Living in Asia for as long as I have, I've gotten used to the stares that tend to follow the out-of-place foreigner. But every once in a while the context that they come with throws me off. Last week I got to go on a small tour of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the second-fastest …
Category: Politics
Sabah’s cries in the Philippines
Tucked away in the jungles of Mindoro, Philippines you'd think that I would have been too remote to be concerned with the chaotic conflagrations of the world. But this idyllic frame of nature at its richest ended up serving as a just reminder of how wild things have gotten in the country's south, where the …
Noticeable omissions in ASEAN human rights
An excerpt from my wrap-up post from the 21st ASEAN Summit on investvine. Arriving back in Bangkok after covering the 21stASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh for four days, I am left pondering some of the more overlooked outcomes of the international event in which media has by and large used to …
Colombia: Ground with gusto
Stepping out of the tower next to the Colombian Stock Exchange in northern Bogota, I walked in search of a bank down a clean-swept sidewalk seamlessly covered in mid-morning shade by a few of the columns of earth-tone brick buildings that so define the city’s skyline. I had been increasingly in need of an ATM that …
#BersihStories : Tear Gas Hits Police, Lynas Protesters Make Visible Presence (PICS)
Recap The Malaysian political wheel was splashed with shades of yellow and green last Saturday when an unprecedented turnout for Bersih 3.0 claimed downtown Kuala Lumpur, congesting street after street as groups of protesters from around the country converged on Merdeka Square. Upwards of 250,000 people are said to have attended. Despite an abrupt end …
Justin Calderón 