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Killer in Manila

23 February 2017

Under President Duterte, thousands of drug users and dealers have been gunned down. The response from the people of the Philippines? Carry on, please.

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People power

20 January 2011

With bleak job prospects facing its population, the Philippines has turned the search for work into an export success story by encouraging its most valuable resource -its people - to train abroad.

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The Voyager - Episode 7: Manila

30 September 2015

Your guide to this huge, bustling city is Monocle’s Aisha Speirs. Each week Monocle 24's new travel programme takes you beyond a great city's tourist traps and well-known spots to give you an insider's view of the very best…

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Asia

22 June 2016

Learn a few moves from China’s “dancing grannies” and find out how the volume is being turned down on Hong Kong’s tramcars.

Radio

The Urbanist - Liveable Manila, Wilmington Waterfront Park and Monocle’s mobility special

22 August 2024

Good journalism can have an effect on our cities’ quality of life. In this episode, we speak to a media company in the Philippines aiming to make Manila livable. We also visit a new waterfront park near the Port of Los…

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The Agenda: Business

27 June 2024

How democratising aviation could help the industry spread its wings. Plus: mags in Manila.

Radio

The Late Edition, episode 148

23 May 2012

A look at tensions between Beijing and Manila, whether the UK is more trusted than the US, and why Raul Castro’s daughter is causing controversy.

Radio

The Urbanist - Boosting populations

17 October 2013

Come together: in the drive for density, what is the difference between good and bad? We visit Manila, New York, Madrid and Perth to ask how cities should be boosting city-centre populations.

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The Globalist, episode 723

6 August 2014

We assess why Japan’s national security concerns are growing, learn about Manila airport’s much-needed facelift, and unpick the proposals for South Korea’s newest theme park.

Monocle Minute

State of the art

3 December 2016

Collectors of Filipino art will gather at the León Gallery in Manila today for an auction of more than 100 paintings by modern masters and emerging talents. Pick of the lot is “La Inocencia” by Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo…

Radio

The Menu - Food Neighbourhoods #354: Chinatown, Vancouver

3 October 2023

The Chinese diaspora can be found across the globe, populating Chinatowns from Manila to Manchester. One of the most storied lies in Vancouver, Canada’s West Coast metropolis perched on the Pacific Rim. Monocle’s Gregory…

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Monocle on Design - On Design 83: Social architecture

22 March 2018

WTA Architecture and Design Studio in Manila has created The Book Stop, a project that reinvents the place and space that a library embodies to increase accessibility in fragmented urban environments. William Ti from the…

Monocle Minute

High flyers

20 February 2017

Tourism in the Philippines is on the up but before convincing even more sun-worshippers to swap Phuket for Palawan there’s something that needs to be done. Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport is bursting at the…

Monocle Minute

Sea change

5 January 2017

The arrival of two Russian warships in Manila for this week’s “goodwill visit” is a another hint that president Rodrigo Duterte’s foreign policy shift away from its long-time ally, the US, has substance. Russia has annou…

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The Globalist - Friday 7 August

7 August 2015

After reports that Japan may give planes to Manila to help patrol the South China Sea, we ask what such a move would mean and how much it would rile China. Plus, we hear about Turkey’s efforts to secure energy infrastruc…

Monocle Minute

Cartography in the city

7 December 2016

Urban Discovery, a social enterprise with a focus on culture and heritage preservation, is launching six illustrated district maps of Hong Kong to complement the selection of destinations on its travel app iDiscover City…