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PRRD: KABAG (@makabayanblock) are CPP-NPA fronts.

"Uulitin ko. @KabataanPL, @AnakpawisPL, @BayanMuna, @ACT_Teachers, and @GabrielaWomenPL. Para wag ninyo makalimutan, KABAG. WAG NINYONG IBOTO 'YAN."

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EDITORIAL | On VP Sara Duterte's designation as co-vice chair of NTFELCAC

Figure this, the Communist Terrorist Group CPP-NPA-NDF and its Front organizations now running aimlessly like a headless chicken, while the NTFELCAC has just designated VP Sara Duterte as its Co-Vice...

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BREAKING NEWS | Maoist terrorist Communist Party of the Philippines confirms the deaths of its Executive Committee chairperson, Benito Tiamzon and Secretary General, Wilma-Austria-Tiamzon, eight months after they were killed in an encounter with AFP.

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BREAKING: The Communist Party of the Philippines confirms the deaths of Benito Tiamzon and Wilma Austria-Tiamzon. At the time that they were killed on August 21, 2022, Benito was CPP Executive Committee chairperson while his wife Wilma was CPP secretary general| via @XaveGregorio

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Finally USAF Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor landed here in Clark air base for the first time.

📷: Adrian Ballesteros (Facebook)

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Therefore, the total cost of the proposed Constitutional Convention is ₱9.5 Billion (estimated to ₱10 Billion) and NOT ₱100 Billion.

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FACT CHECK | A certain Twitter user (@joshquising) claims that the proposed budget for convening a Constitutional Convention (ConCon) will cost ₱100 Billion

PH Insider finds this claim: FALSE

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Per report of @ABSCBNNews, the proposed ConCon will be held simultaneously with October 2023 Barangay & SK polls. This proposal will cost ₱1.5 Billion. The operations of the ConCon and the plebiscite to ratify a new charter will cost a further ₱8 Billion.

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mission is to advise and assist partner nations in some of the ways that the American military operates," MAJ John Christel said. He is the team leader of the group.

Source: WQAD 8 ABC

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One month after the signing of add'l 4 bases under EDCA, eight soldiers from the Rock Island Arsenal will be deployed to the Philippines on March 1st.

"We are part of a unit called the SFAB, which stands for the security forces advisory brigade. And our
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Oyster Bay is one of the naval bases chosen by America during the 2014 EDCA discussion with its Philippine counterparts but didn't materialize as the Philippines only approved the five Airbases in 2016 to maintain the de-escalation of tensions with China.

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After the signing of Enhanced EDCA which has provisioned new access to 3 Naval Bases and 1 army base. Western Defense personnel and its allies made a visit to AFP's western command who's handling one of the 3 Naval Bases under Enhanced EDCA.

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🇵🇭 Western Command has been getting a lot of visitors over the last two days:
-Pacific Marines Commander
-Pacific Fleet Working Group Delegation
-Australian Assistant Defense Attaché to the Philippines
-Korean Defense Attaché to the Philippines

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Chinese embassy in Manila said the US, "out of its self-interests and zero-sum game mentality, continues to step up military posture in this region."

Enhanced EDCA is composed of 3 naval bases and 1 army base which are different to the original 5 air bases agreed way back 2014.

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“I think that’s ongoing. That’s ongoing…that’s what they call ‘a work in progress’. So there’s always conversations along those lines. And lines of communications are very, very wide open especially after the visit,” Romualdez said.

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The Philippines has an existing VFA with the United States (US). It allows US troops access to military bases in the Philippines, as well as facilitates joint military drills between Filipino and American soldiers.

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or he’s just really trying to get everybody fired up. But I can tell you, for sure, it’s very out of the ordinary.”

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Four-Star General Mike Minihan warned his troops of China: “My gut tells me we will fight in 2025.” (The Pentagon says that Minihan’s comments “are not representative of the department’s view on China.”)

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The sensational remarks have provoked consternation on both sides of the Pacific. “All these are things that you say when you’re getting ready to go to combat,” retired U.S. Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis tells TIME. “Either he knows something that we don’t,