Jan 25, 2023 | In the trenches, Opinion
Only a few days after Chinese leader Xi Jinping promised to “find a solution” that would allow Filipino fishermen to go to its traditional fishing grounds in the South China Sea, China’s law enforcement vessels drove local fishermen away from Ayungin Shoal. There was...
Jan 24, 2023 | In the trenches, Opinion
In an interview with an international economic newspaper during his trip to Davos, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his government wanted to step up its security cooperation with its long-time military ally, the United States. Marcos told the international economic newspaper...
Jan 20, 2023 | In the trenches, Opinion
“It’s time for Ferdinand Marcos Jr to give up his position as agriculture secretary. He is a big failure. Costs of agricultural products had not only risen but there were also supply shortages.” Onions are now flooding wet markets and supermarkets...
Jan 18, 2023 | In the trenches, Opinion
Last month, Japan unveiled an ambitious, $320-billion, five-year defense plan to upgrade its defense capabilities and, at the same time, acquire strike capability to hit targets deep into what it considered the biggest threat in the region. A hundred years ago,...
Jan 17, 2023 | In the trenches, Opinion
Armored vehicles rolled out of a police camp one weekend when a throng of Roman Catholic devotees jostled to get close to a miraculous wooden icon of Jesus carrying a cross at a public park in Manila.The January 9 Feast of the Black Nazarene every year always draws a...
Jan 11, 2023 | In the trenches, Opinion
It was like a thief in the night. Sudden and without warning.Army Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro, appointed as the Armed Forces chief of staff only five months ago, was removed from his position unceremoniously and without any explanation last week.In August, when...
