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Philippine National Police
September 25, 2016
The Philippine National Police force has shifted their strategy in the fight against drugs within the city. By categorically sorting different traffickers, they hope to be...
September 25, 2016
Current governor of Jakarta, widely known as Ahok, will be running in the gubernatorial election coming up later this year. He first took this position when Jokowi, who was...
Police patrol a neighborhood in Manila
September 20, 2016
After Liberal Senator Lelia De Lima was removed as chair of the Justice Committee, some are calling foul play. De Lima's allies in the Senate of the Philippines, along...
September 16, 2016
DW, a German online publication, has done pretty extensive coverage of events within Indonesia's story of forest fires and haze over the last couple years. The most...
September 1, 2016
In this article by an environmental news website, we learn more in detail about the philosophy of swidden ("slash-and-burn") agriculture and its difficult...
August 29, 2016
This is a bit about the TF for this course, Emily Nguyen. Emily explains: I study the cultural politics of agrarian change in formerly agricultural villages of peri-urban...
August 16, 2016
Recently, when back visiting my hometown of San Diego, I was discussing life and other things with a nurse, who was born and raised in the Philippines. I told her I was...

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