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AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo The Philippine Star My friend W. Scott Thompson is always a good read. A Philippine and Asian expert, Scott has a good pulse on local events and its possible global repercussions. In my April 25, 2010 column (The Yankee Phobic GMA regime), your Chair Wrecker wrote the following backgrounder from Scott’s online bio: 1. W. Scott Read More …
SKETCHES By Ana Marie Pamintuan The Philippine Star China maintains that the world has nothing to fear in its “peaceful rise” as an economic power backed by a commensurate national defense capability. One issue that keeps casting doubt on this reassurance is China’s behavior in the waters around its land area. Several foreign diplomats, including those representing nations outside this region, have told me that Read More …
BY REY O. ARCILLA MALAYA ‘Giving up once again sovereignty over parts of our national territory seems almost certain.’ THE United States’ expressed wish “to maintain a light footprint,” a euphemism for maintaining “small” military and naval bases in the Philippines, is beginning to look inevitable. In an obvious attempt to cushion or soften its impact on the national psyche, there has been a spate Read More …
Source: http://transpressnz.blogspot.com/2012/01/chinas-new-mega-catamaran-style.html There are reports the first of these Chinese aircraft carriers is under construction and could enter service around 2015 or earlier.
By Erick San Juan As we witness the events unfolding for the past weeks, there seem to be no changes at all on the way things are going towards a possible conflict between Beijing and Washington. To wit from the Global Times, President Hu Jintao’s speech Tuesday to the Chinese Navy representatives caught the attention of foreign media. It focused on two lines, that China Read More …
BY DUCKY PAREDES MALAYA ‘By our politicians’ misplaced compassion, we are painting a picture of our country as one where drug-pushing is an accepted profession. It is not.’ TODAY, a Filipino drug mule arrested in China in September 2008 (nameless for now at the request of his family) will die. The 35-year- old Filipino male has been a drug mule over a period of time. Read More …
By Michaela P. del Callar The Daily Tribune Ignoring pleas from the Philippine government, China has defended its high court’s death ruling on a Filipino who smuggled huge amounts of prohibited drugs to the country. The Chinese Foreign Ministry hinted that the sentence of the Filipino will not be commuted despite last-ditch appeal from Manila. “I want to point out that China is a country Read More …
Source: ABC News MANILA, Philippines November 30, 2011 (AP) A Chinese court has upheld the drug trafficking conviction of a Filipino man and set his execution for Dec. 8 despite appeals for clemency from the Philippine president, officials said Wednesday. The 35-year-old man, who was not identified, was arrested in September 2008 at Guilin International Airport in southern China while trying to smuggle 3.3 pounds Read More …
By Ellen Tordesillas Malaya ‘If the Philippines brings the battle outside of UNCLOS, it can never expect to win over China, whether militarily or diplomatically.’ If the Philippines brings the battle outside of UNCLOS, it can never expect to win over China, whether militarily or diplomatically.’ THE Philippine claim on the islands in the South China Sea , now being called West Philippine Sea by Read More …