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The Nipples The Never Never Pensioners Bush Deep Thought Butt of Liberty I see potential Indie band names in that map.

The Philippines has a pretty small budget compared to other neighboring nations and its mainly because of this the military is usually priced out of American products anyway. Military arms sales are never "easy" and I never meant to portray it in that sense. There are dozens of other markets...

Apart from all the sensationalized articles made about Duterte, I see him as a quite pragmatic leader. I hope the general public/media stop judging him based on feelings over facts. On the topic of US basing in the country, they(US) were already kicked out of the country in 1991 and diplomatic...

Its nice to see Chinese rail tech matching or even surpassing the Japanese.The PH government recently announced that up to $22 billion dollars would be spent on rail lines by 2022. It has also been reported that Chinese companies are in negotiations to build some of these lines. Though none of...

You are completely spot on. Since the 1950's Philippine writers, academics, journalists and so on have been trying to reframe the historical narrative to point out this fact: to be invaded by a military power, told you don’t possess the character or capability for self-government, and then...

I would love to know what that man in the canoe(1:50) was thinking when he suddenly see's that massive ship pop out of the corner :omghaha:

The title of that rappler article pretty much sums up what modern day journalism is. Attack is such a strong word and it almost implies that he's done/said something malicious. In reality, Duterte was only calling out the media both at home and abroad for its hypocrisy.

I wish the Philippine media see's this as such rather than paint Duterte's foreign policy with words like anti-US or pro-China.

Somewhat true. The US as of right now has more to lose in its "pivot to Asia" movement as the Philippines plays a major part in US plans. It does not take a genius to realize that US involvement in the region continues to destabilize Ph-China relations. The ball is their court as Duterte will...

I'm glad to see both of these nations strengthening their ties both diplomatically & militarily. From what I've read about Widodo, he seems quite similar to Duterte in terms of how he wants his country run.

Duterte: PH to pursue independent foreign policy MANILA, Philippines – Following an international debut that saw him hounded by diplomatic issues, President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, September 10, said that the Philippines will be pursuing an "independent foreign policy" under his...

No one can every deny that Duterte, like Trump has a similar penchant for provocative statements. But that's where that comparison ends. Both are on opposite ends of the political spectrum. One is a bigot who has openly slandered one underprivileged minority after other, while showing little...

You can get quite far in a democracy if you can convince the majority that they are victims of a minority, and that only you can save them.

Philippines eyes 14 percent defense budget rise to secure seas, fight rebels A military officer escorts President Rodrigo Duterte during a visit at an army Camp Capinpin military camp in Tanay, Rizal in the Philippines August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro By Manuel Mogato | VIENTIANE The...

Some people also expect being anti-American automatically means being pro-China.

Somewhat true. Filipino culture in general is more similar to that found in Mexico with a mix of American ideals so I guess no amount of influence by China or any other country could really change that at this point.

*Shrug* I'm sure Duterte would rather do something else than spend x amount of minutes talking about human rights issues. Hey maybe in the same meeting they can talk about all the extrajudicial killings police have been making in the states? Heck maybe even just talk about the stuff happening in...

I can't say much about the other countries but in the Philippines' case, its not as bad as the media portrays it be. Duterte's foreign policy calls for less reliance on the US, repairing diplomatic ties with China and basically balancing everything else between the two. A huge majority of...

Americans demand respect yet they all act like this when it doesn't go their way or when they are convinced that they are the victims. Both the dems and republicans act the same. Its nice to see someone stand up to imperialism for once.

Ps. China isn't interested in the mainland PH.