The Philippines as Asia’s Humanitarian Lifeline: Preparing for a Taiwan Evacuation Crisis

Posted by Karl Garcia on December 16, 2025 · 24 Comments 

By Karl Garcia If conflict erupts in the Taiwan Strait—a scenario that experts now discuss with alarming regularity—the Philippines will be thrust into the center of one of the largest humanitarian operations in modern Asian history. This is not speculation. It is geography, demography, and inevitability. No other country sits closer to Taiwan. No other … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government, USA/Americans

BCDA, EDCA, and the Geography We Cannot Escape

Posted by Karl Garcia on November 27, 2025 · 127 Comments 

By Karl Garcia When the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) was created in the 1990s, it was sold as a win-win proposition: convert old U.S. military bases into economic zones, attract investment, and channel proceeds into AFP modernization. Few argued with the vision. But three decades later, the promise and the reality have drifted … Continue reading →

Category China, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, USA/Americans

Dear President Marcos, kindly don’t kiss America’s patootie

Posted by JoeAm on October 23, 2025 · 68 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I was highly disturbed last week by news videos showing the acting American ambassador to Manila visiting an ICI meeting. The video showed Filipinos treating this acting guy as a movie star, and the movie star enjoying his role. He should not have been there. Philippine justice is a … Continue reading →

Category China, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Governance, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics, USA/Americans

Will Xi play Trump like a banjo over the Philippines?

Posted by JoeAm on August 25, 2025 · 50 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America We have two freshly updated facts that we should attend to: Regarding point 1: The US now considers Ukraine to be the aggressor causing war with Russia, and peace can be achieved by the Ukraine ceding territory to Russia. It’s bizarre, I know, but Trump adores Putin, positively gushes, … Continue reading →

Category China, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government, USA/Americans

An immigrant is a human on the move, like a whole lot of Filipinos

Posted by JoeAm on August 7, 2025 · 160 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Much of the white human world is on an anti-immigrant rampage, their shores and boundaries having holes in them that allow dark-skinned and foreign tongued strangers to walk in and look for work or a home. Driving up the cost of housing and I suppose eggs. What is an … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, USA/Americans