Hopefully, these issues will have clarity when Bongbong returns this weekend. It does not look good for the president if he allows the mystery around Vic’s position to persist. His own credibility and decisiveness is at stake.
The Philippines must also learn from the lessons of relying too much from the United States. It has to pursue a more independent foreign policy based on its own national interests, or security interests will run parallel with the United States all the time.
Three-time Obie Award Winner Mac Wellman opens “The Sandalwood Box” at New York’s Flea Theater with a Filipino actress as the lead of his play.