

Richard Heydarian is a senior lecturer at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines and author of "The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China and the New Struggle for Global Mastery." Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Philippine President Fer

[2] MM asianews.it · 65% match

Obispos filipinos: ‘No voten a quien distorsiona la verdad sobre los años de la Ley Marcial’

Obispos filipinos: ‘No voten a quien distorsiona la verdad sobre los años de la Ley Marcial’ En el aniversario de la revolución pacífica de EDSA, que llevó al derrocamiento de Marcos en 1986, el presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal, monseñor David,

[3] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2025-04-15 · 33% match

Thai PM expresses deep condolences over the passing of Former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra expressed her deepest condolences following the passing of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-09-08 · 49% match

Mark R. Thompson: The human cost of Duterte's bloody democracy

Over the last three decades or so, popular causes in the Philippines have often attracted global sympathy, from international outrage at the assassination of opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-05-05 · 48% match

Philippines Inc. grows wary of a Duterte presidency

MANILA Rodrigo Duterte, the tough-talking front-runner in the upcoming Philippine presidential election, looked around the gilded chamber in the Manila Peninsula hotel where 400 of the country's top businesspeople had come to see him, and said: "Rela

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-07-03 · 44% match

The drive of Filipino migrants is a big part of the country's recent success

MANILA -- Glenn Escalera, a 32-year-old Filipino engineer, recalls standing on the deck of a massive freighter, sailing under a pitch-dark sky off the coast of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-09-14 · 41% match

Laugh, cry and rage, twice over, at Marcos cinematic redux

When Filipinos leave their country and don't know when they might return, they often have a despedida, a farewell send-off involving food and friends.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-12-14 · 41% match

Richard Heydarian: How Duterte is crafting an imperial presidency

Three decades after the downfall of the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship, the specter of authoritarianism is once again haunting the Philippines, one of Asia's oldest democracies.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-06-17 · 40% match

San Miguel chief and Marcos ally Eduardo Cojuangco dies aged 85

MANILA -- Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco, a Philippine tycoon deeply involved in the country's politics, has died at age 85.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-10-10 · 39% match

Duterte's China charm offensive

Zhao Jianhua, China's ambassador to the Philippines, may be the happiest man in Metro Manila. In September, he rhapsodized: "The clouds are fading away.

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