Category: Opinion
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Rage Against EDCA, Proxy War, US-PHIL Joint Sea Patrols
By Herman Tiu Laurel March 4, 2023 at Kamuning Forum At the start of February of 2023 the Filipino nation was shocked by the announcement of the BBM government that the expansion of the U.S. EDCA bases would be pursued, contrary to expectations from the records of actions and statements of BBM the past…
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Labanan Ang Pakana Ng Amerika Na Gawing Ukraine Ang Pilipinas
Ni Mauro Gia Samonte Taliwas sa popular na pagkaalam, ang giyera sa Ukraine ay di nagsimula noong Pebrero 24, 2023 kundi noon pang 2014 nang muling ipaloob ang Crimea sa dati nitong kalagayan sa Pederasyon ng Russia. Ibinunyag ito ni Lt. Gen. James Bierman, commanding general US armed forces’ Third Marine Expeditionary Force (IIIMEF),…
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The Philippines now a US warship after Lloyd Austin visit?
THE IDSI CORNER MANY experts agree that for China, the South China Sea dispute is negotiable, given that there are multiple claimants including Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia, of which China already has ongoing negotiations. China has also offered 60-percent profit sharing in favor of the Philippines in disputed areas, far better than what the Philippines…
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How Do You Solve A Problem Like PCG Jay Tarriela?
By Adolfo Quizon Paglinawan Until recently, this name was buried in the dustbin of Philippine bureaucracy. That is until he staged his one-man war against China, carelessly feigning he is the world’s chief arbiter when it comes to international law, a feat Roilo Golez, Albert del Rosario, Antonio Carpio, Richard Heydarian, Jay Batongbacal, Dindo…
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Role of American Neo-Cons in The EDSA Counter-Revolution
By Adolfo Quizon Paglinawan Part One: Factual Context of the Decline of the Marcos Regime Thirty-seven years ago on February 25, hundreds of thousands Filipinos marched to Epifanio de Los Santos Avenue to respond to a call by Jaime Cardinal Sin for people to wedge between putchists holed in Camp Crame and advancing marines…
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Hindi Maaaring Ipirma ng Presidente Ang Kapahamakan ng Buong Sambayanan
Ni Mauro Gia Samonte Sigaw ni Bongbong, “Hey, ya, sabi ng mamamayan mo, ‘fucking faggot,’ wag mong ipagyabang yang pagwasak mo sa Ukraine. Minsan nang ginawa ‘yan ni MacArthur sa Pilipinas noong 1945, kaya kong gawin uli ngayon ‘yan. Di mo ba nakikita? Inaprubahan ko na ang dagdag na base militar ng…
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The ‘spy balloon’ saga bursts
By Herman Tiu Laurel The NPR (National Public Radio) is a quasi-autonomous, government-funded nonprofit media outlet created by the US federal government. On its Feb. 16 headline blared ‘Biden says the 3 aerial objects shot down were not Chinese spy balloons’… President Joe Biden will soon speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the…
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Are the AFP and Americans Staging A Soft Coup Against Marcos Jr?
By Adolfo Quizon Paglinawan Part 2: Where is our Independent Foreign Policy? The latest version of the MAA is the Mutual Logistics Support Agreement renewed in 2017 providing the legal mechanism to access locally sourced resources abroad, while also benefiting the broader bilateral relationship with the Philippines and providing the foundation for the bilateral…
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BBM risks China’s ire, Economic rebound
By Herman Tiu Laurel So, the Ayungin Shoal-BRP Sierra Madre resupply run and “military laser” pointing from a Chinese Coast Guard ship at a Philippine Cost Guard ship was made a sensational issue, with the pitiful Coast Guard spokesman Commodore Armand Balilo lying that the Chinese “violated international law” by the “offensive” and “unsafe”…
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The War vs. War, a War vs. US wars
By Herman Tiu Laurel A huge anti-War protest rally is expected to be held in Washington this Sunday February 17, 2023 on the anniversary of the Ukraine War and President’s Day Weekend, it’s dubbed “Rage Against the War Machine!” Speakers at the event are now famous anti-US wars dissenters Jimmie Dore, Medea Benjamin, Scott…
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How low can BBM go? Too low!
By Herman Tiu Laurel How often have we heard that line about the Filipino being able to bend like the bamboo? Some are raising that adage again to justify the bowing of President Bongbong Marcos, Jr. to the diktats of the Americans imposing the unconstitutional and oppressive expanded EDCA bases and the US-PHIL joint…
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Are the AFP and Americans Staging A Soft Coup Against Marcos Jr?
By Adolfo Quizon Paglinawan Part 1: Weeding Out The Fiction from The Facts I was floored by a Facebook meme blaming the Philippine senators who voted in 1991 to cancel our Military Bases Agreement with the United States, as the culprits that caused all our problems in the South China Seas. The implication…