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

Several countries have supported the United States of America’s broad initiative to shore up its capability to secure its supply chains for artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor, not to mention rare earth production.

US grand plan on AI, semiconductors

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

The Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police, the Philippine Coast Guard, and all other agencies of government whose personnel are required to wear their uniforms have fastidious, rigid rules on the use of these uniforms and insignias.

Trinidad and his uniform

Martin Romualdez, the congressman representing Leyte’s First District, may be out of the loop now because another colleague is seated in his Speaker’s chair in the House of Representatives, but in reality he still wields considerable power on a national scale.

Why is NBI helping Martin Romualdez?

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

The Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea has been a work in progress among the eleven-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China through the years.

Code of Conduct in the SCS

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

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