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Manila’s push for a new rulebook in the South China Sea peters out

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By Derek Grossman

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Jul 11, 2026

COMMENTARY:The Philippines has long sought a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea, with the aim of averting conflict in these waters. But as tensions with China rise, it looks unlikely to succeed. Manila is shifting toward other means of defending its maritime interests.

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Competing legal claims fuel disinformation as Sara trial opens

Historic Senate trial begins for impeached VP Sara Duterte

America’s 250th

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By Jose Antonio Custodio

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Jul 4, 2026

That is where the U.S. finds itself now on its 250th birthday… The country is being led by a man who has been smeared for his grift, lasciviousness and corruption, while his administration is filled with sycophants, incompetents and individuals with weak moral foundations. A real honest to goodness 21st Century Idiocracy.

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Ten years of grief: Drug war families launch DEKADA movement for justice

FACT CHECK: Tulfo did NOT say he will penalize the INC for holding another rally

A Facebook post is claiming that Sen. Erwin Tulfo said Iglesia ni Cristo protesters would get in trouble with him should they hold another rally. This is fake.

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Teodoro: Chinese scholars’ Batanes claim prelude to China’s expansion

Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. warned that Chinese scholars’ claim of Batanes, the Philippines’ northernmost province, as part of China is a prelude to its wider maritime ambitions.

Commentary Impeachment

The unbreakable shield of John Mark Calilung

COMMENTARY:The Sara defense team was on a rampage to destroy John Mark S. Calilung, Investigation Agent III of the National Bureau of Investigation… But why must Calilung's testimony be destroyed? It is not only because it is an expert testimony. If it stands the test of truth, it has the potential of opening the floodgates to a Sara Duterte conviction.