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Alan Robles
Alan Robles has been a journalist for more than 30 years and has written for the SCMP since 2002. A freelance foreign correspondent specialising in politics, development, foreign affairs, science, environment and IT, he has a humour column at abs-cbnnews.com and runs the political satire site hotmanila.ph. He lectured for 12 years on digital media at the Internationales Institut fuer Journalismus in Berlin.
Alan Robles has been a journalist for more than 30 years and has written for the SCMP since 2002. A freelance foreign correspondent specialising in politics, development, foreign affairs, science, environment and IT, he has a humour column at abs-cbnnews.com and runs the political satire site hotmanila.ph. He lectured for 12 years on digital media at the Internationales Institut fuer Journalismus in Berlin.
Analysts say the disinformation is capitalising on anti-corruption anger to sow unrest and confusion.
Disgraced congressman Zaldy Co’s US$81 million private fleet has become a symbol of chronic underfunding in the Philippines’ defence sector.
A vast corruption scandal has ignited public fury and coup rumours, placing the president between his family’s past and his political rivals.
A new report warns that the Philippines still lacks the tools to counter China without a dependable US defence partner.
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The drama began with a plate of ‘humba’, but the true cause of the shouting match was a bitter power struggle for control.
Ex-action star Robin Padilla’s past antics have spanned a live-streamed wardrobe malfunction and an IV drip session in his Senate office.
Experts contend the vast cost of delivering on Marcos’ State of the Nation Address pledges would risk ‘bankrupting’ the government.
Critics decry the decision as ‘judicial overreach’, warning it sets a ‘terrible’ precedent that could shield officials from accountability.
Sebastian ‘Baste’ Duterte’s viral public challenge against police chief Nicolas Torre fizzled into farce after he left the country.
General Torre said he had booked a stadium to fight Sebastian Duterte and ‘it’s up to him whether he shows up or not’.
As divers brave volcanic eruptions and storms to search for human remains, their discoveries have a nation demanding answers.
His son, Paolo Duterte, has told his father’s ‘girlfriends’ to ‘look for somebody else’ after visiting the former president at The Hague.
The life-size standees have been seen around the Philippines and The Hague, where the former president is in ICC detention.
Legal experts question the legitimacy of a mayoral oath taken in international detention – and warn it could set a dangerous precedent.
A surprising Duterte-Marcos midterm stalemate has shifted focus to the vice-president’s impeachment fight – and the next presidential race.
Once wholly reliant on the United States for defence, Manila now has missiles of its own. Some see them as a dangerous escalation.
Diehard supporters of the Philippine ex-president flooded Nicholas Kaufmann’s Facebook page, demanding he bring their hero home.
Some critics welcomed the accountability for social media figures, while others felt the hearing focused more on settling scores than addressing structural issues.
Ex-president Duterte is behind bars in The Hague and his daughter is fighting for political survival. But don’t discount a comeback in 2028.
Experts say there is little chance of the 80-year-old gaining early release due to a lack of legal avenues to challenge his ICC detention.
Duterte’s ICC arrest sparked a wave of disinformation, with fake news and fabricated quotes flooding Philippine social media, potentially affecting his interim release.
Three employees at Manila’s main airport relieved of their posts after passenger says they falsely claimed she had a bullet in her luggage.
Disabling of influencers’ Facebook accounts is ‘characteristic of an authoritarian rule’, lawyer says, as Philippines steps up fight against disinformation.
With Marcos Jnr’s purge of Sara Duterte and her father from the National Security Council, their high-stakes feud enters a pivotal new phase.
Funds for the social and health protection of the country’s poorest have been channelled to politicians for their pet projects, critics say.
Complaints over confidential funds given to individuals seemingly using aliases derived from food brands fuel calls for transparency.
The rally in support of the Duterte family at the EDSA Shrine, the symbolic site of the 1986 uprising, has fizzled out within a week.
Officials say the Russian vessel was not in Philippine territorial waters during its maritime exercise with the Malaysian navy.
The US president-elect’s interest in containing China militarily and supporting the Philippines’ defence remains an open question.
