If the US wants the world to think itâs the good guy, maybe it shouldnât be running anti-vax campaigns in the middle of global pandemic that put its geopolitical standing above peopleâs lives. This is evil behavior.
#Biden calls #Americaâs democratic values the âgrounding wire of our global powerâ & its #alliances âour greatest asset.â âŠ#Trump, called for withdrawing American forces in #Europe & #Asia & has promised⊠to cut loose even our closest #allies if they donât do as he tells them. âŠTrump sees all countries as unreliable, the relations between them #transactional. That sentiment has spread throughout a #GOP that once championed Americaâs values abroadâŠ
#Bidenâs admin has worked to prevent the #war in #Gaza from igniting a broader regional conflict. He brokered the 1st trilateral summit w/long-distrustful regional partners #SouthKorea & #Japan, & coaxed the #Philippines to move away from Chinaâs orbit & accept 4 new #US military bases. He has rallied countries in #Europe & #Asia to curtail #Chinaâs economic sway. âWe have put together the strongest #alliance in the history of the world,â Biden saysâŠ. #ForeignPolicy#geopolitics#BidenHarris2024
Today in Labor History June 1, 1981: Two Filipino longshore labor organizers, Domingo & Viernes, were assassinated in Seattle, Washington on orders of U.S.-backed dictator Ferdinand Marcos. In 1986, as a result of ongoing protests, President Ronald Reagan told Marcos to âcut and cut cleanly.â That evening, Marcos and his wife Imelda fled to Hawaii aboard a U.S. air force plane, after 20 years of rule, with an entourage of 90 people (mostly servants), with 22 crates of cash valued at $717 million, 300 crates of jewelry of unknown value, $4 million worth of unset precious gems, $200,000 in gold bullion, $1 million in Philippine pesos and deposit slips for $124 million in banks in the Cayman Islands. Plus, countless crates of shoes. The Marcos hold the Guinness record for the largest ever theft from a government. Today, their son, Bong Bong Marcos, rules over the Philippines, with Sara Duterte as his vice-president, daughter of the brutal previous president, Rodrigo Duterte, who has been linked to the death-squad murders of over 1,400 alleged drug dealers and street children.
Today in Labor History May 22, 1960: An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hit southern Chile. It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. The massive quake lasted for 10 minutes. It caused tsunamis in Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand, Australia and Alaska. In Chile, there were waves measuring over 80 feet high. 35-foot waves hit Hilo, Hawaii, devastating that stateâs second largest city and killing 61 people. Between 1,000 and 6,000 people died. Over the course of two weeks, Chile experienced three earthquakes registering in the worldâs ten most powerful that year.
It's not just Israel that gets to commit a genocide with help from the US. "...the International Peopleâs Tribunal on War Crimes in the Philippines found Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, U.S. President Joe Biden, and the U.S. government guilty of war crimes and violations of international humanitarian law against the Filipino people"
#MANILA, #Philippines â #PhilippineAirlines (PAL) wants to return direct flights to #Europe as early as 2025, but the flag carrier is seeking help from the government to make potential flight prices affordable.
In 2023, PAL placed an order for 9 #Airbus A350-1000s, which are wide-body jets commonly used for long routes. Deliveries for these planes are expected to start in 2025.
The #ExtremeHeat during this yearâs dry season has been affecting #Filipinos across the country, suspending classes, causing illnesses, and hurting peopleâs livelihoods. If global temperatures continue to rise by 2ÂșC, scientists said repeats of this yearâs extreme heat can be expected every two to three years in the #Philippines. #BurningPlanet#ClimateCrisis
"We are witnessing a historic process -- Russians are leaving for the first time in two centuries," independent Azerbaijani analyst Elhan Shahinoglu told AFP.
#Thailand has accepted an invitation to participate in the upcoming #PeaceSummit, which will be held in #Switzerland from June 15-16, according to Thai PBS.
As reported earlier, nearly 90 countries and organizations, half from #Europe, have confirmed attending the Swiss-hosted #Ukraine#PeaceSummit over the weekend despite #russias refusal to participate in the conference
"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal#SecondThomasShoal#Philippines
The live fire exercises were held throughout the week along the shores of the coastal city of #Laoag in northern Ilocos province, the closest mainland Philippine province to #China.
They capped the largest ever #Balikatan, or âshoulder-to-shoulder,â joint military exercises between US and Philippine troops, cementing a dramatic policy shift. #Balikatan2024
According to Ian Cruzâs Saturday report on â24 Oras Weekendâ, the #OceanTugboat, equipped with #WaterCannons with which to fight fires, was purchased by a government agency that was yet to be named by Filipino shipbuilder #JosefaSlipways, Inc. #WestPHSea
De Castroâs paper noted how #Manilaâs 2019 #NationalMilitaryStrategy had bluntly stated that #China would never be a security partner of the #Philippines and was in fact the main threat to the country, and the #US should be included in the militaryâs strategic planning.
Director of SeaLight, #RayPowell, said that at least four #ChinaCoastGuard vessels (CCG) and 26 âlargeâ Chinese maritime militias are expected to blockade the #AtinIto convoy.
The second civilian supply mission of the Atin Ito coalition will begin on Wednesday morning at #Masinloc town in #Zambales, led by an indigenous vessel serving as the mother boat. #Philippines#WestPHSea
The #BilateralSpaceDialogue bared that such a program will be useful in monitoring and documenting vessels in the #Philippinesâ territorial waters and exclusive economic zone, ensure the safety of mariners at sea, monitor and help protect the environment, and help combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. #EEZ#IllegalFishing
The group will sail towards the âgeneral vicinity of #BajoDeMasinloc,â a feature just over 120 nautical miles off the coast of #Zambales. #WestPHSea
The #Philippines will acquire five additional large patrol ships from #Japan through a P23.85-billion deal signed Friday, amid growing tensions in the #WestPhilippineSea.
The #PCG currently has two 97-meter patrol vessels as part of a fleet seen as inadequate for patrolling waters around the vast archipelago nation. #WestPHSea