Category Archives: The New York Times / International Herald Tribune
Rebels Reject Plan for Filipino Muslims
Islamic rebels in the southern Philippines have rejected a proposal by the Philippine government to offer what it calls “genuine autonomy” for Filipino Muslims, saying Tuesday that it “does not address the real issues” that have fueled the separatist rebellion in the country’s south over the past 40 years.
Controversial Art Exhibit Is Shut Down in the Philippines
Officials shut down a controversial art exhibition on Tuesday following a storm of public protest that included criticism from President Benigno S. Aquino III, who called the artwork offensive to the country’s Christian majority.
Philippines Stands All but Alone in Banning Divorce
When citizens of the small Mediterranean nation of Malta voted in a referendum last month to legalize divorce, they reignited debate in the Philippines, one of the last countries, along with Vatican City, where divorce is still banned.
The Female Factor: In Philippine Newsrooms, the Women Rule
“You cannot explain the rise of the women journalists without talking about martial law,” said Inday Espina-Varona, a journalist since the Marcos era who now runs the citizen-journalism program of ABS-CBN, the country’s largest broadcast network. “When the men were struggling back into journalism, the women were already there.”
Filipino rebels agree to stop using child soldiers
Once the guerrilla groups have complied with their respective action plans, they can be removed from the U.N. list of movements that violate children’s rights. The Philippines is among 22 countries in the world that the United Nations says have “situations of concern” because of the use of child combatants.
3 Filipinos executed in China for drug crimes
Three Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking in China were executed Wednesday morning, Filipino officials said, prompting grief and outrage in the Philippines.
Citing New Evidence, Philippines Asks China to Stay Executions
The Philippine government has appealed to Beijing to stay the execution scheduled for Wednesday of three Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking in China, saying that new evidence had surfaced that would prove at least one of them had been used as an unwitting drug courier by syndicates operating in the Philippines.
Philippines Uses General’s Death to Tout Reform
With the Philippines still reeling from the apparent suicide of a retired general who had been implicated in an investigation of military graft, a spokesman for the armed forces said Thursday that such corruption was a thing of the past.
Former defense chief of Philippines dies in apparent suicide
A former Philippine defense secretary who had been implicated in a major military corruption scandal died Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide, officials said.
Philippines to investigate allegations of military graft
President Benigno S. Aquino III of the Philippines has ordered an investigation into allegations of systemic corruption within the armed forces, with millions of pesos said to have been pocketed by military officials, including several chiefs of staff.
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