
Enforcing the arbitral ruling
When Rodrigo Duterte was president, he discarded the landmark arbitral ruling the Philippines had won at the international tribunal in The Hague as a piece of paper destined for the waste bin.
When Rodrigo Duterte was president, he discarded the landmark arbitral ruling the Philippines had won at the international tribunal in The Hague as a piece of paper destined for the waste bin.
: A manifesto shared by a pro-China personality falsely claimed that the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and the United States is banned under the constitution.
“Media Unlocked,” Chinese state media’s social media vanguard in the South China Sea dispute, is now casting itself as the victim of an ongoing battle of narratives where it is, ironically, a major player.
Last month, in a deadly clash in Lanao del Norte province, Islamist militants affiliated with the Middle East-based Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) killed six commandos from the Philippine Army’s elite Scout Ranger battalion.
But what explains these economic dark ages during the Martial Law years? In a word, mismanagement! Mismanagement caused by greed.