The Philippines should call for “fair rules of the game” at the food and fertilizer market. The Philippine should defend its right, in its relations with the US and European Union, to access food and agricultural products without paying attention to the political aspect.
In 1945, Manila was the most destroyed city after Warsaw as the US battled the Japanese to liberate the Philippines. That should not happen again. The nuclear annihilation that the UN secretary-general had warned must be avoided. It should not be in the Philippines.
Australia is building a nuclear-powered submarine with the help of the United States and Great Britain, raising the stakes in the already volatile South China Sea.
The use of nuclear fuel poses much lower risks to Philippine waters relative to other causes of destruction, a geoscience expert said.