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[Propeta 🇵🇭 🇺🇦 @mrTurtleRacal]

NCC is nowhere near the farms but the government should be transparent and just demarcate where the actual site is to reassure the farmers of Tarlac.

[Pitz Defense Analysis @DefensePitz]

Both the Philippines and Ukraine started to make an agreement relating to a special 'drone deal' format, bringing the drone building, operations, and counter-drone skills from the Ukrainian frontlines to the Philippines.

This come as the delegation of the Department of National Defense headed by Undersecretary Salvador Mison met Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office Igor Zhovka for an exchange of expertise and also to improve the defense ties and cooperation between both countries.

Ukrainian drones are exceptionally notable for its destruction brought against key targets within Russian territory, most notably against key oil depots and other infrastructure that have resulted to an ongoing fuel shortage within the country since the Russian invasion of Ukrainian territories in 2022.

Given this deal, obtaining drones will provide the Philippine Armed Forces a comprehensive and cost-effective firepower solution for its defense needs, although this might come as a complementary to its conventionally-fielded military hardware, especially to the geographical difference between both Ukraine and the Philippines.

Through the forging of frameworks and dialogue for this drone deal, both countries aim to benefit not only for the Philippines to field its own drone force, but also for Ukraine to expand its foothold in the drone market and also on its aim of seeking support from ASEAN, which the Philippines currently chairs.

#PDA #PitzDefAnalysis #UkrainianSuicideDrones #DepartmentOfNationalDefense #PhilippineUkrainianRelations

https://t.co/P4mpyA1N5i

Image (c) Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto

[Gerry Cacanindin @GerryCacanindin]

Ayon sa witness na si COA State Auditor Roderick Wamil, gumastos ng ₱40 million worth ng “medical and food aid” ang OVP under Sara na hindi naman pala allowed bilang pagkagastusan ng confidential funds. Not to mention walang mga liquidation documents.

[Ray Powell @GordianKnotRay]

😯It was a really busy July for @SeaLightFound here in the 🇵🇭#Philippines: their 10-year Arbitration victory; an ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting; a 🇨🇳#PRC claim to own the Batanes Islands; a bloody showdown at 2nd Thomas Shoal; our expose on Jinan University's United Front work in Philippine colleges ... so Jim and I decided to devote an entire @IndoPacPodcast episode to go over it all. 👇

[Jay Tarriela @jaytaryela]

Sa mga Pro-China na opisyal ng ating pamahalaan na ayaw tumindig sa ating laban sa West Philippine Sea ay dapat ay nang magbitaw 🇵🇭

I fully support Secretary Gilbert Teodoro’s call!

Our position on the West Philippine Sea is not a mere policy preference — it is law: the Philippine Maritime Zones Act, Administrative Order 29 of 2012, and the nautical charts formally deposited by the DFA with the UN, all anchored on UNCLOS and the 2016 Arbitral Award.

Every public official swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and our laws. Siding with a foreign power's claims against our own statutes is a repudiation of that oath. The remedies are clear: stand by the country's position, resign, or question the law before the appropriate court.

And the call is precise — it targets “pro-China” officials, not critics of policy. Debating how we assert our rights is healthy; advocating a foreign claimant's position against your own country's legislated maritime zones is not. If that is where you stand, the honorable course is to leave public office.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today, the Russians used their ballistic missile to destroy an ordinary house belonging to an ordinary family in Radushne, near Kryvyi Rih, in our Dnipro region. It was the Voronov family: mother Olena, father Artem, seven children – Mark, Dominika, Zakharii, Azarii Ilai, Federica, Emilia, and Viorika – and one-and-a-half-year-old grandson Artem, the child of their eldest son, who is now defending Ukraine. As of now, it has been confirmed that parents and three children – Mark, Azarii Ilai, and Emilia – were killed. The Russian missile struck with such force that almost nothing was left of the house… Fragments of human bodies were found under the rubble, and only forensic examinations can establish which members of the family they belong to. The fate of Zakharii, Dominika, Viorika, Federica, and Artem is still being determined… It is a horrific crime of Russia’s war against Ukraine – against ordinary people, against ordinary life.

This Russian evil can only be stopped by the whole world. No one in the world can be left to face such terror alone. And when we say that Ukraine needs missiles for Patriots, when we seek the capabilities to defend ourselves against Russian ballistic missiles, this isn’t about abstractions. We are talking about families like this, people like these, who can live if we have the means to shoot down Russian missiles – if our partners help us with interceptors. Families who can be killed if we have nothing to stop Russian Iskanders with.

It is important that these people are seen by those who make decisions – decisions at the Pentagon, in European capitals, and everywhere in the world where there is an opportunity to help Ukraine protect lives. Reality speaks for itself. Protecting lives is necessary. Air defense missiles are necessary.

Eternal memory to all Ukrainians who were killed by Russian strikes… Eternal gratitude to everyone who helps!

[Adi Vijaya @adi_vijaya]

CHINA IS A BULLY. PERIOD.

[AltIndayBadiday @AltIndayBadiday]

Tawang tawa ako sa introduction ng post HAHAHA

[TBA @Caingin539]

@jaytaryela Haha😂

[Jay Tarriela @jaytaryela]

Bilib talaga ako sa speech na ito — halatang galing sa puso! Sabi ni Amb. Jing Quan sa 99th Anniversary ng PLA, ang military daw nila ay “defensive in nature” at “will never seek hegemony or expansion.”

So ang harassment at panggigipit ng Chinese maritime forces sa mga Filipino fishermen, depensa lang pala ’yun?

Ang militarization ng mga illegal structures na itinayo nila sa South China Sea, pangdepensa rin ba ’yun laban sa mas maliliit na bansa sa Southeast Asia — para hindi pumalag ang Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Pilipinas, at Indonesia sa patuloy na paglapastangan sa kanilang sovereignty at sovereign rights?

At ang tuloy-tuloy na pagpapalakas ng kanilang Navy, ibig sabihin ba nun ay ayaw nilang maging “hegemon” at gusto lang nila ng “world peace”?

Happy Anniversary sa PLA! Sana naman this time, hindi na nila mabangga ang sarili nilang mga barko habang nagpapatrol sa West Philippine Sea.

[Jay Tarriela @jaytaryela]

Here we go again: China Daily — state-owned and state-operated — has produced yet another propaganda video attempting to destroy my credibility, relying on nothing but ad hominem attacks. Am I really such a pain in the CCP’s head that they are spending this much time, money, and effort trying to ruin my reputation?

First, on the Honor Code. Their argument goes: I violated the honor code, challenged it, and then resigned weeks before graduation, leaving my case “unresolved.” Anyone who actually came from the Academy knows that resigning weeks before graduation is the most honorable path one can take. Resignation means you have admitted the violation — and that, as a gentleman bound by the Code, you must leave the portals of the Academy to honor it. To claim that “leaving the academy is easier than facing the Honor Code process” only proves they understand nothing about it.

Second, the far-fetched timeline. They insinuate that after leaving the academy in 2003, roughly twenty three years ago, I “immediately” went to Japan for my master’s and PhD — as if I were groomed for over a decade to destroy China’s reputation. The truth: my postgraduate studies began in 2015, twelve years later. This is deliberately misleading propaganda.

Third, a correction on my role. As spokesperson, I am not leading a “maritime campaign against China.” I am leading transparency efforts that expose China’s illegal, coercive, aggressive, and deceptive actions in the West Philippine Sea. And I don’t lecture anyone about transparency — I simply share with the world the photos and videos of what China unhesitatingly, unflinchingly, and proudly does in the West Philippine Sea.

China doesn’t need my help to destroy its reputation — it does that on camera, every day!

[Hiroshi Sakamura @sakamura55]

China's blame game has to end.

Beijing is the real peace disrupter but keeps ignoring its wrongdoings.

And targets Japan all the time.

China needs to know: WE ARE THE MOST TRUSTED PARTNER IN THE REGION.

[YiFeng Su @sam51824016070]

中国建筑遥遥领先……

粉红：这是AI。
这是保温层。

[Nguyen Ho @NguyenHo1096438]

While the Philippine Coast Guard was helping fishermen in small boats, a Chinese vessel chose to fire water cannons—not at a threat, but at a humanitarian assistance effort.

That speaks volumes about China's peace propaganda.

[YiFeng Su @sam51824016070]

台日友好不是嘴巴上说说，而是有具体行动的，据台湾媒体报道，台湾救援队随时准备好驰援熊本灾区。

台湾网友；

日本有事 台湾有事
中国有事 干我屁事

[Victor Villanueva @bikoy]

Many of the things I want to say too. There's a much bigger picture at play in Pax Silica than the simplistic mischaracterization of it just being water-hungry data centers. What I see are semiconductor fabrication, advanced manufacturing, mineral processing, and the possibility of turning our own mineral ores into the high-value components that will power the technologies of the future, right here in the Philippines.

One of the great economic tragedies of our country is that we largely missed the manufacturing and industrial transformation that propelled many of our neighbours into prosperity. We remained exporters of raw materials and importers of higher-value products. Never the choice to build factories that produce many of the gadgets we use today.

That's how I view Pax Silica and the Luzon Economic Corridor. They represent a remarkable vote of confidence that high value industries can be built in the Philippines despite our well-known structural disadvantages (among the highest electricity costs in Asia, infrastructure bottlenecks, among many others) that often make us the less obvious investment destination in the region.

Our security allies are finally economically choosing us despite all that.

Yet much of the conversation has narrowed to data centers and water consumption, legitimate issues yes but is only one part of a much broader and deeper objective that has the potential to lift our country out of this slump.

By all means, scrutinize every aspect. Demand transparency. Protect the public interest. But let's not lose sight of the strategic opportunity before us or talk ourselves out of it before we've even examined the facts.

[Bilyonaryo News Channel @bncdotph]

An ethics complaint was filed against Sen. Pia Cayetano on Wednesday over a social media post that allegedly used a misleadingly edited video of Akbayan Rep. Chel Diokno at the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

https://t.co/yxHGC80RAZ

[DDS - iyaaakin @SeaLion_799]

China is scared that our country would stop nickel supply to them.

This is how we fight back.

[Propeta 🇵🇭 🇺🇦 @mrTurtleRacal]

@JoshuaCAgar Its building an alternate supply chain that still benefits American interests (which align with ours) but I suppose you didnt even bother to look that up just to confirm your own bias.