President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi are consciously and deliberately drawing the maritime lines between their two countries without regard to the presence of Taiwan which sits between them.

China vs 3 former colonizers

On July 12, 2026, the Award (not Ruling) of the so-called Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague will have its 10th anniversary, and the cabal of Filipinos in the American propaganda machine will have something to celebrate.

Ten years of Arbitration Award

It does not need much brain power to understand that in the highly competitive elections for nonpermanent members of the Security Council in the United Nations, two countries which have long dreamed of a stronger voice in the SC (for years Germany wanted to be permanent member)—the Philippines and Germany, lost their faces in humiliation, along with the vote.

Pinas, Germany lost because of US-Israel

For several years now, he has been disparaging all official actions of China in its relationship with the Philippines.  And I mean all—even the patently good ones, those that directly benefit the Filipino people like the donated bridges, the rescue-at-sea operations that save the lives of Filipino fishermen, relief assistance during earthquakes, floods, typhoons and natural disasters, energy assistance such as sourcing of petroleum products, etc.

 Gibo Teodoro had it coming

MISMONG si Presidente Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. ang nagsabing ang foreign policy ng Pilipinas ay One-China Policy, na siya ring kinikilala ng buong mundo.  Liban na nga lamang sa ilang maliliit na bansa sa Africa, tulad ng Eswatini (dating Swaziland).

Isa lang ang Tsina

On July 10, the think tank Asian Century Philippines Institute for Strategic Studies (ACPH) presented a comprehensive and truthful analysis aptly titled Foundational Lies of the 2016 Arbitral Award.

Let’s hear it from Nikki Coseteng

The passing of two generations of Filipinos is not enough to erase the grim memories of World War 2, particularly the atrocities of the Japanese Imperial Army, in Laguna and Quezon provinces.

Japanese atrocities in Laguna, Quezon

Tacloban and Palo maintain MacArthur Park or Freedom Park on the shores of Leyte Gulf to remind generations of Filipinos of World War 2, that horrific international war that saw Germany, Italy and Japan being defeated by the Allied Forces, mainly the United States, Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom.

Palo’s MacArthur Park, Signal Day in Tolosa

Since Rodante Marcoleta was a party-list representative fighting Martin’s attack dogs at the unlamented Quadcom panels, and even up to this time that he was elected senator and fighting the perpetrators of the biggest heist in Philippine history involving the flood control scandal, and also their lawmaker-patrons, the good senator from Pampanga-Tarlac has been asking the authorities this one inconvenient query—where on earth is the West Philippine Sea (WPS)?

Marcoleta and the West Philippine Sea

Many political pundits in the world, even in the Philippines, are making a big deal out of the fact that Russia President Vladimir Putin visited Beijing a couple of days after US President Donald Trump ended his state visit to China.

Putin in Beijing after Trump

VIEW FROM CALUMPANG Column Diego Cagahastian and Raffy Sarnate

VIEW FROM CALUMPANG

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