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Yesterday, the US and Philippine military forces formally ended their 18-day joint war games under the 38th version of the Balikatan. The various exercises, held… 05/12/2023
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At Ground Level
‘Most lethal’ US drones deployed in Balikatan 2023
How far EDCA sites will be used remains unclear
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Last Wednesday the United States committed to allocate, by the end of fiscal year 2023, “more than $100 million in infrastructure investments at the new… 04/28/2023
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US-Phl troops prepare for possible war with China
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Live-fire training, using naval artillery gunfire and aviation rockets and bombs to sink a vessel in the West Philippine Sea, where China continues its aggressive… 03/24/2023
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Is the US preparing for war, or deterring it?
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By Satur Ocampo Five “agreed locations” had been previously designated for American military facilities to be established inside Philippine military bases. Their construction, funded with… 02/10/2023
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Search deal with China now voided: a back story
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By Satur Ocampo PhilStar It took almost 15 years to come up. Yet the Supreme Court ruling on June 10 – declaring as unconstitutional a… 01/27/2023
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Promised ‘compromise’ on fishing not good enough
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“It wasn’t exactly the bacon that President Marcos was expected to bring home.” This was what The Philippine STAR editorial yesterday said about Marcos Jr’s… 01/13/2023
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World body checks out holes in Phl HR record
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The Philippines signed the landmark International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) on Dec. 6, 1966 and ratified it on Oct. 23, 1986. Adopted… 11/18/2022
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Phl has most number of ‘desaparecidos’ in SEA
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Two days apart this week, two important commemorations took place. One evoked a resounding plea for long-delayed justice; the other, for the resumption of peace… 09/09/2022
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Despite having left ICC, Phl cannot evade probe
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By Satur Ocampo “Withdrawal from the Rome Statute does not discharge a state party from the obligations it has incurred as a member. Consequently, liability… 08/12/2022
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A deeply ingrained militaristic mindset
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Yesterday president-in-waiting Ferdinand Marcos Jr. named Juan Ponce Enrile as his presidential legal counsel. A key implementor during Marcos Sr.’s martial law dictatorship, Enrile figured… 06/24/2022
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