Topic: economic

China has succeeded in at least putting at par its false claim of ownership of almost the entire China Sea, including the Philippine EEZ, with the solid and final judgment of the Permanent Arbitration Court in favor of the Philippines in accordance with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

Duterte is utterly arrogant and stupid for presuming that he personally owns the West Philippine Sea and that he has the prerogative to sell out the sovereign rights of the Filipino people to China in exchange for the commissions and payola that he and his ruling clique get

Duterte himself has been the one publicly asserting repeatedly that he is in danger of being overthrown by a coup and has in fact pleaded to his own military officers not to launch a coup but simply ask him to step down

The poems of Benito Concio Quilloy are a major contribution to poetry created in prison in the tradition of Amado V. Hernandez’ ”Isang Dipang Langit.” The harsh conditions…

Within the first half of the six-year Duterte term, it was possible not only to have a permanent ceasefire but even a just and lasting peace based on social, economic and political reforms

They are misrepresenting the broad coalition against tyranny as a mere conspiracy for them to suppress with state terrorism.

If Duterte doesn’t get what he wants with federalism and charter change, he would proclaim a state of emergency and martial law and make the CPP-NPA as scapegoats. That’s why he needs to sabotage the peace negotiations. With martial law, cha-cha would be easy to railroad. And with cha-cha, repressive rule, economic plunder and unbridled corruption, like during Marcos’ dictatorship, would be the norm for his family, corrupt officials, big business, and the Marcoses.

“I will not return to the Philippines earlier than the completion and signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms by the negotiating panels in a foreign neutral venue,” Sison said.

The government conveyed its decision to suspend all backchannel talks with the NDF pending the three-month review of all signed agreements. But the two parties can communicate if necessary.

In view of the foregoing, can we ever expect the GRP under Duterte to agree with the NDFP on the Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms (CASER) which favors national industrialization and genuine land reform?