Michael Beltran 21 Jul 2021 12:00 The politics of PacMan Manny Pacquiao is famously conservative. By turning on Rodrigo Duterte, the boxer-senator wants to deliver a knock-out.
Michael Beltran 28 May 2021 06:00 How strong is Duterte the strongman? Entering his last year in office, the Philippine president’s campaign promises ring hollow. The question is what’s next.
Michael Beltran 22 Mar 2021 15:00 Lockdown déjà vu in the Philippines With Covid cases rising, the Duterte administration keeps doing the same thing but somehow expects a different result.
Michael Beltran 26 Feb 2021 11:00 A Duterte dynasty? A campaign by the daughter of the Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte hovers somewhere between rumour and reality.
Michael Beltran 3 Dec 2020 14:30 In the Philippines, a label can take your life Accusation as a communist – “red-tagging” – is a potential death sentence, which doesn’t stop some from using it.
Michael Beltran 30 Sep 2020 06:00 Duterte’s vaccine promise is a political placebo The Philippine president has pinned hopes on a miracle solution to the Covid crisis while gutting effective responses.
Michael Beltran 7 Aug 2020 06:00 In the Philippines, a political dance around constitutional change Quite literally a cha-cha.
Michael Beltran 13 Jul 2020 10:00 Philippines government driving jeepneys off the road A modernisation plan and now Covid-19 threaten a vivid cultural symbol and the livelihoods that go with it.