Stripped of diplomatic verbiage and despite disclaimers to the contrary, there is no question the cooperation agreement entered into recently by the Philippines, the United States, and Japan is directed at China. While it is true that the leaders of the three countries discussed infrastructure and investment plans, e.g., the Luzon Economic Corridor and Open Radio Access Network programs in the Philippines, the principal objective of that unprecedented meeting was how to manage China’s aggressive actions
Whenever I travel around the country, whether I’m hiking, doing anthropological fieldwork, or undertaking an academic trip, I take the opportunity to ask people what they think about the burning issues of the day; and many of their inputs ultimately find my way into my thinking and writing. Without my leading them into the question of which politicians they admire the most, one of the politicians that figure prominently in their narratives is Sen. Raffy Tulfo. “He was the first to point out the corruption in LTO (Land Transportation Office),” Nani, a driver in Laguna tells me. “And he even went to
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