Wanting to compel the Philippines as unwitting ally
"They lost their sense of decency to recall that the person they are going to deal with now is the ...
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Disguised hegemony
"Rules-based? Really?" There is that system imposed by the US called the “rules-based” principle. On the surface, there is ...
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Blinken meets Locsin, PH gets more virus aid
The United States on Friday extended an additional $11.3 million in aid to the Philippines to support its COVID-19 vaccine ...
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Blinken arrival seen to solidify ceasefire deal
Tel Aviv—US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, days after an Egypt-brokered truce halted fighting ...
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Vico Sotto and the potentiality of corruption reform
"The challenges are real." With all his achievements since his election, Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto shows that it is ...
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Manila-Washington ties seen off to fresh good start
President Joe Biden has appointed a Filipino-American as acting administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), an ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.