Rebecca Ratcliffe
Correspondent at The Guardian
Southeast Asia correspondent for @guardian https://t.co/xUcmXgNWtX
Articles
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2 days ago |
theguardian.com | Rebecca Ratcliffe
Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has been re-elected as mayor of the city of Davao, the family’s stronghold, despite being imprisoned thousands of miles away in The Hague for alleged crimes against humanity. With more than 60% of returns in, Duterte, 80, had an insurmountable lead of 405,000 votes – far ahead of his nearest competitor who trailed on 49,000, according to unofficial results from the election commission published by local media.
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4 days ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Rebecca Ratcliffe |Guill Ramos
In Davao, Rodrigo Duterte is represented by a cardboard cutout, but he is still the top pick for mayorRodrigo Duterte supporters prepare for a motorcade to raise support for the former Philippines president to become mayor of Davao. Rodrigo Duterte supporters prepare for a motorcade to raise support for the former Philippines president to become mayor of Davao.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Rebecca Ratcliffe
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle laughed when asked in 2015 if he had ever considered that he might one day be pope. “I make a public confession here. I cannot even manage my life. How can I imagine a worldwide community?”Despite his self-deprecating response, the Filipino cardinal is among those tipped as a potential successor to Pope Francis. If appointed, he would be the first Asian pope in modern times.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Rebecca Ratcliffe
The day that Saigon fell, Xuan Phuong, a war correspondent, could only hear shouting and commotion. It was 30 April 1975, and helicopters were frantically lifting personnel and civilians from the US embassy. Phuong, who had travelled down from the north, was initially held back by troops who said fighting was still continuing. When she was finally able to reach the centre of the city the following day, 1 May, she found chaos. Clothes and luggage were scattered and discarded along the streets.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Rebecca Ratcliffe
Thousands had gathered in Vancouver this weekend to mark Lapu Lapu Day, a celebration of a Filipino national hero who fought against Spanish colonisation, when a car-ramming attack killed at least 11 and injured dozens more. Datu Lapulapu, the chief of Mactan, an island now part of the central Visayas region of the Philippines, defeated Spanish forces led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521.
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