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AT GROUND LEVEL
Gov’t to buy US missile launcher system Typhon?
by Satur C. Ocampo - November 16, 2024 - 12:00am
Discreetly flown into the country last April, the Typhon mid-range capability missile system was deployed during the 39th Balikatan US-Phl joint military exercises, held a few days later (April 22 to May 10).
Misogynist Trump, two women and the US presidency
by Satur C. Ocampo - November 9, 2024 - 12:00am
It speaks of how misogyny is so deeply embedded in the United States – and now compounded with racism and rejection of immigrants of color – that Donald Trump has beaten two women, each with formidable...
Duterte Senate testimony legally a ‘super disaster’
by Satur C. Ocampo - November 2, 2024 - 12:00am
Take it from an international law expert.
‘Calm resolve’ in WPS, but combat prep via EDCA
by Satur C. Ocampo - October 26, 2024 - 12:00am
“In the face of tension, it is your calm resolve that prevents disputes from turning into conflicts, demonstrating to the world that embracing dialogue and cooperation is the true essence of strength.&rdq...
Marcos wealth cases: Flying out the window
by Satur C. Ocampo - October 12, 2024 - 12:00am
On Oct. 4, the Sandiganbayan Second Division granted a motion by Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his mother – in behalf of the Marcos Sr. estate – to dismiss an ill-gotten wealth civil case against them. Supposedly,...
Accountability to end HR violations impunity
by Satur C. Ocampo - September 21, 2024 - 12:00am
Today marks the 52nd year since the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. declared martial law across the country.
Social media backlash hits Marcos Sr. lectures
by Satur C. Ocampo - September 14, 2024 - 12:00am
Truly, the truth sets people free. In 1986, the Filipino people acted on the truth that they had long, and painfully, known. We gathered up the courage and determination to set ourselves free.
Mixed signals from gov’t on resuming peace talks
by Satur C. Ocampo - September 7, 2024 - 12:00am
The state security forces apparently have paused their periodically repeated crowing that they could – through military means – end within this year the 55-year running armed conflict between the government...
How would mutual defense pact work in WPS dispute?
by Satur C. Ocampo - August 31, 2024 - 12:00am
At a global forum in Manila in May, President Marcos Jr. warned that “if by a willful act” committed by China a Filipino is killed in the West Philippine Sea, it would be “very close” to an...
‘US military presence poses nuclear peril’
by Satur C. Ocampo - August 24, 2024 - 12:00am
Some time ago, a distinguished patriot, someone I am proud to call a friend and noble kababayan, marked his 90th birthday and showed us all that a long life may diminish certain of our powers, but only deepens wisdom...
Films on ‘disappeared’ uncover multiple injustices
by Satur C. Ocampo - August 10, 2024 - 12:00am
At the weeklong 2024 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival ending tomorrow, there were supposed to be two participating documentary films spotlighting people who were abducted and forcibly disappeared.
$500-million bonanza in military aid from US
by Satur C. Ocampo - August 3, 2024 - 12:00am
Apparently, there’s a huge payback for the Marcos Jr. administration after its magnanimous offer to the Americans last April to use five more Philippine military bases in addition to the previous four.
Negotiated peace, not ‘all-out-war’
by Satur C. Ocampo - July 20, 2024 - 12:00am
Throughout his first two years in Malacañang, President Marcos Jr. has stayed silent on the issue of continuing the GRP-NDFP peace talks, which his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, had resumed in 2016 and then...
Shrapnel bombs gravely injure children of Gaza
by Satur C. Ocampo - July 13, 2024 - 12:00am
With his ceasefire proposal in the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza not gaining traction, US President Biden this week approved the resumption of shipping 227-kilo bombs to Israel, while holding back on supplying 907-kilo...
‘Weaponizing’ anti-terror laws against dev’t workers
by Satur C. Ocampo - July 6, 2024 - 12:00am
“Help! We need help!”
US group looks into EDCA sites, US-Phl drill grounds
by Satur C. Ocampo - June 29, 2024 - 12:00am
From mid-May to the first week of June, an international delegation from the United States came to the Philippines to undertake what was billed as a “Bayan and Pinas Peace Mission.” Its main objective...
More countries condemn war crimes in Gaza
by Satur C. Ocampo - June 22, 2024 - 12:00am
In a report published on June 19, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) provided details of six aerial attacks by Israeli forces in Gaza that suggested the use of up to 2,000-pound...
Here, war threat is invoked; in Gaza, reality is horrible
by Satur C. Ocampo - June 15, 2024 - 12:00am
It was inevitable. This week, Marcos Jr. came around to recognizing the threat to the Philippines, particularly Northern Luzon, should the rising tensions between China and Taiwan, the latter backed militarily by...
Deadly Reaper drones operating from Phl airbase
by Satur C. Ocampo - June 8, 2024 - 12:00am
Now operating from Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, Pampanga are MQ-9A Reaper drones from the United States military.
For 9 years, Israel tried to undermine the ICC
by Satur C. Ocampo - June 1, 2024 - 12:00am
Blatantly disregarding the International Court of Justice’s order to halt its military offensive in  Rafah, which began on May 6, Israel continued its overnight shelling and airstrikes there last Tue...
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