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VFA extended for six months

The Philippine government has decided to extend for another six months the suspension of abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States...

Senate seeks more time to asses Visiting Forces pact

Senate President Vicente Sotto III yesterday asked the executive branch to give Congress time to review, rethink and assess the country’s defense relationships amid...

A US lackey?

Now critics have more things to say about the President.   So, President Duterte is now a US lackey? After having been hounded no end by...

The citizenship issue

"Was Gabby Lopez already a Filipino under the Dual Citizenship Law when he was president of the network?"   There are a multitude of issues pertaining...

Shirking responsibility

The Senate this week voted in favor of a resolution asking the Supreme Court to rule on whether or not the President needs Senate...

Legislators pushing back on foreign policy power

"A nation’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and its standing in the international community are denigrated when the Chief Executive, acting without benefit of good...

Partnering

"China is not only  the world’s second-biggest economy. It is a major production base and consumer hub as well."   With the twin uncertainties engendered by the...

Hot issues

Buhay Party-list Rep. Lito Atienza (left) and former senator Francisco “Kit” Tatad  tackled the ABS-CBN  issue as well as the termination of the Visiting...

Local transmission of COVID-19

"Some have tested negative, but others could be carriers."     Santa Banana, as if the COVID-19 were not enough for us, now comes the abrogation of...

VFA not designed to protect our interest

"Lopsided agreements, all."     Maybe President Duterte is a maverick president when at the outset he pursued an independent foreign policy. The problem, however, is that...

Can Duterte terminate the VFA on his own?

"While many may not agree with the President’s decision to terminate the VFA, this senator tells us that he did not usurp his powers...

A brutal year

"Growth targets were missed."     The years 2019 and 2018 were years of underperformance for the Philippine economy. Growth targets were missed. 2019 and 2018 were also...

Gov’t should leave ABS-CBN alone

"What happens after March 30 and ABS-CBN has no extended franchise?"   No matter how stridently Malacañang denies that President Rodrigo Duterte had a hand in...

Information drive

"The PCOO should just do its job."   In my past columns, I have urged the Duterte administration to embark on a massive education and information...
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