Well #Trillanes isn't really wrong. #Duterte and his gang of #drugwar criminals are perhaps the most dangerous #fifthcolumn the #Philippines has faced yet since #WW2. Worse than the Japanese #fifthcolumnists in #Davao (which funnily enough is the same territory the Duterte clan has firm control of, like a fiefdom). But instead of working for the Japanese invaders they're working for the #Chinese communists this time.
The main collaborators being officials within #PNP leadership isn't really surprising either, because Duterte pampered the #police so hard (for example promising not to hold them accountable for clear-cut abuses of power in the drug war) during his 6-year rule.
It seems like #Marcos' strengthening of the alliance with the #US has convinced the #AFP not to defect to the Dutertes though. The Philippine #military is rabidly pro-American and Duterte had a hard time trying to balance having a pro-#China policy and appeasing the soldiers. :seija_coffee:
This politician/lawyer/military is hated by many because of his actions during the #Marcos#MartialLaw era. However, his life has been so meme-ingful in today's #Philippine comedy scene. #NeverForget
"Former president has called for his home region, Mindanao, to split from the Philippines as his alliance with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr crumbles"
Two despots at one another's throats.
#JeepneyOperators who fail to meet the December 31 consolidation deadline will lose their individual franchise and opportunity to ply routes.
Transportation Secretary #JaimeBautista previously said that the administration wants to stick with the December 31 cutoff, since the deadline has been moved four times already. #Philippines#PUV
#Marcos, if he was serious, should have explicitly vowed to give justice to #Duterte’s victims even at the start of his presidency in 2022. Right now, Lina and other widows feel like pawns in a chess game dominated by politicians who are trying to survive until the next elections. #Philippines
"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
It is rare for a head of state to visit the USINDOPACOM, and Malacañang said Marcos was the first Philippine president to set foot in the military base.
#Duterte’s silence over the issue amid the #Marcos administration’s strong condemnation of a series of Chinese actions in the #WestPhilippineSea has further fueled the observed split of the #Uniteam, the 2022 election coalition that led the Marcos-Duterte tandem to victory.
"#LONDON, #England – The International Criminal Court (#ICC) on Tuesday, July 18, junked the appeal of the #Marcos government, essentially allowing the continuation of investigations into #DrugWar-related killings in the country and the alleged #deathsquad in #DavaoCity under the leadership of former president Rodrigo #Duterte." #Philippines#EJK
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. looks forward to stronger Philippine-China ties as both nations celebrate the 48th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between them. Marcos Jr. recalled the founding of the official diplomatic relations between the Philippines and China under his father and late dictator...
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. looks forward to stronger Philippine-China ties as both nations celebrate the 48th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between them. Marcos Jr. recalled the founding of the official diplomatic relations between the Philippines and China under his father and late dictator...