Philippines
Women’s boxer identifying as a man calls for transgender Olympians to be banned
As a gender debate flared in Paris, a boxer from the Philippines who fought in the women’s competition declared, “I still consider myself as a trans man because my heart says so”.
- by Michael Chammas
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Child abuse
The family holiday that took a sickening turn and ended with a father behind bars
An Australian man on holiday with his wife and three children began messaging a stranger on social media. When he returned home, officers swooped.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
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Child abuse
The children for sale – and the Australians who exploit them
Anna and her two cousins were repeatedly abused by family members for online customers to see. Warning: This story contains distressing content.
- by Clare Sibthorpe and Daniel Ceng
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Crime
Daughters of murdered Australian speak of love for father, frustration with DFAT
The daughters of David Fisk have spoken publicly for the first time of their love for their father and their frustration at not being told key details.
- by Zach Hope and James Wilson
NRL star’s dad will be spared death penalty if convicted in Indonesia
Gregor Haas has been in a Manila prison since May after police alleged he was connected to the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel and had tried to import drugs into Indonesia.
- by Zach Hope
Few answers in Australian-Philippine triple-murder mystery
A Philippine father is wrestling with the question he has had since Wednesday: How to tell his four children their mother and Australian grandparents were dead.
- by Zach Hope and Aram Lascano
‘Living a nightmare’: Family speaks out after Australians killed in Philippines
The family of an Australian couple killed in their Philippines hotel room have spoken out as police hunt for a man captured on CCTV.
- by Jessica McSweeney
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Australians abroad
Masked man captured on CCTV leaving Philippines hotel room of two dead Australians
Two Australians and their Filipina companion have been found dead, with their hands and feet tied, inside a hotel in a popular resort city.
- by Jim Gomez
China anchors ‘monster ship’ in Philippine waters of South China Sea
The Philippines and China agreed on Tuesday for the need to “restore trust” and “rebuild confidence” to better manage maritime disputes.
- by Neil Jerome Morales
Trump-era Pentagon ran secret anti-vax social media campaign aimed at the Philippines
Hundreds of US-backed social media posts decried the quality of face masks, test kits and China’s Sinovac inoculation, the first vaccine that would become available in the Philippines.
- by Christopher Bing and Joel Schectman
Inside the mind of a warrior trying to save his broken family
On a silent team bus en route to Magic Round, news broke in Australia that Payne Haas’ father risked the death penalty on serious drug-smuggling charges, the latest in a long line of family scandals. How does he maintain his focus?
- by Adam Pengilly