July 6, 2024
Absolute divorce, or the permanent dissolution of marriage, is now up for consideration in the Senate. This comes after the Lower House in Congress approved its version of the divorce bill and transmitted it to the Upper House. While absolute divorce will need the adjudication of the courts, there is another kind of divorce that […]
June 29, 2024
What is now happening in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) concerning the rising tension between the Philippines and China over several islets, reefs and shoals being claimed by both sides is not dissimilar to what has happened in the past this time between China and India who are also claiming vital territories along […]
June 22, 2024
The announcement by Alejandro Tengco, chairman of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) that there are six times more Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) operating without a license than the forty-six legitimate operators they are regulating came as no surprise considering that what they are overseeing is a gambling activity. Even without the announcement […]
June 15, 2024
The ongoing Senate investigation being conducted in connection with a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) firm in Bamban, Tarlac that was raided by the authorities for alleged illegal activities has opened up a can of worms that might just signal the end of offshore online gambling operations in the country. While it may be argued […]
June 8, 2024
More and more these days the public is being entertained with news and reports seemingly involving Chinese individuals and personalities that are, for one reason or another, being implicated in activities deemed against the law. The more spectacular of these incidents having Chinese involvement appears to be that of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and […]
June 1, 2024
The revised Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization program is divided into three horizons. The first horizon was implemented from 2013 to 2017 and implemented the acquisition of new frigates, fighter jets and armored vehicles. The second horizon for the modernization program of the Philippine military covering the period 2018 up to 2028 consists […]
May 26, 2024
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on public order and dangerous drugs Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa seems bent on proving, or at least lending credibility, to supposed leak documents from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) that allegedly ties sitting President Bongbong Marcos with cocaine use a decade ago. In one of the hearings […]
May 18, 2024
The latest act of China producing fake audio recordings to sow division and confusion among the Filipino populace shows its duplicity in dealing with the Philippine government and the country as a whole, particularly in its continuing blatant attempt at harassment and intimidation of Philippine Navy personnel and ships at the Ayungin Shoal in the […]
May 11, 2024
With nothing more than diplomatic savvy and a willingness to collaborate and cooperate with other nations the Philippines stands to gain another military ally that is Japan through what is called a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA). This RAA will be the first of its kind military agreement between the Philippines and Japan after World War […]
May 4, 2024
The United States seem bent on further exacerbating what is already a tense situation in its relationship with China when it sent into the northern part of the Philippines for the first time a land attack missile system as part of the Salaknib exercise 24 taking place in that part of the country in coordination […]