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View from Malcolm By Atty. Harry Roque Jr. Manila Standard Today When then-candidate Noynoy Aquino was courting the electorate, he vowed to annul the anomalous contracts of Arroyo and to hold her and her minions liable for their deeds. Primary of these sins was the scandal about the national broadband network contract with ZTE, which brought a little-known “Jun” Lozada into the limelight. It was Read More …
Like It Is By Peter Wallace Manila Standard Today China is the world’s second-biggest economy today. It overtook Japan last year. It is, of course, the dominant player in Asia accounting for almost a third of the continent’s total economy. India comes in next. Both countries have over one billion people (1.3 billion in China, 1.2 billion in India). Sheer population size itself drives the Read More …
Are We There Yet? By Bong Austero Manila Standard Today The more things change, the more they remain the same. In fact, a cursory look at the top issues of the last few days will bring us to the inevitable conclusion that certain things in this country have not changed at all. We seem to be caught in a time trap where the same things Read More …
Source: Sun Star Manila PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III described his first state visit to the People’s Republic of China a “success” bringing home billions worth of investment in the country. Upon his arrival Saturday night, the President announced about $13 billion worth of actual and possible investments of Chinese corporations to the Philippines. With the $13 billion, Aquino said $1.3 of it are sure investments, Read More …
Balitang Kutsero By Perry Diaz I received a WikiLeaks recording of the private meeting between Philippine President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III and Chinese President Hu Jintao prior to their official bilateral meeting in Beijing during P-Noy’s state visit to China. The conversation went as follows: Hu: Good afternoon, President Aquino. Welcome to China! P-Noy: Gung hay fat choy, President Hu. Hu: Huh? I didn’t know Read More …
FRONTLINE By Ninez Cacho-Olivares The Daily Tribune Noynoy Aquino floored a lot of Filipinos when he called, in his speech during his China vist before Chinese businessmen, for investors to start investing in the Philippines as the country is an emerging economic power in the region. If Gloria Arroyo, in her time, was rattling off her achievements in Enchanted Kingdom, Noynoy certainly is now living Read More …
PerryScope By Perry Diaz Three days before President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III embarked on a four-day state visit to China, it was reported in the news that the Philippine government had agreed to allow the Chinese government-owned China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) to conduct oil exploration in the Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). According to Department of Read More …
POSTSCRIPT By Federico D. Pascual Jr. The Philippine Star COUNTING CHICKS: We have a wise saying that we should not count the chicks until they are hatched. Being optimistic has its merits, but Malacañang should not go overboard advertising prematurely how big is the Chinese ham that President Noynoy Aquino will bring back from Beijing. The main line of the Palace attempt to justify the Read More …
Source: The Daily Tribune President Aquino will bring up the Spratlys issue during his five-day state visit to the People’s Republic of China as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced yesterday that at least six agreements will be signed in relation to the strengthening of economic and diplomatic ties between Manila and Beijing. Assistant Secretary of the DFA’s Office Asia and Pacific Affairs Cristina Read More …
Source: Whatsonxiamen.com President Benigno S. Aquino III will visit the hometown of his Chinese ancestors in Hongjian Village, located in the township of Jiaomei, Longhai City, Zhangzhou Municipality, Fujian Province. The Precedent of The Philippines in China: REDISCOVERING ROOTS (Feature on the Hongjian Village Visit) State Visits are grand affairs. By its very nature, such trips made by national leaders to other countries are suffused Read More …