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Dr. Renato de Castro On Jan. 29, 2021, the Philippines filed a strongly worded diplomatic protest against China’s passage of a law authorizing the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) to use force against foreign vessels in the contested waters of the South China Sea. The filing of this diplomatic protest was a reversal of Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr.’s earlier statement that the passage of the National People’s Congress of China’s CCG’s law was none of the Philippines’ business. Secretary Locsin explained that: “While enacting law is a sovereign prerog...

By Dr. Jaime Jimenez In a pandemic, the prevention of a wider spread of a virus and economic recovery are the essentials of the day. Among other things, budgeting during a pandemic needs to focus on three things: response measures, social protection, and economic stimulus. The theme of the 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA), signed and approved on Dec. 28, 2020, is “Reset, Rebound and Recover: Investing for Resiliency and Sustainability.” With this theme, building health and economic resilience, specifically the “Build, Build, Build” program, agriculture, the food value chain, and ...

Go to if there is further violence across the country, how it's going to spiral out. there's a lot of people here want to see change, but they want to see it in a sort of peaceful and controlled way. >> peaceful and controlled. but it definitely indicates they are thinking ahead, thinking beyond, if you will. nic robertson live in tripoli, my thanks to you. coming up next, gadhafi's planes nic had alluded to haven't flown in about 24 hours now, but how crippled are his forces really? we'll have a closer look. also, radiation gets into tap water in tokyo. how worried should people there rea...