Philippines

  • WorldWomen in the Philippines' gold mining industry face low pay and significant health risks. Despite performing the most dangerous tasks, they receive the least compensation.
    Jane Nelson11 hours ago
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    Filipina gold miners face low pay and grave health risks

    Women in the Philippines’ gold mining industry face low pay and significant health risks. Despite performing the most dangerous tasks, they receive the least compensation. One-third of the illegal gold mining workforce is female, and women are 90 times more likely to die on the job compared to men. Meggy Katigbak, an expert on small-scale gold mining, highlighted the invisibility…

  • WorldIn this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese Coast Guard ship, right, uses its water cannons on a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel, as it approaches Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea, on Dec. 9, 2023. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP, File).
    Jane Nelson3 days ago
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    Tensions rise as China blocks Philippine vessels at Sabina Shoal

    China’s deployment of 40 ships blocked two Philippine vessels from delivering supplies to Manila’s largest coast guard ship at Sabina Shoal, escalating their territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Philippine officials reported this incident on Tuesday. The confrontation, which occurred on Monday afternoon, saw both nations accusing each other of escalating tensions in the uninhabited atoll, claimed by both…