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Marcos Returns from Washington with an UNFAIR DEAL for the Filipino people

July 29, 2025 Ramon Ortoll 18 Comments

“It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.” Henry Kissinger President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has concluded his visit to the United States. Marketed as a reaffirmation of “ironclad friendship” between Manila and Washington, the trip was hyped by Malacañang as a breakthrough moment for Philippine economic and security…

Business, Economy, Government

Why Are Filipinos Paying the Price for the US-China Rivalry?

July 16, 2025 Ramon Ortoll 26 Comments

As President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. prepares to deliver his 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA), the same concerns continue to echo across the nation: affordable food, healthcare, jobs, and peace and order. According to the latest Pulse Asia survey, inflation remains the top concern for the majority of Filipinos — not geopolitics, not the…

Politics

When Will Filipinos Wake Up? More Betrayals from the US

April 22, 2025 Ramon Ortoll 46 Comments

Once again, Filipinos find themselves betrayed by a supposed ally. The United States regularly claims that the Philippines is a “friend,” “partner,” and “ally,” but history and present reality tell a different story; one of exploitation, manipulation, and abandonment. Henry Kissinger once said, “It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s…

Culture, Development, Society

Amb. Babe Romualdez: Liar or just plain ignorant?

January 12, 2025 Juanito Santos 1 Comment

What if the United States and China decide to fight each other in an unrestricted warfare? Which side should the Philippines choose? The wisest answer is “None”, just like what are neighbors like Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia are doing. Better stay neutral and let these giants fight. If one emerged victorious, then choose the victor….

Politics

Philippines Dangerously Playing With Fire? U.S. Nuclear Missiles, Russian Attack Submarine and China ICBMs All In Play

December 10, 2024 Ramon Ortoll 4 Comments

The Philippines is making dangerous moves. After Manila allowed the US to increase its military bases all over the country, it is now in the middle of a geopolitical tinderbox. With the U.S. stationing its NUCLEAR-capable Typhon missile system in the Philippines, and a Russian attack submarine recently spotted lurking in the West Philippine Sea…

History, Politics

Typhoon Carina Exposes Lies of US military Edca Bases in the Philippines

August 4, 2024 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

Last July 24, Filipinos woke up to the sound of heavy and widespread rain and raging flood all over Manila. Typhoon Carina was worse than what Metro Manila suffered during Typhoon Ondoy in 2009. Mother nature appeared to disprove the claim made by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., in his State of the Nation Address…

Civics, Government

US propaganda continues to be parroted by Rappler “thought leaders”

July 21, 2024July 21, 2024 Ramon Ortoll 11 Comments

It’s important to the Americans that the Duterte brand in Philippine politics be destroyed since it advocates for an independent foreign policy. Witness how we have become the outlier in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) community. Among the original founding members, we are only ahead of Cambodia and Laos while Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia,…

Development, Politics

The Philippines needs to reevaluate its blind allegiance to the West

June 22, 2024 benign0 3 Comments

Perhaps it is time for the Philippines — and the rest of the “free world” — to reevaluate their regard for Western European civilisation’s presumed leadership in all that is supposedly “good”. Recent events have seen a growing rot within the core of these former crusaders. The “tolerance” towards deviant ideas that they packaged as…

Development, Society