by Garrett May | Sep 27, 2021 | All, Covid-19, Healthcare, Philhippines
Filipinos have long been a mainstay of the immigrant population in the United States, with the Republic of the Philippines itself perpetuating a prominent culture of migration, maintaining 2.2 million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) across the world as of 2019. Like...
by Garrett May | May 20, 2021 | All, Human Rights, Southeast Asia, U.S. Foreign Policy
Shortly after his election in 2016, polling surveys put President Duterte’s trust rating among Filipinos at 91 percent. One commenter observed “it seems he has the pulse of his nation.” But as a politician whose unusually transparent temper has been a cause of concern...