Alan Robles
Foreign Correspondent and Journalist at Freelance
Manila Correspondent at South China Morning Post
full-time journalist, essayist, humor columnist, book editor, lectured 12 years in Berlin on digital media, somewhat acerbic. Mordant Cassandra.
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Alan Robles
It’s morning in The Hague and Senator Robin Padilla is wandering around looking for a place to eat – while carrying a life-size full-colour cardboard cut-out of Rodrigo Duterte. Settling down at an outdoor cafe, the Filipino political partisan props the standee beside him. The cardboard image of the former president depicts him seated, wearing dark glasses and a T-shirt. Padilla, president of the Duterte-controlled PDP Laban party, snaps a photo for his social media account.
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3 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Alan Robles |Raissa Robles
Rodrigo Duterte, the firebrand former president of the Philippines, has made political history – not once, but twice. First, as the only ex-Philippine leader to face charges of crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court (ICC). And now, as the first to win a mayoral race while imprisoned abroad, securing an extraordinary landslide victory from a detention cell in The Hague. The post he won is no ordinary local office.
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4 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Alan Robles |Raissa Robles
As the dust settles from the shock of the Philippines’ midterm election, it is clear that President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr and his dynastic rivals, the Dutertes, have fought to a stalemate, with both camps securing an equal number of Senate seats. This political deadlock ensures that the immediate focus of national politics will revolve around the rivalry between the two powerful clans.
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4 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Alan Robles |Raissa Robles
11 hours agoMacron to China: Keep North Korea out of Ukraine war or risk NATO coming to AsiaFrench president delivers veiled warning to Beijing during speech in Singapore.
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1 month ago |
scmp.com | Alan Robles
The Philippines has entered the missile age, decades behind many of its Southeast Asian neighbours, with analysts divided over whether its growing arsenal enhances deterrence or places the archipelago at greater risk.
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