China is attempting to create a buffer zone in the South China Sea, militarizing artificial islands to keep away the US and its allies from patrolling the strategic waterway where about $3 trillion worth of annual trade passes.
Stop making the people beg. Give them decent jobs.
Every year, on January 9, hundreds of thousands of mostly barefoot Roman Catholic devotees wearing maroon shirts join in pulling and pushing a carriage of the life-sized wooden icon of Jesus Christ carrying the cross.
Donald Trump’s takeover of the White House in late January 2025 could change the world’s geopolitical landscape with the possible end of the conflict in Eastern Europe.
The Philippines must have an integrated air defense system to cover 100% of the country’s Philippines Air Defense Identification Zone (PADIZ) as well as have an effective maritime domain awareness.
The Philippines must prepare now before it is caught with its pants down.