Browsing by Subject "political aspects"

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    • South China Sea situation has stabilized – China 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Manila Bulletin, August 14, 2017, on page 2)
      From Beijing’s perspective, the real progress made during the recently concluded 50th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and Related Meetings hosted by Manila is that under the joint ...

    • Trump on North Korean threat 

      Del Rosario, Alejandro (Manila Standard, February 2, 2018, on page A4)
      United States President Donal Trump, in his first State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress, painted a picture of social, economic and political progress in his first year in power. Trump appealed for ...

    • US: China's South China Sea buildings could house missiles 

      Reuters (Malaya, February 23, 2017, on page B1-B6)
      China, in an early test of US President Donald Trump, has nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles, ...

    • The vital 'Balik Scientists' bill 

      Yap, Julio P. Jr. (Panay News, March 9, 2016, on page 15)
      It is interesting to note that the House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading the much-needed "Balik Scientists" bill. The measure encourages Filipino scientists or technology experts who are working ...

    • West Philippine Sea - an unfinished advocacy of Letty Shahani 

      Braid, Florangel Rosario (Manila Bulletin, March 29, 2017, on page 11)
      The last advocacy which the late Letty Shahani, diplomat politician, educator, development and culture advocate, took up with such intense passion, was that of the country’s sovereign right to the West Philippine Sea(WPS). ...

    • West Philippine Sea in the public mind: beyond sound bites 

      Bacala, Tess (Manila Standard, June 21, 2016, on page A10)
      As the Philippines heads into a new political dispensation, much of the country is watching with bated breath how the newly minted President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will sooner or later deal with the issue of China's aggressive ...

    • What to do with the fish pens in Laguna de Bay: (part II) 

      Javier, Emil (Manila Bulletin, March 5, 2017, on page B-2)
      Demolition of all the fish pens/cages in Laguna de Bay is anti-poor. It unnecessarily deprives the poor consumers of Metro Manila and surrounding communities of a significant part of their affordable animal protein supply. ...