At least 10 people were killed as Typhoon Goni pounded the Philippines Sunday, ripping off roofs, toppling power lines and causing flooding in the hardest-hit areas where hundreds of thousands had fled their homes. The strongest typhoon of the year also triggered deadly landslides that buried a number of houses in the southern part of the most populous island of Luzon, officials said.Goni was a "super typhoon" when it made landfall on Catanduanes Island before dawn, packing

Nearly a million people in the Philippines were evacuated from their homes Saturday as the most powerful typhoon of the year so far barrelled towards the country, with authorities warning of "destructive" winds and flooding.Typhoon Goni is expected to slam into Catanduanes Island Sunday morning with wind speeds of up to 205 kilometres per hour (127 miles per hour) before crossing the main island of Luzon, the state weather forecaster said.

The COVID-19 crisis is the worst crisis that has plagued the world since the Great Depression. It is continuously devastating economies, people’s lives, jobs, and businesses around the globe.

Matters related to territorial disputes both land and maritime, particularly in the case of Southeast Asia (SEA), are among the most contentious issues in the region’s politics nowadays.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), defines violence against children (VAC) as “all forms of physical or mental violence, injury and abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse.” Article 1 of the CRC defines a “child” as every human being below the age of 18 years. Today, VAC is not just limited to conventional spaces (e.g., home, school, community). There are new forms of VAC taking place online or in cyberspace.

The latest Pulse Asia Survey, which says that eight in 10 Filipinos favour the Duterte administration’s COVID-19 response and that President Rodrigo Duterte garnered a 91 percent trust/approval rating made headlines not only locally but even internationally these last couple of days.The results of Pulse Asia’s September 2020 “Ulat ng Bayan Survey” (“Report to the Nation Survey”), state that 84 percent of Filipinos approve of the government’s work to control the spread of the new coronavirus d

The veiled and quiescent annoyance in the relationship between the Philippines and Malaysia over the “Sabah Dispute” has suddenly been rekindled by recent exchanges on Twitter between the two top diplomats of both countries.Just recently, the Philippines Foreign Secretary, Teodoro Locsin Jr.

Online misinformation is leaching out from cheap mobile phones and free Facebook plans used by millions in the Philippines, convincing many to reject vaccinations for polio and other deadly diseases.Childhood immunisation rates have plummeted in the country - from 87 percent in 2014 to 68 percent - resulting in a measles epidemic and the re-emergence of polio last year.A highly politicised campaign that led to the withdrawal of dengue vaccine Dengvaxia in 2017 is widely seen as one of the mai

One of the most crucial and pressing issues related to children in the Philippines is the issue of children in armed conflict.

On 13 September, the Philippines released and deported United States (US) Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton after President Rodrigo Duterte granted him “absolute pardon” for killing Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude, a Filipino transgender woman in 2014.  Serving less than six years of his 10-year prison term, Pemberton’s early release sparked public outcry in the country due to a host of other issues.