MANILA (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Authorities in the Philippines have once more commanded the closure of an investigative news website that Maria Ressa, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, created. One of the few media sites in the Philippines that criticises
The Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, has agreed to be the ruling political party’s vice-presidential candidate in next year’s elections, laying the groundwork for the leader to stay in power beyond his term. The PDP-Laban party made the announcement before a national assembly on
The more aggressive Delta variant of Covid-19, detected in the Philippines in mid-July, has spread across much of the country, reaching 13 of 17 regions, health officials have said. On Sunday, the Philippines reported a sharp rise in daily Covid fatalities, with 287 deaths,
