MANUEL “MANNY” P. MOGATO is Editor-at-Large and opinion writer, writing under the column “In the Trenches.” As Reuters Manila correspondent, he and two other colleagues won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 2018 for their coverage of the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.

China’s freedom of navigation operations patrols

China’s freedom of navigation operations patrols

China is attempting to create a buffer zone in the South China Sea, militarizing artificial islands to keep away the US and its allies from patrolling the strategic waterway where about $3 trillion worth of annual trade passes.

Understanding Filipinos’ Roman Catholic faith

Understanding Filipinos’ Roman Catholic faith

Every year, on January 9, hundreds of thousands of mostly barefoot Roman Catholic devotees wearing maroon shirts join in pulling and pushing a carriage of the life-sized wooden icon of Jesus Christ carrying the cross.

The world remains dangerous in 2025

The world remains dangerous in 2025

Donald Trump’s takeover of the White House in late January 2025 could change the world’s geopolitical landscape with the possible end of the conflict in Eastern Europe.