These actions do nothing but grant free political points to the Marcos family, to the detriment of the local Beijing lobby led by the Dutertes.

These images will be flashed in the national evening news bulletins at 6PM, increasing anti-China sentiments among Filipinos and

The recent altercation in Scarborough Shoal (Bajo de Masinloc) is a direct challenge to international law and the livelihoods of Filipino fishermen. This action not only impedes access to our traditional waters but also risks the peace and stability of the entire region. As we

CCG's brutish water cannon attack and ramming action again captured in full view, this time off Scarborough Shoal.

🇨🇳 #China 's deep-sea research ship Shen Kuo continues to loiter 30nm east of the 🇵🇭 #Philippines ' Samar Island & appears to be exploring the Philippine Trench. [🧵1/2]

Hey Kristi Noem . Please know that your political career is now over. Plan to do something else for the remainder of your life.

#Asia ’s next war could be triggered by a rusting warship on a disputed reef

In the most hotly contested waterway in the world, the risk of Asia’s next war hinges increasingly on a ramshackle ship past her time, pockmarked with holes, streaked with rust and beached on a reef.

To

There's a good reason for this..

The PRC is more aggressive in their coercion where a 'miscalculation' that they're always harping on could happen. This is why the PH authorities have been exercising maximum restraint.

I believe it would be the PRC that would eventually slip.

Intrusion!

🇨🇳 #China 's Dien Ke 1 Hao ship monitoring 🇵🇭🇺🇸🇫🇷Balikatan ships is 'able to conduct all kinds of tests for electronic devices such as radars, drones, unmanned boats and other equipment, as well as work in underwater sound and meteorological exploration'. en.sasac.gov.cn/2020/08/11/c_2…

From my first book:

“Violent and cruel treatment of animals is quite intimately opposed to a human being’s duty to himself and he has a duty to refrain from this.”

Immanuel Kant
Metaphysics of Morals

Really hating the mask here.

🤦You really can't make this stuff up.👇
'The sea should not be an arena where countries can flex their “gunboat muscles”, said 🇨🇳Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission.'
But water cannons? Golly, those are swell!

For SIX YEARS DUTERTE used FEAR to rule over us, and undermine our freedoms. Now, he & his PRO-BEIJING ilk want to use “PROXY WAR” nonsense FEAR-MONGERING to make us SURRENDER our sovereign rights in WEST PHILIPPINE SEA!!! 🤦🤦

RESIST!!! Fight DISINFORMATION!!!

Very informative and balanced article by the The Economist on the bright outlook for the Philippine economy.

'Yet things are improving. Roads are being paved, bridges built. In February the government picked a private consortium to revamp and double the capacity of Manila’s main

Three years on, I think this stands up pretty well:

'The dissolution of one of Hong Kong’s largest civil society groups is a sign of how Beijing is using the mainland’s political tactics to eradicate dissent in the former British colony...

bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

What the Duterte faction is seeking to do is to wipe out Philippine sovereignty and put the country under the control of the PRC

With #JimmyLai in #HongKong , the authorities are not only going after one man: “they’re trying to shut down an entire ecosystem”.

Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC discusses this new, worrying tactic - in 🇨🇳🇵🇭🇬🇹- with Truth Tellers Tortoise.

Maria Ressa 𝙟𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙯𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖

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