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Rommel C. Banlaoi
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EDCA expansion and Philippine security interests
by Rommel C. Banlaoi - April 1, 2023 - 12:00am
Despite some local oppositions against the expansion of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. recently announced his approval to allow the United States to build additional military...
The Al-Barka Clash: A Call for More Talks than Wars
by Rommel C. Banlaoi - October 21, 2011 - 12:28pm
AMIDSTcalls from some politicians and military officers to declare another all-out-war against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) as a result of the gruesome killing of 19 soldiers in a recent military encounter...
Book Review: 'The Enemy Within'
by Rommel C. Banlaoi - October 10, 2011 - 9:52am
FEW days after the re-arrest of retired Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, a former chief comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) charged of multiple corruption for his unexplained wealth, Newsbreak launched...
OPINION: Gov't-MILF Peace Talks: More Talks, Less Peace?
by Rommel C. Banlaoi - September 6, 2011 - 2:46pm
 IN A press conference in Camp Darapanan on 5 September 2011, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chairman, Al haj Murad Ebrahim expressed his strong disappointments on the current status of the peace...
Spratlys' peace and sovereignty mission: What difference did it make?
by Rommel C. Banlaoi - July 21, 2011 - 2:20pm
Unperturbed by a strong warning from the Peoples’ Republic of China (PRC), four members of the Philippine House of Representatives landed to Pag-Asa Island on 20 July 2011 in a visit that has been ambiguously...
Peace and stability: Way ahead in the Spratlys
by Rommel C. Banlaoi - July 13, 2011 - 4:35pm
Despite the current security tensions that can increase the risks of war due to clash of sovereignties in the Spratlys, peace and stability is still the way ahead in this contested body water.
Phl, China row on Spratlys: Time for good manners and right conduct
by Rommel C. Banlaoi - July 8, 2011 - 11:36am
Amidst rising tensions in the Spratlys, Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario went to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for a two-day official visit (July 7-8) in order to “advance”...
West Philippine Sea: An American Lake?
by Rommel C. Banlaoi - July 4, 2011 - 10:02am
To demonstrate the United States’ commitment to Philippine defense pursuant to the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT), the Philippines and the US have been conducting joint and combined military exercises in...
Clash of sovereignties in the Spratlys
by Rommel C. Banlaoi - June 30, 2011 - 1:28pm
When the United States assured its friends and allies in Southeast Asia that it is committed to defend and assist them on rising tensions in the Spratlys, China just warned the US to back off and stay out of the...
Emerging cold war in the Spratlys
by Rommel C. Banlaoi - June 24, 2011 - 12:53pm
In an official meeting with Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario on 23 June 2011, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton assured that the US is committed to defend the Philippines amidst rising...
Jose Rizal, Spratly disputes and Phl-China relations
by Rommel C. Banlaoi - June 20, 2011 - 9:49am
As we celebrated the 150th birthday anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal, our national hero whom Leon Ma. Guerrero describes as the “First Filipino”, the Philippines is beset with a sovereignty challenge...
Word war in South China Sea: A diplomatic crisis in Phl, China relations?
by Rommel C. Banlaoi - June 10, 2011 - 3:04pm
While commemorating the 36th anniversary of the establishment of Philippines-China Relations signed on 9 June 1975, China Ambassador to the Philippines, Liu Jianchao, exclaimed that the Philippines’ protests...
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