Carlos H. Conde

We love you, Manny

carlos — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:37:08 +0000

Filipinos fawn over boxing champion and national hero Manny Pacquiao. By Carlos H. Conde Published: May 14, 2009 06:52 ET GlobalPost.com MANILA — In a nation starved of heroes, Manny Pacquiao has become what one writer called a “multi-tasking hero.” He is considered more than the world’s greatest boxer: He embodies, it would seem, everything that Filipinos are hankering [...]

Mall nation

carlos — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:47:40 +0000

Malls serve as cultural centers in a nation where many live on less than $2 a day. By Carlos H. Conde Published: May 2, 2009 08:42 ET GlobalPost.com MANILA — These days, there’s no escaping the mall. It used to be that Filipinos like Sheila Largoza went to the park during their days off. A maid, Largoza is not [...]

Of pirates and profits

carlos — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:38:50 +0000

Welcome to busy Manila Bay, where sailors haggle and commercial ships find their crews. By Carlos Conde GlobalPost.com Published: April 19, 2009 11:36 ET MANILA — Miguel Jacob is a fixture on TM Kalaw Street. His neon green folder held aloft, he weaves through the men gathered near Manila Bay, not saying a word unless someone checks out the words [...]

Davao’s safety comes at a high cost

carlos — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:35:41 +0000

Human Rights Watch report says the city’s vigilante-style justice is being copied. By Carlos H. Conde GlobalPost.com Published: April 12, 2009 10:20 ET MANILA — Davao City is one of the most orderly cities in the Philippines. Located about 600 miles south of Manila, in the island region called Mindanao, it prides itself on its durian (the spiky, pungent [...]

Vigilante Killings Rise Steadily in Philippines

carlos — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:07:58 +0000

By CARLOS H. CONDE International Herald Tribune/New York Times Published: April 7, 2009 MANILA — Hundreds of Filipinos, many of them minors suspected of petty crimes, have been killed by death squads in the Philippines in the past several years, with the local authorities tolerating these killings and the police even complicit in several of them, Human Rights [...]

Philippines Officials Plead With Rebels on Captives

carlos — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:11:06 +0000

By CARLOS H. CONDE International Herald Tribune/The New York Times Published: March 31, 2009 MANILA — Officials in the Philippines repeated an appeal Tuesday to the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf not to harm three Red Cross workers it took hostage after a deadline set by the group for beheading one of the captives passed with no sign that [...]

The showman of Manila

carlos — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:00:02 +0000

In a top hat and “barong Tagalog,” Carlos Celdran entertains, and sometimes offends, tourists to the Philippines. By Carlos H. Conde GlobalPost.com Published: March 19, 2009 20:39 ET MANILA — Carlos Celdran has been called “Manila’s pied piper.” But a more apt description might be a clown with a sledgehammer, who smashes long-held notions about Philippine history and culture. As [...]

Filipino woman changes story on rape case

carlos — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:20:28 +0000

By Carlos H. Conde International Herald Tribune Published: March 18, 2009 MANILA: A Filipino woman who successfully sought the conviction of an American serviceman for raping her in 2005 has changed her story, saying she now has doubts about the events of that night. The reversal, which the woman made in a sworn statement released to the media [...]

Philippine troops battle kidnappers of aid workers

carlos — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:34:48 +0000

By Carlos H. Conde International Herald Tribune Published: March 17, 2009 MANILA: Clashes between government troops and Abu Sayyaf militants continued to flare in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, with three soldiers killed and 19 wounded, military officials said. The fighting in the island province of Sulu entered a second day Tuesday as the Philippine military tried to free [...]

Philippines: The resiliency of Abu Sayyaf

carlos — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:35:05 +0000

Once on the run, a terrorist group makes a comeback By Carlos H. Conde GlobalPost.com Published: March 15, 2009 11:20 ET MANILA — In 2006, the Philippine armed forces, backed by U.S. military support, launched one of its biggest offensives against the terrorist organization Abu Sayyaf. The operations resulted in the deaths and capture of the group’s key leaders as [...]