Contrary to Sagip Rep. Rodante Marcoleta’s claim that Subic health workers got false positive tests from the Philippine Red Cross, it was actually the humanitarian aid agency that retested them even without the Department of Health’s (DOH) order.
The United States does not need to put up a military base again anywhere in the country. It is even thinking of scaling back its presence in Japan and South Korea because it has realized these bases are sitting ducks in a missile exchange with its adversaries.
Using its might, China has been harassing oil-and-gas explorations of Southeast Asian countries in the South China Sea, a strategic waterway claimed by Beijing based on historical records, where about $3 trillion worth of sea-borne goods pass every year.
Typhoon Tisoy exited the country leaving at least three people dead and shutting the capital, causing massive blackouts and damages to properties and forcing work stoppage in government offices, cancellation of classes and disrupting competitions in the 30th SEA Games being hosted by the country.
3,150 volunteers will be lending a hand in events based in Metro Manila while 1,620 will volunteer in other clusters, for a grand total of 9,000 volunteers nationwide spread into the four clusters.