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"Of course, I am mad about what happened to Ericardo. But what can I do?" asks Ricardo, sitting outside his home in Pasay cemetery.

Social Justice

Buried Justice

The poorest victims of Duterte's War on Drugs find themselves caught in a cycle of extrajudicial killings and police impunity in Manila's cemetery slums.

Lynzy Billing

Field Notes: At the Scene of the Crime in Manila

Manila, Philippines: In 2016, police investigate an alley where a 37-year-old man was killed by two unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles.

Pacific Standard Staff

Lava flows from Mount Mayon on January 25th, 2018, as seen from south of Manila, the Philippines. Philippine authorities declared a no-go zone around the volcano after tens of thousands of residents fled to safety.

Environment

Viewfinder: Mount Mayon Erupts in the Philippines

Lava flows from Mount Mayon on January 25th, 2018, as seen from south of Manila, the Philippines.

Pacific Standard Staff

A boy collects used plastic bottles to be sold at a junk shop at Divisoria market in Manila, Philippines, on November 29th, 2017.

Economics

Viewfinder: A Market in Manila

A boy collects used plastic bottles to be sold at a junk shop at Divisoria market in Manila, Philippines, on November 29th, 2017.

Pacific Standard Staff

Protesters clash with riot police as they march in the streets of Manila on the day of President Donald Trump's arrival on November 12th, 2017, in Manila, Philippines.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Protesting Trump in Manila

Protesters clash with riot police as they march in the streets of Manila on the day of President Donald Trump's arrival on November 12th, 2017, in Manila, Philippines.

Pacific Standard Staff

A street vendor stretches as she waits for customers along a street in Manila on August 23rd, 2017.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: A Slow Business Day in Manila

A street vendor stretches as she waits for customers along a street in Manila on August 23rd, 2017.

Pacific Standard Staff