November 21, 2020 RIDING THE PROWLING CHINESE DRAGON: China’s Economic Hold in the Philippines “This is the Chinese Coast guard. This is under the jurisdiction of the Chinese government,” blared
February 21, 2020 PEACE HAWKS LIE, Here’s Why by Pinky Ang The on again off again peace negotiations—scuttled by the Duterte regime—can still be
December 1, 2019 FAILING OPLANS: from Marcos to Duterte Since 1981, when the Marcos dictatorship initiated Operational Plan (Oplan) Katatagan purportedly “to defend the state”
May 14, 2021 Duterte piling up ways to score (and hide) more loot President Rodrigo Duterte promised to reduce corruption to the barest minimum under
May 8, 2021 Portrait of a bureaucrat capitalist: Duterte As president, Rodrigo R. Duterte is the current chief of bureaucrat capitalists
February 17, 2021 In between Duterte’s late night show, who’s on the stage A series of tragicomedy—and deadly—policies and actions by the Duterte regime have
January 21, 2021 Two Things on Trump and Duterte (A postscript on Trump and a warning on Duterte) Finally, Trump has stepped down after he lost his reelection bid and
December 23, 2020 “My Soldiers”, the Duterte regime’s backbone Here is an initial list of ex-military and police officials in the