A woman is seen through a soccer goal post as she hangs clothes out to dry inside a stadium to which evacuees affected by floods from Typhoon Ketsana have been temporarily relocated, Oct. 24, 2009. They have been provided tents by the local government in Marikina City, east of Metro Manila. (John Javellana/Reuters)

Storm may be over, but trouble still brews

An outbreak of a water-borne disease in the Philippines highlights the inability of communities to cope with the storm's aftermath.

MANILA, Philippines — Nearly a month since a tropical storm dumped unprecedented amounts of rain that flooded much of Metro Manila and its nearby provinces, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos are still suffering from its aftermath, particularly from an outbreak of a water-borne disease called leptospirosis that has killed so far 167 people and infected thousands.

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Silicon Sweatshops: A promising model

Jonathan Adams and Kathleen E. McLaughlin - China and its neighbors - November 18, 2009 06:54 ET

There's no easy way to police supply chains in Asia. But one US high-tech firm and its Taiwan supplier are taking a creative approach that might just work.

Special report: Silicon Sweatshops

Jonathan Adams and Kathleen E. McLaughlin - China and its neighbors - November 17, 2009 15:05 ET

Despite strict "codes of conduct," labor rights violations are the norm at factories making the world's favorite high-tech gadgets.

What do you think about Silicon Sweatshops?

News Desk - China and its neighbors - November 17, 2009 15:04 ET

Are high-tech supply chains in Asia good business or exploitation? You decide.

Silicon Sweatshops: Shattered dreams

Jonathan Adams - China and its neighbors - November 17, 2009 07:24 ET

Migrant workers making gadgets at Taiwan's high-tech parks sign deals that make them modern-day indentured servants.

Silicon Sweatshops: The China connection

Kathleen E. McLaughlin and Jonathan Adams - China and its neighbors - November 17, 2009 07:22 ET

For migrant workers, an electronics factory job can be a ticket into China's booming middle class. But for many, it turns into a nightmare of poor working conditions and indifferent bosses.

Silicon Sweatshops: Disposable workforce

Jonathan Adams - China and its neighbors - November 17, 2009 07:22 ET

Laid-off Taiwanese workers accuse their firm of violating industry codes even when times were good.

Asia's pushback to big tobacco

Patrick Winn - Thailand - November 15, 2009 12:30 ET

The cigarette industry wants a bigger slice of Asia. Activists want them to butt out.

Typhoon ripple effect deals poor double whammy

Carlos H. Conde - Philippines - October 7, 2009 12:45 ET

For thousands of Filipinos with nowhere to rebuild, the hardship of the storm has only just begun.

Vietnam in the aftermath of Ketsana

Geoffrey Cain - Vietnam - October 4, 2009 08:11 ET

Relief efforts are improving in central Vietnam, which has long been afflicted by catastrophic floods.

Philippines government falls short in storm relief

Carlos H. Conde - Philippines - September 29, 2009 23:39 ET

Devastating flood leaves survivors asking what Manila officials did with all their prevention funds.

Filipinos mourn "people power" icon

Carlos H. Conde - Philippines - August 1, 2009 12:42 ET

Corazon Aquino, ex-president of the Philippines, is dead at 76.

Fears of a nuclear Burma

Patrick Winn - Thailand - July 22, 2009 12:15 ET

The evidence, the conspirators and one "very concerned" Hillary Clinton

Saving the 'Coral Triangle'

Peter Gelling - Indonesia - May 18, 2009 19:17 ET

A new accord brings new hope for the world's largest coral habitat.

We love you, Manny

Carlos H. Conde - Philippines - May 14, 2009 05:53 ET

Filipinos fawn over boxing champion and national hero Manny Pacquiao.

Mall nation

Carlos H. Conde - Philippines - May 8, 2009 16:51 ET

Malls serve as cultural centers in a nation where many live on less than $2 a day.

Of pirates and profits

Carlos Conde - Philippines - April 25, 2009 10:58 ET

Welcome to busy Manila Bay, where sailors haggle and commercial ships find their crews.

Davao's safety comes at a high cost

Carlos H. Conde - Philippines - April 12, 2009 09:36 ET

Human Rights Watch report says the city's vigilante-style justice is being copied.

The showman of Manila

Carlos H. Conde - Philippines - March 31, 2009 15:08 ET

In a top hat and "barong Tagalog," Carlos Celdran entertains, and sometimes offends, tourists to the Philippines.

Destitute, jobless, and on the move again

Carlos H. Conde - Philippines - March 31, 2009 15:08 ET

Philippine workers and the great migration

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Kiss of the Spider musical

Gibbs Cadiz - Philippines - November 20, 2009 14:43 ET

The opening bridge scene is followed closely by the arrival of a giant web woven by Arachne, a temptress who is the musical's central invention. “A giant loom is revealed--seven actors swing on vertical silks to form a tapestry,” the stage directions read. At another point,...

A Pandora's Box of Immoralities

Philippine Commentary - Philippines - November 20, 2009 13:02 ET

COMELEC has opened a Pandora's Box of Trouble by declaring as IMMORAL the doctrines, emotional preferences and sexual practices of the Ang Ladlad Party of self-described lesbian, gay, bisexual and...