Tag: china

Opposition prefers a Philippine sellout to the US over working with China

July 17, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 5 Comments

Appeasement or rapprochement? How it it exactly that you deal with a regional superpower like China? Among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries, only Vietnam has fought a land and sea conflict against China. But among ASEAN also, Vietnam has the most battle-seasoned military. The Vietnam War ended relatively recently in 1975. In…

Business, Economy, Environment, History

Legal fees incurred by Aquino gov’t in The Hague to “win” Ph-China arbitration case BLEW national budget

July 13, 2021 benign0 2 Comments

A source has provided us with the copies of what appear to be two collection letters sent by the US law firm of Foaley Hoag, counsel to the Government of the Republic of the Philippines in the arbitral case it filed before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. The letters clearly define the…

History

Philippines no longer a US lapdog, now a respectable ASEAN member and a REAL Asian nation

July 12, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

The national artist for literature F. Sionil Jose cites Richard Javad Heydarian in “Our foreign policy”, his PhilSTAR piece . That’s probably due to both of them being Ilocano. On Javad’s part, he’s only part Ilocano so he’s no GI, but I digress. Jose, delves into the wisdom and pitfalls of abandoning the cozy embrace…

Development, Economy

What REALLY happened in 2016: Why the proposed July 12 National West Philippine Sea Victory Day is based on LIES

July 12, 2021 benign0 No Comments

The South China Sea dispute has been in the news cycle ever since President Rodrigo Duterte announced a shift in Philippine foreign policy after he was sworn into office in 2016. It was one that would not be closely-aligned with the United States as the former colonial master but an independent foreign policy where the…

Business, Crime, Politics

Ret. Justice Antonio Carpio’s response to ex SolGen Florin Hilbay’s statement on South China Sea dispute: LIES!

July 8, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

Finally, Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio issued what is evidently a rejoinder to former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay’s statement on the arbitration between the Philippines and China over their South China Sea dispute last Saturday. Recall that Hilbay, who answered only to then President Noynoy Aquino, released that statement with the aim to point…

Business, History

Antonio Carpio’s lies about the South China Sea dispute cause false sense of nationalism

July 4, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

A more rational view of the game of chicken being played in the South China Sea is presented by Inquirer columnist and former Supreme Court Associate Justice Artemio Panganiban in his piece “The game of chicken and Scarborough”. Panganiban doesn’t criticize Retired Justice and leader of Opposition bloc 1Sambayan Antonio Carpio but the hints are…

History, Politics

Strong nation, iron fist rule may be the path forward for the Philippines

July 4, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Is Professor Randy David giving up on liberal democracy and being a progressive leftist militant? The ideology of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is based on Maoist principles and yet, it is convenient for them to mouth insults and pro-Philippine epithets against their former patrons. Yet here is David seemingly touching on the…

History, Politics

Former SolGen Florin Hilbay calls BS on Ret. Justice Antonio Carpio’s Ph-China Dispute story

July 3, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

Below is the complete statement of former Solicitor-general Florin Hilbay of what went on behind-the-scenes of the adjudication of the arbitral case filed by the Philippines against China. In the end, he attributes its success to former President Noynoy Aquino even if there is no mention of his active involvement except that of his trusted…

Government, History