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Biden’s meeting with Asean leaders is the first meeting of a US President since 2017, was rescheduled twice, and came a year after Blinken did not show up for his first virtual meeting with the Asean ministers which the US had arranged.
The US economy is going through an unusual period with many trouble spots, including an unsustainable wage growth from a tight labor market, inflation from supply-side disruption triggered by a confluence of factors such as the trade war with China and the Russia-Ukraine war. Moreover, the monetization of the historically high federal budget deficit of $5.90 trillion in fiscal 2020 and 2021 has created asset demand that pushes up inflation.
He spoke the rough language of the people which some despised, but his achievements speak louder than his words. Talking to the people on the streets validates many of the gains, which most mainstream media have not reported.
Peace is development and development is peace.
Rappler did not even include China’s donations in its initial December 21 report “Countries offer aid after Odette,” but later did update it. Inquirer’s “Foreign aid pours in for ‘Odette victims” story starts with the pledges (not yet fulfilled) of the US ally countries first, starting with Canada’s commitment of up to CAN$3 million, the European Union’s allocation of 1.7 million euros, South Korea’s pledge worth $2 million, and what Japan and the US “will provide.”
The World Bank was asked by the Department of Education under Secretary Briones to apologize for declaring the crisis in the Filipinos’ bottom-dwelling performance in math, science and language — the components for succeeding or falling behind in the next stage of world development. Various international and local tests over the years had confirmed this dismal performance of Philippine learning.
A CIA plot to kidnap and assassinate Assange, recently reported by Yahoo! News, was discussed by dozens of high-level US officials, including then US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and president Trump.
Summary:> During the pandemic, Germany immediately developed their tests, did not waste its lockdowns, closely monitored metrics, quickly disseminated data, and apply learnings.> In spite of the pandemic, FDI to … Read More
The success of the Chinese Filipino is a model to learn from, not to demonize. We can benefit together, but step one is to stop wasting time on useless, endless debate, which is useful for vetting ideas against data. But then, most of our time should be spent building our individual and national capabilities in the new “Reset” of technologies, markets, platforms that is happening now — so we can have independent choice, made by and for Filipinos.
First of two partsThe farce of the United States human rights crusade cannot be seen in a clearer perspective than by its reaction to the International Criminal Court (ICC) indictment … Read More
Today the main competition is in economy and human resources, not military. The termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) is an aspect of an independent foreign policy that will allow more flexible readjustments … Read More
