Chinese President Xi Jinping told the closing ceremony of the BRICS Summit 2026 in India that the organization that he founded together with 10 other state leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, and South Africa is now on the right path in writing a “new chapter of strength through unity of the Global South.”


Trump is ‘utak pulbura’ while Xi is for peace

United States President Donald Trump and his treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, are now working in tandem trying to squeeze Iran`s economy and render that country an outcast in the global economic community.

Economic D-Day

When you are your country’s minister of defense, or any high official of the government attending an international forum, expect that from among the audience there are people who espouse ideas and advocacies directly opposed to yours.


Baldness of logic, hollow of good sense

The last few years saw the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Philippine society, especially in such sectors as labor market, changes in the outsourcing industry, technological advances in governance, medicine, finance, education, sports, public service, law, and media.

AI for the common good — President Xi

A steel plant with Chinese investments and is productively and peacefully doing business inside an economic zone that is under the supervision of the Department of National Defense )DND) would sooner or later be the focus of Defense Secretary Gibo Teodoro`s spiteful ire.

Tit for tat:  China can play the game, too

The House of Representatives, whether under Speaker Martin Romualdez or Bodjie Dy, has been fast on the draw in suspending and expelling its members who are perceived—only perceived—to be guilty of disorderly conduct.

House should expel Rep. Romualdez

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) grew from a group of five Eurasian countries which, in 1996, recognized the need for a dynamic regional organization that promotes their shared political, economic, and security concerns.


The SCO is all about global peace

Officials of San Pedro City just did a first in Laguna.  They organized a commemorative program to give out replicas of the United States Congressional Gold Medals to guerilla survivors of World War 2 and their descendants.  This was held at the Pacita Astrodome last July 21.

Historical San Pedro City and Takaichi

When China hosted the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended for the first time, adding official recognition and prestige to the already prestigious annual gathering.

Let the world benefit from AI

The United Nations (UN) was formed by the international community in the aftermath of World War 2.  The victors in that war wanted to ensure that the losers would never again resort to militarism, fascism, and the use of force in pursuing their economic and political ambitions.

In other words, no more aggression.


United Nations and the enemy states

VIEW FROM CALUMPANG Column Diego Cagahastian and Raffy Sarnate

VIEW FROM CALUMPANG

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