Manila also aims to improve maritime coordination among Philippine agencies in disputed areas such as the Scarborough Shoal.
A poll revealed high ratings for the force despite pro-Duterte lawmakers disparaging it over growing Manila-Washington ...
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Kickbacks: The real enemy of infrastructure

Kickbacks are not small crimes. They are the architecture of underdevelopment. They explain why flood controls fail, why ...
THE Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) mounted a month-long anti-corruption campaign, which called on creatives to stand up and speak out against the misappropriation of public funds, in light ...
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The desperation of a waning base

IT appears that the new line of attack of the diehard Duterte supporters (DDS) and their social-media operatives has shifted from vilifying their usual political targets to attacking the Armed Forces ...
What is happening to our country today has been foretold very accurately by the greatest Asian writer and political novelist, Dr. Jose Rizal in his immortal masterpieces, the “Noli me Tangere” and the ...
THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY likely cooled in the third quarter as soft government spending, typhoons and corruption scandals ...
In a separate report released on Monday, ASPI's Dr Graham also argued that Australia and the Philippines should "move quickly ...
The recent weakening of both the US dollar (USD) and the Philippine peso (PHP) signals more than a short-term market swing. It reflects a deeper global transformation—a shift from US-centric, ...
Pacific, President Donald Trump at first blush accomplished what he had set out to achieve. From attending the ...
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When political expediency tramples due process

WE just cannot help but smell the concrete dust and political theater that hangs heavy in the air. We are, yet again, deep in ...
(TSX: BTO, NYSE AMERICAN: BTG, NSX: B2G) (“B2Gold” or the “Company) announces that operations at the Fekola Complex in Mali continue to operate uninterrupted, and all permits and licenses remain in ...