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Struggling to fight negativity
by Andrew J. Masigan - November 20, 2024 - 12:00am
The last few months have been rough.
A call out to China for distorting the truth
by Andrew J. Masigan - November 13, 2024 - 12:00am
It is often said that China is the world’s foremost peddler of fake news and distorted truths. The recent incident in the Taiwan Strait exemplifies this assertion.
BBM needs to step up
by Andrew J. Masigan - November 6, 2024 - 12:00am
I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the performance of President Bongbong Marcos over the last two years. I’ve said this several times in previous articles.
VP Sara is not mentally ill
by Andrew J. Masigan - October 30, 2024 - 12:00am
It’s been more than a week since the two-hour rant of Vice President Sara Duterte and people are still talking about it.
Iran’s terror proxies and why the Ayatollah is untouchable
by Andrew J. Masigan - October 23, 2024 - 12:00am
Hezbollah, the Houthis, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Badr Organization, the Al-Ashtar Brigades – these are just some of the terrorist groups that function as proxies of Iran’s Ayatollah Seyyed...
How Philippine bravery foiled China’s cornerstone strategy
by Andrew J. Masigan - October 16, 2024 - 12:00am
"Kill the chicken to scare the monkey” is among China’s cornerstone strategies to fulfill its hegemonic ambitions in the Indo-Pacific.
Back story and implications of the Israel-Iran war
by Andrew J. Masigan - October 9, 2024 - 12:00am
Under the cloak of night of Oct. 2, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked Israel with a barrage of 180 ballistic missiles supposedly targeted at military installations. All major Israeli cities...
The power of the mind, spirit and the Divine
by Andrew J. Masigan - October 2, 2024 - 12:00am
Chris Jankulovski is a close friend of mine from the Entrepreneur’s Organization. The story of this Ozzie is one of extreme tragedy and extreme triumph. So remarkable is his spirit that he changed my perspective...
What will happen when China invades Taiwan?
by Andrew J. Masigan - September 25, 2024 - 12:00am
It is of common knowledge that the Communist Party of China views Taiwan as a rogue state within China’s greater sovereign domain. By constitutional mandate, China is committed to unify Taiwan with the mainland...
A new Argentina
by Andrew J. Masigan - September 18, 2024 - 12:00am
Argentina was once the sixth largest global economy and the world’s agricultural superpower.
Understanding the Reciprocal Access Agreement with Japan
by Andrew J. Masigan - September 11, 2024 - 12:00am
Last July, the Philippines and Japan held its 2+2 Ministerial Meeting – a high-level forum between the ministers of Foreign Affairs and ministers of Defense of both countries.
China’s deceiving economic data
by Andrew J. Masigan - September 4, 2024 - 12:00am
Even as the world’s major economies fell into negative growth when the Wuhan virus stuck in 2020, China managed to grow its gross domestic product by 2.2 percent. Incredible!
Sec. Sonny Angara and the need for values formation
by Andrew J. Masigan - August 28, 2024 - 12:00am
We all know the severity of our educational crisis. Eight collective years under former secretary Leonor Briones and VP Sara Duterte did not make an impact.
Attaining strategic autonomy
by Andrew J. Masigan - August 21, 2024 - 12:00am
The Chinese threat over our sovereign territories, our national security and economic well-being is serious and persistent.
The Philippines is reacting correctly to China’s aggression
by Andrew J. Masigan - August 14, 2024 - 12:00am
Just when there was relative calm in the West Philippine Sea following an agreement between China and the Philippines to exert greater effort to manage the maritime dispute, China has provoked Manila anew with another...
Doing tourism wrong and right
by Andrew J. Masigan - August 7, 2024 - 12:00am
It’s been two years since the pandemic and our tourism industry has not yet fully recovered.
The Philippines: The thorn in China’s side
by Andrew J. Masigan - July 31, 2024 - 12:00am
China was left alone to wield its economic and military might over weaker nations for years. It bullied its way to pressure others to bend to its will. Its hegemonic ambitions over the Indo-Pacific is no secret...
The state of the economy
by Andrew J. Masigan - July 24, 2024 - 12:00am
Is the economy doing well? This question must be asked as President Marcos enters his third year as Chief Executive of the republic.
America needs a change in mindset
by Andrew J. Masigan - July 17, 2024 - 12:00am
When President Xi Jinping met the executives of America’s top 200 corporations on the sidelines of the APEC Summit last November, corporate America gave the Chinese dictator a standing ovation – not once,...
A looming Israel-Hezbollah war
by Andrew J. Masigan - July 10, 2024 - 12:00am
Hezbollah, a terrorist group based in Lebanon but funded by the Iranian government, dipped its finger in the Israel-Hamas war, a war it is not a part of. As a result, a full-scale war looms between Israel and Hezbollah....
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