The officials of the Duterte regime contradict themselves and each other daily and almost by the hour. They have, individually and collectively, outdone and are outdoing every other administration in the incoherence, contradictions, unreason, and non sequiturs of their declarations. A reality that is arguably as alarming as the lawlessness and the extrajudicial killings that…
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#PeopleSONA | Gov’t data show ‘downward trajectory’ in PH economy – think tank
“Duterte’s economic policies is creating a ‘debt bomb’ that will explode in the near future.“
Concern for human lives
By DEE AYROSO
Betrayed
How could he muster the courage to continue speaking the truth against the mighty China when the betrayal came from the country’s highest seat of power?
PH gov’t urged to take firm stance vs. China over ‘hit-and-run’ in disputed waters
“(China) acts as if they own the entire disputed waters and that they can do things as they wish.“
Loanshark
By DEE AYROSO
Bark and wag
By DEE AYROSO
Racist — and colonial
TO BELIEVE and argue that black people are inherently violent or that all Jews are money-grubbing scoundrels is to presume that race is the determinant of certain vices and virtues. It is nothing but racism, and those who harbor that presumption qualify as racists. Themselves the subjects and targets of racism, Filipinos can be racist…
Groups hit ‘treacherous’ Duterte-Xi Jinping meet
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Progressive groups here have assailed the meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese president Xi Jinping as a treachery as the agreements signed between the two leaders will not benefit the Filipino people. On Nov. 20, Duterte welcomed the Chinese leader in Manila for a two-day state…
China-US military, trade rivalries heat up
“China is now capable of controlling the South China Sea in all scenarios short of war with the United States… There is no guarantee that the United States would win a future conflict with China.” The stunning twin statements are from Admiral Philip S. Davidson, highlighting his written remarks submitted to the United States Senate…
Fishers to file complaint before UN on West PH dispute
The Chinese embassy issued a statement saying that it has allowed Filipino fishermen to fish in the West Philippine Sea “out of goodwill.”