@lhlischin.bsky.social
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As delays and shakeups loom over the BARMM elections, we can be sure that if the elections take place in October, Malacañang may be casting the deciding vote. Read my latest analysis in @eastasiaforum.bsky.social with thanks to @duriandiaries.bsky.social
eastasiaforum.org/2025/05/09/m...
eastasiaforum.org/2025/05/09/m...
Manila’s hidden hand in Bangsamoro politics
As BARMM prepares for historic 2025 elections, Manila's political calculations continue to trump promises of meaningful autonomy for Muslim Mindanao.
eastasiaforum.org
May 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
As delays and shakeups loom over the BARMM elections, we can be sure that if the elections take place in October, Malacañang may be casting the deciding vote. Read my latest analysis in @eastasiaforum.bsky.social with thanks to @duriandiaries.bsky.social
eastasiaforum.org/2025/05/09/m...
eastasiaforum.org/2025/05/09/m...
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Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is being flown to The Hague, his daughter says, after his arrest on an ICC warrant
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte forced onto plane to The Hague after ICC arrest, his daughter says | CNN
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been put on a plane to The Hague following his arrest on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant, his daughter and local outlet The Philippine Sta...
www.cnn.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is being flown to The Hague, his daughter says, after his arrest on an ICC warrant
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Authorities cite CPJ report to claim improving media situation in the Philippines. Threats and attacks against the media remain a problem. My latest piece for @thediplomat.com
thediplomat.com/2025/03/no-f...
thediplomat.com/2025/03/no-f...
No Filipino Journalist Killed in 2024, but Impunity Persists
Despite improvements under President Marcos, the country remains a difficult – and sometimes dangerous – place to be a journalist.
thediplomat.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Authorities cite CPJ report to claim improving media situation in the Philippines. Threats and attacks against the media remain a problem. My latest piece for @thediplomat.com
thediplomat.com/2025/03/no-f...
thediplomat.com/2025/03/no-f...
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As the Philippines' Bangsamoro Autonomous Region faces another electoral reset, the concentration of decision-making power remains in the hands of Manila-based legislators, writes Reemar B Alonsagay.
Waiting with bated breath for Bangsamoro’s elections
As the Philippines' Bangsamoro Autonomous Region faces another electoral reset, the concentration of decision-making power remains in the hands of Manila-based legislators, writes Reemar B Alonsagay.
eastasiaforum.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
As the Philippines' Bangsamoro Autonomous Region faces another electoral reset, the concentration of decision-making power remains in the hands of Manila-based legislators, writes Reemar B Alonsagay.
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Philippines's Marcos is maliciously trying to muddle the issue by depicting the legitimate critique against the budget as a plot against his administration.
My latest piece for @thediplomat.com
thediplomat.com/2025/02/phil...
My latest piece for @thediplomat.com
thediplomat.com/2025/02/phil...
Philippine President Links Budget Petition to ‘Destabilization’ Plot
Concerns about corruption in budget allocations have been drawn into the intensifying political war between the Marcos and Duterte clans.
thediplomat.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Philippines's Marcos is maliciously trying to muddle the issue by depicting the legitimate critique against the budget as a plot against his administration.
My latest piece for @thediplomat.com
thediplomat.com/2025/02/phil...
My latest piece for @thediplomat.com
thediplomat.com/2025/02/phil...
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NEW: Despite devastating ecological impacts, informal gold mining in Indonesia gives people access to incomes and autonomy that most local forms of wage labour can’t—and the very illegality of such mining ensures that the local state is deeply implicated in it. www.newmandala.org/its-like-tex...
“It’s like Texas”: variations on informal gold mining in Central Kalimantan - New Mandala
An anatomy of unpermitted mining in Indonesian Borneo
www.newmandala.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
NEW: Despite devastating ecological impacts, informal gold mining in Indonesia gives people access to incomes and autonomy that most local forms of wage labour can’t—and the very illegality of such mining ensures that the local state is deeply implicated in it. www.newmandala.org/its-like-tex...
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It's a pleasure to join the inestimable
@dririshsea.bsky.social
as a cohost of her terrific podcast, Straight Talk Southeast Asia. This is just the extension of the great conversations we've always had together. Give it a listen!
S3, Episode 1:
Apple: apple.co/40mKsvB
Spotify: spoti.fi/4h0oIv2
@dririshsea.bsky.social
as a cohost of her terrific podcast, Straight Talk Southeast Asia. This is just the extension of the great conversations we've always had together. Give it a listen!
S3, Episode 1:
Apple: apple.co/40mKsvB
Spotify: spoti.fi/4h0oIv2
EP69: A Year of Oligarchic Consolidation?
Podcast Episode · Straight Talk Southeast Asia · 06/01/2025 · 27m
apple.co
January 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It's a pleasure to join the inestimable
@dririshsea.bsky.social
as a cohost of her terrific podcast, Straight Talk Southeast Asia. This is just the extension of the great conversations we've always had together. Give it a listen!
S3, Episode 1:
Apple: apple.co/40mKsvB
Spotify: spoti.fi/4h0oIv2
@dririshsea.bsky.social
as a cohost of her terrific podcast, Straight Talk Southeast Asia. This is just the extension of the great conversations we've always had together. Give it a listen!
S3, Episode 1:
Apple: apple.co/40mKsvB
Spotify: spoti.fi/4h0oIv2