Mara Cepeda
Philippines Correspondent
Mara is Philippines correspondent at The Straits Times and a journalism lecturer at the University of the Philippines Diliman. She specialises in stories on politics, diplomacy, and defence and security. She joined ST in 2022 after working for seven years as a political reporter for Rappler. She is a fellow of the NUS-IPS and Temasek Foundation’s Asia Journalism Fellowship and the United Nations’ Reham al-Farra Memorial Journalism Fellowship.
Latest articles
Asean is already economically divided. AI will make it worse
‘Predictable and preventable’: Cebu quake exposes fault lines in Philippine disaster preparedness
Conservation is China’s newest weapon in the South China Sea
Cebu quake survivors beg for food, sleep in open fields as government aid stalls
‘Wiped out our entire village’: Cebu quake survivors appeal for help as death toll climbs
‘Return our stolen money’: Filipinos protest flood control corruption in show of force
Manila to hold its ground at Scarborough Shoal even as Beijing cranks up pressure
Beijing’s nature reserve move in disputed South China Sea seen as bid for moral high ground
Say a prayer, then buy a love potion: The mystery of Manila’s Quiapo district
Will Marcos’ war on corruption put an end to ‘pork barrel’ scandals or be his undoing?
