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THE SENATOR ISSUED THE STATEMENT AS THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY SEN. RICHARD GORDON, STARTS TODAY AN INQUIRY INTO THE CONNECTION OF THE ARRIVAL OF THOUSANDS OF CHINESE NATIONALS IN THE COUNTRY – MOSTLY THROUGH POGOS – TO THE ENTRY OF $470 MILLION IN CASH OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. ADMINISTRATION CRITICS HAVE WARNED THAT THE SEEMINGLY UNRESTRAINED ENTRY OF CHINESE POSES SECURITY RISKS.
IN HIS FIRST STATE VISIT TO CHINA IN OCTOBER 2016, PRESIDENT DUTERTE ANNOUNCED TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE: 「I』VE REALIGNED MYSELF IN YOUR IDEOLOGICAL FLOW XXX. SO I WILL BE DEPENDENT ON YOU FOR ALL TIME.」 PRESIDENT DUTERTE DECLARED HIMSELF A VASSAL OF CHINA FOR LIFE AND BEYOND. NOW, HE WANTS FILIPINOS TO JOIN HIM BY MAKING THE PHILIPPINES A PROVINCE OF CHINA.
SINCE THEN, THE US AND THE PHILIPPINES HAVE CONDUCTED REGULAR JOINT WAR GAMES AND NAVAL DRILLS AND DEEPENED COOPERATION ON COASTGUARD TRAINING. THE US HAS ALSO EXPANDED DEFENCE AID TO AS WELL AS REITERATED ITS COMMITMENT TO ASSIST THE PHILIPPINES IN THE EVENT OF A CONFLICT IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, INCLUDING ATTACKS BY CHINESE MILITIA FORCES AGAINST PHILIPPINE TROOPS AND VESSELS IN THE AREA.
THIS ENABLES YOU TO MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE OF WHETHER YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE BY CLICKING DIRECTLY THROUGH TO THE ORIGINAL PHILIPPINES NEWS ARTICLE, OR KEEP ON READING THE REMAINING PHILIPPINES DAILY NEWS HEADLINES.
IN ADDITION TO COURTING THE PHILIPPINES, CHINA HAS USED ITS CLOUT AND ECONOMIC MIGHT TO BRING OTHER SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES INTO ITS SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, INCLUDING CAMBODIA, WHICH AMERICAN OFFICIALS FEAR IS BEING TURNED BY BEIJING INTO A MILITARY OUTPOST FOR CHINESE AMBITIONS.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES—REMOVING THE VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT (VFA) FROM THE EQUATION WOULD EMBOLDEN CHINA TO BECOME MORE AGGRESSIVE IN ITS MARITIME CLAIMS IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA (WPS), ACCORDING TO A RETIRED GENERAL.
「THE CHINESE ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS, SEEING A BIG HOLE POKED IN THE FIRST-ISLAND CHAIN,」 SAID FABRIZIO BOZZATO, TAIWAN STRATEGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FELLOW WHO SPECIALIZES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC. 「THEY MAY ALSO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE EXTRA-MILITARY DIMENSION IN THE SENSE THAT THEY WILL INCREASE THEIR FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO THE PHILIPPINES, START BUILDING SOME INFRASTRUCTURE.」
HE DID NOT DISCOUNT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE DOLLARS WERE BROUGHT IN NOT ONLY FOR MONEY LAUNDERING PURPOSES, BUT ALSO TO FUND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES FOR THE STATE SUCH AS GATHERING INTELLIGENCE OR CREATING A SECRET ARMY OF CHINESE SOLDIERS OR MILITIA THAT MAY TAKE ACTION UPON ORDERS FROM BEIJING. SENATE MINORITY LEADER FRANKLIN DRILON SAID THE INFLUX OF CASH DOLLARS FROM CHINESE TOURISTS WOULD SURELY ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF THE FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE (FATF), THE GLOBAL WATCHDOG FOR MONEY LAUNDERING.
MANILA - THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY ON WEDNESDAY DENIED ALLEGATIONS THAT SOME SOLDIERS WERE INVOLVED IN PROVIDING SECURITY TO ALLEGED MONEY LAUNDERERS IN THE COUNTRY.
MORE STRANGE IS THE DECISION OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, THROUGH FORMER AFP CHIEF BENJAMIN MADRIGAL JR., TO SIGN A DEAL MISLATEL (RENAMED DITO TELECOMMUNITY), WHICH WILL ALLOW THIS CHINA-BACKED TELCO TO SET UP EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN MILITARY CAMPS AND INSTALLATIONS, AND CONSEQUENTLY ALLOW, TOO, ITS CHINESE PERSONNEL TO ENTER OUR MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS, SURELY GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN INFORMATION OF A CONFIDENTIAL NATURE RELATIVE TO THE DEFENSE OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO, WHICH CLEARLY MAY BE USED TO THE INJURY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
AND THIRD, THE U.S. ALLIANCE AND THE VFA REMAIN IMPORTANT TO PHILIPPINE NATIONAL SECURITY. IN CONTRAST TO HIGH DEGREES OF TRUST AND SUPPORT FOR THE UNITED STATES, FILIPINOS HOLD MUCH MORE NEGATIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD CHINA AND REMAIN WARY OF BEIJING』S ACTIONS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC HAS ALSO SOURED ON CHINESE FOREIGN INVESTMENT. THE U.S.-PHILIPPINE ALLIANCE AND THE VFA THEREFORE ACT AS AN INSURANCE POLICY AGAINST CHINESE THREATS.
OPERATORS IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH HAVE EXPANDED ALONGSIDE AN INCREASING TALLY OFCRIMES INVOLVING CHINESE POGO WORKERS AND PERSONALITIES, INCLUDING KIDNAPPINGAND PROSTITUTION.
MANILA – THE PHILIPPINES HAS NO BUSINESS BEING A REPUBLIC IF IT CANNOT FIGHT ITS OWN BATTLES, PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE SAID WEDNESDAY AS HE RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING THE COUNTRY A PROVINCE OF CHINA AFTER MANILA PULLED OUT OF ITS VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT WITH WASHINGTON.
“THIS IS CONCERNING AS BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THE PHILIPPINES MAY BE MORE LIKELY TO CONTEMPLATE PAYING BRIBES AS A FEASIBLE OPTION TO TAKE IN ORDER TO WIN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AGAINST COMPETITORS,” THE REPORT SAID.
ACTING SOUTHERN POLICE DISTRICT DIRECTOR COL. EMMANUEL PERALTA SAID THEY ARE LOOKING INTO THE GROWING TREND OF VIOLENT ENCOUNTERS AMONG THE CHINESE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF CREDIT SCHEMES IN PHILIPPINE OFFSHORE GAMING OPERATORS BEING RELATED TO SUCH INCIDENTS.
WITHOUT THE 1951 MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY (MDT) THAT HAS GOVERNED SECURITY RELATIONS WITH THE U.S. FOR THE PAST SEVEN DECADES, CHINA WILL HAVE FREE REIN IN THE SPRATLYS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WHERE ITS ALL-ENCOMPASSING NINE-DASHED LINE MAP CONFLICTS WITH THE CLAIMS OF THE PHILIPPINES, VIETNAM, MALAYSIA, BRUNEI, AND TAIWAN.
THE SMUGGLING OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE COUNTRY IS ALLEGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE OPERATION OF PHILIPPINE OFFSHORE GAMING OPERATORS (POGOS), WHO RUN ONLINE GAMBLING OPERATIONS BANNED IN CHINA BUT ARE ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE ANNUAL TRAINING IS CRUCIAL IN STRENGTHENING COOPERATION BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE US, WITH WHOM IT HOLDS A SECURITY ALLIANCE – THE MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY (MDT). THE PACT HAS BOTH MANILA AND WASHINGTON AGREEING TO DEFEND EACH OTHER IN THE EVENT OF AN ARMED ATTACK OR CRISIS IN AREAS INCLUDING THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
BALIKATAN 2018 IN ZAMBALES IN THIS MAY 09, 2018, PHOTO, U.S. AND PHILIPPINE MARINES STORM THE BEACH TO SIMULATE A RAID DURING THE JOINT U.S.-PHILIPPINES MILITARY EXERCISE DUBBED BALIKATAN 2018 AT THE NAVAL TRAINING EXERCISE COMMAND, A FORMER US NAVAL BASE, AND FACING THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AT SAN ANTONIO TOWNSHIP, ZAMBALES PROVINCE. INQUIRER FILE/EDWIN BACASMAS
「IT WAS THE RATIONAL CULMINATION OF HIS DEEP, LONG AND EXHAUSTIVE EXAMINATION OF THE PHILIPPINES』 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,」 SEN. BONG GO EXPLAINED. 「IN THE MORE THAN TWO DECADES THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH THE PRESIDENT, HE OFTEN LAMENTED THE UNJUST AND UNFAIR TREATMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES BY THE UNITED STATES. IN ALL THESE INSTANCES, HIS COMPLAINTS CENTERED ON A KEY PRINCIPLE IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: SOVEREIGN EQUALITY AND NON-INTERFERENCE IN DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.」
“SO THERE WAS NO DIRECT TRADE LINK BETWEEN CHINA AND SPAIN. SO THE CHINESE WILL BRING THE GOODS TO XIANG-LI, THEN WILL TRADE THERE AND THEN THE CARGOES GOING BACK TO ACAPULCO WOULD BE FULL OF CHINESE SILK, PORCELAIN, AND SPICES THAT THEY WILL BRING BACK TO THE OLD (SILK) ROAD. SO EVER SINCE THE 17TH (CENTURY), XIANG-LI WAS THE MAIN GATEWAY OF THE PHILIPPINES TO THE WORLD,” HE MUSED.
ONE THING WE SHOULD AVOID IS SINOPHOBIA. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FAKE NEWS, BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IN SOME PARTS OF METRO MANILA, SOME RESTAURANTS ARE DENYING ENTRY TO CHINESE NATIONALS FOR FEAR OF GETTING INFECTED. I HAD THE SAME FEELING WHEN MY FAMILY WENT OUT TO DINNER AT OUR FAVORITE CHINESE RESTAURANT FOR A TASTE OF PEKING DUCK. SANTA BANANA, IT WAS A SUNDAY, AND YET ONLY FOUR TABLES WERE OCCUPIED.

 

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