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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.
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.
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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.
Manila has accused Beijing of deliberate intimidation and harassment, stoking fears of a broader crisis erupting in the South China Sea.
A convicted trafficker’s explosive testimony has implicated the former first family in the very narcotics trade they vowed to eradicate.
The two sides reached an apparent agreement, but insiders and analysts suggest tensions could yet flare again despite the talks.
The Philippines is considering involving units from other countries in its regular resupply missions to a flashpoint in the South China Sea.
‘Sky Masters’ depicts a Chinese invasion of the Philippines, but observers say such a premise is implausible given security concerns today.
Their churning South China Sea quarrel has now reached ‘boiling point’ – and Filipinos are demanding action.
Beijing’s narrative gels with North Korean and Russian thinking. But analysts doubt such an alliance could ever be – if history is any guide.
In a televised interview, Guo revealed that she was an abandoned child of a man who was a Chinese citizen and a domestic helper.
Alice Leal Guo, mayor of small town Bamban, was unable to provide details about her early life and background during a senate hearing.
The armed forces’ modernisation, spurred by maritime skirmishes with China, has seen it acquire military assets and revamp its defence strategy.
Observers speculate the investigation is politically motivated by President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s ongoing feud with his predecessor.
Manuel Mamba has been tossed out of office for illegally using public funds just as joint military exercises involving Manila and Washington take place in his province.
Firebrand ex-leader Rodrigo Duterte says his successor is a ‘crybaby’, with the two trading jibes over drug-use accusations and their opposing South China Sea stances. Will they ever bury the hatchet? ‘It’s complicated’.
Joint statement by the three leaders makes it clear the Washington summit was aimed at opposing China’s recent maritime activities.
The ICC has called for translators in Tagalog and Cebuano, languages involved in the crimes against humanity trial against the ex-Philippine leader.
The timing of the vermin outbreak led to speculation it could have been engineered in response to news of the airport’s privatisation, or an attempt to discredit the current government.
