Will Duterte scrap EDCA, or use it as a bargaining chip?
Of course, Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. would say, as he did in a TV interview, that President Duterte âwill respect all treaty agreements with any nation, including EDCA.â EDCA…
Academic: âDuterte held up a long-hidden looking glass to the USâ
Following is an excellent article that was published on September 9 in the Australia-based website The Conversation, with an interesting slogan: âAcademic Rigour, Journalistic Flair.â It was written by Adele…
Supreme Court ruling: âPutang ina moâ doesnât mean âyour mother is a whoreâ
Iâm not kidding. The Philippine Supreme Court ruled in 1969, and affirmed in another decision in 2006, that in effect, onion-skinned people like President Obama â or his stupid advisers and uninformed foreign pressâ shouldnât really be offended and think that their dearly beloved mothersâ virtues are defamed when the word âputang ina,â or even the...
No longer the regionâs American boy
Shocked or scandalized you may be by President Duterteâs alleged insult against US President Obama, this incident, as well as his earlier unflattering remarks against the American ambassador, marks a…
High time to end Abu Sayyaf scourge
The utterly senseless killings of 14 innocent people enjoying themselves at a night market could still lead to something good for the country, if President Duterteâs government musters the political…
Was the Indonesian Salim Aquinoâs biggest crony?
Second of Two Parts Forbes magazine has been the definitive listing of the billionaires of the world and of each country. Yet wittingly or unwittingly, Forbes in its 2016 roster…
The newest, yet hidden, Philippine oligarch isnât even Filipino: Anthoni Salim
First of Two Parts This is how bad our country has become. The newest, yet hidden oligarch in the Philippines isnât even a Filipino: He is the Indonesian magnate Anthoni…
Duterte can mold Supreme Court after his image
Before the time he is ready to step down from office on June 30, 2022, President Rodrigo Duterte must have appointed 12 of the 15 justices of the Supreme Court.…
Communistsâ big-guns at peace talks: Our first real shot at ending the insurgency
For the first time since formal peace talks in 1987, the communist insurgencyâs real big guns will be de facto part of the actual negotiations: Benito Tiamzon, Wilma Austria, Adelberto…
Why didnât the Aquinos investigate these crimes?
Yesterday is one of the most significant dates in our post-war history, when two historic, connected events happened, the consequences of which have made up our messy present. Two dastardly…