PBBM’s First Stop: China
By Herman Laurel FROM the past to the present, although almost half-a-century has passed, Philippine-China relations is moving forward in positive leaps-and-bounds. Reviewing some of the deep...
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Why unilaterally abrogate an agreement favorable to us?
By Rod P. Kapunan Originally, our national boundary was demarcated in the Treaty of Paris signed by the US and Spain on December 10, 1898. Our boundary facing the South China Sea is close to...
60/40 Oil-Gas deal go the way of BNPP
By Herman Laurel On June 21, 2022, the immensity of the fuel and energy crisis again facing the Philippines n at this critical time was highlighted by news that 26,000 provincial bus drivers have...
Locsin betrayed by Aussies
By Herman Laurel Like a wet rag DFA Secretary Teodoro “Teddyboy” Locsin limply lamented Australia’s betrayal of the Philippines in the voting for expert representation to the UN Commission...
US: The Hand in the Zelensky Puppet Glove
Truth Blast by Herman Tiu Laurel Quickly scanned a few opinion columns of the Manila Times and another...
PH should not be used in ‘proxy war’
By Bernadette E. Tamayo of The Manila Times THE Philippines should not be used as a pawn of any superpower such as the United States and Russia in their "proxy war," political analyst Prof. Anna...
PhilBRICS signs Joint Statement
JOINT STATEMENT OF WORLD POLITICAL PARTIES, SOCIAL ORGANISATIONS AND THINK TANKS ON MAKING INDEPENDENT EFFORTS TO EXPLORE THE PATH TOWARD DEMOCRACY AND WORKING TOGETHER TO PROMOTE COMMON DEVELOPMENT...
Ominous waves in a once-calm sea
"All problems in the region have been resolved through dialogue and negotiations constructively and productively." The Asia-Pacific region where ASEAN is centrally situated has been a scene of...
AUKUS: the new “Kid on the Block”
By: Victor N. Corpus AUKUS is the new acronym for the newly-formed military alliance of Australia, United Kingdom and the United States. The recent announcement of its formation a few days ago...
The AUKUS Ruckus and Locsin fumble
Phil-BRICS Strategic Studies Position Paper September 24, 2021 The focus of the Asia-Pacific region,...
@100 Years: Communist Party of China Passes Test of Time, Gears for a World Community of Shared Future
By Herman Tiu Laurel The Communist Party of China (CPC) was formed a hundred years ago in 1921 promising to uplift China and its people from centuries of feudalism marked by backwardness, widespread...
Afghanistan: Disastrous US Defeat Again!
By Herman Tiu Laurel WHILE the US is pushing the Philippines to ramp up tensions in the South China Sea using a “swarm of fake news” agitation and propaganda media, political and...