Jul 18 ‘Thunder god’ typhoon batters Southeast Asia By Andrew Troast Typhoon Rammasun, named after the Thai word for “Thunder God,” made landfall on the Chinese island of Hainan Friday killing at least one person. 130 mph winds and steady rain tore through the northern region of Hainan Friday as… Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch Eight months later, Tacloban struggles to recover from Typhoon Haiyan By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch Why the White House is turning its attention to Asia By PBS News Hour President Obama’s four-nation Asia tour marks a policy shift toward the continent, which has been overshadowed by international concerns in the Middle East, and now the Ukraine crisis. Gwen Ifill talks to former State Department Official Kurt Campbell and Michael… Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch Obama kicks off four-nation Asia tour with visit to Japan By PBS News Hour President Obama made Tokyo his first stop on tour of Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines. The trip is the latest step in a stated policy shift toward Asia and away from a decade of war in Iraq and… Continue watching
Apr 22 Florida race highlights shadowy role of Super PACs By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Voters in southwest Florida’s 19th congressional district head to the polls Tuesday to elect candidates to replace resigned Republican Rep. Trey Radel. Radel, the freshman member who was caught buying cocaine in Washington, D.C., the first member of Congress to… Continue reading
Apr 08 Philippine top court says reproductive health law constitutional By Anya van Wagtendonk In a landmark decision Tuesday, the Philippine Supreme Court ended a months-long legal battle with Catholic leaders when it upheld a bill that provided free contraception and sexual education to its nation’s poorest citizens. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch News Wrap: Philippine government signs peace accord ending conflict with Muslim rebel group By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Philippine government signed a peace agreement with the country’s largest Muslim rebel group to end decades of conflict. The deal creates an autonomous Muslim region in the south. Also, the International Monetary Fund will… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch Scammers take advantage of Filipino nurses lured by promise of employment in the U.S. By PBS News Hour Shortages in the American health care system are raising demand for foreign nurses, who can unknowingly face great risk in finding a way to get to the United States. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from the Philippines about… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch Diving into the Philippines’ dangerous, underwater mines By Hari Sreenivasan, PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson Filipino divers disappear into water as opaque as chocolate milk as they blindly dig in search of gold trapped in muddy sediment. It's risky business: As miners go deeper, underwater tunnels could collapse or the compressor that provides air may… Continue watching
Jan 27 In Philippines, workers toil among hazards in compressor mining By Richard C. Paddock SANTA MILAGROSA, Philippines -- Brian Mullaton is 13 years old and makes his living by diving into deep, muddy holes. Continue reading