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Once again, the Philippines finds itself unprepared in the midst of supply chain shocks rippling from the war waged against Iran by the United States and Israel. A foolish dependence on imported fuel and the remittances from workers in the Middle East, as well as spiralling foreign exchange rates now work in confluence to put…
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More than a year has passed since hostilities began when Moscow executed its special military operations on Ukrainian territory. Initially, numerous military analysts predicted a swift victory for Russia in a similar way when the port city of Sevastopol and the Crimean peninsula changed hands through false flag operations. However, the Ukrainians strongly defied these…
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A number of weeks ago, Filipino netizens reacted explosively towards Ilocos Norte Representative Sandro Marcos’s comments regarding the weakening Philippine Peso (PHP) against the US Dollar (USD). Quoting the neophyte congressman, “The peso is weak, not because that it is weak, but because the dollar is strong.”. These words became meme fodder for Filipino netizens,…
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Q: What do the conflicts in the Middle East, pestilence in Africa, and chronic poverty in the Philippines have in common? A: The West’s insistence that it can “help” the Third World. How many more times will the West’s intervention in the Third World end in disaster? Many more times — because the First World…