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South China Sea in Japan visit agenda

Published by Ellen on October 26, 2016

Pres. Rodrigo Duterte is greeted by Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhide Ishikawa upon his arrival at the Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan on October 25. Malacanang photo by Albert Alcain.
Pres. Rodrigo Duterte is greeted by Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhide Ishikawa upon his arrival at the Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan on October 25. Malacanang photo by Albert Alcain.


By CHARMAINE DEOGRACIAS
VERA Files

IF the South China Sea took a backseat in President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to China, it will be high in the agenda in his bilateral talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday.

A diplomatic source said, Duterte will look to Japan for its maritime security needs in the South China Sea.

“On the South China Sea issue, it will be a conscious effort for us to use or message it that we are strengthened strategic partner, it’s not just any partnership, it’s a strengthened strategic partnership. Center to this is maritime security and when he talks of maritime security, it’s not just the civilian maritime law enforcement side, that will necessarily involve defense,” a source at the Department of Foreign Affairs said.

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The President should know when to show off his knowledge of war history

Published by Ellen on June 4, 2015

President Aquino delivers his speech during the Nikkei 21st International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo. Malacañang photo by Ryan Lim.
President Aquino delivers his speech during the Nikkei 21st International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo. Malacañang photo by Ryan Lim.
Much of the tension between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea territorial conflict would have been avoided if President Aquino knew when to keep his mouth shut.

In the 21st International Conference on the Future of Asia sponsored by Nikkei last Wednesday in Tokyo, Aquino was asked about the role of the United States in Asia in the midst of China’s maritime expansion, Aquino said American presence in Asia checks China’s expansionism. “Their presence becomes a factor that has to be contended with, with those who would perhaps push the envelopes as far as what the agreements entitle them to or not,” he said.

But he didn’t stop there.

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Ang ibang biktima ng sakuna sa Japan

Published by Ellen on March 20, 2011

Updates:
In Libya: Missiles strike in first wave of allied assault http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42164455/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
In Japan: Situation in Nuke plant stabilizing; radiation found in Japanese milk, spinach http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42165497/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

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Sinabi ni Dennis Garcia sa kanyang Facebook wall na kasama ang mga freedom fighters sa Libya sa mga biktima ng lindol, tsunami at nuclear fallout sa Japan.

Kasi nga, sabi ni Dennis (ng popular na bandang Hotdog noon) dahil sa ang atensyun ay sa Japan, napabayaan ang Libya ng ibang malalaking bansa at unti-unti nang nababawi ni Muamar Gaddafy ang mga teritoryo na sakop ng mga rebelde.

Bago nangyari ang lindol sa Japan, ang atensyun ng mundo ay sa Libya kung saan namimiligro nang mapatalsik si Gaddafi sa kanyang kapangyarihan na hawak niya ng 41 na taon. Lumalapit na ang mga rebelde sa Tripoli, ang capital ng Libya kung saan nandun ang mga pwersa ni Gaddafy.

Ngunit noong Biyernes, habang patuloy na binabantayan ng mundo ang sakuna sa nuclear reactor sa Fukushima, Japan na napektuhan ng lindol, inaprubahan ng United Nations ang no-fly-zone nan nagbabawal kay Gaddafy na magpalipad ng eroplano ng military laban sa mga rebelde.

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