Tag: Duterte, Rodrigo

U.S.-Philippines Alliance Grows With Biden and Marcos Meeting: What to Know

President Biden is meeting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines at the White House, a sign of strengthening ties between the two countries. Here’s what you need to know.

Can the Philippine Island of Boracay Beat Overtourism?

Called one of the world’s best islands, the Philippine resort was closed by the government for six months and reopened with a cap on visitors. Now, with travelers coming back, will it continue to hold the line?

In the Philippines, a Doctor Unearths a Drug War’s True Toll

Raquel Fortun, one of only two forensic pathologists in the Philippines, is using her skills to show how other doctors falsely claimed some victims of the country’s drug war had died natural deaths.

A Cafe in Philippines is Devoted to Duterte’s Drug War Victims

Served along with the lattes are personal stories from the staff, who are relatives of those who died in some of the thousands of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines.