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Tag: Mindanao

Posted inPhilippines

Blackhawks down, and safe, at Clark Air Base

by Dave Makichuk June 11, 2021June 29, 2021

While they are being touted by the Philippines military, as being essential for humanitarian assistance and disaster response operations in the Covid era, we all know what Blackhawk helicopters can do, especially if they are fitted with weapons. And it’s no secret, that the country is fighting an Islamic insurgency on Mindanao, where fighting continues […]

Posted inAT Finance, China, World

Philippines builds infrastructure to spur economy

by Luis Puyat January 12, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines

Suicide bombs new terror norm in the Philippines

by Richard Javad Heydarian September 13, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines

El Niño wreaking havoc in the Philippines

by Bong S Sarmiento March 13, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance

Facebook has a terrorism problem in the Philippines

by Annabella Roberts February 27, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines

Islamic State behind lethal Philippine church bombing

by Bong S Sarmiento January 29, 2019February 18, 2020
Philippine police stand in front of the aftermath of a terrorist bomb attack at a shopping center in Cotabato City, December 31, 2018. Photo: Twitter
Posted inAT Finance, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Terrorism rings in the New Year in Mindanao

by Bong S Sarmiento January 2, 2019February 18, 2020
Hot steel on conveyor in a steel mill. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, China, Philippines

Chinese steel-making giant to invest US$4.4 bn in Philippines

by Asia Times staff December 18, 2018February 18, 2020
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines

Govt gives aid to families of workers who died overseas

by Asia Times staff October 18, 2018February 18, 2020
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Davao City, in the southern island of Mindanao on February 9, 2018. Photo: AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines, South Asia, World

Lethal car bomb explodes Duterte’s peace drive

by Bong S Sarmiento July 31, 2018February 18, 2020
Nearly 10 million Filipinos consider themselves poor, a poll has found. This shot shows a poor area in the capital Manila. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Anton Zelenov
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines

9.8m Filipino families believe they are poor, poll suggests

by Asia Times staff April 27, 2018February 18, 2020
Davao Oriental Provincial Hospital. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

Overseas Filipino Worker shot dead on return to Davao

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2018February 18, 2020
Rizal Monument in Zamboanga City near the scene of the shooting. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Wowzamboangacity
Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

Overseas Filipino worker shot dead during vacation

by Grace Dandan January 5, 2018February 18, 2020
The skyline in Dubai. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Chronus
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines

Filipino chef’s body returned home from Dubai

by Asia Times staff December 27, 2017February 18, 2020
Residents wade through the flooding in Cagayan de Oro city in the Philippines. Photo: Reuters / Froilan Gallardo
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Tropical storm in Philippines kills at least 200 people

by Asia Times staff December 24, 2017February 18, 2020
The Department of Labor and Employment in Intramuros, Manila. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, Philippines, Turkey, World

Philippine govt urged to probe illegal recruitment practices

by Asia Times staff December 20, 2017February 18, 2020
A Filipino soldier lies on a mattress in a house as government troops continue their assault against insurgents from the Islamic State-aligned Maute group in Marawi city, Philippines July 1, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva
Posted inAT Finance, Malaysia, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia

Strange bedfellows in Philippine-Islamic State fight

by Bong S Sarmiento October 1, 2017February 18, 2020
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte salutes as he takes part during the Armed Forces anniversary celebration at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon city, Metro Manila December 21, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia

Martial law debate in the Philippines

by Richard Javad Heydarian June 1, 2017February 18, 2020
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared martial law on the island of Mindanao in a bid to combat rising Islamic militancy. Photo: Reuters/Ezra Acayan
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, World

Duterte flexes his iron fist

by Richard Javad Heydarian May 26, 2017February 18, 2020
Old People's War for New People's Army:  the truce is off and armed conflict may begin again in earnest. Photo: AFP
Posted inUncategorized

Maoist rebels agree to resume talks

by Shawn W. Crispin March 14, 2017

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