The Philippines

Arts & Culture

Ancestral ties to the Kabayan ‘fire’ mummies is driving research to save them

An unexpected family link to the Philippines’ Kabayan mummies inspired research into environmental changes in the mountain caves that house them

Politics & Society

Principles aren’t enough when human rights meet business

The United Nation’s Guiding Principles on business and human rights are struggling to gain traction in places where abuses are just business-as-usual for powerful elites

Politics & Society

The Philippines is a test case for Asia’s new federalism

President Duterte promised to decentralise government in The Philippines in favour of a federal one. But will the upcoming parliamentary elections make it harder?

Arts & Culture

Rebuilding cultural heritage after disaster

After an earthquake devastated the Philippines, conservators went beyond conventional cultural conservation practices and involved the local community in the restoration of their churches