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Health rights advocacy group APCOM’s PrEP mascot hits the campaign trail in Bangkok. Photo: APCOM Thailand

PrEPped to go?

A new HIV preventive drug has sparked debate around the globe, as Amy Hall discovers.

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Worldbeaters: Rodrigo Duterte

The president of the Philippines he may be, but his reputation is as a Dirty Harry of vigilante politics.

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‘We need to be on the right side of history’

Unions can play a vital role in the battle for climate justice, says Anabella Rosenberg, Policy Officer for Health and Environment at the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). Here she talks about growing awareness in the global labour movement and the challenges ahead.

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‘We’re worth it!’ Members of the German ver.di trade union make a noise ahead of wage negotiations in April. Photo: dpa picture alliance/Alamy Stock Photo

Still standing or standing still?

Jo Lateu considers the state of the unions, and argues that a revival has already begun.

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Presidential candidate Rodrigo 'Digong' Duterte talks to the media before casting his vote at a polling precinct for national elections at Daniel Aguinaldo National High School in Davao city in southern Philippines, 9 May 2016. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

Philippines’ Duterte threatens assassination of journalists

Human rights and journalism organizations have responded but the incoming president is dismissive of their concerns, reports Iris C. Gonzales.

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Presidential candidate Rodrigo 'Digong' Duterte talks to the media before casting his vote at a polling precinct for national elections at Daniel Aguinaldo National High School in Davao city in southern Philippines, 9 May 2016. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

Duterte victory foreshadows a bloody presidency

The candidate won a landslide victory with at least 15 million votes, Iris C. Gonzales reports.

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Philippines at risk of 'AIDS epidemic'

Philippines at risk of 'AIDS epidemic'

UN warning must be heeded, writes Iris Gonzales.

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Numbers game: edu-businesses are keen to exploit the profit potential of schools around the world. Photo: Jake Lyell/Water Aid/Alamy Stock Photo

PISA-envy, Pearson and Starbucks-style schools

Good for corporations, but what about the pupils? Adam Unwin and John Yandell consider the impact of edu-businesses.

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Young girls protect themselves from thick smoke as forest fires swept across Sumatra and Borneo in September 2015. The fires are set to clear the jungle to plant oil palms.  Photo: Sijori Images/ZUMA Wire/Alamy

A burning problem

It happens every year: thousands of hectares of Indonesian rainforest are torched to clear land for palm oil, timber and other agribusiness operations. It’s a perfect storm of destruction. Nithin Coca reports from Sumatra.

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Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, now running for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential nomination, stopped by the Googleplex for a 'fireside chat' with Eric Schmidt, July 2014. Photo: Youtube screenshot

If Google and Facebook can flip elections does code now rule the real world?

Internet users used to be worried about government control of the web but the opposite may be true, writes Chris Spannos

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Filipino climate and environmental activists helped mobilize thousands during the global people’s climate march during the weekend before the opening of COP21. Photo by Loi Manalansan/Kalikasan

At COP21, the people and future generations will be failed once again

The Paris Agreement shows how powerful nations have imposed their will at the climate negotiations, writes Clemente Bautista.

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Latest agreement at Paris climate talks ‘nowhere close to good enough’

Latest agreement at Paris climate talks ‘nowhere close to good enough’

Yet another draft Paris agreement was released Wednesday, and was immediately renounced by civil society, Adam Greenberg reports.

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Will COP21 leave ‘loss and damage’ lost and damaged?

Will COP21 leave ‘loss and damage’ lost and damaged?

Developed countries are determined to undermine any remnant commitment to justice in this process. Morgan Curtis reports for New Internationalist.

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As COP21 enters final week, civil society escalates message

As COP21 enters final week, civil society escalates message

Last week, the sterile hallways at COP21 rang with the chants ‘1.5 to stay alive!' Morgan Curtis reports from Paris as climate talks enter their final week.

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Search results in a table for: philippines

Article title Description Author Published Magazine Link
PrEPped to go?

A new HIV preventive drug has sparked debate around the globe, as Amy Hall discovers.

Amy Hall November, 2016 497 Preview
Worldbeaters: Rodrigo Duterte

The president of the Philippines he may be, but his reputation is as a Dirty Harry of vigilante politics.

New Internationalist Editorial October, 2016 496 Preview
‘We need to be on the right side of history’

Unions can play a vital role in the battle for climate justice, says Anabella Rosenberg, Policy Officer for Health and Environment at the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). Here she talks about growing awareness in the global labour movement and the challenges ahead.

Anabella Rosenberg September, 2016 495 Read
Still standing or standing still?

Jo Lateu considers the state of the unions, and argues that a revival has already begun.

Jo Lateu September, 2016 495 Preview
Philippines’ Duterte threatens assassination of journalists

Human rights and journalism organizations have responded but the incoming president is dismissive of their concerns, reports Iris C. Gonzales.

Iris Cecilia Gonzales June, 2016 493 Read
HIV-positive persecution in South Korea

John Power June, 2016 493 Read
Duterte victory foreshadows a bloody presidency

The candidate won a landslide victory with at least 15 million votes, Iris C. Gonzales reports.

Iris Cecilia Gonzales May, 2016 493 Read
Philippines at risk of 'AIDS epidemic'

UN warning must be heeded, writes Iris Gonzales.

Iris Cecilia Gonzales April, 2016 491 Read
PISA-envy, Pearson and Starbucks-style schools

Good for corporations, but what about the pupils? Adam Unwin and John Yandell consider the impact of edu-businesses.

Adam Unwin,John Yandell April, 2016 491 Read
A burning problem

It happens every year: thousands of hectares of Indonesian rainforest are torched to clear land for palm oil, timber and other agribusiness operations. It’s a perfect storm of destruction. Nithin Coca reports from Sumatra.

Nithin Coca April, 2016 491 Read
If Google and Facebook can flip elections does code now rule the real world?

Internet users used to be worried about government control of the web but the opposite may be true, writes Chris Spannos

Chris Spannos March, 2016 490 Read
At COP21, the people and future generations will be failed once again

The Paris Agreement shows how powerful nations have imposed their will at the climate negotiations, writes Clemente Bautista.

Clemente Bautista December, 2015 21 Read
Latest agreement at Paris climate talks ‘nowhere close to good enough’

Yet another draft Paris agreement was released Wednesday, and was immediately renounced by civil society, Adam Greenberg reports.

Adam Greenberg December, 2015 21 Read
Will COP21 leave ‘loss and damage’ lost and damaged?

Developed countries are determined to undermine any remnant commitment to justice in this process. Morgan Curtis reports for New Internationalist.

Morgan Curtis December, 2015 21 Read
As COP21 enters final week, civil society escalates message

Last week, the sterile hallways at COP21 rang with the chants ‘1.5 to stay alive!' Morgan Curtis reports from Paris as climate talks enter their final week.

Morgan Curtis December, 2015 21 Read