BY standing too close to force, the Philippines risks becoming a battlefield of another country’s anxieties rather than a beneficiary of its protection. The international system is entering what many…
You know what, folks, what you are looking at in those photographs (see below) is NOT “academic freedom.” It is state-endorsed propaganda theater performed on a university campus in uniform…
https://youtu.be/TTq9lXmvr7E?t=1151 Sharing my interview with two seasoned media practitioners in the Philippines, my good friends, Paul Gutierrez, former Executive Director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security, and also…
A SINGLE bad survey can be spun away. Two can be dismissed as methodological quirks. But when three different polling outfits, using different questions, samples and methodologies, start pointing in…
The image of a decorated Philippine Army colonel publicly withdrawing his personal support from the sitting President should give every Filipino pause. It is NOT the act of a reckless…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO-moKFqUk4 The U.S. forcible seizure of Venezuela’s President Maduro has sent shockwaves across the world. Is this abuse of unilateral power becoming a go-to tool for the United States? Are…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBSonoBRKvw The Philippines assumes the Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2026, and so we kick off this year’s TIO Talks with an interview with Anna Malindog-Uy about the Philippines, its history,…
Whenever Philippine officials boast that the country is “meeting ASEAN standards,” it sounds reassuring until one asks a fundamental question: whose standards, exactly? If “ASEAN standards” mean the organization’s own…
https://youtu.be/xCshL1u3Zpw Interview with SMNI Nightline News on the kidnapping of Maduro and the military strike on Venezuela Source: Nightline News (Facebook Page)https://www.facebook.com/nightlinenews/videos/814207608321935/
In 2025, thankfully, the South China Sea (SCS) dispute did not erupt into open war; nevertheless, it “did not cool down.” It evolved. But that is a dangerously low bar.…