Mark Dearn

Mark Dearn is a freelance journalist who has written and researched for the Independent, the Chunichi Shimbun and Tokyo Shimbun

New Philippine counter-insurgency strategy fails to address the causes of conflict

A new, purportedly human rights-orientated counter-insurgency strategy has little chance of success in the Philippines if the clientelism of a flawed political and economic system is not simultaneously addressed, argues Mark Dearn

By Mark Dearn

/ 24 Jan 2011

Abductions and disappearances in the Philippines

Beset by natural disasters like the devastating typhoon Parma, an ever-widening poverty gap, stumbling efforts at much-needed land reform, and two ongoing conflicts resulting in the death and displacement of

By Mark Dearn

/ 19 Oct 2009

Mindanao: poverty on the frontlines

The Filipina economist Solita Collas-Monsod delivered a grim warning last month when she revealed that the number of people living in poverty in the Philippines is growing, despite sustained economic

By Mark Dearn

/ 4 Jun 2009