Philippines

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Working abroad, supporting the family at home

Vincenzina Santoro | 22 February 2013 |

tags: migrant workers, Philippines, remittances

Emigrants’ remittances are at the core of poverty alleviation in many developing countries.

Population imperialists show their hand in Manila

Francisco S. Tatad | 03 December 2012 |

tags: Philippines, population control, Reproductive Health Bill

International heavyweights and Philippine business interests unite in a desperate bid to get a highly controversial bill passed.

Can the Philippines keep AIDS at bay if it embraces condom culture?

Angelo S. Porciuncula and Oliver M. Tuazon | 05 March 2012 |

tags: birth control, HIVAIDS, Philippines

The advance of AIDS in the Philippines has been "low and slow", but birth control ideology could unleash a full-blown epidemic.

Philippines population bill speaks with forked tongue

Anna Halpine | 03 December 2010 |

tags: Philippines, population control, reproductive health

Who really believes women’s reproductive health is the main concern in House Bill 96?

Philippines elections 2010: automated fraud?

Rosa Linda Valenzona | 06 June 2010 |

tags: electronic voting, Philippines

United States voters worried about electronic voting should pay close attention to the recent Philippines elections.

Unlikely heroine

Sheila Coronel | 04 August 2009 |

tags: Cory Aquino, heroes, Philippines

Cory Aquino inspired others around the world to struggle against tyranny when she became the first woman to lead the Philippines. 

The Filipino front in the culture wars

Rosa Linda Valenzona | 21 October 2008 |

tags: abortion, conscience, conscientious objection, Philippines

The heavyweights of the global reproductive health agenda are making an all-out bid to displace the church as the conscience of the Philippines.

The thorny issue of politicians and conscience

John A. Gueguen, Jr | 10 June 2005 |

tags: abortion, conscience, Philippines, politicians

Last year's presidential campaign saw many Catholic politicians tiptoeing through a minefield of moral issues. Could it happen again?