Monthly Archives: May 2022

Honor and excellence in the age of disinformation

Doing what is right and telling the truth is all about honor. Doing your best is all about excellence. That is what honor and excellence means. Read More: https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/opinion-honor-excellence-age-disinformation-antonio-carpio-address-piu-gamma-international-society/  

Ambulance chasing threat to seafaring

GLOBAL shipping stakeholders identify ambulance chasing and the Philippines’ mishandling of crew claims as the biggest threats to Philippine seafaring — an industry that remits $6 billion annually into the Philippines. The market share of Filipino crew has shown a steady decline of 50 percent in a short span of 20 years. In 2000, Filipinos […]

Chinese navy launches South China Sea drills as Biden visits Asia

The Chinese navy is holding military exercises in the disputed South China Sea as US President Joe Biden begins South Korea and Japan trips largely focused on countering the perceived threat from Beijing. Read more: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3178556/chinese-navy-launches-south-china-sea-drills-biden-visits-asia

Biden touts wider regional cooperation in meeting with South Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol, avoids direct mention of China

United States President Joe Biden said on Saturday he hoped to strengthen cooperation in Asia beyond treaty allies South Korea and Japan, as he repeated his now common expression that democratic nations needed to gird themselves against rising autocracy. Read more: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3178638/biden-touts-wider-regional-cooperation-meeting-south-koreas-yoon