Philippines

Magazine articles on politics and society in Philippines.

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Real Travel Adventures August 2008 Antonio Graceffo	Adventure Writer Looks at Forty, Part 1 Until someone asked me I had no idea that it had been seven years since I had quit my job on Wall Street and come to Asia to be a full time adventure writer.
Real Travel Adventures May 2008 Antonio Graceffo	Tau't Bato and Palawan Tribe For Palawan tribal people, who live in extremely hard-to-reach communities near Puerto Princesa, malaria is a matter of life and death.
Real Travel Adventures March 2008 Antonio Graceffo	Saving the Crocodiles The Philippine island of Palawan is home to a number of rare and interesting animals. Unfortunately, illegal logging and poaching has placed many on endangered lists. Now, groups have established a crocodile conservancy to study and protect these reptiles.
Real Travel Adventures January 2008 Antonio Graceffo	Philippines Progressive Rehabilitation Program A penal colony in the Philippines may serve as an innovative model for prisoner reform.
Outside February 2007 John Falk	This Is the War on Terror. Wish You Were Here! Welcome to the tropical Philippine island of Jolo, where life is like a Corona ad. Except those guys in the water are U.S. Green Berets, and those kids on dirt bikes are jihadists known for kidnapping Western tourists.
Smithsonian December 2006 Eliza Griswold	Waging Peace in the Philippines With innovative tactics, U.S. forces make headway in the "war on terror" in the Philippines.
BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 Assif Shameen	Arroyo: Fighting On Two Fronts Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo faces both a political and economic crisis.
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Heinz Bulos	Filipinos Are Getting The Message Text messaging is all the rage in the Philippines. The trick now is to spread the word globally.
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003	Election Tensions In The Philippines As the Philippines gears up for presidential elections in May, 2004, the political merry-go-round could seriously distract the government from the task of running the country in the next six months.
Wired June 2002 David Diamond	One Nation, Overseas Need (hired) help? Try the Philippines, the forerunner of tomorrow's distributed economy, supplying nurses, teachers, techies, and sailors to the global village...
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