”Limbus” which means margin, edge, border, fringe. With this origin, the connotation of limbo is a state of being neglected, forgotten.” The cemeteries of Manila (the capital of the Philippines) are huge communities on the margins of society. With their own structures and manners of functioning, they are home to...
Linus Escandor II: Philippines’ War on Drugs
Death has been knocking on Filipinos' doors since Rodrigo Roa Duterte became President of the Philippines on June 30, 2016. He vowed to become "The Punisher" of criminals, drug lords, pushers and addicts. Death often knocked in slum areas where the country's poorest of the poor live. Hands of so-called...
Tomasz Gudzowaty: Typhoon Haiyan
Despite the preparations taken shortly before Typhoon Haiyan entered the Philippines, the scale of destruction and the death toll were enormous. On November 8, 2013 the city of Tacloban in the Region of Eastern Visayas, 580 km southeast of Manila. was hit by the typhoon with full force. A US...