Category: Philippines

PHILIPPINES: ‘JEEPNEY IS TO MANILA AS THE YELLOW CAB IS TO NEW YORK’

by Matthew Rodriguez | May 1, 2018 | Philippines | 0 |

MATTHEW RODRIGUEZ WRITES- Ever since the end of World War II, the jeepney has been the primary...

PHILIPPINES: JURY STILL OUT ON THE LATEST THRILLER IN MANILA

by Matthew Rodriguez | Mar 19, 2018 | Philippines | 0 |

MATTHEW RODRIGUEZ WRITES – The Philippines’ House of Representatives found probable cause...

PHILIPPINES: ICC INITIATES INVESTIGATION ON DUTERTE’S WAR ON DRUGS

by Matthew Rodriguez | Mar 9, 2018 | Philippines | 0 |

MATTHEW RODRIGUEZ WRITES – After more than 12,000 deaths, the International Criminal Court...

PHILIPPINES: TRACKING THE THUG PRESIDENCY

by Asia Media Staff | Mar 8, 2017 | Philippines | 0 |

GUEST CONTRIBUTOR WILLIAM OVERHOLT, OF THE HARVARD ASIA CENTER, TELLS US – A deep look at...

PHILIPPINES: DEAR AMERICA, IT’S OVER, SINCERELY DUTERTE

by Mary Grace Costa | Oct 24, 2016 | Philippines, Slider | 0 |

MARY GRACE COSTA WRITES – The Philippines and the United States have enjoyed a decades-long...

PHILIPPINES: STRONGMAN VS. STRONG WOMAN

by Mary Grace Costa | Sep 29, 2016 | Philippines | 0 |

MARY GRACE COSTA WRITES – Strong-armed President Rodrigo Duterte might be fresh from victory...

PHILIPPINES: Pacquiao K.O’d for Homophobic Comments

by Mary Grace Costa | Feb 22, 2016 | Philippines | 0 |

MARY GRACES COSTA WRITES – No, Manny, gay people aren’t “worse than animals,” but you might...

PHILIPPINES: She’s Beauty, She’s Grace, She’s Got Taxes To Pay

by Mary Grace Costa | Feb 12, 2016 | Philippines | 0 |

MARY GRACE COSTA WRITES – Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach may have won the 2015 Miss Universe crown, along...

PHILIPPINES: Duterte Drama Reaches Anticlimactic Conclusion

by Mary Grace Costa | Oct 25, 2015 | Philippines | 0 |

MARY GRACE COSTA WRITES – In the mood to binge-watch a Filipino TV drama for a long afternoon of...

PHILIPPINES: Film Festival Logo Lookalike Gets Two Thumbs Down

by Mary Grace Costa | Oct 11, 2015 | Philippines | 0 |

MARY GRACE COSTA WRITES – Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but blatant plagiarism is...

PHILIPPINES: Writers Ye Be Warned

by Mary Grace Costa | Sep 27, 2015 | Philippines | 0 |

MARY GRACE COSTA WRITES – Way to rain on the parade, Chito Narvasa! Invited to speak at an awards...

PHILIPPINES: A Picture Worth a Thousand Shares

by Mary Grace Costa | Jul 19, 2015 | Philippines | 0 |

MARY GRACE COSTA WRITES – In late June, nine-year-old Daniel Cabrera couldn’t find a light bulb to...

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