My work includes investigative pieces that expose exploitation and systemic abuses, such as rights gaps faced by Filipino migrant workers.
Buried in Somalia: A Filipino migrant fisher’s death exposes abuse
Toxic, deadly, cheap: Life for women gold miners in the Philippines
South Korea accused of modern slavery with seasonal worker scheme
Virus-hit PH jails: Crisis within a crisis (first of two parts)
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1267729/virus-hit-ph-jails-crisis-within-a-crisis
COVID-19, curfew arrests magnify jail system’s ills (second of two parts)
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1268276/covid-19-curfew-arrests-magnify-jail-systems-ills
New Clark City: Development for whom?
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1139364/new-clark-city-development-for-whom
P607-B Clark ‘green city’ to displace Aeta communities
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1138945/p607-b-clark-green-city-to-displace-aeta-communities
PhilHealth receipts faked to dupe OFWs
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1132618/philhealth-receipts-faked-to-dupe-ofws
PhilHealth scam whistleblowers granted witness protection
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1134596/philhealth-scam-whistleblowers-granted-witness-protection
‘Even with PhilHealth coverage, free dialysis not enough’
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1127290/even-with-philhealth-coverage-free-dialysis-not-enough
Fighting revisionism: Keyboard warriors step up; textbooks found wanting
Sanitizing martial law: When it’s more practical to forget
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1068418/sanitizing-martial-law-when-its-more-practical-to-forget
Troll armies wage ‘history war’ to push Marcos comeback
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1068051/troll-armies-wage-history-war-to-push-marcos-comeback
PO1s as drug war pawns: Reproved, relieved, ‘recycled’
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1049998/po1s-as-drug-war-pawns-reproved-relieved-recycled
Command responsibility? Chiefs of erring cops go scot-free
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1050179/command-responsibility-chiefs-of-erring-cops-go-scot-free
‘Nanlaban’ victims unfazed by legal hurdles
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1012901/nanlaban-victims-unfazed-by-legal-hurdles
Through church, drug war catharsis comes with tools for justice
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1012673/through-church-drug-war-catharsis-comes-with-tools-for-justice
Healing wounds, finding a voice after nights of ‘nanlaban’
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1012490/healing-wounds-finding-a-voice-after-nights-of-nanlaban
Drug war lands more women in jail
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/953118/drug-war-lands-more-women-in-jail
Meet the lipstick brigade behind bars
Drug war doesn’t spare even the young
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/878595/drug-war-doesnt-spare-even-the-young
Fishers urged not to venture into Manila Bay, told it’s ‘dead’
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1723200/fishers-urged-not-to-venture-into-manila-bay-told-its-dead
Seabed quarrying ‘crowding us out,’ say Manila Bay fisherfolk
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1722725/seabed-quarrying-crowding-us-out-say-manila-bay-fisherfolk
Sidebar: LGUs, private sector partner for community-based rehab programs
Rehab or Rubout / Conclusion: Redemption, not execution; reformation, not exclusion
https://www.inquirer.net/duterte/drug-rehab-4
Rehab or Rubout / Part 3: The steep price to pay for the chance to change
https://www.inquirer.net/duterte/drug-rehab-3
Rehab or Rubout / Part 2: Quezon City drug dependents find a new ‘home,’ but what about elsewhere?
https://www.inquirer.net/duterte/drug-rehab-2
Rehab or Rubout / Part 1: Where will the 700,000 go?
https://www.inquirer.net/duterte/drug-rehab-1
Handful of ‘TruthTokers’ count on public pushback
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1589069/handful-of-truthtokerscount-on-public-pushback
TikTok as poll battlefield: Lies spreading unchecked
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1588389/tiktok-as-poll-battlefield-lies-spreading-unchecked
A tribe under threat: Dumagat vs dams
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1489864/a-tribe-under-threat-dumagat-vs-dams
Why the ECC process for Kaliwa Dam had been faulty, according to an anthropologist
Vulnerable Dumagat folk find light, lift in solar power
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1489615/vulnerable-dumagat-folk-find-light-lift-in-solar-power
Lockdown-weary jeepney sector faces Dec. 31 deadline
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1315143/lockdown-weary-jeepney-sector-faces-dec-31-deadline
Amid pandemic, more questions raised over jeepney modernization
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1315421/amid-pandemic-more-questions-raised-over-jeepney-modernization
SOCIAL JUSTICE & HUMAN RIGHTS:
I have reported extensively on labor, technology, health, access to services, and social protection of vulnerable and marginalized groups, from migrant workers to indigenous communities affected by development projects.
How climate change threatens reproductive health in Asia
How funding cuts affected TB services around the world
Gay marriage but no hate crime laws: Thai LGBTQ+ activists see gap
Experts warn funding cuts risk setbacks in reproductive health
How flood control projects fail the poor in the Philippines
https://www.context.news/climate-risks/how-flood-control-projects-fail-the-poor-in-the-philippines
How can LGBTQ+ Filipinos protect their rights?
https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/how-can-lgbtq-filipinos-protect-their-rights
From Nigeria to Pakistan, TB testing ‘in a coma’ after US aid cuts
Philippines’ Right to Care Act could propel LGBTQ+ rights
Which countries are helping earthquake-hit Myanmar?
https://www.context.news/money-power-people/which-countries-are-helping-earthquake-hit-myanmar
Powerful Asian countries will struggle to fill aid gap left by US
Philippines’ LGBTQ+ groups seek options to US aid
https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/philippines-lgbtq-groups-seek-options-to-us-aid
‘Going mad’: Lack of data plagues Asia’s long COVID patients
Why is sex ed in Philippines schools under debate?
https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/why-is-sex-ed-in-philippines-schools-under-debate
In Data: Why is Asia-Pacific a hot spot for migrant worker abuses?
Abuse, coercion rife in Philippines drugs rehab, rights groups say
Philippines’ zero-waste bid relies on informal workers
https://www.context.news/just-transition/philippines-zero-waste-bid-relies-on-informal-workers
In Data: Indigenous Filipinos lack the rights to stop land grabs
From farmers to importers: how Filipino rice growing went wrong
Foreign workers trapped and terrified in Lebanon’s conflict
Less politics more marine diplomacy – a fix for South China Sea?
https://www.context.news/nature/less-politics-more-marine-diplomacy-a-fix-for-south-china-sea
Philippines fishermen call for justice after oil tanker sinks
Philippines fishermen worry solar farm on lake will hurt incomes
https://www.context.news/net-zero/philippines-fishermen-worry-solar-farm-on-lake-will-hurt-incomes
Why do environmentalists oppose genetically modified Golden Rice?
Philippines takes cancer screening into the workplace
Flown back and forgotten: Filipino migrants face tough homecoming
Philippines bets on food vouchers to stamp out hunger
Filipino fishermen caught in debt net in South China Sea row
Can new law help tackle Philippines’ teen pregnancy emergency?
Caught up in war, Israel’s migrant workers face tough choices
For Filipino wartime rape survivors, a last hope for reparations
India bets on seaweed’s future as food industry appetite grows
https://www.context.news/nature/india-bets-on-seaweeds-future-as-food-industry-appetite-grows
Down the drain – Philippines water joint ventures stir anger
Philippines’ women seaweed farmers keep coastal families afloat
Philippines nurse exodus leaves hospitals short-staffed
http://context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/philippines-nurse-exodus-leaves-hospitals-short-staffed
Indigenous Filipinos fight Kaliwa dam project on their land
Philippines fishermen balk at land reclamation projects
https://www.context.news/money-power-people/philippines-fishermen-balk-at-land-reclamation-projects
As Philippines scraps jeepney buses, operators struggle with costs
Fighting a pandemic: When healers need healing themselves
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1254379/when-healers-need-healing-themselves
Good Samaritans band together to give poor families their daily ‘pandesal’
No 58th victim, judge rules; Momay daughter protests
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1203558/no-58th-victim-judge-rules-momay-daughter-protests
‘Justice alive’: 2 Ampatuan brothers, 41 others guilty
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1203504/justice-alive-2-ampatuan-brothers-41-others-guilty
Judgment day: P20M per massacre victim sought
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1203045/judgment-day-p20m-per-massacre-victim-sought
She fought hard to have father on list of victims
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1193530/she-fought-hard-to-have-father-on-list-of-victims
Mangudadatu: Only guilty verdict will heal wounds
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1193129/mangudadatu-only-guilty-verdict-will-heal-wounds
Maguindanao massacre verdict out in 30 days
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1187663/maguindanao-massacre-verdict-out-in-30-days
Kaliwa Dam opponets cite lack of indigenous people’s consent
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1105506/kaliwa-dam-opponets-cite-lack-of-indigenous-peoples-consent
Mom’s poetry seeks justice for epileptic son killed in drug war
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1104019/moms-poetry-seeks-justice-for-epileptic-son-killed-in-drug-war
Moving up: ‘Lumad’ students on a long march from strife
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1101577/moving-up-lumad-students-on-a-long-march-from-strife
Descendants help retell ordeal of comfort women
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1089484/descendants-help-retell-ordeal-of-comfort-women
PH comfort women: Statues removed but pain remains
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1089317/ph-comfort-women-statues-removed-but-pain-remains
After fleeing bomb threats, ‘lumad’ youth resume studies at UP
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1089300/after-fleeing-bomb-threats-lumad-youth-resume-studies-at-up
Help! From ‘Barangay Beatles,’ a cry for justice
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1074984/help-from-barangay-beatles-a-cry-for-justice
Kian’s death proved allegations of EJKs, say kin
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1058244/kians-death-proved-allegations-of-ejks-say-kin
Kian’s case: Litmus test for Duterte drug war
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1057818/kians-case-litmus-test-for-duterte-drug-war
Unclaimed corpses: Drug war’s forgotten fatalities
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1049590/unclaimed-corpses-drug-wars-forgotten-fatalities
Sing, scream, soothe: Theater as therapy for EJK victims’ kin
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1045218/sing-scream-soothe-theater-as-therapy-for-ejk-victims-kin
Baby of jailed martial law babies cries for parents’ freedom
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1035208/baby-of-jailed-martial-law-babies-cries-for-parents-freedom
Old grit meets new blood in fight vs tyranny
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1035205/old-grit-meets-new-blood-in-fight-vs-tyranny
Mom on son’s slay: So easy for cops to call it ‘drug-related’
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1029363/mom-on-sons-slay-so-easy-for-cops-to-call-it-drug-related
‘Lost Boy’ gets second chance
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/852533/lost-boy-gets-second-chance
‘We’ve seen how easy it is to forget promises’
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/783509/weve-seen-how-easy-it-is-to-forget-promises
Nurses’ lament: ‘Gov’t not giving us reasons to stay’
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1677299/nurses-lament-govt-not-giving-us-reasons-to-stay
Baguio draws lessons from anti-smoking law
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1579482/baguio-draws-lessons-from-antismoking-law
In Baguio, kicking smoking habit is a community effort
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1579997/in-baguio-kicking-smoking-habit-is-a-community-effort
Still no closure for Maguindanao massacre victims
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1517805/still-no-closure-for-maguindanao-massacre-victims
Urban poor families set up food gardens to cope with hunger amid pandemic
Pandemic weakens food security in urban poor communities
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1341286/pandemic-weakens-food-security-in-urban-poor-communities
Patients at Ward 7: They are tagged with names different from their own
https://business.inquirer.net/208038/they-are-tagged-with-names-different-from-their-own
Mentally-ill individuals still functional despite ailment
https://business.inquirer.net/208378/mentally-ill-individuals-still-functional-despite-ailment
Rights-based mental health bill
https://business.inquirer.net/208756/rights-based-mental-health-bill
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE STORIES:
I have extensively covered climate change, environmental degradation, and adaptation issues as they intersect with communities and socio-economic inclusion, such as climate impacts on reproductive health, disasters and adaptation, and threats to biodiversity.
Five climate adaptation ideas to watch in 2026
https://www.context.news/nature/five-climate-adaptation-ideas-to-watch-in-2026
Protected area? Industry under fire for Philippine sea spill
https://www.context.news/nature/protected-area-industry-under-fire-for-philippine-sea-spill
How can the Philippines turn nickel mines green again?
https://www.context.news/nature/how-can-the-philippines-turn-nickel-mines-green-again
Mangroves store ‘blue carbon’ – but they’re disappearing fast
https://www.context.news/nature/mangroves-store-blue-carbon-but-theyre-disappearing-fast
Philippines’ ‘last ecological frontier’ battles demand for nickel
https://www.context.news/nature/philippines-last-ecological-frontier-battles-demand-for-nickel
Philippines struggles to green schools amid climate risks
https://www.context.news/climate-risks/philippines-struggles-to-green-schools-amid-climate-risks
The ‘Mother of Mangroves’ on saving the Philippines’ coastline
https://www.context.news/nature/the-mother-of-mangroves-on-saving-the-philippines-coastline
Philippine marine life under threat from industrial fishing
https://www.context.news/nature/philippine-marine-life-under-threat-from-industrial-fishing
Philippines uses mangrove buffer zones to protect its coastlines
https://www.context.news/nature/philippines-uses-mangrove-buffer-zones-to-protect-its-coastlines
How do mangroves protect coastal communities from extreme weather?
Filipino surfing locale revives mangroves through ecotourism
https://www.context.news/nature/filipino-surfing-locale-revives-mangroves-through-ecotourism
Indigenous Filipinos hope carbon credits can protect their forests
https://www.context.news/nature/indigenous-filipinos-hope-carbon-credits-can-protect-their-forests
Disaster fatigue: Battered by storms and out of compassion
https://www.context.news/nature/disaster-fatigue-battered-by-storms-and-out-of-compassion
Philippines communities challenge dash for fossil gas
https://www.context.news/just-transition/philippines-communities-challenge-dash-for-fossil-gas
Should businesses pay to clean up plastic waste they create?
https://www.context.news/just-transition/should-businesses-pay-to-clean-up-plastic-waste-they-create
From the Philippines to Mali, countries struggle to count heat deaths
Hell or high water: Filipino schools lashed by climate extremes
First COVID, now heat: Online schooling returns to the Philippines
Filipino conservationists fear new law rubs salt in mangrove wound
For mineral-rich Philippines, green metals rush is a balancing act
Thousands of hospitals at high risk from climate change, warns report
https://www.context.news/climate-risks/thousands-of-hospitals-at-high-risk-from-climate-change
Filipino typhoon survivors join ‘David and Goliath’ climate fight
Sex trafficking plagues Filipino city where typhoon wrought havoc
As jobs law stalls, Philippines struggles to green economy
https://www.context.news/just-transition/as-jobs-law-stalls-philippines-struggles-to-green-economy
Philippines aid worker fights plastic tide to protect island
‘Agroecology’ helps farmers cushion climate impact
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1637909/agroecology-helps-farmerscushion-climate-impact
‘Wala usik’: Bacolod restaurants, cafes aim for zero waste
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1637908/wala-usik-bacolod-restaurants-cafes-aim-for-zero-waste
War on plastic waste makes headway in Negros
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1637612/war-on-plastic-waste-makes-headway-in-negros
Can COVID-19 give new wind to renewable energy?
https://business.inquirer.net/306229/ca n-covid-19-give-new-wind-to- renewable-energy
Leveling the playing field for renewable energy in the PH
https://business.inquirer.net/306752/le veling-the-playing-field-for-renewable- energy-in-ph
TECH AND SOCIETY STORIES:
Meet the Filipinos trapped in a nightmare by online loansharks
Online gambling boom sparks calls for ban in Philippines
https://www.context.news/big-tech/online-gambling-boom-sparks-calls-for-ban-in-philippines
Fake news and dirty politics flood Philippine social media
https://www.context.news/big-tech/fake-news-and-dirty-politics-flood-philippine-social-media
Lacking job security, Filipino call centre workers face AI threat
https://www.context.news/ai/lacking-job-security-filipino-call-centre-workers-face-ai-threat
Crowd-sourcing data could help Philippines tackle deadly floods
Tech brain drain fuels Philippines’ cybersecurity skills gap
https://www.context.news/digital-rights/tech-brain-drain-fuels-philippines-cybersecurity-skills-gap
Chatbots, AI news readers: Asia embraces automation despite job loss fears
https://www.context.news/ai/asia-embraces-automation-despite-job-loss-fears
Philippines activists fight back as online threats rise
https://www.context.news/digital-rights/philippines-activists-fight-back-as-online-threats-rise
Coding to training: Philippines tackles online child sexual abuse
Stung by losses, Filipino players ditch Axie Infinity crypto game
https://www.context.news/big-tech/stung-by-losses-filipino-players-ditch-axie-infinity-crypto-game
AI boom is dream and nightmare for workers in Global South
https://www.context.news/ai/ai-boom-is-dream-and-nightmare-for-workers-in-global-south