By Raïssa Robles
Globe Telecom issued the statement below in response to my piece about a passenger on a plane hovering around Ayungin Shoal receiving a text message on his mobile saying “Welcome to China”.
The plane passengers were monitoring a supply ship that was en route to bringing provisions to marines guarding Ayungin Shoal from being taken over by China. China claims the Philippines is “illegally” occupying Ayungin. A Chinese coast guard vessel was trying to block the supply ship for hours last Saturday.
In the Globe Telecom statement, the company’s lead lawyer Froilan Castelo, said it is investigating the incident. Castelo went on to say that:
“Technically speaking, cellular phones are able to pick up a dominant signal in the area where they are. At a certain altitude, cellular signals could be as strong as radio frequencies emitted by cellsites because they are unimpeded by buildings or other on-ground infrastructure. In the case of the Ayungin Shoal, it is quite possible that the mobile phone could pick up the signal of another network since the area is within territorial borders.”
Atty. Castelo, however, does not explain whose territorial borders he’s referring to. Also, how come mobile phones can pick up China Mobile’s but not Globe’s network? Why is China Mobile’s signal dominant in an area claimed by the Philippines as part of its territory when China’s nearest land mass is miles and miles away? Where is China Mobile’s signal coming from?
You can read in full Atty Castelo’s statement below:
Some have commented here and elsewhere that I am making a mountain out of a molehill and this is just such a small thing.
Not to China, though. This is not a small thing. Why would it bother to have a strong signal in that area?
In addition, China in the past has used radio signals as part of its arguments that Ayungin and Scarborough Shoal and all the islands in the South China Sea are in its territorial jurisdiction.
At the height of the standoff between China and the Philippines in 2012 over the arrest by Philippine authorities of Chinese fishermen near Scarborough Shoal (which China calls Huangyan island), the Chinese embassy in Manila came out with a lengthy piece entitled Ten questions regarding Huangyan island.”
Among the pieces of evidence it presented to show that Huangyan island belongs to China was a series of visits to Scarborough Shoal or Huangyan island by radio amateurs.
In 1994, the Chinese set up an amateur wireless radio transmitter on Huangyan Island (Scarborough Shoal) and claimed this as proof of its sovereignty.
The Chinese embassy article stated:
The relevant department of the Chinese government approved the application by radio amateurs to embark on Huangyan Island for radio exploration activities in 1994, 1995, 1997 and 2007 respectively.
In 1994, the Chinese and international radio amateurs used BS7H call sign to send out messages to the world from Huangyan Island for the first time. BS7H was a call sign internationally recognized for amateur radio communication from Huangyan Island. In this call sign, B refers to China’s radio station, S refers to the islands in the South China Sea, 7 refers to the 7th zone of Chinese radio amateur, to which Hainan Province belongs, and H refers to Huangyan Island.
To the question – “Why is Huangyan Island outside the territory of the Philippines?” – the Chinese embassy gave this answer:
The Philippines officially and explicitly stated that Huangyan Island did not belong to the Philippines. For instance, the former Philippine ambassador to Germany stated clearly in his letter to German radio amateurs on 5 February 1990 that “Huangyan Island is not within the territory of the Philippines according to the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority of the Philippines (NAMRIA).” Both the official document issued by NAMRIA dated 18 October 1994 and a document from the Philippine Amateur Radio Association to the American RadioRelay League dated on 18 November 1994 made it clear that “the territorial boundary and sovereignty of the Philippines were provided for in Article 3 of the Treaty of Paris between the US and Spain on 10 December 1898 with Huangyan Island outside the Philippine territory.”
You can read the entire article posted on the embassy website here.
The Philippine government has long destroyed the structure that the radio amateurs had left.
This time around, it seems, China no longer needs to put up physical structures to stake its claim on the area. A “welcome to China” message sent through a Philippine telecom carrier does it better, don’t you think?
UPDATE AS OF 6 PM, March 31, 2014
On Twitter, someone named “Banwahanon” called my attention to an article in May 2011 saying that China Mobile had expanded its coverage to the Spratlys group of islands which China calls the Nansha islands.
The reason given by Chen Zegang, project manager of China Mobile’s Hainan branch, is to allow soldiers, fishermen and merchant vessels to use its network.You can read the rest of the article here.
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Eric says
Merkel’s Map Flap: When Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Germany last week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented a 1735 map of China as part of an exchange of gifts. Its is an old map made by a French cartographer and printed in Germany. It shows Tibet, Xinjiang, Mongolia, or Manchuria, and the islands of Taiwan and Hainan as being separate entities from “China Proper”. No mention of a nine-dash line.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/angela-merkels-historical-china-map-flap-20140402-zqpje.html#ixzz2yFn4ZQ4N
Rene-Ipil says
Forty years ago China’s great leader and architect of its unstoppable march to superpower status said:
““If one day China should change her color and turn into a superpower, if she too should play the tyrant in the world, and everywhere subject others to her bullying, aggression and exploitation, the people of the world should identify her as social-imperialism, expose it, oppose it and work together with the Chinese people to overthrow it.” ~ Deng Xiaoping speech at the United Nations, April 10, 1974
Read more: http://opinion.inquirer.net/73236/china-defies-deng-xiaoping-warning#ixzz2xv1eK4cA
Do the Chinese people remember Deng Xiaoping?
Kalahari says
Santiago: Senate may lose up to seven members due to “pork” scam
“Because the senators have been indicted by an independent constitutional body, with all the more reason the Senate itself should take a similar initiative. Santiago said.” “It must take this measure not only against those three that have been indicted by the Ombudsman but also against the other senators that have been mentioned by the whistleblowers.”
“Aside from Enrile, Estrada and Revilla, the names of Senators Gregorio Honasan, Vicente Sotto III, Ferdinand Marcos, jr., and Loren Legarda have been mentioned in the pork barrel controvery.”(PDI 4/4/14)
Jinggoy is right in accusing the administration of selective justice. The DOJ’s directive to NBI to get the affidavits of whistleblowers seem to be sanitized as it involves only opposition senators.
Among the new names, only marcos and sotto are up for re-election in 2016.
raissa says
hold your horses, there, though.
there is a reason why the admin senators aren’t involved. I’ll explain.
Victin Luz says
Angara too….the elder….sana wala nang itsapwerahan…
Victin Luz says
Wala na talaga tayong pag asang umasenso kung pagtatakpan natin ang ating kakampi na nagawa o gumawa ng mga kaslanan … Ang balita pa mga may nagplaplano na naman ng COUPT…..santisima ,ayaw natin talagang masugpo ang nakawan at kasmahan dito sa Pilipinas….
Kalahari says
Gringo’s master is already on the way to jailhouse rock and if he’s next – he may do something similar to PNoy’s mother.
Let’s “lam” it while we have time – goes the saying. But coup is not feasible anymore since they retain very little support from the present military honchos nor from the idealistic new “mistah” who disdain corruption and the like.
Martial Bonifacio says
Kalahari says
“Grandmother of all hoax” or grandfather of all hubris.
It’s very obvious party-list pamalakaya’s loyalty is not to our Motherland but to the chinese bullies, just like all activists and leftist party-list representatives.
Our enemies are already at the gates yet they still have not raised a howl against them but continue their tirades against the administration in favor of their maoist masters.
Cory should be blamed for including the party-list representations in the 1987 constitution, where most of her advisers are/were leftist activists.
It’s time we have a limited cha-cha to abolish the party-list sectors.
leona says
Manila RTC issues asset freeze order vs Napoles family…abs-cbnnews.com
“The following are covered by the PAPO which was issued by the trial court last February 26:
Janet Lim Napoles;
her husband, Jaime;
their children:
Jo Christine;
James Christopher;
Jeane Catherine;
Jane Catherine;
John Christian;
and, Napoles’ brother Reynald Lim, also her co-accused in the serious illegal detention case pending before a Makati trial court.
Also covered are Benhur Luy, Arthur Luy, and Gertrudes Luy.”
…freezing during Summertime? Possible? Yup…it’s there.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/04/03/14/manila-rtc-issues-asset-freeze-order-vs-napoles-family
vander anievas says
ang tanong, may ipi-freeze pa kaya?
panahon pa ni mahomma nang pumutok ang scam na iyan.
baka skimmed na ang mga accounts na nasabi. imo lang pa…
leona says
Mayroon!…yun ‘balat at buto kasama yun walang kwentang ulo’ FREEZE!
leona says
‘Miriam: Moro pact unconstitutional’
She listed the following reasons why she believes the Bangsamoro will turn into a sub-state:
• The powers of the central government shall be determined by the Agreement, thus turning Bangsamoro into a sub-state;
• The Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao, which is provided for by the Constitution, will be abolished by mere agreement with the MILF, which is not surprising if one considers that the Bangsamoro has become a sub-state;
• The allocation to the Bangsamoro of all the powers exercised by the national government over local government units;
• Although the Constitution provides that the country’s natural resources belong to the state, in the Bangsamoro territory only Bangsamoro will have exclusive jurisdiction over the natural resources;
• The Annex on Power-Sharing gives to the Bangsamoro “exclusive powers,” which is defined as a tautology as “powers or matters over which authority and jurisdiction pertain to the Bangsamoro government”;
• Only the Bangsamoro shall be under a ministerial form of government while the rest of the country will operate under a presidential form of government;
• The Agreement in Part 7, paragraph 4, subparagraph (b) enumerates the functions of the Transition Commission which, at present, is reportedly drafting the Bangsamoro Basic Law. One of the functions of the Transition Commission is as follows: “To work on proposals to amend the Philippine Constitution for the purpose of amending and enriching in the Constitution the agreements of the Parties whenever necessary without derogating from any prior peace agreement.”
The CAB should be ‘aimed’ for a better ‘AUTONOMY’ and not a ‘separate sovereignty.’
The REPUBLIC is one and cannot be cut into two. I like Sen. Meriam on this. Agree!
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2014/04/03/miriam-moro-pact-unconstitutional/
Victin Luz says
Atty @leona,, it will be an amendment on our Constitution and it need’s to be ratified by US..ganoon ba @leona……Will it not be better if later on, we give them their Independence?
leona says
No it will not be better @Victin…because ‘they’ are spread out in so many parts of Mindanao…hehehe
…you ‘exit’ from one town to enter another town; one province to another province…you have to have a VISA for that, Customs check, Immigration check, Check ‘n Checks…
…creating an ‘indePerdes’…losers! hahaha A sovereignty INSIDE another sovereignty.
…sabagay, you lose in one election in one, you run for another election in the other one!
hahaha
Kalahari says
The CAB is the fruit of long years of consultation and negotiation to end the Muslim rebellion and usher peace in Mindanao.
Self-determination akin to sub-state but short of secession gives our Muslim brothers a feeling of recognition and self-respect and the power to explore their abundant natural resources to solve their centuries of poverty and neglect from the national government.
Please give peace a chance
Victin Luz says
[email protected]….give peace a chance and give also what are due to our Muslim brothers.
Martial Bonifacio says
Beijing laying a trap for the Philippines in South China Sea, say experts by Alan Robles
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1463280/beijing-laying-trap-philippines-south-china-sea-say-experts?page=1#comments
I suggest to ignore the comment section because a lot of hate and insult are being hurled by JJ, I Gandhi which will not help the discussion and our attempt to send our message across the chinese netizens (not the CCP)
Note:
@Raissa i’m still curious about the question Alan asked that irritated FVR.
leona says
Off-But-Will Be-Hot Topic in the days and weeks or years to come…
“Revilla ‘consulted’ Lacson on how he evaded arrest” newsinfor.inquirer.net
“MANILA, Philippines—Weeks after the alleged P10-billion pork barrel scam broke out in July last year, Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. sought a meeting with Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson to ask how the one-time fugitive had evaded arrest, according to a source privy to the meeting.
The source, who asked not to be identified, said Revilla requested the meeting with Lacson through a mutual friend “for a consultation.”
The source said Revilla wanted to know how Lacson, a former Philippine National Police chief, was able to leave the country and evade authorities during the Macapagal-Arroyo administration and surface later after the order for his arrest was quashed.
When contacted by the Inquirer, Lacson confirmed the meeting with Revilla took place but was mum on the details.”
My belief was that the senator will ‘fight this case TOOTH ‘n NAILS’…including escapade?
…to go on ‘fugitive LEAVE’ is something NEW indeed!
leona says
link is http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/591364/revilla-consulted-lacson-on-how-he-evaded-arrest
john c. jacinto says
isa itong patunay na baka nga maging fugitive itong si pogi at maging si sexy.
leona says
…my buong blog is awaiting approval, the tail-link was approved ahead.
baycas says
Talmon, Stefan A. G., The South China Sea Arbitration: Is There a Case to Answer? (February 9, 2014). The South China Sea Arbitration: A Chinese Perspective, edited by Stefan Talmon and Bing Bing Jia (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2014), pp. 15-79.
http://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=502127090083071027018092114086094089097086084036020059023087065071008112118082019119033028006123050113058085065012088100011020062005008023034098024108118025091026042001033003096082077127021127067024092&EXT=pdf
leona says
…worth reading the link…really educational [ per Raissa ]. Muchas gracias @baycas!
Martial Bonifacio says
The ironic thing about that is China also filed a case to UNCLOS regarding Japan’s senkaku island and seeks arbitration (like the Philippines to spratly’s).
Link: http://www.interaksyon.com/article/43277/china-brings-islands-row-with-japan-before-unclos-amid-war-jitters
Yet when it comes to Philippines claim in Scarborough, Ayungin and spratly. Hong Lei stated that:
Martial Bonifacio says
When it comes to a country that they cant bully they seek arbitration but when the other claimant is weaker than them they just say that they are excluded from arbitration due to the 2006 declaration made by China and use force.
Kalahari says
In not too distant future when we acquire new military hardwares, and when the US Seventh Fleet is menacingly based in Oyster Bay, we may be stronger than the Chinese bullies and their Mischief Reef garrison would self- destruct lest they be demolished by torpedoes
vander anievas says
i wish…
baycas says
Tales of Sierra Madre…
http://laststandonzombieisland.com/tag/lst-821/
baycas says
From the link above:
baycas says
From the link above…
baycas says
A black and white pic of LST 821 (aka BRP Sierra Madre):
http://www.poorwilliam.net/pix/uss-lst821.jpg
baycas says
The BRP Sierra Madre (formerly LST 821)…
http://laststandonzombieisland.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/harnet_county.jpg
baycas says
LST 821 The ought the times…
http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160821.htm
baycas says
Supposed to be “through the times”.
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More pics here:
USS Harnett County (LST 821)
moonie says
baycas, pakiusap lang po, kindly tell your barberos to visit the shoal now and again. our marines garissoned there need haircut and labaha. thank you.
baycas says
‘Cuts’ are dangerous on the Sierra according to Mang Gani…though given the chance, Mang Bernie is open to the idea.
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In the meantime…
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/101624/china-warned-dont-try-to-tow-away-brp-sierra-madre
moonie says
china can’t tow brp sierra madre. they would have to risk coming to shallow waters at baka sumadsad pa ang vessels nila, at baka maging twin pa ng sierra madre, both filipino and chinese ships agrounded, side by side.
he,he, good on mang bernie, better if he can bring vice ganda with him to the shoal and entertain our troops there.
leona says
…since coming to know that BRP Sierra Madre is ‘the HOME’ of our Phil Marines, I respect that ‘Home’ word like ‘a Castle is My Home’…I withdraw my ‘carcass, corpse, etc.’ words then. Sorry Phil Marines!
…Carry On!
vander anievas says
hahaha…
raissa says
napaka-educational basahin ang mga comments niyo.
salamat.
today Alan attended a forum on Understanding 21st Century China and managed to get ex-President Fidel Ramos all testy.
Victin Luz says
TESTY si RAMOS…….of course , as the Defense Secretary of Tita CORY and our President from 1992- 1998 , he did nothing or very short in doing the right things about Mischief Reefs , Scarborough Shoal, Ayungin Shoal and the UNCLOS provisions to REVISE our ARCHIPELAGIC sea- baseline boundaries, we had inherited from the TREATY of PARIS…RAMOS could have expanded our sea boundaries by constructing permanent structures thereat……. to the extent of accomodating Human Habitation’s like what the Chinese did to Mischief Reefs……
Well HE is of MARCOS BLOOD with a VALDEZ lineage and also WEST POINTER…
john c. jacinto says
Off-topic po, pero gusto ko lang batiin at pasalamatan ang Ombudsman sa inilabas nitong resolution finding probable cause against Senatongs Revilla, Enrile and Estrada. Suggestion ko lang sa tatlong ito ay MAGBITIW na kayo kung may natitira pa kayong hiya sa katawan. Dapat nga magbitiw na rin kayo bilang living beings para mapakinabangan naman kayo ng ibang nilalang six feet under the ground. That’s the only decent and honorable way to go, my dear senatongs Pogi, Tanda at Sexy.
Kalahari says
Ombudsman Morales made true her words recently that the filing of plunder cases will be done sooner than expected.
The senatongs and others will have at least two months to file motions for reconsideration and for the Ombudsman to reply to such MRs. As soon as the Sandiganbayan receives the information, warrants of arrest will be subsequently issued and the accused will be incarcerated since the plunder case is non-bailable.
Jinggoy may request that he be jailed in San Juan where his step-mother is the sitting mayor. Bong may also request for Bacoor whose mayor, strike revilla, is his younger brother.
But where will Tanda go? Gigi didn’t run for barangay captain of Dasmarinas Village. Very likely and due to his advanced age, he may request the court for hospital arrest next to the suite of gma in Veterans’ Hospital, at government expense.
The 35 or more other accused, who are not prominent and influential, will likely land and be tattoed at the crowded Manila city jail.
The big question is – will the senatongs continue to function as senators and receive the usual perks/porks just like senator trillanes while he was incarcerated for the Oakwood misadventure? If the answer is in the affirmative, I would say to the court “Are you kidding me?”
vander anievas says
my answer is also yes.
you’ll find a lot of things in the Phl you’ll not read in books.
nothing is impossible to us pinoys.
ang inaantay ko ay ang aksyon sa hamon ni binigh na habulin din ang mga kakampi ng admin.
di ba the best defense is offense?
Kalahari says
Vander, the maligno’s challenge is a little bit late but it’s on the right track.
Kuya Kim’s weather-weather Lang ang buhay is very appropriate to the maligno’s challenge. He must wait for his time for the prosecution of administration allies and his inevitable presidential clemency to the 3 senatongs like erap, if he will win in 2016 – which I doubt.
vander anievas says
@kalahari,
hindi kamo late.
advanced.
feeling P na kaya.
di ba sa Zambo siege?
nauna na.
may chaperone pa kaya.
ipinapakilala na.
nalimutan lang ang balanggot.
inip na inip na nga…
40luvsabayan says
@Kalahari, should we be concerned about the arroyo appointed judges in the supreme court?aren’t they still the majority in the supreme court and the decision of the Sandiganbayan can be appealed to the supreme court?
In which case, should we be preparing for another million people march in case the kawatongs were acquitted by the arroyo judges?
I agree that seeing the kawatongs in handcuffs will be a pretty sight but then again we want to see this through. what say you cpmers?
john c. jacinto says
according to asst. ombudsman asryman rafanan, the 3 senatongs and their co-respondents are given only five (5) days from receipt of the resolution to file their MRs. so this is going to be pretty fast. baka sa mayo or hunyo, arestado na mga ‘to.
Kalahari says
LEE KUAN YEW: CHINA-PHL ROW CLOSURE UNLIKELY
Lee, the acknowledged Father of modern Singapore and recently visited Manila, explained that China does not see itself becoming a global leader without control of virtually the entire south china sea, where a third of the world’s trade passes through.
“Much more is at stake than rocks and resources. China sees the south china sea as one of its key interests. A rising china is asserting its position by claiming historical rights to these waters.”
An unavoidable shooting war is likely to happen since Japan and the US won’t allow china to control the vital navigation in the SCS.
The importance of expanding Oyster Bay, etc in Palawan for the US warships, cannot be understated for our very own survival even if the leftist representatives under the party-list system would howl into high heavens in the pretext of patriotism/nationalism – but actually to serve their maoists masters.
He added that china’s history-based stake cannot be decided “by rules defined at a time when china was weak.” Lee was referring to china’s confinement under mao zedong in the 1970s, just when the intergovernmental courts were being established by the western powers.
Kalahari says
correction – the ultimate paragraph should be inserted before “An unavoidable shooting war x-x-x
leona says
@kalahari…good you placed this here as I was about to do so. Thanks.
Lee Kuan Yew is Chinese…descent. I find his essay not fair for other countries claims as it is more given gratuitously favoring China’s etc.
One, Mr. Lee says ” xxx Therefore, I don’t believe the Chinese will submit their claims, which are based primarily on China’s historical presence in these waters, to be decided by rules that were defined at a time when China was weak.” “Historical presence in these waters’ doesn’t mean much for valid and legal claims.
Why, Noah’s Ark could have also sailed many times during those 40 days and nights in these water much ahead of China’s in the Year 1300s!
‘Historical rights’ of China? The 9 – U Dash Lines? What ‘compass’ did China use…a 456 degrees compass?
‘reliance on historical claims necessitates considering what its fleets did in the past’…what did those fleets do in the past? Trade only with other countries and not claims of jurisdiction!
Trade only…as Mr. Lee admits here…”More than six centuries ago Emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty sent out a large fleet of trading ships to explore and trade with the rest of the world.” Trade. Business. Not conquest.
Expeditions only! Again, Mr. Lee says “Over the course of nearly three decades (1405–33) Zheng He led seven westward expeditions, which were unprecedented in size and range. They spanned the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf, and reached as far as the east coast of Africa. The ships used for these expeditions”
Since when ‘expeditions’ in Year 1405-33 became basis for claiming jurisdiction over these waters? Why not those countries visited as could have been, and not the waters?
Did China have that 9 Dash Lines during Zeng He’s sailing of the fleets? Proof is needed.
If China’s claims of ownership and jurisdiction is like what Mr. Lee is saying….it is eunuch indeed!
leona says
Link of Mr. Lee’s essay is http://www.forbes.com/sites/currentevents/2014/03/26/china-unfettered-redefining-the-rules-of-the-seas/
leona says
…on BRP Sierra Madre, AFP Chief Bautista says:
“AFP chief Gen. Emmanuel Bautista also on Tuesday said the military will continue to rotate and resupply its troops manning the BRP Sierra Madre every five months.
The Sierra Madre was intentionally grounded in the shoal in 1999 to mark the Philippines’ territorial claim after the Chinese built military structures in at least six islands situated well inside the Kalayaan Island Group, which is part of Palawan province.
Bautista said that whatever counter-action the Chinese will take, “we will stand our ground, we will assert our sovereignty, our rights.”
Chief…knowing you can…why not send ‘an alive war boat’ recently bought, and not that ‘corpse’ or carcass of a boat! For respect naman to our soldiers and sailors, the country, people and our Republic.
That ‘corpse war boat’ is not standing but floating to be SUNK with one shell burst!
Victin Luz says
Parang hindi totoo ang sinasabi ni Gen. Bautista @Leona…. Mischief Reefs and Ayungin Shoal is very FAR from Kalayaan municipality around 135 nautical miles away ang layo….
Sana , somebody will interview Bautista and ask him if that Ship was towed and where did it came from….is the engine running then and what was the load capacity it can carry before it was grounded at the shoal.
Composite team’s ( soldiers ) alternately / routinely changed on that SHIP shall be honored and commended but not those General’ s ( AFP ) who forgot constructing a permanent marker on the area nor erecting sattellite stations on some islets controlled by us…
If it was intentionally anchored at the Shoal on 1999 still a long 15 years from today and without AFP’s initiative to errect a permanent structures on that area was serrios LAPSED/ MISTAKEs . i believe somebody from the WESCOM or AFP before must be COURT MARTIALED……. Somebody must ask the WESCOM how much funds are infused on their GOLF COURSE for that 15 years and such amount must be good enougj for a two storey barracks at the shoal….
leona says
@Victin…maybe the Gen. got confused on that distance;
…our AFP planners could have POURED a lot of concrete cement around that corpse war boat back in 1999 like what the gov’t did building those ‘concrete DIKES for the Mt. Pinatubo muds etc. in Central Luzon;
…we would have then a good STRUCTURE for our military the boat being wrapped with concrete cement…a make do action at least;
Walang good initiative ang afp natin….on that point.
Victin Luz says
He he kakainis mga [email protected]… Noong 1999 na isinadsad nila ang barko na iyon , di sana kinargahan na nila ng CEMENTs , GRAVEL and SAND good for 2 storey bunkhouse man lang sana..mga PMAer pa man din ,,,,pero investigate them in Palawan at marami sa mga naging WesCOM head’s ay daming lupa sa Palawan Province.. A commodore owns a hotel and Big houses at Mitras mini Ranch in Puerto,,with so many chicks clinging on his sides whenever he gets out kahit MATANDA NA…he he …HONOR CODE ha….
Victin Luz says
They still waited for PNOY to do the ACTION for us…he he …
leona says
hahaha…when thieves gets lots of money, their minds becomes DULL.
dullards talaga! hehehe
Kalahari says
Leona, it’s really obvious that his not-too-learned opinion favors the chinese bullies, which is understandable – he being a chinese also and 75% of Singapore’s population is chinese.
leona says
@Kalahari….hehehe…like Mr. Lee was singingporely!
hahaha
sykes says
maybe mr. lee kuan yew should check historical accounts again. after all, the chinese were and still are prolific recorders. he should go over the historical records of the song dynasty where it was noted that in 1001AD ( several hundred years earlier than zheng he’s 1400D expeditions), a diplomatic mission from the Kingdom of Butuan arrived in the chinese imperial court to negotiate about trade.
the people of Southeast Asia have been traversing the seas hundreds of years before the chinese dared to set out into the ocean and that’s a historical fact supported by chinese historical accounts and carbon dating of seagoing vessels unearthed in southeast asia.
Rene-Ipil says
Yes, the Chinese learned seafaring from the Malays, including the Filipino ancestors. China was never a great naval power despite of its size. The seagoing balanghais of Butuan outdated Chinese naval expeditions by several centuries.
That’s why Pinoys easily out maneuvered the Chinese rookies at Ayungin Shoal. Ang mga tsino ay ngayon lang nakatikim ng tubig dagat.
vander anievas says
@kalahari,
age is catching up on him.
fermented or demented. just foments.
halatang kampi. kasi kalahi.
gusto kong mainis…
leona says
@vander…ituloy muna! …kundi baka ma heart attack ka pa!
leona says
Pres. Xi said [China] https://ph.news.yahoo.com/xi-jinping-says-multi-party-system-didnt-china-032436358.html
“SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China experimented in the past with various political systems, including multi-party democracy, but it did not work, President Xi Jinping said during a visit to Europe, warning that copying foreign political or development models could be catastrophic.
China’s constitution enshrines the Communist Party’s long-term “leading” role in government, though it allows the existence of various other political parties under what is calls a “multi-party cooperation system”. But all are subservient to the Communist Party.
Activists who call for pluralism are regularly jailed and criticism of China’s one-party, authoritarian system silenced.”
“Constitutional monarchy, imperial restoration, parliamentarism, a multi-party system and a presidential system, we considered them, tried them, but none worked”
Why would a multi-oarty system work in China when there is only ONE party = commuNEST party!
Here in our country it doesn’t work also as we have one dominant “OCORU Party” = Our Corrupt Party!
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