Sustainability and politics mix in this issue.We bring you stories around biodiversity, disasters and electricity, and visuals that show that our worries about sustainability now rival those about economic issues.We have a story that takes off from the May release of a giant stingray back into the Mekong River, in Cambodia, to highlight the threats to this transboundary river. Watch the animation below on the Irrawaddy dolphin, one of the Mekong's most endangered megafauna.The politics part has to do the restoration of a Marcos in the presidency of the Philippines, a country that in 1986 overthrew the dictator and kleptocrat Ferdinand Marcos. In the 9 May election, the nation that once inspired democratic movements from Poland to South Korea, gave his son and namesake a landslide victory (nearly 59% of the vote) with a mandate not seen in decades.Legal and tax proceedings against the Marcoses, in the Philippines and overseas, have continued for decades, and they have repeatedly appealed, or ignored judgments through time. Sitting presidents, however, have immunity from unit.Foreign affairs watchers will find it useful to know that since the President has diplomatic immunity, President-elect Marcos would be able to enter the United States without being detained over a contempt order worth more than $353 million dollars. (This judgement goes back to 2011, when a Hawaii district issued it against Marcos Jr, his mother Imelda and the elder Marcos' estate for dissipating assets that were to be used to pay human rights victims.)After his proclamation at end-June, the 64-year-old Marcos Jr or 'Bongbong' starts his six-year term on 1 July, with Sara Duterte, daughter of outgoing (and still popular) Rodrigo Duterte, as vice president. I share a piece I did on the memories that come to fore with the Marcos victory, and the discussion on the Philippines at Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand.Yours (and till next time, with an update on the Myanmar journalists' situation) -Johanna (reportingaseandesk@fastmail.net)