U.S. vs China Expansionism on Collision Course China recently criticized the White House for strengthening military forces and alliances in Asia under the so-called ‘pivot’ to Asia policy, which China said was destabilizing the Asia Pacific Region (APR). The protest cited specifically four US allies — Vietnam, Philippines, and South Korea, and Japan. Ironically, Vietnam […]
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Oil Wolves Guised as Green Sheep
Green giants funded by oil giants by Bernie Lopez eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com Royal Dutch Shell founded and ran the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) International. Its former President for 15 years, John Loudon, stepped out of Shell to become the WWF President for 4 years. WWF was then funded by British Petroleum (BP) for 40 years, spending $238 […]
Quo vadis, Pope Francis? by Bernie Lopez
Now that the dust of celebrations and euphoria over the Papal interregnum has somewhat settled down, there is a need for the Papacy to face squarely and immediately the emerging Church crisis. His major pronouncements on focus on the poor, planned dialogues with nations such as China, and with the Jews and the Muslims, are […]
Immigration rejects bid of Filipino nurse for permanent residency by Neil Galang
The government appears to be cuddling ‘boat people’, many of whom are cutting corners to acquire permanent residency in Australia. These so-called ‘asylum seekers’ throw away all identification papers while in the high seas, making it even more difficult for immigration authorities to process their application. Many of them can hardly speak English. Those who […]
A dirty game in politics
Is politics inherently dirty? Hopefully not, for it is part of the democratic process. I am not about to discuss the political seesaw between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd in the Australian Labor Party (ALP). That is too complicated for an old geezer like me.
President Aquino’s Big Blunder in Sabah by Bernie Lopez
Noynoy’s big geopolitical blunders are starting to emerge — first, Spratleys, now, Sabah. As in the Spratleys, the thing that makes the issue a dilemma is OIL, which the Malaysians will not easily give up. For them, like the Chinese, oil is non-negotiable. But so is territorial ownership for the Tausugs, so it seems. In […]
Rich oil deposits: root cause of Sabah crisis
MANILA, Philippines. — The ongoing violence in Sabah could be rooted in the rich oil and gas reserves in the disputed territory. This was reported by Iris Gonzales in Philippine Star early last month.
What to expect from the new Pope Francis I
According to a CNN correspondent in Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis I, took political issue with the Argentine government on abortion and same sex marriage, but had been known for not taking a hard position on human rights violations. (Conservative, cautious).
Cardinal Pell unlikely to become pope
Cardinal George Pell, tainted by sex abuse scandals, has no chance of becoming the 266th pope after Australian critics campaigned to publicise the allegations among voting cardinals, according to Australian commentator Paul Collins.
The possibility of having a Filipino as the next pope by Dino Crescini
There is always that possibility because Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, now a prince of the church, will be attending the conclave this month in Rome. But is it highly probable? Well, he has to overcome the strong Italian politics that dominate the Vatican.
ECHELON – The Global Super-Spy Network
The shift from military to commercial espionage by Bernie Lopez The Echelon network of thousands of computers organized by five nations collects billions of electronic signals in the entire planet everyday, from emails to text to voice messages, and stores them in town-size computer arrays linked by satellite to hundreds of other arrays across the […]
What’s Misogyny in Tagalog? by Rodel Rodis (US Correspondent)
The Tagalog word for it cannot be searched in the Internet which can otherwise provide the translation of any word in any language on earth. The Internet’s dictionary definition of misogyny is a hatred or dislike for women or girls as manifested in acts of discrimination, denigration and violence towards them and in their sexual […]