“All the atrocities, human rights violations… are the same as Marcos. Ang addition dito ay kabastusan. Our moral fiber is being eroded kayo nagkakaroon tayo ng culture of death.”
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Dr. Carol adds that under Duterte, it’s martial rule w/o a formal declaration.
“There are more ex-military men dominating the cabinet. So talagang militarized na iyon civilian bureaucracy. The law has been weaponized and mas madami talagang pinatay ang rehimeng ito.”
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Embattled former mayor of Bamban in the Philippines, Guo Hua Ping (Alice Guo) arrives at a Senate inquiry for the first time since a jailed tycoon and self-confessed Chinese spy told Al Jazeera that Guo works for China’s Ministry of State Security.
Al Jazeera is here.
One of the whistleblowers in the Al Jazeera documentary, Wang Fu Gui, agrees to a Zoom interview with the office of Senator Risa Hontiveros.
Wang says there is a high probability that Guo’s election campaign was organized by China’s Ministry of State Security.
Wang also says it’s likely that Ma Dongli, She Zhijiang’s handler, is Guo Huanping’s handler.
🧵: Philippines says Chinese coast guard vessel collided with one of its Navy-contracted civilian supply boats this morning as the Chinese maneuvered dangerously to block PH ships heading to the Second Thomas Shoal, where PH has an old warship to stake its claim in this part of the South China Sea.
Full statement:
STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL TASK FORCE FOR THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA
22 October 2023
At around 0604H this morning, while conducting a regular and routine Rotation and Resupply (RORE) mission to BRP SIERRA MADRE (LS57), dangerous blocking maneuvers of China Coast Guard vessel 5203 (CCGV 5203) caused it to collide with the Armed Forces of the Philippines-contracted indigenous resupply boat Unaiza May 2 (UM2) approximately 13.5 nautical miles (NM) East Northeast of LS57. The provocative, irresponsible, and illegal action of CCGV 5203 imperiled the safety of the crew of UM2.
During the same RORE mission, Philippine Coast Guard vessel MRRV 4409’s port side was bumped by Chinese Maritime Militia vessel 00003 (CMMV 00003) while it was lying to approximately 6.4NM Northeast of Ayungin Shoal.
The RORE mission is still ongoing, with Unaiza May 1 (UM1) reaching BRP SIERRA MADRE to successfully resupply our troops and personnel stationed there.
1/ LOOK: The Philippine Coast Guard releases underwater footage that shows coral reef damage in the Rozul Reef and Escoda Shoal w/in the Philippines’ EEZ in the South China Sea (West PH Sea), where the PH military had monitored fleets of Chinese militia vessels.
2/ Full PCG Statement:
PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD CONFIRMS EXTENSIVE MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE IN AREAS FREQUENTED BY CHINESE MARITIME MILITIA
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) fully supports and confirms the report released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Command (WESCOM), exposing the severe damage inflicted upon the marine environment and coral reef in the seabed of Rozul Reef and Escoda Shoal.
3/ From 09 August 2023 to 11 September 2023, PCG monitored an average presence of approximately Thirty-three (33) CMM vessels at vicinity Rozul Reef and Fifteen (15) CMM vessels in Escoda Shoal. Maritime patrols carried out during the same period by BRP SINDANGAN (MRRV 4407) and BRP CABRA (MRRV 4409) further validated the presence of these CMMs in these West Philippine Sea features.
1. Essential govT workers need to be accredited. 2. ID’s to be issued by PCOO by March 21. 3. Health & emergency front liners:
a. Public health workers
b.Private health workers
c. Red Cross, WHO
4. Transport Dept. to develop point-to-point transport services for health workers 5. Unimpeded movement of cargoes 6. Capital markets to open 7. DOLE to facilitate “Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program
8. OWWA to provide transport for returning returning OFW’s 9. Formation of technical working group to operationalize social amelioration program 10. BPO’s and export-oriented groups given 24 hours to facilitate work from home arrangements