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Editor’s Picks: 2013 Must-Reads
Season’s Greetings! On behalf of In Asia‘s editorial board and bloggers, we thank you for your engagement and continued readership throughout the year. We’ll be taking a short break, but will return on...
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Philippines 2014: The Best of Times or the Worst of Times?
By Steven RoodJanuary, named after the two-faced Roman god Janus, is a time that invites us to look back and look ahead. Here in the Philippines, excitable headlines make it hard to discern if 2013 was...
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Two Months After Yolanda: Lessons from the Bunkhouse Controversy
By Eric AseoThe recent controversy about temporary shelters – or bunkhouses – for victims in Yolanda-hit areas offers some lessons not only in emergency response but also in reconstruction efforts....
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Philippines to the World: Thanks for Haiyan Help
By Steven RoodSuper Typhoon Haiyan, “Yolanda” in the Philippines, drew intense international media attention, including a controversial visit by CNN’s Anderson Cooper. The international community...
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Survey of Victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan Defies Preconceptions
By Steven RoodIt is perhaps unusual for survey research to provoke demonstrations denouncing the results, but that is precisely what happened last month when Social Weather Stations issued a survey...
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Survey Reveals Haiyan’s Impact on Filipino Households
By Eric AseoMarilyn Ecap, a 42-year-old street typist, is a permanent fixture at the main gate of the former Divine Word University campus in Tacloban City. For 12 years she has made a living typing...
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Obama’s Asia Trip to Test Rebalancing Policy
By John J. BrandonThis week President Obama travels to four Asian countries – Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Malaysia. In many respects, the president’s visit is to make up for his absence...
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Obama’s Trip to the Philippines: A Touchy Last Stop
By Mark Lester A. Guevarra and Steven RoodThe last stop of U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to four Asian countries this week is perhaps the most controversial. His visit comes at a time of...
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Providing Children’s Books to A Stable but Fragile Tacloban
By Anna Bantug-HerreraLast week, Typhoon Rammasun (Glenda in the Philippines) swept through the Philippines, killing nearly 100 people and continued on its deadly path battering China and northern...
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WEF Declares Philippines Most Improved Country in Global Competitiveness
By Leandro TanThe Filipino workforce has long been considered to be internationally competitive, exemplified in its impressive performance in the business process outsourcing and overseas labor...
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One Year After Bohol Earthquake, Partnerships Thrive Amid Rehabilitation Efforts
By Jowil Mejia PlecerdaOne year ago today, an earthquake reported to have the energy equivalent of 32 Hiroshima bombs struck Bohol and nearby provinces in south central Philippines. Generated from a...
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One Year After Typhoon Haiyan, Hard-Hit Eastern Visayas Still Fragile
By Eric AseoStanding at the beach of MacArthur Park just south of Tacloban city in Eastern Visayas, the Pacific Ocean looks playful and gentle – a sharp contrast from a year ago when Super Typhoon...
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Two Months After Yolanda: Lessons from the Bunkhouse Controversy
The recent controversy about temporary shelters – or bunkhouses – for victims in Yolanda-hit areas offers some lessons not only in emergency response but also in reconstruction efforts. These are not...
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Philippines to the World: Thanks for Haiyan Help
Super Typhoon Haiyan, “Yolanda” in the Philippines, drew intense international media attention, including a controversial visit by CNN’s Anderson Cooper. The international community responded with...
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Survey of Victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan Defies Preconceptions
It is perhaps unusual for survey research to provoke demonstrations denouncing the results, but that is precisely what happened last month when Social Weather Stations issued a survey release showing...
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Survey Reveals Haiyan’s Impact on Filipino Households
Marilyn Ecap, a 42-year-old street typist, is a permanent fixture at the main gate of the former Divine Word University campus in Tacloban City. For 12 years she has made a living typing documents for...
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Obama’s Asia Trip to Test Rebalancing Policy
This week President Obama travels to four Asian countries – Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Malaysia. In many respects, the president’s visit is to make up for his absence last October in...
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Obama’s Trip to the Philippines: A Touchy Last Stop
The last stop of U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to four Asian countries this week is perhaps the most controversial. His visit comes at a time of heightened tensions between the Philippines and...
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Providing Children’s Books to A Stable but Fragile Tacloban
Last week, Typhoon Rammasun (Glenda in the Philippines) swept through the Philippines, killing nearly 100 people and continued on its deadly path battering China and northern Vietnam. Just 24 hours...
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WEF Declares Philippines Most Improved Country in Global Competitiveness
The Filipino workforce has long been considered to be internationally competitive, exemplified in its impressive performance in the business process outsourcing and overseas labor markets. However, it...
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