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By Alexis Romero The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said yesterday that the US can be given temporary access to Philippine bases in times of extreme emergency. However, Gazmin told reporters the Americans cannot set up installations in the country. “The Constitution prohibits (the setting up of US bases in the Philippines),” he said. “If the worst case scenario happens and Read More …
By REY O. ARCILLA MALAYA ‘What Goldbeck was in effect saying was that PH-US relations have hitherto been a one-way street – our way. Well, I have news for him…’ PRESIDENT Noynoy Aquino has been named by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential world leaders for “stabilizing and invigorating” the Philippine economy and his “courage” in pushing for the Reproductive Health law. Read More …
Written by Zaff Solmerin Business Mirror LT. Gen. Terry Robling, commander of the United States Marine Forces Pacific, said the strong military partnership between the US and the Philippines has been a big factor in holding the escalation of territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) against China. “I believe it is. I think you have sovereign government that has to deal with the Read More …
PerryScope By Perry Diaz The prospect of North Korea starting a war with the United States, South Korea, and Japan has a chilling effect in the Philippines. With no defense mechanism of her own to defend her territory, the Philippines is like a house with no roof… and a storm is coming! This analogy brings to fore the true state of the Philippines’ national Read More …
By REY O. ARCILLA MALAYA ‘Leaving the grounded USS Guardian in Tubbataha could serve as a symbol of US perfidy towards us and our leaders’ gullibility when dealing with the US.’ THAT must have been an awfully long telephone conversation US Secretary of State John Kerry had with Foreign Secretary Albert “Amboy” del Rosario last week. According to Del Rosario, they discussed a “wide range Read More …
By Ric Sapnu The Philippine Star SUBIC BAY FREEPORT, Philippines – Another American warship, the USS Stockdale, arrived yesterday afternoon for a routine port call in Subic Bay. Officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said clearance was granted to the USS Stockdale, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, to dock at Alava Pier at the Subic Feeport. The Stockdale is the third US Read More …
By Helen Flores The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – A salvage crane contracted to help extract the USS Guardian from Tubbataha Reef in Palawan arrived in the country yesterday, a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) official said. PCG spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Armand Balilo said the Smit Borneo arrived in Puerto Princesa City at 7 a.m. yesterday and will undergo normal Customs procedures. “There will be a Read More …
By Erick San Juan It was on December 11, 1993, when Tubbataha Reefs was inscribed in the prestigious list of the World Heritage Site of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for its outstanding universal value to humankind. In 2006, the size of the Park was expanded thrice its original size from 33,200 to 97,030 hectares through Presidential Proclamation 1126. This has Read More …
Commentary By Perry Diaz Not satisfied with U.S. Ambassador Harry Thomas’ formal apology for the Tubbataha incident, President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III said that an apology was not enough; he wants a “thorough investigation to ascertain how the USS Guardian ran aground off Tubbataha Reef.” He made his statement while attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, which is hardly the place to raise Read More …
By Joel E. Zurbano Manila Standard Today Philippine and US authorities have decided to lift the US minesweeper USS Guardian from the Tubbataha Reef by using a crane ship, an official said Thursday. “The Task Force Tubbataha and the US Navy have chosen lifting to salvage the USS Guardian,” Coast Guard chief information officer Armand Balilo said. An activist near the US Embassy protesting the Read More …