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More blood but no victory in Duterte's drug war
Reuters, Published on 26/06/2017
» MANILA - Launched a year ago, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs has resulted in thousands of deaths, yet the street price of crystal methamphetamine in Manila has fallen and surveys show Filipinos are as anxious as ever about crime.
Kidney patients living on hope
Spectrum, Published on 12/03/2017
» When Michelle Dalay Resuello, 27, found out she was suffering from stage 5 kidney failure, she was shocked. Looking back to that day in March 2016, she smiles and says: "I was having a routine physical as I was planning on working abroad and needed proof to show I was healthy.
No roof overhead
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 27/11/2016
» 'There's something wrong with how our society's structured. The economy's growing and we seem to be developing, but the number of people living in slums and on the streets keeps rising," Boonlert Visetpricha reflects. The Thammasat University professor has experienced this reality first hand in his field work, living as a homeless person in Bangkok. He sees a vast contrast between the lives of the rich and the poor.
Philippines' Duterte endorses killing corrupt journalists, drug dealers
AFP, Published on 01/06/2016
» DAVAO - Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday that corrupt journalists were legitimate targets of assassination, as he amped up his controversial anti-crime crusade with offers of rewards for killing drug traffickers.
Abu Sayyaf beheading deadline nears
Alan Dawson, Published on 25/04/2016
» Asia's most vicious terrorist group has set a deadline of 2pm Monday (Thailand time) to behead at least one of three foreign and one Filipina hostages it holds in the southern Philippines.
Thailand leading Asia in cracking down on drinking
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/07/2015
» By banning alcohol sales near universities and technical colleges, Thailand is putting the nation at the forefront of efforts in Asia to curb booze consumption.
Philippine island of 120 stares down China’s military might
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/07/2015
» MANILA — On a clear night, the Filipinos who live on Pagasa Island — a speck in the vast South China Sea — can see the floodlights from giant Chinese cranes working around the clock, dredging sand to build on a nearby reef.
The truth is sold short as justice comes only to those with money
Spectrum, Published on 17/05/2015
» On April 22, I took the 8.30am train from Khon Kaen to Bua Yai, a small town in Korat, for an appointment with the public prosecutor.
Nursing some trepidation
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 18/05/2014
» Filipina nurse Maria Judith Avestruz was considered lucky to land a full-time job at Manila’s semi-private Philippine Heart Centre, where she stayed for almost three years. But the pay was very low, so in October, 2012, she decided to come to Thailand, where she was accepted right away by Phyathai 2 Hospital as an international case manager.