Rodrigo Duterte

Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa has taken up the fight against deepfake, a threat to journalism and democracy

In India and the Philippines, strongmen have consolidated immense power through democratic means. How do we explain this?

Ressa is out on bail and faces years in prison if convicted under the criminal cyber-libel law

The drug war is Duterte’s signature initiative and is heavily supported by many Filipinos

Duterte has pitched constitutional reform to turn the country into a decentralised federal republic where regions would have the power to fix problems

Ressa posted bail after spending the night in detention at the National Bureau of Investigation

Ressa, whose news site has clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested on a charge of "cyber libel" at her Manila office on Wednesday

ISIS-linked group Abu Sayyaf has reportedly claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing of a church on the island of Jolo in the Philippines

The Rappler news website is fighting a tide of disinformation and state-backed intimidation

Women’s rights political party Gabriela denounced Duterte’s ‘repulsive’ comments and called for him to resign

Change is happening at such a rate that animals, plants and ecosystems cannot evolve fast enough to survive

Provocative president intensifies attack on the Catholic Church, which opposes his deadly war on drugs

Maria Ressa vows to fight tax evasion charges and calls out Duterte administration for weaponising laws against critics

The bitter reality is that there is a real chance of the country returning to a dictatorship and its darkest days

At least 10 mayors including Antonio Halili and Ferdinand Bote have been killed since Duterte took office